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Bielefelder Gitarrenensemble

Peru 2013

Peru, Balcon del Inca

Perú - Cristo blanco

Tuesdays from 6:00pm - 8:30pm in room 210 of the Musik- und Kunstschule Bielefeld 

 

 

 

 

Hans Irmer founded the Bielefelder Guitar Ensemble with students of his guitar class at the Music and Art School (MuKu) in Bielefeld, Germany in 1990.  Since then, the ensemble has grown to include guitar students from the entire music school.

 

In 2000 the Bielefelder Guitar Ensemble was named the best German youth guitar ensemble at the "German Ochestra Competition."  Shortly following, they joined theYouth Guitar Orchestra Baden-Württemberg and Cuban guitar ensemble "Sonantas Habaneras" for a concert.  


At the 3rd International Bielefelder Guitar Festival in the fall of 2000, they began to collaborate with the Heidelberger Ensemble "Guitart," an ensemble which was won the German Orchestra Competition in 1996.  Since then, the Bielefelder Guitar Ensemble rehearses regularly with the conductor Helmut Oesterreich. 

 

 

The Bielefelder Guitar Ensemble has successfully participated in numerous national and international competitions:

  • 2003: 1st Prize at the first International Guitar Orchestra Competition in Rheine, Germany

  • 2004: 2nd Prize at the International Guitar Orchestra Comeptition in Prague, Czech Republic 

  • 2009: 1st Prize at the Prager Saiten Competition (winner of all categories)

  • 2011: 1st Prize at the 3rd International Guitar Orchestra Competition in Rheine, Germany 

  • 2012: 1st Prize at the 8th German Orchestra competition in Hildesheim

  • 2015: 1st Prize at the 4rd International Guitar Orchestra Competition in Rheine, Germany 

  • 2016: 1st Prize at the 9th German Orchestra competition in Ulm 

 

Concert tours have taken the Bielefelder Guitar Ensemble to Bulgaria, Bosnia, Estonia, Georgia, Peru, Poland and Portugal. 

Many of the enemble members are prize winners in the solo and ensemble categories at the "Jugend Musiziert" competition. 

 

A large part of the success of the group is due to the yearly working phase during the Easter holidays, in which current repertoire is intensively rehearsed in order to prepare for upcoming competitions and performances, including the regular performance at the Bielefeld Guitar Forum.

Rehearsals

Biography

Biography
Repertoire

Repertoire

Highlights

Highlights

 

  • 9th German Orchestra Competition in Hildesheim 2016

  • 4rd International Competition for Guitar Orchestras in Rheine 2015

  • Concerts in Poland 2014

  • Concerts in Peru 2013

  • 8th German Orchestra Competition in Hildesheim 2012

  • 3rd International Competition for Guitar Orchestras in Rheine 2011 

  • "V. Prager Saiten" - International Guitar Orchestra Competition in Prague 2009 

  • Concerts in Estonia 2005

  • Concerts in Bosnia 2004

  • International Guitar Orchestra Competition in Prague 2004

  • 1st International Guitar Orchestra Competition in Rheine 2003

  • Concerts in Bulgaria 2001

  • 5th German Orchestra Competition in Karlsruhe 2000 

Polen 2014

Open-Air-Konzert

Peru 2013

Audio

Audio

Andrew York: Attic

Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata pian e forte

Klaus Wüsthoff: Samba Quica

Michael Praetorius: Ballett

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