When Xufei Yang started the guitar, it was a known as a ‘hooligan instrument’ in China.
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Pensieri su Klizemer
I have known David Solomons, self-styled “singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer” since university days and was always in awe at his ability to play an orchestral score on the piano, or the guitar, or anything that came to hand or voice.
He embodies the idea of a musician who happens to play the guitar, and I am happy to say that he is flourishing as a guitarist and composer.
Many of his pieces have unusual titles, such as “Alcohol“, “Arthropod Duet“, “Hair of the Doggerel” , “Ode to a Nose“etc – Continue reading
Microtones with Tolgahan Cogulu
Biberian’s Sonata 2 finally recorded!
Now here’s a thing. This is a piece I have loved for 28 years. I played it when Gilbert Biberian first wrote it. It has had a chequered history Continue reading
BYGO
Not some fancy way of saying to bring your own drink on a party invitation, but this is the Berkshire Youth Guitar Orchestra, whose genial conductor, Steve Christmas, invited me to their Wigmore Hall recital in London today.
Chengdu – a new centre of guitar activity in China?
If you haven’t come across him yet, Kuang Junhong is a 13 year old genius who plays the guitar with wonderful musicality. His teacher Xu Bao invited me over to Chengdu (in Sichuan Province) last month and I had the pleasure of teaching Junhong and many others of his talented pupils (as well as eating some fine Sichuan food – mostly mouth-numbingly spicy). There will be a few other young guitarists from this part of China you will eventually hear about. Continue reading