Hi, I'm Gohar Vardanyan, an Armenian-American classical guitarist living in New York City. Welcome to my RU-vid channel! Here you will find some of my current and old repertoire pieces, as well as instructional videos on various guitar etudes that I found helpful either technically or musically. These are saved in the Guitar Etudes Series playlist. On this channel, you will also find playlists of the Strings by Mail Lessonettes and the Unexplored Repertoire Series that I've made over the years. These videos were uploaded to the SBM channel, but you can find them through mine as well.
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If you are interested in private lessons, please contact me through my website, the contact form is at the bottom of the home page. Lessons are available over Skype/Facetime or in New York City.
For me, this is a lesson in how an artist can reveal things in the written music that don't just automatically jump out. When I first heard Alicia de Larrocha play these waltzes on piano (for which they were written), I liked them very much, and I love Alicia de Larrocha, but I am also a guitarist, and both Granados and Albeniz went on record saying that their piano compositions somehow sounded better on guitar. After hearing the piano performance, I didn't feel a need to go back and listen again and again. Gohar's revelation of everything inside these waltzes does make me want to hear her performance of them every day. If I were Granados, I would say "Thank you Gohar! Now everyone knows what I meant!"
This is a wonderful example of purity of tone, gracefulness in execution, devotion to the essence of the music, and dedication of every resource to achieving the composer's intention.
If you were learning a piece with a lot of melody in the bass and treble at the same time,how would you approach it?Would learn the bass parts separately and then put them together with the treble melody,or would you take each section altogether?
First learn together just so I know where the notes go, then play the melody to know what it sounds like, and then the bass … I guess the order doesn’t really matter. You can do bass first… the important thing is that you know what it is.
As a flamenco guitarist and aficionado, the first thing that comes to my mind is: CONGRATULATIONS! I am a big Paco de Lucía fan, and actually got to see him performing live twice in my life and I have my guitar autographed by him. I know this piece 'Guajiras de Lucía' quite well (I cannot yet play it like you do) and I can say that is one of the best interpretations that I could find on the web. I bumped into it by chance and is big pleasure to get to know you, Gohar. And coming from a classical guitarist, merit is double because you really got the 'duende" and you are capable to play the whole piece keeping the tempo even in the fast or 'difficult' parts. Keep on! Wish to see you playing live soon! Cheers from Uruguay.
Ultimas palabras de Jesús ante Los Romanos y su pueblo salvador del mal.... Sois un rebaño de ovejas ante manada De lobos. Que vosotros mismos habéis creado. Mi prematura muerte tanto como sea había sido escrita. Y permaneceré en vuestras mentes. Hasta el castigo mismo de cada uno. Del Bien y del Mal Tocas excelente. Cositas del gran creador de la guitarra mundial. Un Dios terráqueo que como mítico. Quedará...Gohar
Thank you! The arrangement I used was given to me by one of my teachers, had absolutely no information about where it came from, no fingering or slur markings. So I can’t say what I’d recommend.
You seem very angry when you practice. You are angry with your hands and you are commanding and threatening them to do what you say and get the job done.
Después de la ejecución qué Julián Bream hizo de este rondo me encanta esta que hace esta muchachota. After Julian Bream played this rondo, I love the perfomance of this great girl.
