The New Kind of Guitar Feeling

NEWS

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Issue # 59

Spring 2024

"Pata Negra" Guitar

Editor

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The recently finished 25th concert tour in US & Europe presenting Recitals, Concerts, Lectures and Master Classes, was truly a great success for Maestro Soler, widely acclaimed by critics for his ability to transform the guitar into an instrument for creating “real” music and emotion which impress the public: The New Kind of Guitar Feeling.
This tour was the celebration of the 25th, acroos United States.
In this tour, Maestro Soler presented his last works: FLOWER CHILD (Romantic song for Linda) & SINGING THE SALTARELLO (to Arcea), with his guitars:
“The Golden Polyphemus”, by Ignacio Fleta.
“The Redneck Girl”, by Estruch Luthiers.
“The Drag Queen” (1o strings guitar), by De Latorre.

Maestro Soler has just published his second guitar collection:

AVE MARIA (Tremolo), F. SCHUBERT
"CANTANT EL SALTARELLO" (Singing the Saltarello), F. P. Soler
“CAPRICI ÀRAB” (Preludio), F. Tárrega
"EL NOI DE LA MARE" (Catalan Popular), F. P. Soler
"FILLA DE LES FLORS" (Flower Child), F. P. Soler
PRELUDI No.1 en DO M (BMW 846), J.S. Bach

The next publication will be his transcription of Antonio Vivaldi´s Concerto in RE M (RV 93) for guitar, strings and continuo.

Maestro Soler is also currently working on his next book:

10 LOGICAL STUDIES (TECHNICAL STUDIES)
1 st. to Eric Clapton
2 nd. to Jimi Hendrix
3 rd. to BB King
4 th. to Hank Marvin
5 th. to Jimmy Page
6 th. to Carlos Santana
7 th. to Troy Seals
8 th. to Andrés Segovia
9 th. to Narciso Yepes
10 th. to Frank Zappa

Some of his works are in the ESADE's Library:
K 19-III-79.1 https://www.esade.edu/biblioteca-borja/ca .
And all his works in the Hispanic Division of the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
General distribution: CASA BEETHOVEN, Music Store: www.casabeethoven.com

Recently, Maestro Soler has collaborated, as musical reviewer, in the books collection, “APRENDE CANTANDO” (learn by singing), published by “Corazon de Mango”.

As musical journalist, Maestro Soler has recently published his last work in the “Blog” of the Library of Congress:
https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2023/09/la-msica-en-la-poca-de-cervantes/?loclr=eaint

Also, he has published the second edition of his last book

He's coordinating these activities with the various seminaries and Master Classes which he offers in prestigious universities, music conservatories, and guitar societies, and the preparation of his 26th International Concert Tour.

His new program has special surprises, like encores in Jimi Hendrix's or James Brown's style, with his new electric guitar “A wop bop a loo bop a wop bam boom”.