Guitar Conversations Podcast

Karin schaupp has had a remarkable career so far. She has worked in the top echelons of classical guitar performance, recorded for major record labels and played with some of the major orchestras around the world. Along side this she has also been very creative in her collaborations and projects which have extended well beyond the guitar genre she has courageously launching into acting and various performance arts.

In our chat we talk about her beginnings and the joys and challenges of being taught by your parent, high lights of her career, influences and some of her most fulfilling projects. I hope you’ll enjoy my conversations with Karin Schaupp as much as I did.

Music

Stélé by Phillip Houghton from the CD Lotte's Gift performed by Karin Schaupp.

Intermezzo by Mascagni from the CD Dreams performed by Karin Schaupp.

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Manuel Barrueco is a living legend of the classical guitar. For the past three decades has been at the forefront of classical guitar performance touring, recording, commissioning works and transcribing music for the guitar. He has also mentored a number of highly successful young guitar talents where he teaches at Peabody Institute in Baltimore.

It was a real pleasure to speak with the maestro about his recent projects including the latest releases on his label Tonar Music, as well as some of the finer aspects of his craft.

Music

Invierno Porteño by Astor Piazzola from the album Solo Piazzolla

Farewell by Sergio Assad performed by Manuel Barrueco and Franco Platino from the album Virtuoso Guitar Duos.

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My guests today are a husband and wife duo Daniel and Marla Nistico. They form a flute and guitar duo called Duo Vela.

Duo Vela performs enchanting music from across the seas, giving audiences a taste of the sounds, rhythms and cultures of different lands. Formed in 2014, the duo has brought their exciting programs to venues in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and China.

Andrew York is a world renowned classical guitarist and composer. Over the past 30 years he has recorded numerous ground breaing solo albums and was also a founding member for the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. His compositions which are rich in folk, jazz and ancient influences a have been recorded by many notable guitarists including John Williams and Christopher Parkening. He continues to tour internationally performing his compositions and taking masterclasses and forming various collaborations.

Melbourne based guitarist and composer Lucas Michailidis joins me today to chat about a workshop series he is curating called the Melbourne Guitar Lab.

Lucas has performed both locally and internationally in a career spanning 20 year, he is signed to Candy Rat records and his performances and compositions have won many accolades.

In our chat we dive into the philosophy of teaching and a new teaching platform that Lucas is experimenting with. We also preview some of the artists that will be featured in the guitar workshop series, these include Slava Grigoryan, Steve Magnusson, Bret Garsed, Lisa Boyes, James Ryan, Doug De Vries, Geoff Achison, and Lucas.

We’ll go over some of the techniques and topics that will be covered in the workshops. I hope you enjoy my insightful and at times philosophical chat with Lucas Michailidis.

The Melbourne Guitar Quartet is one of Australia's leading guitar quartets having performed for over 10 years. Their mission is to cultivate new works for the chamber guitar and to bring this medium to new audiences,

Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux has been on the world stage for the past three decades. His busy schedule of touring schedule includes solo concerts and many chamber collaborations with quartets, harpists and accordionists. He co-founded the guitar department at  The Curtis Institute of Music and last year won a Grammy for best solo classical recording.

In my conversation with Jason we talk about his beginnings, his collaborations, Bach, guitars, and the Grammys.

On this episode of Guitar Conversations I interview guitarist Yuri Liberzon. He is a graduate of Peabody Institute and Yale University having studied with Manuel Barrueco and Benjamin Verdery. Yuri has recently released his first solo CD called Ascension. We talk about his new release and his journey so far in the world of classical guitar.

Raffaele Agostino is a Sydney based guitarist and teacher. He has been involved

With the Sydney guitar scene for many decades performing, teaching , examing and co-running the Sydney Guitar Summer School. He also performs in a variety of ensembles including the Sydeney Guitar Trio and Duo Agostino.

In my interview with Raff we talk about his story, collaborations, the summer school, playing at English Festivals, collaborating with Richard Charlton and lots more.