Andres Segovia, the beloved Spanish guitarist universally credited with bringing the guitar to the forefront of the concert world, died Tuesday in Madrid of heart failure. In his 94 years, the maestro ...

Fifty-eight years ago, an aspiring young musician named Andres Segovia walked onto the stage of Chicago’s Orchestra Hall to offer a tiny audience one of the first classical guitar recitals ever heard ...

In this stunning film by Christopher Nupen, Segovia returns to the Granada of his youth, site of his personal and musical formation. The world-famous Alhambra—empty of tourists, between midnight and 4 ...

Fifteen years after his death, master classical guitarist Andres Segovia finally was brought back to his hometown as he wished. Segovia's remains were exhumed from the Madrid cemetery where he… By ...

Classical guitarist Pablo Villegas has been called the "natural heir" to Andres Segovia, the great Spanish guitarist of the 20th century who became the best-known ambassador for the guitar as a ...

Jan. 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1853, Solomon Northrop regains his freedom following his kidnapping and being sold into slavery. He would later write a memoir, 12 Years a Slave, which would ...

WHEN you’re talking classical guitar, there are two names to remember – Andres Segovia, who died at age 94 in 1987, and his American student with the boyish face, Christopher Parkening. Parkening, who ...

Most musicians are perfectly happy to spend their time discussing their own points of view about their craft. But Christopher Parkening, who plays a guitar recital next Sunday in Winter Park, doesn’t ...