Interviews
I had not heard of Reena Esmail before, not being a regular follower of the work of contemporary composers of music other than for the guitar, in the Western tradition. When I was approached to consider a Q&A with Ms Esmail, I proceeded to hear some of her
Music Education
The celebrated Russian guitarist and composer Nikita Arnoldovich Koshkin (born 1956) needs no introduction to any serious modern classical guitarist. In a prolific performing and compositional career that shows no signs of abating, Koshkin has threaded a unique sonic voice into the history of the instrument, and his works continue
Reviews
I still do not know exactly, what most of the other participants in the concert on 6 October actually thought of it, as we haven’t really met each other since the combined onstage photo-op at its end. Perhaps, we would now hate the very sight of each other, so
News
The Pune Guitar Society has, since its inception, attempted to bring important constituents of the classical guitar repertoire to mainstream audiences in the city. It is particularly challenging to do this with modern guitar-centered composers, who are less well-known to begin with and are not always easy for listeners to
Reviews
While I am familiar enough with the world of the classical guitar, and have earlier reviewed Mr Rupert Boyd’s previous collection of Fantasias on Serenade, I have heard cello music much less frequently and have never actually come across duets between these two instruments before. My first impression when
Throwback Thursday
The first time I ever heard the jazz pianist Bill Evans (1929-1980) was on his duet recording of All Across the City, with the prominent jazz guitarist Jim Hall, from their 1969 album Intermodulations. This happened to be at the tail end of a cassette tape borrowed from my cousin
Music Education
My first exposure to Leo Brouwer – the name and the music – happened sometime in 1981 when I heard the German guitarist Wolfgang Condin performing at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi. At that time, I had been a largely rock-preoccupied guitar player for a few years, with only a vague
Reviews
Perhaps the superb double-spread wide-angled photograph of the Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd standing with his back towards the vastness of the Grand Canyon, holding his guitar flight case in anticipation, metaphorically prepares the listener for this, his third album, which features a surprisingly wide-ranging compendium of music. This image appears
