Guitars International

09/05/2026

Join us in watching Ricardo Saeb perform on our lovely 1994 Manuel Velazquez spruce top classical guitar.

08/30/2026

Starting at 20:11 a particularly interesting discussion with guitar maker and restorer Gabriele Lodi (Italy) about Torres and other vintage Spanish guitars.

We visited our friend Gabriele Lodi and his father Maurizio at thei...

07/08/2026

Thank you classical guitarist Nicolò Spera, flutist Christina Jennings, violist Matthew Dane, and ClevelandClassical. 😊👏👏👏

Download article as PDFby Daniel Hathaway Italian-born guitarist Nicolò Spera, who has taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 2011, joined his faculty colleague, flut Christina Jennings, along with violist Matthew Dane, for an early Sunday afternoon concert of contemporary music on J...

07/03/2026

CONGRATULATIONS to classical guitarist Muxin Li who received a wonderful well-deserved review of her CICGF debut concert. Thank you Muxin and ClevelandClassical!!! 😊👏👏👏

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Download article as PDFby Daniel Hathaway Chinese-born guitarist Muxin Li took up the instrument at the age of three, made her concert debut at ten, and began studies with David Starobin and Jason Vieaux at Curtis at 16. On Saturday, June 6, in Mixon Hall, she demonstrated both a charming precocity....

07/03/2026

CONGRATULATIONS to classical guitarist Muxin Li who received a wonderful well-deserved review of her CICGF debut concert. Thank you Muxin and ClevelandClassical!!! 😊👏👏👏

06/30/2026

Thank you KALEIDO GUITAR DUO and ClevelandClassical!!!😊👏👏👏

by Stephanie Manning Hao Yang and Kevin Loh have performed as the Kaleido Guitar Duo fewer than five times, but that felt far from obvious after hearing their recent concert at the Cleveland International Classical Guitar Festival. The two musicians — Yang from China, Loh from Singapore — have a...

06/26/2026

Great coverage!!! Thank you ClevelanClassical. 😊😊😊

Download article as PDFby Mike Telin With the flipping of the calendar next week, the summer festival season in Northeast Ohio is set to launch. Keeping with tradition, the Cleveland International Classical Guitar Festival will once again be leading the way. Celebrating its 26th year, the Festival w...

06/15/2026

Many thanks to all our distinguished participating Concert Artists, the James Stroud Classical Guitar Competition Semi-Finalists and Judges, and all of you who have traveled to our Festival from near and far over the last 26 years, 32 states and 12 countries at last count. Your enthusiasm, generous support, and diversity have contributed immeasurably to making this Festival the jewel that it is widely acknowledged to be. https://www.guitarsint.com/guitar_festival

06/07/2026

PLEASE SHARE: Hear classical guitarist extraordinaire Petra Poláčková in her Sunday, June 7, 4:00pm concert at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Info. at: https://www.guitarsint.com/guitar_festival

06/03/2026

Hear MUXIN LI, classical guitar virtuoso extraordinaire. in concert Saturday, June 6, at 3:00pm at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Information: https://www.guitarsint.com/guitar_festival