Composer

A renowned guitarist and pedagogue, Raphaella Smits plays worldwide on eight-string guitars and historical instruments. Alongside her international touring career, she has recorded more than 25 albums to great acclaim. Smits is recognized as a gifted teacher of both guitar and chamber music, frequently serving on the juries of prestigious international music competitions. She taught at the Lemmens Institute in Belgium for 36 years and continues to give master classes across Europe, the Americas, and Japan. In 1986, Smits was the first woman to win the first prize of the Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition in Spain, earning praise from chairmen Andrés Segovia and Narciso Yepes. Smits was recently awarded at the Festival Guitarras del Mundo in Argentina for her unique contributions to guitar music and culture.

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Raphaella Smits, guitar

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

KONTRAST - Folkehuset Absalon

Folkehuset Absalon

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor. 

Nikhil Goswami, guitar - Second Year Master's Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study.

Guitar Department Recital

A concert presented by the Oberlin Guitar Ensemble under the direction of Stephen Aron in Kulas Recital Hall.

Concert: Guitar Ensemble I

Oberlin College

Guitarist Marc Teicholz was awarded first prize at the 1989 International Guitar Foundation of America Competition, the largest, most prestigious contest of its kind in the United States. He was also a prize winner at the 1991 New York East-West Artists Competition.

Pre-College Masterclass: Marc Teicholz, guitar

Guitar and Voice Recital

In pursuit of their degrees at SFCM, each student presents a recital that represents their artistry and craft. Student Recitals feature repertoire curated by students with guidance from their faculty instructor.

Zheng Du, Guitar - First Year Master's Recital

SFCM’s Faculty Artist Series is presented as an annual concert series featuring SFCM faculty in performance. This series showcases our world-class faculty to our community and audience members in personally curated repertoire.

Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano with Guitar Faculty

Memorial Carillon

University of Wisconsin

Lyle Anderson, University Carillonneur Emeritus


Join us for an enchanting afternoon of vocal music as Risha Hussain, a talented soprano from the Northwestern Bienen School of Music, presents her Bachelor of Music recital. This captivating event will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 2:30pm CDT in the intimate setting of the McClintock Choral and Recital Room.

Under the guidance of her mentor, Nancy Gustafson, Risha will perform a diverse program that showcases her versatile vocal range and emotional depth. The recital will feature a selection of works by composers such as Léo Delibes, Fernando Obradors, Fernando Sor, Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Giovanni Sgambati, Antonio Vivaldi, Jules Massenet, Edvard Grieg, and Franz Schubert. Highlights include the hauntingly beautiful "Sposa son disprezzata" from Vivaldi's Bazajet, the poignant "Élégie" by Massenet, and Schubert's virtuosic "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen."

Risha will be accompanied by an ensemble of talented musicians, including Miguel Rodriguez on flute, Andrew Kang on clarinet, Emily Reader on harp, Eli Oesterheld on guitar, with Olga Sklyanskaya and Rena Maduro on piano, and Felix Garkisch on violin.

This event is free and open to the public, offering a wonderful opportunity to experience the next generation of classical music talent. No tickets are required, and for those unable to attend in person, a live stream of the recital will be available.

Don't miss this opportunity to support emerging talent and enjoy an afternoon of exquisite music. The McClintock Choral and Recital Room is located at 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, within the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts.

Risha Hussain, soprano

Ryan Center for the Musical Arts

Study Concert with guitar students under Jesper Sivebæk and Per Pålsson

Study Concert with guitar students

DKDM

Study Concert with guitar students under Jesper Sivebæk og Per Pålsson

The Studio Hall

PC Morning Recital

Study concert with guitar students under Jesper Sivebæk, Per Pålsson, and Henrik Bay Hansen

Study concert with guitar students

By popular demand, Eliot Fisk opens the Festival with a solo recital for the Skaneateles Festival’s first-ever matinee concert. More details to come!

Season Preview: An Afternoon with Eliot Fisk

First Presbyterian Church

This concert's program was inspired by the rich diversity found in guitar repertoire, featuring pieces that display standard solo classical repertoire, guitar accompaniment, idiomatic studies, and singing while playing. Featured composers range from Bach all the way to Egúrbida, a contemporary Puerto Rican composer, with the premier of 2 new guitar studies written by James O'Malley Gorbea. The title of this recital, "A Mi Manera", was inspired by the Gipsy Kings cover of "My Way".

Student Recital: James O'Malley Gorbea

Carnegie Mellon University

Students in the WashU guitar studios will perform a concert of solos and ensembles.

Guitar Gala

560 Music Center

Celin, Pepe, Celino and Lito Romero—members of the “Royal Family of the Guitar”—celebrate an astonishing 60th anniversary milestone. If you love classical guitar, chances are you have the prolific and peripatetic Romeros to thank for its popularity.

SFP The Romeros

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

“It’s easy to understand why David Russell gets invited back, season after season,” observed SF Classical Voice. His name is synonymous with sublime performances of a range of music, unflaggingly delivered with thoughtful interpretation and riveting precision. “I aim to help my listener really enjoy and see the same things that I see in the music, then I’m happy,” he says.

David Russell Guitar

The inaugural season of Distinctive Experiences offers three rare opportunities to see and hear world-renowned artists—up close and personal—in the exceptionally intimate Irvine Barclay Theatre.

Composer

Fernando Sor

Events

Past events

Apr 11, 2026

Raphaella Smits, guitar · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Nov 2, 2025

KONTRAST - Folkehuset Absalon · The Royal Danish Academy of Music

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