The University of South Carolina published “Q&A with Christopher Berg.”
Music While We're Inside: Free Live Virtual Concert: this Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Go here to register as an audience member and you'll receive the link. Virtual concert hall closes at 6:05. Christopher Berg will open this concert, which is made possible through a partnership between Balanced Guitar and Music On The Inside.
Hazel Ketchum will present a workshop for guitarists. “Inside The Classical Guitar Companion” at the Appalachian State University GuitarFest in Boone, NC. 10:00–11:00.
Soprano Tina Stallard & Christopher Berg perform Mátyás Seiber's Four French Folk Songs @ UofSC Freeman Series. 3:00 pm in the School of Music Recital Hall.
Christopher Berg performs at UofSC School of Music Recital Hall @ 3:00 pm. Music of Dowland, Giuliani, Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and more.
Christopher Berg performs Ferdinand Carulli's Concerto in A with Maestra Suzanna Pavlovsky and the Palmetto Chamber Orchestra. Richland County Library @ 3:00.
Routledge has released Christopher Berg’s Practicing Music by Design: Historic Virtuosi on Peak Performance.
Oxford University Press has released Christopher Berg’s The Classical Guitar Companion, a major work for the classical guitar.
Christopher Berg’s experience performing early music on lutes and guitars has afforded him a unique perspective when performing the standard classical guitar repertoire. He also believes each artist has a responsibility to create something that never existed before.
Although Christopher Berg’s teaching is systematic, he teaches each student rather than a system. His pedagogy unites critical thinking and problem-solving skills with refined artistic sensitivity. Read more about his approach to teaching here.
The Pilgrim Forest is a musical novel, a wordless story told in music of a traveller who has strayed from the main road in search of truth. Although conceived as an hour-long cycle, each piece also stands alone.
Here you will find free downloads of scores in the public domain edited by Christopher Berg, teaching handouts, exercises and selected writings.
Christopher Berg has four books in print: The Classical Guitar Companion (OUP), Practicing Music by Design: Historic Virtuosi on Peak Performance (Routledge); Mastering Guitar Technique and Giuliani Revisited (Mel Bay). Learn more here.
Scores of Christopher Berg’s compositions from The Pilgrim Forest are gradually becoming available. “Lullaby Blue,” “Pavane for All Souls,” and “Waltz of the Hermit” are currently available. More will be added soon.
Christopher Berg and Andrés Segovia Los Angeles, 1981
"Lullaby Blue touched me so deeply that the tears kept falling. It was obvious after the Haydn that we were in for a real treat, but I was unprepared for the deep connection to The Pilgrim Forest selections."
—Cindy (SC)
"We have since bought your CD The Pilgrim Forest and look forward to listening to the whole collection—as soon as we can stop listening to "Lullaby Blue" over and over."
—Sandra (IN)
"I just want to thank you for your book about guitar technique. I have suffered from dystonia, but now the problems are definitely solved thanks to your writing. You understand the rest! I will always refer to you when I feel that I'm slipping back into my old technique again."
—Bo L. (Sweden)
Mr. Berg’s analysis is among the most thorough and professional to come my way…. If you are having real problems playing clearly, efficiently and in a relaxed manner, Mastering Guitar Technique could be the book for you to read and open up your technical know-how.
—Classical Guitar Magazine (Great Britain)
Berg’s performance is beautiful. His sound, his sense of progression, and level of artistic intensity are compelling and make repeated hearings of this recording very enjoyable.
—Soundboard, journal of The Guitar Foundation of America
Christopher Berg gave a stellar display of guitar virtuosity Tuesday night… His technique was awesome!
—Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
Christopher Berg’s Sunday afternoon recital at the Columbia Museum of Art left the standing-room-only crowd eager for more!
—The State (Columbia, SC)
The full house was treated to an outstanding performance…. His lyrical phrasing and rich tone exemplified the romantic potential of the guitar in the hands of a master.
—Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
The Rodrigo concerto was electrifying…
hugely enjoyable and freshly played.
—The State (Columbia, SC)
A man with no technical boundaries, angelic composing abilities, simply breathtaking! This album tells a terrific tale, and is full of imagination. From start to finish, Mr. Berg is able to touch on every human emotion. It is a wonderful contribution to the ever-growing guitar literature.
—Chad
Packed with pleasure… expertly played guitars and lutes… wondrously nimble passage work.
—The State (Columbia, SC)
The Classical Guitar Companion
Published by Oxford University Press in November of 2019, The Classical Guitar Companion features over 200 examples, etudes, and pieces organized to help serious guitar students better navigate the shoals of becoming well-trained and expressive artists. It is neither a method, treatise, nor anthology, although it contains elements of each. Rather than try to shepherd each student down the same path, the book allows students to approach their training within a flexible and personal curriculum based upon their weaknesses and strengths.