Scott Cmiel

The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble presents Minette, an arrangement for two guitars of an opera by Hans Werner Henze constructed on the principles of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations and based on a short story by Balzac about vegetarian cats that form the Royal Society for the Protection of Rats.

A classical guitarist circles the globe in his program, which he played with complete mastery and ravishing color.

Jon Mendle has already made a name for himself in guitarist circles. His first solo recording makes an exhilarating sweep through the music of J.S. Bach’s friends and sons.

The ravishing Beijing-born classical guitarist plays the Spanish classics, tosses off some Bach and Chopin, and swings with works by Brazilian composers.

Sergio and Odair Assad have moved audiences and inspired guitarists around the world for over 30 years. Sunday, their program was musically thrilling, emotionally satisfying and, at least implicitly, a politically challenging and sympathetic view of immigration.

Technical bravura and emotional depth marked the recital of Polish guitarist Marcin Dylla, who consistently delighted his large audience.

The Paris Guitar Duo, in its first San Francisco outing, performed wide-ranging music with brilliance, but with odd mannerisms.

Marc Teicholz of the San Francisco Conservatory gave an exquisitely sensitive and skillful recital there on Saturday, featuring new transcriptions, music associated with Segovia, and extraordinary contemporary compositions.

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet brought charisma and virtuosity to a program of mostly Renaissance music (bookended by 19th-century opera arrangements and leavened by a modern classic) at a recital presented on Saturday.

Excitement was high on Friday when the Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts presented the San Francisco recital debut of Meng Su and Yameng Wang at the Green Room.