Xavier Jara's guest appearances

Xavier Jara

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The tonebase Classical Guitar Podcast, with David Steinhardt

Thomas Viloteau

Donald Trump

Christopher Columbus

Hillary Clinton

Freda Payne

Thomas Frank

Malcolm Gladwell

Mike Rowe

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Jemele Hill

Henry V

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The classical guitar virtuoso Xavier Jara joined Tom in Studio A.Three years ago, at the age of 22, he won First Prize in the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition, and he’s won several other international guitar competitions as well.A native of Minnesota, he studied there, and in Paris, and he’s in town to play a concert tomorrow night at 8 pm at Towson University’s Kaplan Concert Hall with another great guitarist, Tengyue Zhang. Their performance is part of the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society’s annual series. We live-streamed this segment on the WYPR Facebook page. Click here to watch that video.

Classical Guitarist Xavier Jara: Live in Studio A

Xavier Jara met up with David in tonebase HQ to discuss, among many things, the experience of recording his NAXOS album with the legendary Norbert Kraft, his learnings from the year-long GFA tour, and his passion for Hauser guitars!About the artist: A winner of the coveted GFA competition, Xavier Jara recently completed his 50 concert North American tour. He now resides in San Francisco where he is continuing his studies with Judicael Perroy and playing concerts across the country. Xavier is an Augustine Strings artist.Intro Music: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor Fugue BWV 1001 (Nicholas Goluses)Mysterious Habitats (Bogdanovic)Sonata No 3 Mov. 4 (Bogdanovic)

Xavier Jara met up with David in tonebase HQ to discuss, among many things, the experience of recording his NAXOS album with the legendary Norbert Kraft, his learnings from the year-long GFA tour, and his passion for Hauser guitars! About the artist: A winner of the coveted GFA competition, Xavier Jara recently completed his 50 concert North American tour. He now resides in San Francisco where he is continuing his studies with Judicael Perroy and playing concerts across the country. Xavier is an Augustine Strings artist. Intro Music: Sonata No. 1 in G Minor Fugue BWV 1001 (Nicholas Goluses) Mysterious Habitats (Bogdanovic) Sonata No 3 Mov. 4 (Bogdanovic)

Season 1 Episode 3: Xavier Jara