Jürgen Saalmann

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Jürgen Saalmann (born May 28, 1970 in Haltern ) is a German guitarist and composer .

life and work

Saalmann began taking guitar lessons with Harald Berger at the age of 9. In 1989 he graduated from the current Joseph-König-Gymnasium Haltern am See . He studied classical guitar at the Musikhochschule Münster and graduated in 1997 as a certified guitar teacher. Jürgen Saalmann teaches guitar at the Haltern am See municipal music school and is a lecturer at the JKS Herne.

After a few years in various progressive rock and pop bands, he began composing and performing as a solo guitarist. In 2015, the specialist magazine Akustik Guitar wrote: "Jürgen Saalmann is one of the modern crossover classics". His compositions range from romantic, meditative guitar music to contemporary guitar music and all-style world music . The album for the live program transit was rated in the music magazine Folker 2015 as “an interesting blend of acoustic guitar music, folky melodies, hip beats and atmospheric soundscapes”.

Jürgen Saalmann has released several solo CDs on the Stereoflex Records label. They have been discussed in music magazines such as Jazz Podium , Concerto and Acoustic Guitar . Tracks from the Transit album were presented on the broadcasters hr2-kultur and SR 2 Kulturradio . The title Soulmusic is played regularly on WDR5 .

His compositions are published by Verlag Heinrichshofen and Edition Margaux / AMA Verlag .

Works

Sheet music publications

  • Traumlieder Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven 2017. ISMN: 979-0-2044-2855-7.
  • Sound sketches Ama Verlag / Edition Margaux, Berlin 2017. ISBN 978-3-7333-1820-8
  • Red & Blue / Lost in thoughts Ama Verlag / Edition Margaux, Berlin 2017. ISBN 978-3-7333-1821-5
  • Etna & Alaska Ama Verlag / Edition Margaux, Berlin 2018. ISBN 978-3-7333-2054-6
  • Toccata No. 1   Ama Verlag / Edition Margaux, Berlin 2019
  • Toccata No. 2   Ama Verlag / Edition Margaux, Berlin 2019
  • Dream songs 2   Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven 2020

Sound carrier

  • Acoustic lounge Stereoflex Records, 2007.
  • Aufbruch Stereoflex Records, 2010.
  • Lullabies Stereoflex Records, 2014.
  • transit Stereoflex Records, 2015.
  • Traumzeit Stereoflex Records, 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Music teachers. Municipal music school Dülmen and Haltern am See, accessed on November 5, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Team Music. Jugendkunstschule Wanne-Eickel eV (JKS), accessed on November 5, 2017 .
  3. ^ Acoustic guitar, Andreas Schulz, issue 04/2015.
  4. ↑ Folker issue 05/2015
personal data
SURNAME Saalmann, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Holders