Classical guitar magazines
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Classical guitar related Media (Magazines, webzines, webportals, etc.)
http://www.guitarfoundation.org/soundboard.htm A quarterly classical guitar magazine published in the USA, Soundboard articles feature a wide variety of technical and musical columns, new music, and reviews. Membership in the Guitar Foundation of America includes a subscription to Soundboard Magazine.
http://www.egtaguitarforum.org/ Guitar Forum is a new journal dedicated to in-depth scholarly work on the classical guitar, its technique and its repertoire. Guitar Forum is published by the European Guitar Teachers Association UK, edited by Jonathan Leathwood and refereed by a board comprising Stephen Dodgson, Angelo Gilardino, Stephen Goss, Ricardo Iznaola, Stanley Yates, and Fabio Zanon.
http://www.classicalguitarmagazine.com/ Published in the UK, Classical Guitar Magazine regularly includes features; interviews; international news; coverage of worldwide guitar events; music, book, concert and recording reviews; articles on guitar history, musical analysis and technique; a flamenco column; music supplements and a concert diary. There is also a list of guitar teachers (entry free to subscribers) and a list of guitar societies.
http://www.luth.org/ American Lutherie is the quarterly journal of The Guild of American Luthiers - an organization entirely devoted to stringed instrument making and repair, through a free exchange of information.
http://www.guitarreview.com/ Guitar Review, published since 1946, is a quarterly magazine devoted to the classical guitar. Its in-depth articles, reviews and rare music supplements provide a wealth of resources available nowhere else.
http://www.guitart.net (English Version of an originally Italian Magazine)
http://www.acousticguitar.com/ Acoustic Guitar provides music from around the globe and information on the artists who created it. It includes interviews, reviews, workshops, sheet music, and tune transcriptions.
http://www.fingerstyleguitar.com/ Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine includes feature articles that examine the artistry of guitarists of various styles, including classical.
http://www.guitare-classique.fr A magazine with a CD.
http://www.gendaiguitar.com/english/index.html Gendai Guitar is a specialized monthly magazine on the classical guitar. Written in Japanese the articles cover a wide range of music from the Renaissance to the Contemporary. Its feature articles and music scores (25 pages in each issue) have been well received by readers since 1967. The flamenco
series is especially popular. Gendai guitar includes Japanese domestic news, overseas topics, new CD and publication reviews, reports on masterclasses, a concert schedule, monthly concert reviews.
http://www.homadream.com/eng/Magazine.htm Published since 2006 by HOMA dream Inc.
http://www.guitarmag.net/ Russian and partially English e-magazine mostly dedicated to classical guitar. Once a month there are free live concert brosdcasts (English translation provided).
English
- Soundboard
http://www.guitarfoundation.org/soundboard.htm A quarterly classical guitar magazine published in the USA, Soundboard articles feature a wide variety of technical and musical columns, new music, and reviews. Membership in the Guitar Foundation of America includes a subscription to Soundboard Magazine.
- Guitar Forum
http://www.egtaguitarforum.org/ Guitar Forum is a new journal dedicated to in-depth scholarly work on the classical guitar, its technique and its repertoire. Guitar Forum is published by the European Guitar Teachers Association UK, edited by Jonathan Leathwood and refereed by a board comprising Stephen Dodgson, Angelo Gilardino, Stephen Goss, Ricardo Iznaola, Stanley Yates, and Fabio Zanon.
- Classical Guitar Magazine
http://www.classicalguitarmagazine.com/ Published in the UK, Classical Guitar Magazine regularly includes features; interviews; international news; coverage of worldwide guitar events; music, book, concert and recording reviews; articles on guitar history, musical analysis and technique; a flamenco column; music supplements and a concert diary. There is also a list of guitar teachers (entry free to subscribers) and a list of guitar societies.
- American Lutherie
http://www.luth.org/ American Lutherie is the quarterly journal of The Guild of American Luthiers - an organization entirely devoted to stringed instrument making and repair, through a free exchange of information.
- Guitar Review
http://www.guitarreview.com/ Guitar Review, published since 1946, is a quarterly magazine devoted to the classical guitar. Its in-depth articles, reviews and rare music supplements provide a wealth of resources available nowhere else.
- GuitArt
http://www.guitart.net (English Version of an originally Italian Magazine)
- Acoustic GuitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
http://www.acousticguitar.com/ Acoustic Guitar provides music from around the globe and information on the artists who created it. It includes interviews, reviews, workshops, sheet music, and tune transcriptions.
- Fingerstyle Guitar
http://www.fingerstyleguitar.com/ Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine includes feature articles that examine the artistry of guitarists of various styles, including classical.
French
- Guitare Classique
http://www.guitare-classique.fr A magazine with a CD.
- Les Cahiers de la guitare
Italian
- http://www.guitart.it/ GuitArt
- http://www.seicorde.it/ Seicorde
- http://www.fronimo.it/ Il Fronimo
Japanese
- Gendai guitar magazine
http://www.gendaiguitar.com/english/index.html Gendai Guitar is a specialized monthly magazine on the classical guitar. Written in Japanese the articles cover a wide range of music from the Renaissance to the Contemporary. Its feature articles and music scores (25 pages in each issue) have been well received by readers since 1967. The flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
series is especially popular. Gendai guitar includes Japanese domestic news, overseas topics, new CD and publication reviews, reports on masterclasses, a concert schedule, monthly concert reviews.
- Guitar dream
http://www.homadream.com/eng/Magazine.htm Published since 2006 by HOMA dream Inc.
Russian
- Guitar Magazine
http://www.guitarmag.net/ Russian and partially English e-magazine mostly dedicated to classical guitar. Once a month there are free live concert brosdcasts (English translation provided).
Blog of notable guitarists
- http://www.rezajournal.com/ Blog of guitarist Reza Ganjavi.
- http://dmitrilla.livejournal.com/ Blog of guitarist Dimitri IllarionovDimitri IllarionovDimitri Illarionov is a Russian classical guitarist. In 2002, Illarionov won the Guitar Foundation of America International Solo Competition.-Education:...
. (Russian and English) - http://solofish988.spaces.msn.com/ Blog of guitarist Yang XuefeiYang XuefeiXuefei Yang is a Chinese classical guitarist.-Early years:Yang was born in Beijing in 1977, and began playing the guitar when she was seven. Three years later, she started studying under Chen Zhi, the Chairman of the China Classical Guitar Society. She made a public debut at the First China...
. (Chinese and English) - http://calatrava.livejournal.com/ Blog of the guitarist and composer Angelo GilardinoAngelo GilardinoAngelo Gilardino is an Italian composer, guitarist and musicologist.During his concert career, from 1958 to 1981, he premiered hundreds of new works for the guitar. He taught at the Liceo Musicale G. B. Viotti in Vercelli from 1965 to 1981, and held a professorship at the Antonio Vivaldi...
. - http://www.livejournal.com/users/matanya/10901.html Blog of Matanya Ophee, guitarist and founder of the publishing company Editions Orphée.
- http://nikitakoshkin.livejournal.com/ Blog of guitarist and composer Nikita KoshkinNikita KoshkinNikita Koshkin is a classical guitarist and composer born in Moscow. His early influences included Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev, as well as rock music...
. (Russian) - http://www.juliacrowe.com/ Blog and article archive of guitarist/composer/writer Julia Crowe.
- Coslito's Guitar Blog Blog of the American guitarist Dan Cosley.
Others blogs
- http://www.polemicos.com.br/ Violão Clássico Weblog: A Portuguese language Blog featuring articles, interviews and announcements related to the classical guitar in Brazil.
- http://www.guitarist.com/blog/cgblog.htm Blog of John Philip Dimick, founder of Guitarist.com.
- www.creativeguitar.org- Classical Guitar website and blog.over 3000 Sheetmusic scores and 1000 Videos
- http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendID=445556566 Blog of Laura Markee, miscellaneous topics on the classical guitar.
- Classical Guitar Blog Interviews with well known players, and regular updates.
Classical guitar radios online
- http://www.guitaralive.org/ Classical Guitar Alive! Hosted and produced by guitarist Tony MorrisTony MorrisTony Morris is a newsreader for ITV Granada. Morris was born in Portsmouth but later moved to Ramsbottom. He has previously worked as a reporter and bulletin presenter for BBC North West Tonight and for a brief period was a reporter for the BBC national news. Prior to being a newsreader he...
. - http://www.cathedralguitar.com/Radio.html 10-String Internet Radio
- http://cc.ysu.edu/~mscervon/guitar/ Youngstown's home for classical guitar music
- http://www.tvcultura.com.br/radiofm/ Violão com Fabio Zanon: Weekly radio and online broadcast on Cultura FM Radio in São Paulo, Brazil, hosted by guitarist Fabio Zanon. It airs on Wednesdays at 1pm BRT (4pm UTC) with a repeat broadcast at 8pm BRT (11pm UTC).