Thomas Müller-Pering
Thomas Müller-Pering (born April 22, 1958 in Cologne ) is a German guitarist.
life and career
Thomas Müller-Pering began playing the guitar when he was around 13. He received guitar lessons from Heiner Viertmann in Cologne and Volker Glaser. From 1975 to 1980 he studied with Tadashi Sasaki at the Musikhochschule Köln, Aachen department . At the same time, he took part in numerous master classes , among others with Siegfried Behrend , José Tomas , Oscar Ghiglia and John Williams .
Between 1980 and 1998 he had a teaching position at the Aachen University of Music. Since then, Thomas Müller-Pering himself has given many master classes at home and abroad. From 1994 to 1997 he was a visiting professor at the Liszt School of Music Weimar . In 1997 he was appointed professor at the university in Weimar. He currently holds a visiting professorship at the UdK Berlin . There he represents Martin Rennert . Concert tours have taken him to other European countries, North and South America, Cuba and North Africa.
In addition to solo appearances and publications, he devotes himself intensively to chamber music and has appeared in various ensembles, in recent years mainly in a duo with flutist Wally Hase and violinist Friedemann Eichhorn. In 1991 he was the duo partner of Manuel Barrueco on his complete CD recording of Enrique Granados' »Danzas Españolas« for the EMI label . From 2003 to 2005 he was a member of the now defunct World Guitar Ensemble, since 2007 he has been a member of the United Guitar Ensemble and since 2004 of the Quartetto MaGiCo.
Prizes and awards
- 1975: 2nd Federal Prize at Jugend musiziert
- 1978: Winner of the Cologne university competition
- 1981: 2nd place in the Ramirez competition in Alicante
- 1982: ARD international music competition , 3rd prize guitar
- 1983: 1st prize at the "Concurso internacional de ejecución musical" in Viña del Mar (Chile)
- 1983: Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .
- 2006: German Record Critics' Prize
- 2007: Leopold
literature
- Gerd-Michael Dausend: "I tried to make fingerings very consistently when I was young ..." Interview with Thomas Müller-Pering. In: Guitar & Laute 10, 1988, 2, pp. 9-13 and 49 f.
Web links
- Thomas Müller-Pering on the website of the Liszt School of Music Weimar
- Brief description and discography of Thomas Müller-Pering as a lecturer at the Aystetten Castle Guitar Days
- Interview with Thomas Müller-Pering
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Müller-Pering wins in Viña del Mar (Chile). In: Guitar & Laute 6, 1984, p. 78.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller-Pering, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German guitarist, professor at the HfM "Franz Liszt" Weimar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne , Germany |