Recorded: November, 1-3, 17, 1996, Oranienburg in Schlob Nordkirchen
DUO SONARE
Thomas Offermann
Jens Wagner
Instruments:
Prime Guitars: Bernhard Kresse (after Panormo)
Terz Guitars: Bernhard Kresse (after Staufer)
Strings: La Bella
Duo Sonare plays Mozart, Giuliani, Carulli on historical guitars - Artists:Thomas Offermann & Jens Wagner
The Duo Sonare is one of the outstanding classical guitar ensembles active today. They have performed in over 40 countries and are regularly invited to numerous international guitar festivals.Thomas Offermann began to play the guitar at the age of seven and is one of todays most respected guitarists and guitar pedagogues. He graduated from the Musikhochschulen of Aachen, Cologne/Germany (Classes Tadashi Sasaki, Hubert Käppel) with distinction and was awarded the Solistendiplom der Musikakademie Basel"/Switzerland (Class Oscar Ghiglia). Amongst his teachers were also artists such as the members of the AMADEUS- String Quartett, Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, David Russell, Karl Scheit and John Williams. Classical guitarist and lutenist Jens Wagner lives in Bremen/Germany and teaches a guitar class at the Hochschule für Künste. He worked with Karl Scheit in Vienna and received the music teacher and soloist diploma with distinction. His studies were completed with the soloist diploma for lute at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen where he worked with Stephen Stubbs. Jens Wagner has given many concerts as soloist with orchestras and different chamber music ensembles and as continuo player in baroque operas. Besides the modern guitar repertoire he is also an expert in 19th century music and it's interpretation on 19th century vintage classical guitars ...