# Classical Guitar question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-guitar-question/153750>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 8, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-guitar-question/153750 "2003-02-08T20:16:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![cw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@cw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cw)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-guitar-question/153750/1 "2003-02-08T20:16:58Z")

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I would like to find some current artist who are good at classical guitar. I like artist such as Andre Segovia etc. but are there any guitarist these days you would rave about? I guess I will limit it to Baroque style, any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-guitar-question/153750/2 "2003-02-08T21:00:08Z")

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Christopher Parkening is a protogee of Segovia’s and he’s one of the best classical gutarists around. I also like John Williams (not to be confused with the Hollywood composer) quite a bit.

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**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-guitar-question/153750/3 "2003-02-09T00:40:28Z")

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Julian Breme is another great.

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-guitar-question/153750/4 "2003-02-09T01:26:03Z")

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Christopher Parkening is for my money the best there is. Lily Afshar is another good one and appears to be a bit of a rising star, though she doesn’t typically play Baroque.

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**Author:** ![The\_Weak\_Force](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@The\_Weak\_Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weak_Force)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-guitar-question/153750/5 "2003-02-09T08:21:09Z")

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Kurt Rodarmer.

[http://www.jsbach.org/goldbergkurt.html](http://www.jsbach.org/goldbergkurt.html)

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**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-guitar-question/153750/6 "2003-02-09T20:04:45Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by The Weak Force \*  
> \*\*Kurt Rodarmer.
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> [http://www.jsbach.org/goldbergkurt.html](http://www.jsbach.org/goldbergkurt.html) \*\*

WOW!!! The Goldberg Variations on guitar!!! Damn, I wish I had some money.