Markus Schlesinger

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Markus Schlesinger at his Vienna concert in 2018

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 :

Vienna Fingerstyle Festival

Markus Schlesinger 2018

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)

Markus Schlesinger in the Uferhaus Klosterneuburg 2018

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)

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personal data
SURNAME Schlesinger, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna