The Back Bay Guitar Trio, from left, John Mason, David Newsam, and Jason Ennis will perform a concert of classical and contemporary guitar music at the Hingham Public Library on Sunday, Feb. 19.

At 74, the white-haired virtuoso is venturing into more popular musical terrain, blurring the boundary between classical guitar and rock with a new album, “The Sound of Torres: Music from Bach ...

World-renowned classical guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk joins us in the studio, playing Bach’s cello suites on classical guitar. Skip to main content. WBUR. 90.0 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station.

Bach is universal, I still love it and I play it every day.” There were no rock bands at his high school. “In the 1950s in Indiana, kids would talk about Elvis, but I didn’t really ever hear ...

Beatles frontman Paul McCartney said the guitar accompaniment for ‘Blackbird’ was first inspired by Bach’s Bourrée in E minor, originally written for lute but played on the classical guitar. Bach’s ...

My classical influence does not come from other guitar players; let's make that perfectly clear. After another flurry of playing to demonstrate, Malmsteen added; "My classical influence is 100 per ...

Check out Nicolò Spera on Facebook and you’ll find lots of invitations to guitar festivals and places all over the world, plus pictures of friends, including Scott Hagler, students, family and ...

2. Guitar concerto in D – Vivaldi. This wonderfully playful Baroque concerto was originally composed for a lute, but the modern transposition for classical guitar is just lovely. Although Vivaldi ...

His father bought him a classical guitar for his 11th birthday and the two learned together, playing duets. Later that same year, Henry brought home a Segovia 78 and that was it for both of them.