Vladimir Gapontsev

Vladimir Gapontsev is a young guitarist from Russia – he grew up and studied in Volgograd but currently lives in Moscow. He was in town for the Parkening competition and stopped by to play some guitars. Here he is playing a composition of his own, Falling Into the Green Abyss in four movements on four guitars. The first movement is The Siren’s Call and Vladimir plays a 2009 Manuel Contreras double-top in spruce; the second movement is The Siren and he plays a 2015 Bertrand Ligier; the third is called Recitative and he plays this on a 2008 Oscar Trezzini; and the final movement is Ostinato Blues which he plays on a 1971 Marcelino Lopez.