Stephan Stiens

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Stephan Stiens (born April 12, 1961 in Wuppertal ) is a German guitarist and composer .

biography

After moving to Munich, Stephan Stiens attended grammar school and from 1978 studied first as an extraordinary, then as a full student, the subject of concert guitar with Matthias Seidel and Barna Kovàts at the Mozarteum in Salzburg . He completed his university studies in 1987 with a diploma and distinction and was the first guitarist at the Mozarteum to receive the award of the Federal Ministry of Science and Research for special artistic achievements.

He was the first guitarist to present the “Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo” by Johann Sebastian Bach in a separate transcription in one evening in Salzburg in 1985 . Studies led him to Eliot Fisk in 1988 while he began his concert and teaching activities.

repertoire

Exceptional concert projects, which also identified him as a composer of his own works, as well as world premieres are an important part of his artistic work. Gloria Coates , Moritz Eggert , Hans Huyssen , Robert F. Schneider and others write works for him. As a song accompanist, he worked with Wolf-Matthias Friedrich and Kobie van Rensburg . In 1995, under his artistic direction, the GUITAR COMPANY for guitarist ensemble music was formed. This ensemble caused a stir with the first performance of JS Bach's “The Art of Fugue ” in 2004. Another first performance by the GUITAR COMPANY in the Haydn year 2009 was an own transcribed version of Joseph Haydn's “The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross” to listen. At the end of 2009 the work was presented as a combined first and world premiere with interludes by Anton Ruppert .

Stephan Stiens initiated cross-genre projects with actors Rolf Boysen and Rosemarie Fendel , dancers Valentina Divina and Norbert Graf and photographer Thomas Lüttge, among others . The composition of music for Erich Kästner's “ Emil und die Detektiven ” as well as for his own youth opera is documented on a CD.

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personal data
SURNAME Stiens, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal