Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Multiple Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, recognized as the 2020 ...

The number of concertos for guitar and orchestra is not long; the list of those heard regularly in concert halls is shorter still. This week, a Baltimore-rooted guitar concerto will enter the ...

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 ...

Master guitarist and composer Michael Chapdelaine is a "wear your heart on your sleeve" kind of guy, as demonstrated by the themes behind his concerto for guitar and orchestra, which will have its ...

Regional guitar and music lovers are getting ready for the upcoming JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition. The highly anticipated competition witnesses some of the world’s most ...

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." ...

As cliché as it may seem for a classical guitar player, my "First Love" would be a tie between Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez (yes, the one you hear all the time!) and Heitor Villa-Lobos’ ...

Guitarist/composer Justin Morell has recorded six albums as a leader, and written several ensemble pieces that featured guitar parts. He found that he enjoyed exploring the guitar's capabilities, so ...

Music by Ricardo Gallen on this Saturday's Fretworks. For the next Fretworks program Saturday evening at 7, I’ll have this relatively unfamiliar concerto for guitar and orchestra by Rodrigo with ...

Justin Morell, himself a world-class guitarist, does not play guitar (or anything else) on this splendid new album, which, even so, could not have taken flight without him. Morell, an assistant ...