David Russell followed an unlikely but serendipitous path to become one of the world's most revered guitarists. He was born in Scotland but his family moved to Spain in the late 1950s when he was 6.

The guitarist Julian Bream’s performances were only part of his legacy. He played a major part in establishing the guitar as a recognised classical instrument in Britain and beyond, working actively ...

Julian Bream, whose concerts and recordings on both lute and classical guitar brought a huge new audience of listeners and players to those instruments, died Aug. 14 at his home in Wiltshire, England.

Isbin first heard North Indian classical music as an undergrad at Yale University, where she later earned a master's in music. Having started on guitar at age 9, she studied with the great Andrés ...

Andres Segovia popularized the classical guitar. Julian Bream took it to the next level. Bream, who died Aug. 14 at the age of 87 in his native England, stepped into a guitar world in which everything ...