Guido Leaning

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Guido Schiefen (born April 12, 1968 in Hennef ) is a German cellist and university professor.

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Guido Schiefen grew up in Eitorf . He studied with Alwin Bauer at the Cologne University of Music and also completed master classes with Maurice Gendron in Paris and Jan Polasek in Munich, among others . In 1988 he received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation .

Schiefen was a prizewinner in various competitions a. a. 1980 made music with Jugend . In 1988 he received first prize for chamber music from the Cologne publishing and music house Tonger . In 1990 he was a prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and in 1992 received the North Rhine-Westphalia Prize for Music.

Schiefen has given international concerts as a soloist and chamber musician with artists such as Saschko Gawriloff , Alfredo Perl , Bernd Glemser , Ingolf Turban , Hartmut Rohde , Dieter Klöcker , András Adorján , Dietrich Henschel , Juliane Banse , Lars Vogt , Irwin Gage and Božo Paradžik as well as others. a. with the Märkl Quartet , the Nomos Quartet and the Auryn Quartet .

Schiefen is the artistic director of the Rhein-Sieg Chamber Music Festival . Since autumn 2008 he has been teaching music as a professor in Switzerland at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and also gives international master classes

He made numerous recordings with works by classical and contemporary composers.

Discography (selection)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach : Cello Solo Suites, Arte Nova / BMG
  • Zoltán Kodály : Sonata op.8 for cello solo, Duo op.7 for cello + violin (with Axel Strauss), OEHMS-Classics
  • Max Reger : Solo Suites op.131c No. 1,2,3, OEHMS-Classics
  • Max Reger: Solo Suite No. 1 in G major, Contempora
  • Michael Gregor Scholl: Pentotita for violoncello solo " col legno "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Hochschule Luzern Musik: Schiefen Guido. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Dirk Woiciech: Sonic opulence: Five very special concerts at the Klassik-Bühne Rhein-Sieg 2018. September 12, 2018, accessed on May 4, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Leaning, Guido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cellist
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Hennef