Detlev Bork

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Detlev Bork (born April 9, 1967 in Kiel ) is a German classical guitarist and flamenco guitarist.

Detlev Bork

biography

Bork received piano lessons at an early age and sang in the Kiel boys' choir . At the age of 10 he started with flamenco guitar , later classical guitar was added. From 1988 to 1993 he studied classical guitar at the Cologne University of Music, Aachen department with Tadashi Sasaki and later in London with Carlos Bonell . He took part in master classes with Abel Carlevaro , Eduardo Fernández , Alberto Ponce , José Tomás, Luise Walker and others.

He studied flamenco guitar with various teachers in Spain, especially with Andrés Batista, Luis Maravilla and Felix de Utrera in Madrid, where he also worked with singers and dancers, a. a. at the “Amor de Dios” in Madrid .
He also studied opera singing at the Cologne University of Music with Klaus Jürgen Küper and Margarete van den Eynden.

Bork has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and with orchestras all over Europe, Israel, North and South America. He has been awarded various prizes and several of his CDs have been voted CD of the month, so u. a. “The Other Spanish Guitar” in March 2000 in the USA (Diamond Multimedia, CA, USA). In
2018 he was the solo guitarist of the " Staatsballett Berlin ". In concerts he also appears in a duo with the flamenco guitarist Oscar Herrero.
Bork's keen interest in contemporary music has led to a number of commissions from living composers, which he has premiered and in some cases recorded (see below).

Today he lives and works in Heidelberg . In addition to his artistic and educational work, he is also active as a musicologist. He has written articles for specialist magazines such as "Stereoplay", "Staccato", "Classical Guitar" and "Ensemble". With over 8000 recordings, he has one of the largest private collections of recorded classical guitar music in the world and works with international archives and institutions. Together with Jörg Jewanski, he has contributed to numerous biographies of guitarists in the German encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1996–2008). Bork has contributed research to guitar symposia and festivals, including a. to the Lake Konstanz Guitar Research Meeting , the El Paso String Series etc. Since 2013 he has been a visiting lecturer at Pepperdine University , Malibu .

Works composed for Detlev Bork (selection)

  • Jan Martin Lang: Take Ten (2000)
  • Andrés Batista: Generalife y Tartaneras (2004)
  • Jens Joneleit: Spur (2008)
  • Roland Chadwick: Variations on a Theme of Benjamin Britten (2013)
  • Vincent Lindsey-Clark: Centenary Overture (2013)
  • Jaume Torrent: Homage to Benjamin Britten (2013)
  • Frank Wallace: A Heavy Sleep (2013)
  • Siegfried Steinkogler: Sea Fantasy (2014)
  • Sergio Blardony: Todo proximo y intocable (2015)
  • Jorge Fernández Guerra: Kedem (2015)
  • José María Gallardo Del Rey: Feria de Abril (2015)
  • Roland Chadwick: Study of pi (2016)
  • Agustín Castilla-Ávila: Harmless (2016)
  • Frank Wallace: Amanda (2017)

Recordings by Detlev Bork (selection)

  • Cuerpo y Luz (MAX 894, 1994; new edition 2014), with flamenco compositions by Detlev Bork
  • The Other Spanish Guitar (Innovative Strings Records 0300, 2000; new edition 2015)
  • Reflejos (Signum SIG-X 128-00, 2005)
  • Contemporary Guitar Music from Iceland (ICMC Music, 2006)
  • Between Classical and Flamenco (Christophorus CHE 0145-2, 2009).
  • Música contemporània espanyola per a guitarra / Spanish Contemporary Music for Guitar (La Mà de Guido LMG 2146, 2016)
  • The Beast of Many Colors / Music by Roland Chadwick (NEOS 11916, 2019)

Publications (selection)

  • "The guitar in the era of the shellac record", in: Ansorge, Peter & Richter, Helmut (eds.): The classical guitar in the 20th century. Contributions to their development in German-speaking countries (Oberhausen: European Guitar Teachers Association Deutschland eV, 2010), pp. 81–110
  • Articles about composers for guitar in Music in Past and Present (MGG) (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1996–2008)
  • Discography for the Austrian Guitar Archive
  • Luis Soria: Selected Works, edited by Detlev Bork, Chanterelle, Heidelberg 2006
  • José Viñas: Collected Guitar Works, edited by Detlev Bork, Chanterelle, Heidelberg 2011
  • François de Fossa: Ouverture de l'opéra Elisabetta de Rossini, edited by Detlev Bork, Chanterelle, Heidelberg 2011

literature

  • Thérèse Wassily Saba: "Young Guitarists Series", in: Classical Guitar vol. 20, no. 7 (March 2002), pp. 24-26
  • "'There were so many good players before the Second World War, but everyone only talks about Segovia and Llobet'", in: Guitar Aktuell No. 89 (II / 2005), pp. 52–55
  • "The guitarist's right hand", in: ¡Anda! No. 65 (April – May 2006), p. 15
  • "Britten in Mind", in: Guitar News no . 123 (IV / 2013), pp. 12-14

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Francisco Herrera: Enciclopedía de la Guitarra , vol. 1 (Valencia: Piles, 2011), pp. 180-181.
  2. Wassily Saba (2002) (see 'Literature')
personal data
SURNAME Bork, Detlev
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical guitarist and flamenco guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel