Göran Söllscher

Göran Söllscher ( born December 31, 1955 in Växjö ) is a Swedish classical guitarist.

Life

Göran Söllscher grew up in Kalmar and got seven years with guitar lessons. He attended from 1975 to 1977 the Conservatory in Malmö and from 1976 to 1979 the Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen. In 1978 he won one of the most prestigious guitar competitions of the time, the Concours International de Guitare in Paris and was then one of Deutsche Grammophon was offered a recording contract. With two exceptions Söllscher published in the sequence only when this label.

Since 1992 Söllscher member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, since 1993 he has been a professor at Lund University in Malmö.

Göran Söllscher studied with Per- Olof Johnson (1928-2000), who played, among others, a elfsaitige Altgitarre by Georg Bolin. Also Söllscher uses a elfsaitiges instrument, especially for baroque lute music.

Söllscher plays golf enthusiastic and shares this passion with David Russell ( " I think we have never said a word about the guitar talk. Contrast, we talked a lot about golf. " )

Discography

  • Cavatina, German Gramophone, April 2008
  • Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Strings, German Gramophone, July 2007
  • Reverie, with Jian Wang (cello), German Grammophon, June 2007
  • Weekend Classics, A Baroque Guitar Weekend with Narciso Yepes and Andrés Segovia, German Grammophon, May 2006
  • Renaissance album, German Gramophone, October 2005
  • Eleven - String Baroque, German Gramophone, June 2004
  • Bach Suites, with Shlomo Mintz (violin) and Mischa Maisky (cello), German Gramophone, September 2003
  • Rodrigo, Albéniz, Mangoré, German Gramophone, March 2003
  • The Four Seasons, German Gramophone, February 2003
  • Schubert for Two, with Gil Shaham (violin), German Gramophone, January 2003
  • Essential Guitar 24 Guitar Masterpieces, London / Decca, August 2002
  • The Beatles: From Yesterday to Penny Lane, German Gramophone, September 2000
  • Takemitsu: I Hear the Water Dreaming, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, German Gramophone, April 2000
  • Preludes, Songs, Homages, German Gramophone, March 1999
  • Piazzolla for Two with Patrick Gallois (flute), German Gramophone, October 1996
  • New Swedish Music for Guitar, Caprice, November 1996
  • The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere, German Gramophone, September 1995
  • Bach, Four Suites for Lute, German Gramophone, August 1995
  • Paganini for Two, with Gil Shaham (violin), German Gramophone, December 1993
  • Schubert: Quartet for Flute, Viola, Guitar, and Violoncello, German Gramophone, September 1993
  • Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, German Gramophone, September 1992
  • Bach - Transcriptions for Solo Guitar, German Gramophone, April 1992
  • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, German Gramophone, March 1990
  • Bach: Works for Lute, German Gramophone, September 1988
  • Vivaldi: Concerti, German Gramophone, October 1985
  • Works for Guitar, German Grammophon, 1980
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