No. 391, Fall 2018

On the Cover: Ukrainian guitarist Marko Topchii has won prizes at more than 100 guitar competitions worldwide. Special Focus: The Competition Life—thoughts on competitions from Dale Kavenagh, Celil Refik Kaya, Sabrina Vlaskalic, and Stefan Schmidt; and competition jurors talk about that difficult task. Features: A profile of veteran England-based guitarist/arranger/conductor Gerald Garcia about his long and fruitful career; a salute to Julian Bream, who just turned 85; an interview with the bold Bulgarian guitarist/composer Atanas Ourkouzounov; “Letter from Tokyo,” featuring Japanese guitar greats Kiyoshi Shomura and Shin-Ichi Fukuda; Virginia Luque on her new guitar line and her Bach Goldberg Variations project. Lessons: Guitar techniques used in Leo Brouwer’s Danza Caracteristica. Reviews: Recent albums by Jorge Caballero, Celil Refik Kaya, Frederic Hand, Eliot Fisk, and others; sheet music by Barrios, Schubert (arranged by Presti & Lagoya); Tárrega, Nick Fletcher, and many more.