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I’m very happy to have two new instruments available with my dear friends over at Siccas guitars. One is my Torres/Romanillos Model and the other is my own Concert Model with a 640mm short scale length. Follow the links below for more photos and info:
https://www.siccasguitars.com/shop/guitar/michael-cadiz-2020-romanillos/
My friend Petra Poláčková stopped by for a visit last week and we recorded a couple of short videos in the shop. Two short Legnani caprices: one slow and one fast. She is a phenomenal guitarist and musician, as well as one of the nicest people I know. As I mentioned in a previous post, she has a new CD out of S. L. Weiss that you should definitely check out!
This was recorded with two Line Audio CM4 mics about 1 meter in front of the guitar. Zoom H5 recorder.
My friend Petra Poláčková stopped by the other day and I finally got my copy of her new CD. I've been listening to it the last couple of days and it's stunning. She has a power and lucid intensity that is uncommon and thrilling to listen to. I would definitely recommend ordering one!
Here is also a beatiful video recording of one of the pieces featured on the album.
Here is my own latest concert model that will soon be available at Siccas guitars in Germany (www.siccasguitars.com). Spruce and Indian rosewood. 650mm scale length. Elevated fingerboard with 20th half-fret. Scheller tuning machines with brass plates and snakewood buttons.
Here are a few photos of my own latest concert model. Spruce and Indian rosewood. Elevated fingerboard with 20th half-fret. 640mm scale length. 52mm nut. 43mm string spacing at nut and 57mm at the bridge. Scheller tuning machines with brass plates and snakewood buttons.
Here are a few photos from my latest Torres/Romanillos model that will soon be available at Siccas guitars in Germany (www.siccasguitars.com). Spruce and Madagascar rosewood. 650mm scale length. Scheller tuners with carved nickel silver plates and mother of pearl buttons.
Kevin Seddiki is an extraordinarly talented musician and an old friend and classmate of mine from when I was studying in France. He recently released an album with accordionist Jean-Lousi Matinier on ECM and it’s really good. This was one of the albums that got me through the Corona times this year; I must have listened to it fifty times already in the shop already. It has a consistent mood and is very concise for a Jazz album; it has a satisfying arch and works really well as an album, as opposed to just a bunch songs thrown together. It also sounds funny to say, but their rendition of Greensleeves/Amsterdam is pretty epic; one wouldn’t think that the world needed another version of that song, but it apparently did! :)
Here's a video of them performing three songs off the album live.
I’m happy to share with you an upcoming concert of original music by Grazer guitarist and composer Stefan Frank Steinhauser. Here is a quick promo video for the concert. I’d encourage you to check it out if you are into classical guitar, jazz, world music etc. He is a very talented musician and also performs on one of my guitars.
And now for something different: A good friend of mine Ryan Layne Whitney has been extremely “fleißig” in the Covid lockdown and has been recording up a storm of new videos - a handful of Scarlatti sonatas, as well as many sonatas by Sebastian de Albero to accompany his two editions that he expertly researched, typset and published. Links to the editions are below and here is just one of the many new videos that I would encourage you to check out. It could also be of interest to solo or duo guitarists looking for new repertoire to transcribe from a contemporary of Scarlatti.
I’m a little late at posting this, because it’s already a new month, but my good friend and was featured in “Gitarre und Bass” magazine as performer of the month. The subject was his latest album of original compositions alongside two major violin sonatas by J.S. Bach. The CD is great and you should check it out if you haven’t already; it also happens to be recorded on one of my guitars :). You can purchase the CD from his website here and it is also availble on streaming platforms:
https://www.florianpalier.net/music
Many of the scores to his original compositions are also available online through Bergmann Edition:
