This Saturday 19th May live in Marlow, Bucks, UK - Magical Mystery Guitar Tour

Carlos plays music by The Beatles,Queen and favourites from the classical guitar repertoire in his first concert at this historic church on the river. The beautiful town of Marlow is a short trip out of London so why not make it a day out to this great location and enjoy a walk by the river too?
Carlos will be performing Asturias, Memories of the Alhambra, Spanish Romance, Cavatina, Classical Gas and many more alongside tracks from his Magical Mystery Guitar Tour and Queen Guitar Rhapsodies albums.
Book here in the Store page or book/reserve by phone on 07931590911... Read more

Beatles' Strawberry Fields Forever

Filmed in black and white at the Royal College of Music in August, Carlos plays his arrangement of Strawberry Fields from the album Magical Mystery Guitar Tour. Click here to watch.

A concerto for guitar and orchestra by Paul McCartney

Carlos is helping Sir Paul McCartney with a concerto for guitar and orchestra that the ex-Beatle is composing. Over many meetings since the beginning of 2006 Carlos has been notating and pre-recording the guitar part at Sir Paul's studio in England.... Read more

How I arranged Beatles classics for classical guitar

Carlos recorded these arrangements on his CD dedicated to the music of The Beatles' Magical Mystery Guitar Tour. Read Carlos' article in the Blog Page by clicking on June 2011.

Join the guitar classes at the UCL in central London with Carlos

Turn up any Monday from 14th May to 18th June and join in. On the last day of term 25th June you can play in a public concert with special guest artist and free admission. The list of guest artists who have played on these occasions has included many of today's celebrated players of the younger generation. Join us and share the platform with the stars of tomorrow!

The long and distinguished list of guest artists at the UCL guitar concerts includes:... Read more

How to develop your own interpretations: five key points

Why are some interpretations of the same piece so different one from the other? What do good players do to make their playing so recognisable? How do you arrive at an interpretation of your own? Read Carlos' recent blog here in the Blog page.

Beauty Is In The Hands Of The Player

….while the listener decides the meaning of it all -
Does music have any meaning? Some, including composers Stravinsky and Bernstein thought not, while others like Pythagoras and Medieval Arabic philosopher Al-Farabi thought it had cosmological significance. Read Carlos' recent article here in the Blog page.

Today's Virtuoso Guitarist Needs a Renaissance Education

Read Carlos' recent blog here in the Blog Page.

Carlos is the featured cover artist in the March issue of the Classical Guitar magazine

In an extensive interview he talks about his life in music, and why and how he arranged the Beatles' music for solo guitar. The magazine also publishes the first of a series of articles written by Carlos, and which were first published here in the Blog page.
Click here here to buy an issue. Also available from specialist UK newsagents, classical guitar centres, and by subscription to www.classicalguitarmagazine.com
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Play The Guitar, Naturally

- An attitude of mind from the very beginning -
Read Carlos' recent blog here in the Blog page

Carlos' Youtube channel

Click on the Youtube icon here at the top and you will be transported to Carlos' very own channel, where you will be able to see and hear a selection of music from Bach to the Beatles as performed by Carlos.

Which Sex Is Your Guitar?

- Everything you wanted to know, but never thought of asking -
Yes, it's all above board, or is it? Read Carlos' recent article here in the Blog Page.

Living in London UK: the guitarists who came and went - but where have the ones born there gone?

Read Carlos' amusing article about Julian Bream, John Williams, Fernando Sor, Francisco Corbetta (who?) among others... Enter the Blog Page and click on January 2011

MONDAYS IN LONDON - drop in on Carlos' guitar classes in central London

After the half-term break on Monday 13th February Joao Loureiro will be directing the classes on 20th and 27th February. Carlos will be back teaching in March. Turn up any Monday until 12th March to join in. On the last day of term 19th March you can play in a public concert with special guest artist and free admission! The list of guest artists who have played on these occasions has included many of today's celebrated players of the younger generation.

Times:
6.00 - 7.30pm Performance Class
7.45 - 9.15pm Ensemble Class... Read more

Practise Alone Does Not Make Perfect

"It matters not whether we repeat a phrase ten times or a hundred times if we do not learn something from each time that we do so" - Read Carlos' recent article here in the Blog Page

Another magazine feature for Carlos's new album

The widely read and respected magazine Guitar Planet carries a feature about the Magical Mystery Guitar Tour album in its latest internet issue. You can read it in Latest News at http://www.guitarplanet.eu

Acoustic Magazine reviews Carlos' latest album in the November issue

Magical Mystery Guitar Tour CD:
"The playing is impeccable throughout and the arrangements are a constant delight - playful and intriguing without ever losing sight of those oh-so-familiar tunes. It takes both nerve and a gift for invention to say something new within this material, but Bonell pulls it off with the panache of a true master….This is a genuinely lovely album."
Acoustic Magazine, November 2011

Total Guitar Magazine describes the album as "exquisite"

Carlos' new album of Beatles' music arranged for solo guitar has been described as "exquisite" by Total Guitar magazine and "breathtaking" by BBC Radio Producer David Lowe.

The album is available here with free delivery, and on itunes.... Read more

Spanish Diverdi magazine publishes an interview and review

The Spanish CD magazine Diverdi published in the October issue an interview with Carlos and a review of the Magical Mystery Guitar Tour album.

"Bonell takes his guitar, with the means of this powerful repertoire directly to the Public, with a capital P. Basing himself on the original music, Bonell expresses the music in an essentially direct style while still revealing his own personality as a musician and interpreter of a classical background. And so, Blackbird emerges from Bonell's memory with the unique addition of an extract from one of the most celebrated pages of classical music, the Bourrée from Bach's First Lute Suite.... Read more

Five minute warm-up

"A five minute warm-up session sounds so short as to hardly be worth the time and effort. Yet warming up the hands and fingers before playing is very important - and five minutes can make all the difference...." Read Carlos' article in the Blog page published on 8th October.

Flying Fish Guitarists And Other Animals

.....And What We can Learn From Our Fellow Creatures - that is the title of Carlos' blog published on 1st October. Curious? Read it here in the Blog page. Click on the month of October.

A capacity audience turn out for Carlos and Martin Taylor

Carlos and jazz guitar supremo Martin Taylor gave the latest concert in the Transformations Music Series to a full house at the Bolivar Hall, London, last Friday 21st October. The Bolivar Hall is a beautiful hall and cultural centre in the Venezuelan Embassy. Carlos played three Preludes and the Chôros by Heitor Villa-Lobos, and his arrangements of the Beatles' Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields and Here Comes The Sun. Martin played excerpts from The Great American Songbook as well as a selection of his own original compositions, including a calypso-style piece inspired by his time in Venezuela in the 1970s. They ended with two duets - their own arrangements of Spanish Romance and Yesterday.... Read more

You can now download sheet music and tabs from Carlos' recordings

Sheet music for more than 15 titles are now available for download from MusicRadar. They include the Queen Guitar Rhapsodies arranged for solo guitar by Carlos and David Young, J.S.Bach's Lute Suite in E minor as recorded by Carlos on his Essential Classics DVD, Gaspar Sanz's Canarios and lots more.

World première in Derry receives a standing ovation

Carlos with the Contempo String Quartet gave the first performance of Laurence Roman's Quintet at the City of Derry Guitar Festival on Saturday. The work - in three movements - is the composer's first composition for guitar. Carlos says "I think it is a very fine work by a really good composer. We were all thrilled that the audience loved it." Also on the programme was Paul Coles' Romanza which was receiving its second performance after Carlos premièred it last year.

Interview with BBC Radio Scotland

Beatles album - Listen to BBC Radio Scotland interview with Carlos... Read more

Solo arrangements in sheet music and tabs including best-selling Queen Guitar Rhapsodies available

Sheet music and tabs for the solo guitar pieces recorded on the Queen Guitar Rhapsodies CD are on internet sale sites' best sellers' lists, together with rock albums by Blur and Kasabian. They are now available for download from Faber Music Store.... Read more