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Classical Guitarist David Tanenbaum talks to host Kevin Collins about his life with the guitar and the experience of giving birth to new musical works for the guitar. Hear him talk about making his new CD, Double Echo, and the 40 years of work and fun that got him here. Find out more about David at http://davidtanenbaum.com/
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Join classical guitarist Rene Izquierdo and Kevin Collins on a journey through the world of the classical guitar. At an early age, Rene escaped Cuba and went on to chair the guitar department at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Traveling the world, spreading the message of freedom, one note at a time. Rene recently released a new cd of the music of his homeland called Cuba en al Alma (Baros Records), or Cuba in the Soul. Rene says, I wanted to play pieces away from the beaten path, ones that showed a different and more intimate side of Cuban music.
Join us as we sample the flavors and textures of the classical guitar as played by Rene Izquierdo and his wife guitarist Elina Chekan, with a guest appearance by Millet Padrón, on Classical Guitar Around the World with Kevin Collins. -
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Meet classical guitarist Michael Nix and discover the American Banjar, a re-invention of the classical guitar and the European banjo traditions of the 1800's. How does a classically trained musician go from violin and piano to the classical guitar and then make the leap to inventing a truly American classical tradition? And make a life for himself and his family in the process. Find out what it takes to become a truly unique person, while serving your community. Michael's new CD of new music composed for the American banjar will be released on the Naxos label.
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Join Leonard Becker and Kevin Collins, talking about the great cleansing force of Democracy and music in our modern world. Hear about Leonard journey to making this fantastic new cd, full of happy playing and a completely new take on a guitar standard. Hear about Leonard's experience as a graduate of the Hochschule in Munich, Germany, located in the original office build of the Third Reich, and now being cleansed by music.
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Classical Guitarist David Tanenbaum talks to host Kevin Collins about his life with the guitar and the experience of giving birth to new musical works for the guitar. Hear him talk about making his new CD, Double Echo, and the 40 years of work and fun that got him here. Find out more about David at http://davidtanenbaum.com/
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Join Kevin and Aaron Larget-Caplan as we chat over coffee about what it takes to be a classical guitarist and have a life. What does it take to love the guitar and love the work. What makes us so special (not)? What gets us up in the morning? And listen to the music of Chopin and Schubert played on the guitar. Did you know Schubert played guitar? His roommate was a very good guitarist and lots of Schubert sounds like guitar music -- and it is!
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Meet NY classical guitarist John Lehmann-Haupt, who has stood at the Crossroads of the Classical Guitar in New York City for 30 years, performing at Windows on the World in the World Trade Center, playing truly American music on the classical guitar. On the board of the New York Classical Guitar Society since 2006, hear about the changes the guitar has gone through to remain relevant and on the forefront. As a teacher, we discuss patience and perseverance, the two main ingredients of success at the classical guitar. And hear about how John brought his gifts as a writer to bear on our beloved guitar.
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Meet the world's greatest guitarmakers, Alan Chapman and Gef Fisher in Amherst, Mass. Alan Chapman started building guitars in 1970, when I began serious guitar, we came up together. If Alan tells you he is not the World's Greatest Guitarmaker, then that is how modest he is. He can build any guitar you want, only better. And Gef Fisher is Alan's new partner, one-time apprentice and now full-blown maker in his own right. They build the Ferrari of guitars-- they challenge you and take you where you could never go on your own. And they are total guitar geeks, the two of them standing there talking about a piece of Thai ebony so turns into a total geek fest, remember the time I drew in black veins with a magic marker so the sides would match? Serious geekdome. Meet Alan Chapman and Gef Fisher, the World's Greatest Guitarmakers. They don't have to tell anyone how they got there, they just do it!
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Meet classical guitarist and composer Mark Delpriora, hear about his life with the guitar, starting with his first tour as a teenager with virtuoso harmonica player Claude Garden, writing interesting music for interesting people, listen to up share stories about playing at Windows on the World in the World Trade Center in New York, and his recent visit to the Red Barn Music School when he was picking up his daughter's things after her graduation from Smith College, two towns over. Good times.
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Meet Aaron Larget-Caplan and hear about a 13-year project that has come to fruition. There are two types of lullabies: one gives the listeners warmth and protection, while the second tends to be darker with hints of fear. The former calls for good dreams to the wary soul, and lets him know that he will awake safely in a better tomorrow. The latter lives on the idea that night and even sleep can be dangerous. Find out more at https://www.newlullabyproject.com/
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Brazilian contemporary music by
Diálogos Duo - Richard Boukas, guitar, and Louis Arques, clarinet, playing original compositions in a tribute to the great masters. Learn the difference between Choro and Samba, where Brazilian music comes from (inside your body!) and hear new, original sounds. Everything you want to know and more at https://boukas.com/dialogos-duo -
Special Guests Oscar Ghiglia and Elena Papandreou join us from Athens, Greece, where we talk about the arrow through the heart, what is music, and Roland Dyens got to Buenos Aires. With Elena performing tango music on the guitar.
