Joaquín Clerch
Joaquín Clerch Díaz (born August 8, 1965 in Havana ) is a Cuban classical guitarist .
Clerch studied music, guitar and composition in Havana until 1989 with Leopoldo Núñez , Marta Cuervo , José Antonio Rodríguez , Rey Guerra and Carlos Fariñas . At the same time he attended master classes with Isaac Nicola , Leo Brouwer and Costas Cotsiolis . With a scholarship he continued his studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where he studied guitar with Eliot Fisk and early music with Anthony Spiri and Nikolaus Harnoncourt . In 1993 he became Fisk's assistant at the Mozarteum and was given a teaching position at the Munich University of Music . In 1999 he became professor for guitar at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf . He also gave master classes in several European countries.
As a guitarist, Clerch received more than thirty awards, including first prizes at the Andrés Segovia Competition in Granada, the Heitor Villalobos Competition in Rio de Janeiro and the ARD competition in Munich. Carlos Fariñas dedicated his guitar concerto from 1996 to him, as did Leo Brouwer the Concierto de la Habana , the world premiere of which Clerch played in 1998 in the Brucknerhaus Linz.
Web links
- Works by and about Joaquín Clerch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Joaquín Clerch's website
- Concert management and producer of Joaquín Clerch
- Joaquín Clerch in the Cuban web encyclopedia EcuRed (Spanish)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Clerch, Joaquín |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clerch Díaz, Joaquín (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana |