The eight best classical guitarists on the planet came to Buffalo yesterday (and today) to compete in the semifinals of the 2012 JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition at WNED-TV ...

It’s one of the first great concertos ever written for the guitar—and it still holds its place as a cornerstone of the repertoire. Mauro Giuliani’s Guitar Concerto No. 1 is smooth, stylish, and shows ...

In appearances from New York’s Lincoln Center to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Seoul Arts Center, Jason Vieaux has ...

During the second week of June, the classical guitar steps out of the shadows and into the spotlight, as eight up-and-coming classical guitarists come to the region from all over the world to compete ...

Jonathan Leshnoff. Photo by Katya Chilingiri. Named by The Washington Post as one of the "gifted young composers" of this generation, Leshnoff is a leader of contemporary American lyricism. His ...

This week on Fretworks, I'll start the hour with a British group, the Pro Arte Guitar Trio in a recording from the early 1990s. They'll play Le Grand Tango by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla.

The passion of Flamenco blends with the elegance of courtly dances in the most popular guitar concerto of all time: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music ...

Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote his only guitar concerto in 1951 for Andres Segovia, the most famous classical guitarist in the world, originally calling it "Fantasia Concertante." ...

Iván Duran Aguayo is likely the first artist to record Ernest Shand's Op. 48 with a backing string quartet, according to his research. With more music than anyone could listen to in a lifetime ...

If the guitar is at the very heart of rock and pop, the same cannot be said of classical music. Of course, in its earliest forms, there was plenty for a plucked stringed instrument to play. The lute - ...