Markus Schlesinger
Markus Schlesinger (* 1 January 1984 in Vienna ) is an Austrian fingerstyle - guitarist and composer , and co-founder of the Vienna fingerstyle festivals .
Life
Markus Schlesinger began to play the guitar autodidactically at the age of 16 , which he later refined with teachers and relevant workshops . Over the years he has specialized in fingerstyle picking , which, with the inclusion of percussive effects on the guitar, creates the impression of several players or a band and combines bass , chord and melody playing . His preferred instrument is an acoustic steel-string guitar from Santa Cruz OM / PW, which enables the desired effects by installing additional pickups . Thanks to his early and long-standing commitment , Markus Schlesinger is one of the founders and great promoter of the fingerstyle scene in Austria, alongside Peter Ratzenbeck .
Playing style and concerts
Besides his own compositions , Schlesinger's repertoire also includes blues , jazz , folk and fingerstyle arrangements of well-known songs . His style of playing is characterized by a groovy sound with backbeats . He mainly appears as a solo artist, sometimes by supplementing live loops , which are also used by artists such as Ed Sheeran as an effect at live concerts. His stage program is characterized by a high level of interaction with the audience and, through many anecdotes, also contains cabaret traits. In the course of his concerts he is touring all over Austria, Germany , Great Britain , Hungary , Slovakia and Switzerland and also appears at international festivals :
- London Guitar Night
- Berlin Acoustic Night
- Budapest Guitar Night
- Bratislava Guitar Night
- Gütersloher Acoustic Session
- Matinee of the Millstatt Guitar Festival
Vienna Fingerstyle Festival
In 2010 Markus Schlesinger founded the Vienna Fingerstyle Festival together with Wilfried Lepuschitz, which has taken place annually in Vienna since then. In the course of this he has worked with greats in the scene such as B. Thomas Leeb , Peter Ratzenbeck, Luca Stricagnoli , Franco Morone , Don Ross , Gottfried Gfrerer, Adam Rafferty, Jon Gomm, David Lindorfer, Simon Wahl , Tom Lumen, Sandor Szabo, Mike Dawes etc. shared the stage.
other activities
Schlesinger worked several times as a workshop leader in the course of the Millstatt guitar festival. In order to encourage musicians in special playing styles, Schlesinger has been holding workshops several times a year at various locations in Austria since 2014 and also teaches different music styles and techniques.
Compositions (selection)
- 2012 "Changes" (fingerstyle ballad )
- 2012 "At The End Of The Day" (fingerstyle ballad)
- 2012 "My Alibi" ( Percussion Fingerstyle Song)
- 2012 "Your Smiling" Face (fingerstyle ballad)
- 2012 "Fantasia in DADGAD " (fingerstyle improvisation )
- 2014 "Don't Be Afraid" (Percussion Fingerstyle Song)
- 2014 "Thunder Rag" ( Ragtime Fingerstyle Song)
- 2016 "Use Your Wings" (fingerstyle song)
- 2016 "A Spark Of Hope" (fingerstyle ballad)
- 2016 "Lover's Waltz" (fingerstyle improvisation )
- 2018 "Ring My Bell Rag" (Ragtime Fingerstyle Song)
- 2018 "For Me" (fingerstyle ballad)
- 2018 "If cats, ..." (fingerstyle song)
- 2018 "Waiting For" ( Percussion Fingerstyle Song)
Processing (selection)
- "Ain't No Sunshine" (Original: 1971 Bill Withers )
- "Black Or White" (Original: 1991 Michael Jackson )
- "Summertime" (Original: 1935 George Gershwin )
- "Georgia On My Mind" (Original: 1930 Hoagy Carmichael )
- "Little Wing" (Original: 1967 Jimi Hendrix )
- "Sittin 'On Top Of The World" (Original: 1930 Mississippi Sheiks )
Discography
- 2012 "Changes" ( Label & Publisher : office4music)
- 2014 "Don't Be Afraid" (Label: Vienna2Day, Publisher: Eigenverlag )
- 2016 "Use Your Wings" (Label: Vienna2Day, Publisher: Eigenverlag)
- 2018 "Stories To Be Told" (Label: Vienna2Day, Publisher: Eigenverlag)
Web links
- Official homepage of Markus Schlesinger
- Official homepage "Vienna Fingerstyle Festival"
- Interview with Markus Schlesinger v. April 27, 2018
- Official Facebook account of Markus Schlesinger "Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar"
- Collection of articles about Markus Schlesinger in "My District"
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schlesinger, Markus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |