Thomas Fellow

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Thomas Fellow (2018)

Thomas Fellow (* 1966 in Leipzig as Thomas Günther ) is a German guitarist who initially emerged in the field of classical music and from 1992 in virtuoso pop music.

Live and act

Fellow played guitar at the age of seven; After receiving his first awards at national competitions, he began studying concert guitar in 1982 at the "Franz Liszt" Music Academy in Weimar ; a master class with Monika and Jürgen Rost followed. Since 1989 he has worked as a concert guitarist. He played as a soloist with the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra , performed internationally and interpreted works dedicated to him, a.o. a. by Carlo Domeniconi and Jaime Zenamon . After prizes at various international competitions (including Esztergom and Markneukirchen), he completed his classical music activities in 1992 with a concert at the Berlin Philharmonic .

Since 1991 Fellow has played with the singer Constanze Friend in the duo Friend 'n Fellow , which performed worldwide and recorded numerous albums. The duo made more than 1,000 performances and sold more than 100,000 CDs. In addition, he has been active in the Duo Hands on Strings with guitarist Stephan Bormann since 2000 , with whom he has so far released four CDs.

In 2012 he formed the European Guitar Quartet with Pavel Steidl , Zoran Dukić and Reentko Dirks , with which the album Danza was initially created. The group has received invitations to festivals in Mexico, the USA, France, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, to a concert tour through Colombia and to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Fellow is professor for acoustic guitar (concert music, world music, jazz, pop) at the "Carl Maria von Weber" University of Music in Dresden . In the mid-1990s he founded the acoustic guitar course in Dresden - concert music, world music, jazz, pop . He wrote a textbook and several collections of compositions that were published by Schott . He also taught at the Capital University in Columbus / USA, at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica in Granada / Spain and at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz / Austria.

Thomas Fellow (left) at the Hamburg Guitar Festival 2018 with Reentko Dirks

Works

Sound carrier

With Friend 'n Fellow

  • 2019: Characters (Doctor Heart Music)
  • 2017: Song Collection 1995-2003 (Doctor Heart Music, box set with 6 CDs)
  • 2016: Silver Live (Doctor Heart Music)
  • 2015: About April (Doctor Heart Music)
  • 2010: Discovered (Ruf Records)
  • 2009: Lady (Ruf Records)
  • 2006: Crystal (Ruf Records)
  • 2005: Covered (Ruf Records)
  • 2003: Live (Ruf Records, DVD or 2 CDs)
  • 2001: Taxi (Ruf Records)
  • 1998: Purple Rose (Ruf Records)
  • 1997: Home ( Ruf Records )
  • 1995: Fairy Godmother (self-published)

With hands on strings

  • 2014: Prometheus (Doctor Heart Music)
  • 2009: LOCO (Ozella Music)
  • 2006: OFFROAD (Ozella Music)
  • 2002: PANAMERICANA (Ruf Records)

Books

  • Pocket fantasies: Fellow guitar music collection: vol. II - intermediate to advanced: 37 miniatures for solo guitar . Schott, Mainz 2017.
  • Medusa: for solo guitar . Schott, Mainz 2016.
  • Fellow Guitar Book - harmony theory and modern song accompaniment for guitar . Schott, Mainz 2009. ISBN 978-3-7957-5954-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joint experiments in the chemistry kit rp-online, October 19, 2017 (accessed on January 29, 2019).
  2. ↑ a b Saxon teaching award for the Dresden guitar virtuoso Thomas Fellow Dresdner Neue Nachrichten from November 1, 2018. Accessed on January 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ Interview acoustic guitar 6/98 (accessed on January 29, 2019)
  4. ↑ Prof. Thomas Fellow Website of the "Carl Maria von Weber" University of Music in Dresden. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Thomas Fellow Author entry at Schott-Verlag. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  6. ^ Thomas Fellow Author entry at Schott-Verlag. Retrieved on January 24, 2019. For the number of CD releases, see the entry on Discogs.
  7. ↑ Prof. Thomas Fellow Website of the "Carl Maria von Weber" University of Music in Dresden. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  8. ^ Thomas Fellow Author entry at Schott-Verlag. Retrieved January 24, 2019.


personal data
SURNAME Fellow, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig