Florian Opahle

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Florian Opahle (* 1983 in Rosenheim ) is a German guitarist, producer and composer. He was a guitarist in the context of solo projects by the band leader of Jethro Tull , Ian Anderson announced. From 2004 he sometimes played with Jethro Tull. In 2012 longtime Tull guitarist Martin Barre officially left the band; Since then, Opahle has only played electric guitar at the side of Anderson, both in the studio and on tours, who declared in 2014 that he no longer wanted to use the band name Jethro Tull.

Life

Opahle grew up in Rosenheim. He began to learn classical guitar at the age of five and was later trained on the electric guitar. In 2001 and 2002 he attended master classes with Masayuki Kato , and in 2002 he passed his Abitur. In 2003 he started working with Ian Anderson. He has performed in Europe, North and South America and Asia and played with musicians such as Al di Meola , Greg Lake and Leslie Mandoki . He accompanied the singer Masha on her tour of Germany. From 2007 to 2008 he studied music arrangement and composition at the German Pop Academy .

Instead of longtime Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, Opahle took part in several tours with Anderson, including projects in which pieces by Jethro Tull were played with orchestral accompaniment. With Anderson and other musicians he recorded the albums Thick as a Brick 2 (2012) and Homo Erraticus (2014). Opahle is also active as a studio musician and producer, among others for Alexandra Stan . At times he devotes himself to flamenco music.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on Opahle's homepage , accessed on April 8, 2014
  2. ↑ a b List of live concerts , accessed on April 8, 2014
  3. ↑ References to Opahle's homepage , accessed on April 8, 2014
  4. ↑ Official website , accessed April 16, 2014
Jethro Tull
Mick Abrahams • Don Airey • Martin Allcock • Barriemore Barlow • Martin Barre • Clive Bunker • Paul Burgess • Gerry Conway • Glenn Cornick • Mark Craney • John Evan • Andrew Giddings • John Glascock • David Goodier • Jeffrey Hammond • Tony Iommi • Eddie Jobson • Dave Mattacks • Jonathan Noyce • John O'Hara • Florian Opahle • Dee Palmer • Dave Pegg • Doane Perry • Peter-John Vettese • Tony Williams
Studio albums

This Was • Stand Up • Benefit • Aqualung • Thick as a Brick • A Passion Play • War Child • Minstrel in the Gallery • Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! • Songs from the Wood • Heavy Horses • Stormwatch • A • The Broadsword and the Beast • Under Wraps • Crest of a Knave • Rock Island • Catfish Rising • Roots to Branches • J-Tull Dot Com • The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

personal data
SURNAME Opahle, Florian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist, producer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Rosenheim