I had a great chat over some of my almost-as-good-as-Scott-Tennant's espresso with the Grammy winning guitarist and composer Andrew York. We talked about a whole series of interesting topics, and you will have the chance to hear lots of new music from his recently released double album Yamour. 

Andrew shared his thoughts on playing and composing with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and a bit about the origins of his piece Sunburst, such as how it ended up on one of the landmark records of the classical guitar repertoire: John Williams's album Spirit of The Guitar. 

He also gives some invaluable advice to those amateur composers out there, gives a glimpse into his compositional process, shows his incredible appetite for surprisingly varied creative avenues, and even talks about art and software programming. 

All Strings Considered 015 - Andrew York

Grisha speaks about his quest to enrich the classical guitar canon by the addition and performance of works by the great composers of the solo flamenco guitar, like Sabicas, Paco de Lucía, Rafael Riqueni, Gerardo Nuñez, Manolo Sanlucar, and others.

It's truly inspiring to hear about the role his father had in Grisha's musical training; his search for flamenco repertoire when sheet music was a sought-after commodity in Russia at the time, his patience, his support and dedication.  

You'll also hear about Grisha's chance to play for Paco de Lucía and Grisha's recordings of two works by Sabicas and two more by Paco de Lucía.

All Strings Considered 008 - Grisha Goryachev

All Strings Considered podcast: Hear music and interviews from the world's leading guitarists, lutenists,   string players, and related disciplines. The first season explores mostly world of fretted instruments: flamenco guitar, classical guitar, and lute, with a couple great tangents into the world of strings and jazz piano. All Strings Considered is the best way to check out new music and (almost) meet your favorite musicians.

All Strings Considered 008 - Grisha Goryachev

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