Classical Guitar n Stuff

Howdy folks! Apologies for being off the radar a bit recently – I’ve been a tad on the busy side travelling, setting up my new music room in my new house, building gates, cleaning out ponds and the like! I’ve not forgotten about you (or my own practice for that matter!) and things will be getting back on track in the next week or two.

Aaaaanyhoo, on with the show! There’s a very exciting event coming up the weekend after next in Melbourne. The ARIA award-winning, mind-bogglingly virtuousic (and wearer of a glorious moustache!) oud player Joseph Tawadros is playing an intimate solo recital at the Melbourne Recital Centre on March 28th (4pm and 8pm).

Tawadros’ latest recording, Permission to Evaporate, has been hailed as ‘a masterpiece’ (5 stars) in The Australian and earned a 2014 Independent Music Award nomination. And did I mention he’s won an ARIA award or three? Joseph won ‘Best World Music Album’ in 2012, 2013 and 2014, not to mention 11 ARIA-nominated albums. Not too shabby eh?

The March 28th gig will be a very rare opportunity to hear Joseph up close and intimate in the Salon. And I promise you, if you’re in Melbourne you need to check it out!!

Head here for more info and tickets:

http://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2015/joseph-tawadros/

Joseph is somewhat prolific too. He has another new recording coming out April 17. For a little taste of Joseph’s amazing playing (and a taste of his new album) check this out:

Morning folks (or afternoon, or evening depending on where you are in the world!). You may have noticed that I’ve not been posting with quite the regularity in the past couple of weeks that I usually do. That’s because I’ve been super busy doing the moving house thing, whilst simultaneously working interstate for part of the week. That means I’m a very busy bunny at the moment, and unfortunately something has to give (don’t tell anyone I’ve not touched my guitar for a week! Eeek!). Normal service will be resuming in the next couple of weeks though.

Some other folks who have also been very busy bunnies are Michael MacManus and Evan Hopkins of the Melbourne Guitar Foundation. You may remember a few months ago I posted up an interview with upcoming young Aussie guitarist Andrew Blanch, on the even of his Melbourne concert presented by the Melbourne Guitar Foundation (and his first Australian tour)?

Well, Michael and Evan have posted up this fantastic video to the MGF YouTube channel of Andrew playing a Scarlatti piece (K175) from his Melbourne concert. Check it out: