Melbourne Recital Centre
Saturday, Dec 1

“Yay, Tárrega!” shouted an overjoyed audience member from the forth row of the Melbourne Recital Centre as Miloš Karadaglić announced his first encore for the evening: the Spanish composer’s evocative Recuerdos de la Alhambra for solo guitar. And the spontaneous outburst was by no means the only one of the concert. From the minute he appeared on stage and strummed the first note of Bach’s prelude for lute in C minor, the world’s dazzling new guitar sensation enthralled his crowd with a mix of musical prowess and easy amicability not often found in classical musicians.

Born in Montenegro and educated at the London Royal Academy of Music, 29 year-old Miloš stepped onto the Melbourne concert stage for the second leg of his 2012 Australian Debut Tour an already extremely accomplished musician, having won numerous prestigious awards and sold 150,000 copies of his 2011 debut album, Mediterráneo.

As he made his way through a program that included both lesser-known guitar gems like twentieth-century Italian composer Domeniconi’s entrancing Koyunbaba, and standard guitar staples like Albeniz’s Asturias and Morel’s Danza Brasilera, delighting the crowd with a winning combination of dashing good looks, captivating stage presence and impeccable...