If you haven’t heard of the guitarist/composer, Rafael Scarfullery, you should check him out. He is composing a classical guitar piece everyday for a year. As of this writing he has composed 279. Words can’t describe how impressive this is. What impresses me the most is the quality of the pieces. Here are a couple of my favorites:
Finally, here is a full concert of Rafael playing his own pieces:
-Rob
For those that don’t know who Oleg Kiselev is, he is a Russian guitarist/composer who has composed over 500 pieces and recorded 8 CDs. Much of his creative output is geared towards children and younger performers. Here is an introductory video (music starts at :41) where he plays 9 of his works:
-Rob
scores, tabs, and mp3s available at http://www.robertlunncomposer.com
Koyunbaba was composed back in 1984/85 and is Carlo Domeniconi’s most popular piece. In Domeniconi’s own words, “it is a piece which has continuously changed over the course of time.” The composer recently released a CD of three different versions of the piece: one from 1985, 1991, 2008.
Here is a live performance of the piece performed by Domeniconi:
-Rob
scores, tabs, and mp3s available at http://www.robertlunncomposer.com
This is an interesting video in that York stops playing and stares at somebody or something at the 1:53 mark:
I was waiting for him to go Axl Rose on somebody in the audience.
-Rob
Scores, tabs, and mp3s available at http://www.robertlunncomposer.com
Gwyneth Walker is a full-time (rare) New England composer worth checking out. Here is an interview with the composer:
You can find a free score and mp3 of her Five Pieces for Flute and Guitar here. I would highly recommend checking this piece out.
-Rob
Scores, tabs and mp3s at http://www.robertlunncomposer.com
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