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Malmoe International Guitar Festival 2003

Göran Söllscher, Sweden

Göran Söllscher started his career as a guitar player by winning the first prize at the competition "Concours Internationale de Guitare" in Paris, France, 1978. He has performed worldwide, with solo recitals and as soloist with several famous orchestras. Söllscher made his record debut for Deutsche Grammophon 1979. He has so far recorded sixteen solo albums and all of them have received excellent reviews and they have achieved high sales rates. His album "Paganini for Two", with the violonist Gil Shaham, was one of the ten best selling albums of classical music in USA 1993. Göran Söllschers repertoire is exceptionally wide, from renaissance music to well known guitar concerts and contemporary music. He has close contacts with several Scandinavian composers. He is professor of guitar playing in Malmö, Sweden.

Hubert Käppel, Germany

Hubert Käppel is not just an unique exception of the best guitarists of today. H Käppels interpreting, perfect tone and virtuoso technique have become the norm to many other guitarists around the world. Approximately ten years ago he made an international break-through after an epoch-making CD-recording of Bachs 6:th partita for the harpsichord. Hubert Käppel has been called an unorthodox classical magician by the Guitar Magazine. His ability to reach an audience that normally doesn't listen to classical guitar music is one of his specialties. His unusual choice of repertoire extend from well known baroque music to contemporary music. Hubert Käppel was born in Cologne. He has won the international guitar competition in Gargnano Italy, toured all over the world and is the holder of a professorship in Weimar since 1994. His pedagogic talent appear in his book "Käppels Guitar Method" (AMA).

Ben Salfield, England

Lutenist Ben Salfield made his concert debut at age 17 and he soon stablished an impressive concert career. An extensive international touring programme has helped Salfield become widely recognised as one of Europe's leading performers of solo lute music and he has been called "the most exciting lutenist of his generation". Salfield has received critical acclaim for his performances all over Europe, being compared favourably with such performers as Julian Bream. In 1999, he performed a 25 day tour which included conc

erts in five countries.

Kristianstad Gitarrorkester, Sweden

Soloist Carsten Grøndahl

Conductor Bertil Olsson

Carsten Grøndahl was born in Aalborg Denmark in 1961. He was educated at the Academies of Music in Aalborg, Malmoe and Copenhagen. He has released 3 solo-CDs which have been given very good reviews. He has attended masterclasses with John Williams, Manuel Barrueco, David Russel and Roberto Aussel. Apart from six-stringed classical guitar he also plays an eleven-stringed altoguitar. The altoguitar is very well suited for the lute music from the Renaissance and the Baroque. Carsten Grøndahl is today one of the most demanded concert guitarist in Scandinavia. He gives many concerts all over the world, recitals as well as soloist with symfoni orchestras. Recently he played with Belgrade Symfoni Orchestra. Carsten Grøndahl is performing in duo and trio chamber music with soprano, flute and violin. He enjoys teaching and every year he is engaged in several masterclases. Carsten Grøndahl is member of jury in international guitar competitions. He is Artistic Director of Malmoe Guitar Festival.

Noche Flamenca, Spain

soloist Javier Conde and dancer Pilar Andujàr

The young flamenco guitarist Javier Conde is destined to be an esteemed name in Spanish flamenco music. Dispite his small age, he is only 13 years, he performs at festivals by the side of the best of the greatest artists in flamenco. Javier Conde is here accompanimented by his father, the guitar player Antonio Conde, the singer José Joaquin El Cano and the percussionist and guitarist Juan M. Moreno. As soloist in the performance appears also the dancer Pilar Andujàr.

Miguel Arriaza Vargas

Miguel Arriaza Vargas was born in Sevilla, Spain, 1982. While still a young boy Miguel was very interested in music, with a special affection for the guitar as an instrument. He made his first tentative efforts under the guidance by his father, Serafin Arriaza Brenes.
Miguel Arriaza Vargas entered the academy of music, "Manuel Castillo", in his home town, under the guidance of Isabel Alvarez Pinto. Miguel completed his studies by coming out top at the same time as he had lessons with América Martinez, one of the foremost guitar instructors of Spain. Arriaza has attended in several guitar lessons, under the guidance of internationally prominent masters as David Russell, José Maria Gallardo, Joaquin Clerch and Jose Luis Rodrigo. He has won many prizes in different guitar competitions. As late as in november 2002 the 20 years old Arriaza won the international competition "Andres Segovia" in Linares, Spain. He teaches in guitar playing and he has recently been entering his international career.

Ahmet Kanneci, Turkey

Ahmet Kanneci was born in Turkey in 1957. He began his music (theory) studies with one of Turkey's leading composers, Turgay Erdener. After meeting Julian Byzantine in 1977, his interest turned totally to classical guitar performance. Following four years of study under Julian Byzantine, he was awarded a Spanish Government scholarship to study with Jose Tomas at the Conservatorio Superior de Oscar ESPLA in Alicante, and with Fransico Ortiz at the National COncervatoire in Perpignan. He has had the priviledge of playing for Alirio Diaz and Jorge Cardoso, receiving their critical acclaim. When he returned to his native country, he founded classical guitar departments in four different conservatories and universities. In 1993 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for research in the USA. In addition to his musical activities in Turkey, he has appeared in Asia, America, and Europe at music centers such as Carnegie-Weill Hall and Teatro Colon. Besides his solo guitar concerts he has given duo concerts with Victor Pikaizen (violin), Ayhan Erman (violin) , Dorothy Randolph (baroque violin), Sefika Kutluer (flute), Hiroki Terashima (guitar), Francisco Ortiz (guitar), and has been the soloist in guitar concertos with orchestra. Presently he is the chairman of the Guitar Department of Hacettepe University State Concervatory and Sevda Cenap And Music Foundation in Ankara. He concentrates on performing works which have been dedicated to him, and is conducting reserach into guitar music with distinguished Turkish guitarist Savas Cekirge. The following moden composers have written compositions dedicated to him: T. Erdener, F. Say, J. Cardoso, E. Bayraktar, H.E. Korkmaz, I. Taviloglu, M.A. Cherubito, and C. Padro.

Gabriel Guillen, Austria

Gabriel Guillen was born in Maracay, Venezuela. At the age of 8 he began to study the guitar by the Uruguayan guitar player Mario Vidalin who introduced him the technique of Abel Carlevaro and the knowing about the music from Uruguay and Argentina. Years later Guillén studied by Leopoldo Igarza, Jose Gregorio Guanchez and Alberto Espinosa. Guillen won 1987 the third prize in the Antonio Lauro Competition and the first prize for the Rotary International. During this time he visited master classes by Abel Carlevaro, Luis Zea, Rafael Benatar, Bartolomé Diaz and Franka Verhagen. 1988 Guillen won a scholarship to study in Europe and at the same year he moved to Vienna, Austria. Visiting the classes in Vienna by Walter Würdinger and in Zürich, Switzerland, by Konrad Ragossnig. Guillen was giving concerts in almost all European countries, South America, USA and Japan. He has received several awards. Today Guillen is one of the most internationally acclaimed players. He also teaches in master classes and play concerts in more than 25 countries.

Before the main concert with Gabriel Gullien we present

Trio MaLaDa