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Guys,

I just finished shooting the next DVD that will be released in the winter. Also, as I spent a lot of time on the road, it appeared to be cool to have a new blog for you to follow me on the road and see pictures – maybe your picture ! – of the folks who come to shows and clinics:

http://www.philippebertaud.com/aFrenchyInAmerica/

You also can follow me on Twitter now! http://twitter.com/philippebertaud

Cheers!
Philippe

Buy my CD’s in MP3 Format Directly From my Website

Hi,

Now you can buy my CD’s in MP3 format directly from my website.
Click on the link to listen to all the tracks and download the ones you want or the complete album for $9.99.

Le Chant d’Ossanha
Le Chant d'Ossanha
Summer … Sea et Nature are omnipresent in my work. This chant (song) tells us an early morning walk, the charm of Nature, the beginning of autumn. Healing music for relaxation, massage, meditation.

Click to listen to all the tracks, buy the CD or download MP3.

I Write to You from Afar…
A long travel in Asia inspired me to compose this album: temples on the shores of Mekong, serenity of rice plantations… Meditative, healing, spiritual, inspiring, comforting your heart and opening the gateway to your soul…

Click to listen to all the tracks, buy the CD or download MP3.

Recital
Soothing. Inspiring. Healing. And joyful. This is the musisc I love to play at night at home, by the fire place. A relaxing and soulful trip through the baroque, the Renaissance and Latin guitar.

Click to listen to all the tracks, buy the CD or download MP3.

 

Now the Villa Lobos DVD is released.

(You can read all the details on my blog. Villa Lobos’s story, how the DVD has been filmed, details about the music…)
Villa Lobos Instructional DVD

Villa Lobos Instructional DVD

This is the very first performance and instructional DVD about How to Play Villa Lobos’ Preludes and Choros #1. Using the split screen and close ups, I show you in details all the possible fingerings for you to develop your own interpretation. Detailed exercises to play fast scales (like in Prelude #2), what is a Choros and how to play the rhythminc pattern, control the voicing and emphasize the inner voices (like in Prelude #5).

You will also learn how to play arpeggios evenly, increase the speed, and all the technical difficulties are subjects to exercises. Watch previews now:

Philippe Bertaud on the Music by Villa Lobos

This DVD is Produced by Garry Powell for Miramuse, LLC and internationally distributed by Carl Fisher Publishing.

Have fun with it and stayed the tuned: the next DVD is in preparation and will be released soon.

More clinics will be announced for June on East Coast, VA, TN.

Tour in CA in July, all details soon

 

Tuesday, June 16 to Thursday, June 18
Guitar Foundation of America
Pablo Cohen, Convention Host
Ithaca College
Ithaca, 14850 NY

Saturday June 20th at 7:30PM
Charles Myrtle’s
105 McBrien Road Chattanooga, TN 37411
423-892-4960

Sunday June 21 st of at 3:00PM
Pick ‘n’ Grin
106 Gore Rd Knoxville, TN
865-588-5361

Monday June 22nd at 6:30PM (time to be confirmed)
Hayden Music
4334 Electric Rd
Roanoke, VA 24018-0720
(540) 776-7900

Tuesday June 23rd at 7:00PM
Woodall’s Music
2163 Virginia Ave
Collinsville, VA 24078
276-647-1973

Wednesday June 24th at 7:00 PM
Lynchburg Music Center
6006 Fort Ave.
Lynchburg, VA 24502
434-237-0073

Friday June 26th From 4:00PM to 6:00PM
~ Guitar clinic ~
St Peter’s Episcopal Church
1010 Broad St
Altavista, VA 24517
(434) 369-5291

Friday June 26th at 7:00PM
St Peter’s Episcopal Church
1010 Broad St
Altavista, VA 24517
(434) 369-5291

 Saturday June 27th At 2:30PM
Fairmont Crossing
173 Brockman Park Drive, Amherst, VA 24521
Email

Saturday June 27th At 7:00PM
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society
154 South Main Street, Amherst, VA 24521
Email

Sunday June 28th At 7:00PM
River House Concert,
310 Cedar Ridge Lane, Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
304-876-2690

From Friday July 17 to Sunday 19
Summer NAMM Show in Nashville Tennessee

In the meantime you can check all next concerts and clinics.

Villa Lobos DVD Release

Hi everybody,

The New York tour was a lot of fun, especially because I came back with a lot of new friends in my heart.
Great souvenir like the improvised jam with mandolinist Peter Holmgren at Reservoir Music Center in Warwick (what a beautiful town!), the meeting with the legendary guitar maker Lou Mancuso who built guitars for Les Paul, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan

Now the Villa Lobos DVD is released.

(You can read all the details on my blog. Villa Lobos’s story, how the DVD has been filmed, details about the music…)
Villa Lobos Instructional DVD

Villa Lobos Instructional DVD

This is the very first performance and instructional DVD about How to Play Villa Lobos’ Preludes and Choros #1. Using the split screen and close ups, I show you in details all the possible fingerings for you to develop your own interpretation. Detailed exercises to play fast scales (like in Prelude #2), what is a Choros and how to play the rhythminc pattern, control the voicing and emphasize the inner voices (like in Prelude #5).

You will also learn how to play arpeggios evenly, increase the speed, and all the technical difficulties are subjects to exercises. Watch previews now:

Philippe Bertaud on the Music by Villa Lobos

This DVD is Produced by Garry Powell for Miramuse, LLC and internationally distributed by Carl Fisher Publishing.

Have fun with it and stayed the tuned: the next DVD is in preparation and will be released soon.

More clinics will be announced for June on East Coast, VA, TN.

Tour in CA in July, all details soon

Tuesday, June 16 to Thursday, June 18
Guitar Foundation of America
Pablo Cohen, Convention Host
Ithaca College
Ithaca, 14850 NY

Saturday June 20th at 7:30PM
Charles Myrtle’s
105 McBrien Road Chattanooga, TN 37411
423-892-4960

Sunday June 21 st of at 3:00PM
Pick ‘n’ Grin
106 Gore Rd Knoxville, TN
865-588-5361

Monday June 22nd at 6:30PM (time to be confirmed)
Hayden Music
21 Salem Avenue Southeast
Roanoke, VA 24011
540 776-7900

Tuesday June 23rd at 7:00PM
Woodall’s Music
2163 Virginia Ave
Collinsville, VA 24078
276-647-1973

Wednesday June 24th at 7:00 PM
Lynchburg Music Center
6006 Fort Ave.
Lynchburg, VA 24502
434-237-0073

Friday June 26th From 4:00PM to 6:00PM
~ Guitar clinic ~
St Peter’s Episcopal Church
1010 Broad St
Altavista, VA 24517
(434) 369-5291

Friday June 26th at 7:00PM
St Peter’s Episcopal Church
1010 Broad St
Altavista, VA 24517
(434) 369-5291

 

Saturday June 27th At 2:30PM
Fairmont Crossing
173 Brockman Park Drive, Amherst, VA 24521
Email

Saturday June 27th At 7:00PM
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society
154 South Main Street, Amherst, VA 24521
Email

Sunday June 28th At 7:00PM
River House Concert,
310 Cedar Ridge Lane, Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
304-876-2690

From Friday July 17 to Sunday 19
Summer NAMM Show in Nashville Tennessee

In the meantime you can check next concerts and clinics:

Alhambra International Guitar Competition

Howdy Y’all!

Winnig a competition is not a start to a performing career. More often, the winners do not have the visibilty they deserve and are dreaming about. Once the competition is done and the prize is won… nothing happens!

I decided along with Alhambra Guitar, D’Addario and Carl Fisher Publishing to organize a competition that will really launch your career!

First of all: you will have concerts in international venues. That means you will be accessing to an international visibility!

One of your key to success is… a great guitar and you will have one! An Alhambra Guitar Concert Model, hand made in Spain. The best Planet Waves guitar accessories and maintenance kit to take care of it. You will also be provided with the best strings ever – D’Addario - for 4 years, which means a lot of performances ahead!

Ready to launch your dream career as a performing artist? Let’s do it!
Alhambra International Guitar Competition’s Website

Philippe Bertaud

Here are the next performances and workshops. Some more will add for the New York are in May. Take care,

Monday April 27th At 6:00 PM
Dallas International Guitar Festival
Renaissance
2222 Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 631-2222

Thursday April 30th At 7:00 PM
The Bugle Boy
1051 N. Jefferson St. (Hwy 77)La Grange, Texas 78945
979-968-9944

Sunday May 3rd At 1:00 PM
Crossroads Music
110 North Main Street
East Hampton, NY 11937
(631) 907-4838

Monday May 4th At 6:00 PM
Alto Music
251 W 30th St
New York, NY 10001
(212) 967-9525
www.altomusic.com
Seatting limited to 125

Tuesday May 5th At 3:00 PM
Downbeat Café, FREE Workshop:
“Outside the Lines”

With French guitar sensation, Philippe Bertaud
305 N Service Rd
Dix Hills, NY 11746
(631) 424-7000

Tuesday May 5th At 7:30 PM
With French guitar sensation, Philippe Bertaud
305 N Service Rd
Dix Hills, NY 11746
(631) 424-7000

Wednesday May 6th At 6:00 PM
Bramson´s Music
280 North Bedford Rd. (Route 117)
Mt. Kisco, NY
http://www.bramsonsmusic.com/

Thursday May 7th At 8:00 PM
Village Music
31 Main Street
Warwick, NY 10990
(845) 988.5225
http://www.villagemusicwarwick.com

Saturday May 9th At 3:00 PM
Reservoir Music Center
3179 State Route 28
Shokan, NY 12481
(845) 657-6127
http://reservoirmusiccenter.net

View the complete Philippe Bertaud Tour schedule

Audition Dates to Get Into my Class @ FWAFA

Howdy Y’all!
Thanks for the emails about lessons and admission process in my class. Fist of all I only take a few students and you have to audition to make it in. The music you have to play is from the UIL prescribed music list available on UIL website:
http://www.utexas.edu/uil/pml/
Call FWAFA for registration: (817) 924-1482 and Jamy or Laurie will take a good care of you.
Because of the numerous candidates two dates have been set up:
Saturday March 7 from 9:00AM to 3:00PM
and Friday March 13th at 5:00PM
Use the contact link or a message @ FWAFA if you have any issue with the PML

In April the next CD, recorded in Brazil with Bossa Nova Singer Denise Pinaud will be released. The title: Mistura Da Bossa.

Here are the next performances and workshops.  Some more will add for the New York are in May. Take care,

Sunday March 15th From 2:00PM to 4:00PM
Guitar Workshop
1215 North Von Minden Road
La Grange, Texas 78945
979.968.8323 [office]
http://www.lgfumc.org


View the complete Philippe Bertaud tour schedule