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Explore interviews, profiles, and other stories from the Classical Guitar archives – dating back to 1982.

Classical guitarist Julian Bream, Gareth Walters and Leo Brouwer

When Bream Met Brouwer for the ‘Concerto Elegiaco’

BY COLIN COOPER | FROM THE OCTOBER 1987 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR “Could we go from three before...

Julian Bream on Meeting Stravinsky and Shostakovich, and Modern Guitar Compositions

Interview by Colin Cooper & Maurice Summerfield | From the March 1986 issue of Classical Guitar Colin Cooper: You...

Julian Bream on World Travel, Compositions for Guitar, & Cricket

Interview by Colin Cooper & Maurice Summerfield | From the February 1986 issue of Classical Guitar Julian Bream:...

Bream And Segovia at the Philharmonic

As told by Johanna Vollers | From the July 1985 issue of Classical Guitar Johanna Vollers came from...

Julian Bream & the Regal Treatment of Guitar in TV Series ‘The Guitar in Spain’

By Graham Wade | From the February 1985 issue of Classical Guitar On 18 December, 1984, Julian Bream...

Julian Bream: Celebrating His Classical Guitar Mastery at 50

By Graham Wade | From the March-April 1984 issue of Classical Guitar After reading some comments by Colin...

Concert Review: Julian Bream’s First Public Recital, Cheltenham Art Gallery, 1947

By Wilfrid M. Appleby I hope readers will not become tired of reading about Julian Bream, because they...

Julian Bream: A Life on The Road

BY GREGORY NEWTON | FROM THE MAY-JUNE 1983 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR Any book answers many questions, but...

Julian Bream—The Contribution

By John W. Duarte | From the Sept./Oct. 1982 Issue of Classical Guitar The Julian Bream I first...

Segovia: A Centenary Celebration Part XVII—Celebrated in Concert Through Age 94, and Surprising Posthumous Criticism

BY GRAHAM WADE | FROM THE JUNE 1994 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR The final two decades of Andrés...

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Stories

How To Develop a Good Tremolo on Classical Guitar

Video Pick of the Week: Watch Thu Le’s Dazzling Version of ‘Historia de un amour’

When Bream Met Brouwer for the ‘Concerto Elegiaco’

News

How To Develop a Good Tremolo on Classical Guitar

Video Pick of the Week: Watch Thu Le’s Dazzling Version of ‘Historia de un amour’

No Boundaries: Sharon Isbin’s Multihued Musical Experience

The Classics

When Bream Met Brouwer for the ‘Concerto Elegiaco’

Julian Bream on Meeting Stravinsky and Shostakovich, and Modern Guitar Compositions

Julian Bream on World Travel, Compositions for Guitar, & Cricket

Watch

Video Pick of the Week: Watch Thu Le’s Dazzling Version of ‘Historia de un amour’

Video Pick of the Week: Jack Cimo and Chris Goodpasture Play a Superb Guitar-Piano Version of Rodrigo’s ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’

Video Pick of the Week: The Beijing Guitar Duo Plays Bach’s Magnificent ‘Chaconne’

Sessions

Gretchen Menn Plays Leo Brouwer’s ‘Etude No. 6‘ on a Custom Santa Cruz PJ Parlor Guitar