Laura Klemke

Laura U. Klemke (born April 17, 1981 in Warendorf ) is a German guitarist.

Career

Laura Klemke comes from a musical family. Her great-grandfather already performed as a pianist, her grandmother and great-aunt were opera singers and organists, and her father and his brother were also professional musicians. In 1984 she appeared in public for the first time together with her older brother Samuel and from the age of four received systematic guitar lessons from her father. In 2000 she began her studies with Monika Rost at the Liszt School of Music Weimar , which she graduated with a diploma in summer 2004. This was followed by postgraduate studies as a soloist with Thomas Müller-Pering and postgraduate studies in chamber music with Monika Rost, both also in Weimar. In 2008 she received the solo concert diploma.

Laura Klemke played in many European countries, in North, South America and Japan and was able to take part in numerous radio programs there. In addition to solo appearances, she is active in the chamber music field or as a soloist with orchestras. She gives concerts in various line-ups, especially with her brother as the guitar duo Klemke . The repertoire includes music from the Renaissance to the present day. Her interest in new music should also be noted: she works with contemporary composers and has already premiered several works.

The intensive occupation with handwritten music led not only to her practical work, but also to some theoretical work, such as B. the development of the entire lute works of the baroque German composer Adam Falckenhagen for the modern guitar.

Awards

• multiple prizewinner at Jugend musiziert
• 3rd prize at the 3rd international Anna Amalia guitar competition for children and young people in Weimar (1997)
• 2nd prize at the Hamburger Instrumental Competition in Hamburg - Germany (1998)
• 2nd prize at the 10º Concorso Chitarristico Internazionale in Viareggio - Italy with her brother in the chamber music evaluation (1st prize was not awarded) (2001)
• Special Prize Premio S. Pertini at the 12th International Guitar Competition in Savona - Italy (2003)
• 2nd Prize and Special Prize Carla Minen for the best interpretation of the compulsory piece by Fernando Sor at the 32º Concorso Internazionale di Chitarra Fernando Sor in Rome - Italy (2003)
• 1st prize at the 33º Concorso Internazionale di Chitarra Fernando Sor in Rome - Italy (2004)
• 2nd prize at the 47th Tokyo International Guitar Competition (1st prize was not awarded) in Tokyo - Japan (2004)
• 2nd prize (1st prize was not awarded) as a duo at the 8th Bubenreuth International Music Competition (2006)
• 2nd Prize and Special Prize Musicians' Award (given by the orchestra members) at the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition 2008 in Buffalo - USA

Discography

• 2000: The great hour of the classical guitar (Guitar Duo Klemke)
• 2005: Danza espanola (Guitar Duo Klemke)
• 2006: Paganini, Bach, Ponce, Searle
• 2008: Preludio Nel quale Sono contenuti tutti i Tuoni Musicali

Web links

• Website of the Guitar Duo Klemke