Volker Niehusmann

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Volker Niehusmann (born June 10, 1963 in Essen ) is a German guitarist , music teacher, composer and painter.

Life

Volker Niehusmann received his first well-founded guitar lessons from Evert Brettschneider and then studied at the Folkwang University in Essen with Hans Gräf (guitar) and Iwona Salling (chamber music). During his studies he was given permission to call himself “Folkwang Guitar Duo” together with Carsten Linck because of the high artistic quality. After graduating with distinction and the concert exam, he performed with this ensemble worldwide, but also with other musicians such as Scot Weir (tenor), Antje Bitterlich (soprano), Christiane Weber (singer and cabaret artist), Marjana Lipovšek (alto) and Lesley Olson (Flute). In 1992 he received the City of Essen's Culture Prize for his artistic and educational work. Until 1995 he was artistic director of a music series for children in Witten.

Since 1999 he has been playing together with his wife Judith Niehusmann as the "Niehusmann Guitar Duo". Since 2000 he has been a lecturer in guitar at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. The guitarist has given concerts in Europe, the Middle East and the USA. As a soloist he has appeared with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra and the Halleschen Philharmonie, among others. Various composers wrote works for guitar at his suggestion. The composer Mauricio Rosenmann Taub dedicated the third scene to the Folkwang guitar duo in his opera "Frankenstein". Niehusmann played in various productions for ZDF and WDR. With Peter Härtling and Scot Weir he organized evenings for Schubert and Hölderlin . The musician has suffered from two-handed focal dystonia since 1995.

His compositions, which include two concertinos, songs, duos and solo works for guitar, have been published by various publishers, as have his CD recordings. In 2015 Volker Niehusmann composed a Passion for two guitars and speakers. Niehusmann is a regular member of the jury for the German Music Council at the state and national competition "Jugend musiziert". Various features and interviews have been published in international journals (Guitar & Lute, 2/1993; Staccato; Soundboard (USA); Classic Guitar (South Korea)). His instruments include guitars by Dieter Hense, Richard and Martin Jacob (Weißgerber), Hermann Hauser III (10-string Folkwang model), Thorsten Lietz, and various lute instruments.

In addition to classical music, Volker Niehusmann also played jazz with his twin brother Georg (saxophone) and with the singer and cabaret artist Christiane Weber, who died in 2012 .

Since 1998 the musician has also appeared as a visual artist with a solo exhibition. Since then he has been represented regularly with exhibitions. In 2011 he won the 1st prize for a painting at the international Grafimuse Festival, which is aimed at "musicians of all ages who are active in the visual arts in addition to their music."

Discography

  • Folkwang guitar duo (fn music), Johann Sebastian Bach: English suite No. 3, Francesco da Milano, Niehusmann, Webern, Jolivet
  • Renaissance & Barock (Signum), the Folkwang guitar duo plays on two 11-string Bolin alto guitars: Bach, Dowland, Gibbons, Praetorius, Robinson, de Visée
  • Schubert - Mertz (Signum), sonata for arpeggione, Mertz works for 2 guitars; Folkwang guitar duo
  • Schubert: Winterreise D 911 (Signum), song cycle based on poems by Wilhelm Müller in an arrangement for voice and two guitars by Linck & Niehusmann; Scot Weir (tenor) & Folkwang guitar duo
  • Bad Boy (Signum), music from the 20th century: Daniel-Lesur, Jolivet, Hendrix, Leisner, Hindemith, Krenek, Pass / Ellis, Webern, Niehusmann; Folkwang guitar duo
  • Night, brighter than day (Orfeo), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau reads Christmas stories; Music: Folkwang guitar duo
  • Brahms: Folk songs (Orfeo), folk songs and selected songs in arrangement for voice and two guitars by Linck & Niehusmann; Marjana Lipovsek (alto) & Folkwang guitar duo & Anthony Spiri (piano)
  • Impresiones Españolas (Orfeo), Granados (Danzas Españolas, Mompou (Impresiones Intimas))
  • Easy Street (sonicmarket), jazz ballads: Christiane Weber (vocals) & Volker Niehusmann (guitar)
  • Another Blue (sonicmarket), Songs of Joni Mitchell: Christiane Weber (Vocals) & Volker Niehusmann (Guitar)
  • 7 p.m. (sonicmarket), concert recording, Dowland, Weiss, Mompou, Britten; Volker Niehusmann (guitar)
  • The favorite poems of Germans (Patmos / WDR), read by Sander, Thalbach, Mellis, Mühe, Beikircher and others. a .; Music by and with Volker Niehusmann (guitar)
  • La Femme solitaire (sonicmarket), Jacquet de la Guerre: Esther, Schubert: Mignon, Schumann: Maria Stuart; Antje Bitterlich (soprano) & Volker Niehusmann (guitar)
  • Divan (sonicmarket), The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra: song cycle by Castlenuovo-Tedesco, three spring songs by Volker Niehusmann; Antje Bitterlich (soprano) & Volker Niehusmann (guitar)
  • Feliz! (sonicmarket), Brouwer, Absil, Pernambuco, Barroso, Nazareth, Gangi; Judith & Volker Niehusmann / Niehusmann guitar duo (guitar)
  • America latina (sonicmarket), Villa-Lobos, Barrios-Mangoré; Volker Niehusmann (guitar)
  • Baroque guitar duos (Naxos), Weiss / Niehusmann: Suite No. 2, Weiss / Bach: Suite in A major (BWV 1025); Niehusmann guitar duo
  • Padre Antonio Soler - Sonatas (Naxos), arrangements for two guitars; Niehusmann guitar duo
  • Letters (Dreyer / Gaido), Britten, Argento, Duarte; Scot Weir (tenor) & Volker Niehusmann (guitar)

Compositions

  • The wet bridge - for solo guitar
  • Dialogues - for piano and guitar on a theme by Anton Diabelli
  • Three spring songs - for vocals and guitar
  • ... and lonely under the sky ... - song cycle for voice and guitar
  • Suite miniatur - for two guitars
  • Suite No. 2 - with 12 notes for two guitars
  • Suite No. 3 Noa-Noa - for two guitars to pictures by Paul Gauguin
  • Songs of Calypso - for two guitars based on a picture by Arnold Böcklin
  • Tableaux français - Sonata for two guitars
  • Concertino No. 1 - in memoriam Ernst Krenek for guitar, violin and violoncello
  • Concertino No. 2 - for guitar, violin and violoncello
  • Dora is crying - for two guitars to a painting by Pablo Picasso
  • Passion according to the Gospel of John - with musical reflections for two guitars

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Volker Niehusmann. In: folkwang-uni.de. Folkwang University of the Arts, accessed on September 19, 2017 .
  2. ^ Certificate of being awarded the City of Essen's Culture Prize. In: Niehusmann guitar duo. http://niehusmann.com , 1992, accessed September 19, 2017 .
  3. ^ Mauricio Rosenmann Taub: Frankenstein OperAzione (libretto and explanations) . S. 8 ( digital copy [PDF]).
  4. ↑ Passion. Based on the Gospel of John with musical reflections for two guitars. In: niehusmann.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Volker Niehusmann. In: kunstnet.de. Retrieved July 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Successes of Folkwang students and alumni: 1st Grafimuse Festival - 1st prize for Volker Niehusmann. (No longer available online.) In: folkwang-uni.de. Folkwang University of the Arts, formerly the original ; Retrieved July 9, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.folkwang-uni.de  
personal data
SURNAME Niehusmann, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist, music teacher, composer and painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH eat