Irina Kircher
Irina Kircher (* 1966 in Stuttgart ) is a German classical guitarist .
Kircher started playing guitar at the age of six and, as a nine-year-old preschooler at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, took lessons from Mario Sicca . In 1976 she received the federal prize at the Jugend musiziert competition . In 1979 she was awarded first prize for guitar in age group II (11–13 years) at the 16th national youth music competition .
From 1983 she studied with Antonio Lauro in Caracas for a year . Since 1984 she and her husband Alfonso Montes have formed the Montes / Kircher duo . The duo performed at numerous European festivals, gave more than 1,000 concerts and recorded eighteen records.
In addition, Kircher works as a soloist and has recently recorded albums with works by Joaquín Rodrigo , Joaquín Turina , Fernando Sor and Isaac Albéniz .
Discography
- Best Of Romance Of The Spanish Guitar with the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra under EA Marturet Machado , 2001
- Classical Guitar - Masterpieces - Rodrigo, Albeniz / Kircher , 2003
- Classical Guitar - Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez And More , with the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra under EA Marturet Machado, 2003
Web links
- Duo Montes-Kircher
- Works by and about Irina Kircher in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guitar & Laute 1, 1979, 5, p. 44
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kircher, Irina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |