Olaf Van Gonnissen

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Olaf Van Gonnissen (* 1954 in Tiengen ) is a German guitarist .

Life

At the age of four he first took violin lessons , but then switched to guitar at the age of eight . For his guitaristic achievements he received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation . From 1970 to 1975 he studied guitar with Dr. Hoch's Conservatory and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main with Heinz Teuchert . While still a student, he founded the "Frankfurter Gitarrenduo" with Heinz Teuchert's son Michael Teuchert (* 1948) in 1971 , which made its concert debut in 1972, was very well known in the 1970s and recorded seven albums.

In 1992 he became a member of the “Mutare Ensemble Frankfurt” and in 2003 of the “World Guitar Ensemble”. He also gives concerts in various chamber music ensembles as well as on historical instruments ( lute , vihuela , baroque guitar).

In 1974 Olaf Van Gonissen took on a teaching position at the Academy of Music in Darmstadt , and from 1977 he also teaches at the University of Music and Performing Arts . In 1999 he became a professor at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg . His pupils and students include a. Tillmann Reinbeck, Tilman Hoppstock , Anna Koch, Christian Schulz, Stephan Wolke, Steffen Brunner, Stefan Hladek and Malte Vief.

He has been involved in the Bad Homburg Guitar Days, which have been held annually since 2012, as solo guitarist and lecturer in master classes .

Today he lives with his family in Kronberg im Taunus .

Discography

With the Frankfurt guitar duo:

  • Music from four centuries for two guitars (1974)
  • Virtuoso guitar music of the 19th and 20th centuries (1976)
  • Renaissance and Baroque music on lutes and guitars (1977)
  • Folkloric virtuoso guitar music (1978)
  • Guitar and lute music from five centuries (1980)
  • Masterpieces (1980)
  • guitar duo times 3 (with El Duo Flamenco and Kolbe - Illenberger ) (1982)

With other ensembles:

  • Now all forests rest (with Jens Josef , flute)
  • Oro y sangre (with the Ensemble Rilegato) (2005)
  • Tilman Hoppstock & Friends · Live 2004–2011 (with Tilman Hoppstock , Carlo Marchione, Andreas Karasiak , Werner Hoppstock, Duo Gruber & Maklar , Piera Dadomo and Rainer Zipperling) (2011)
  • Musique pour les fêtes galantes (with Gertrud Weyhofen, mandolin) (2011)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen Nimbler: "The musical possibilities of two guitars are much greater than those of one guitar". An interview with the Frankfurt guitar duo. In: Guitar & Laute 3, 1981, 2, pp. 13-17; here: p. 13.
  2. ^ Website of Tillmann Reinbeck
  3. ^ Website of Tilman Hoppstock
  4. ^ Website of Anna Koch
  5. ↑ Christian Schulz's website
  6. ↑ Stephan Wolke's website
  7. ↑ Brief vita of Steffen Brunner on the pages of the event calendar “Concert Guitar” Stuttgart
  8. ↑ Short biography of Stefan Hladek on the pages of the Darmstädter Gitarrentage ( Memento from October 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Short biography of Malte Vief on the pages of "Gitarrissimo"
  10. ↑ Virtuoso performers at the “2. Bad Homburg Guitar Days ". In: bad-homburg-tourismus.de. February 25, 2013, accessed October 3, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Gitarrentage Bad Homburg 2013. February 18, 2013, accessed on February 18, 2013 .
  12. ↑ Gitarrentage Bad Homburg 2014. May 17, 2014, accessed on May 17, 2014 .
  13. ↑ Gitarrentage Bad Homburg 2015. August 1, 2015, accessed on August 1, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Gonnissen, Olaf Van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Tiengen