Daniel Bolshoy is one of Canada’s best known classical guitarists, with half a dozen CD’s to his credit, and appearances in two documentary films about his performances and career. Over the last decade, he has been touring Canada and the world, performing with most of the leading orchestras, giving solo recitals in some of the [...]
End of the Week – August 27th, 2011
Another good week of online content. Seems like classical guitarist’s are getting online and sharing content more and more. I spent the week cleaning up the web server and tweaking the site design so I wouldn’t have to do that during the upcoming school year. Other than that, this weekend I plan to add a [...]

Daniel Bolshoy invites you to the VSO School open house
For anyone living in Vancouver, head down to the VSO School (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Music School) for their open house and see a free demo lesson and more from Daniel Bolshoy. I’d love to let everyone know about the new VSO school, and the open house we’re holding this Saturday. There are free mini concerts, [...]
End of the week in Canada – August 20th, 2011
Here’s the week folks. I’ve spent the week debugging this site and others from a webserver hack which was redirecting people to Russian gambling sites. If you ended up doing any gambling I hope you won some money! Besides that I’ve been working on this: Classical Guitar Concerts & Events 2011, check out your town or [...]
End of the week in Canada – August 13th
After years of making individual concert posts I’ve created an events page: Visit the new Concerts and Events : 2011 Events Objectives: To post concerts by guitar societies, music series, or individual artists. Help me update this page by emailing: admin@classicalguitarcanada.ca A useful tool for artists and agents planning to concertize in Canada allowing them to see [...]

Classical Guitar in Calgary & Guitarfestwest by Murray Visscher
I’ve known Murray Visscher for years and he was one of my first “real” classical guitar teachers after moving to the coast when I was eighteen. He’s inspired and produced many great students and is a fine player himself. You can purchase his latest recording here: Murray Visscher - The Early Romantic Guitar (de fossa, Giuliani, [...]
Georgia Straight Review: Daniel Bolshoy
Bolshoy, a very gifted musician, produced hardly so much as a fret noise and gave the concerto a distinct feeling of that indefinite Spanish term duende, whose nearest definition is “soul”. He also produced a superb response to the exquisite slow movement that inspired many musicians, Miles Davis among them. This section is a direct echo [...]

Classical GuitarFest West – Calgary’s Classical Guitar Festival
Classical GuitarFest West 2012: Calgary’s Classical Guitar Festival Official website (below is only an excerpt): Classical GuitarFest West (Calgary) Aug. 13 – 18, 2012 Monday – Saturday A week of ‘guitar immersion’ in the Southern Alberta foothills, guaranteed to excite and inspire young guitar students and emerging classical guitar performers aged 13 and older with a [...]
Daniel Bolshoy and the Vancouver Island Symphony
Vancouver Island Symphony presents: AIRS d’ESPAGNE Mar 05 7:30 pm The Port Theatre Society 125 Front Street Nanaimo, BC Spanish music throughout history has passionately embodied the beauty of the guitar. In a program embracing the warm and sunny air of Spain, the Vancouver Island Symphony, under the baton of Pierre Simard, presents Airs d’Espagne [...]

Daniel Bolshoy and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
A Romantic Spanish Celebration Saturday, Mar 12, 2011 8pm Orpheum Theatre Passionate Spanish music takes centre stage as Canadian guitarist Daniel Bolshoy plucks his guitar strings—and your heartstrings—in Rodrigo’s spine-tingling Concierto de Aranjuez. READ MORE via: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra | Concert & Tickets | Concert Details.
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