{"id":43115,"date":"2019-12-11T12:02:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/?p=43115"},"modified":"2019-12-11T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:02:41","slug":"inspiration-listening-to-koshkin-with-mantyla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarcorner.com\/inspiration-listening-to-koshkin-with-mantyla\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration: Listening to Koshkin with M\u00e4ntyl\u00e4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are fortunate to have so many wonderful contemporary composers who not only write for but also play the guitar and so understand <em>how<\/em> to compose for the instrument. Russian composer Nikita Koshkin is one of our most celebrated guitarist-composers and he has written many wonderful pieces of music for the guitar. One of his recent compositions is &#8220;Finnish Rhapsody,&#8221; which I believe is dedicated to the fantastic 10-string (decacorde) guitarist from Finland, Mari M\u00e4ntyl\u00e4. (This is not Koshkin&#8217;s first piece for 10-string guitar &#8212; his &#8220;Orpheo&#8221; for archlute also has a 10-string version, which M\u00e4ntyl\u00e4 has recorded.) Here M\u00e4ntyl\u00e4 performs &#8220;Finnish Rhapsody&#8221; with amazing control, power, finesse, and beauty. I hope it can bring you some inspiration!<\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"video-container\">\n          <iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzh7DurKulg?rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are fortunate to have so many wonderful contemporary composers who not only write for but also play the guitar and so understand how to compose for the instrument. 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