Maria Kämmerling
Encyclopedia
Maria Kämmerling is a German
classical guitar
ist.
She is best known for her interpretations of contemporary guitar music, including pieces by Gunnar Berg
, Axel Borup-Jørgensen
, Cristóbal Halffter
, Vagn Holmboe
and Bruno Maderna
. She also played in a duo with her husband Leif Christensen
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist.
She is best known for her interpretations of contemporary guitar music, including pieces by Gunnar Berg
Gunnar Berg
Gunnar Berg was a Swiss-born Danish composer, and perhaps the leading exponent of serialism in Denmark.Berg was born to Danish and Swedish parents in Switzerland. He studied with Herman David Koppel from 1938 to 1942, and moved to Paris in 1948, where he became associated with Honegger and Messiaen...
, Axel Borup-Jørgensen
Axel Borup-Jørgensen
Axel Borup-Jørgensen is a Danish composer.Axel Borup-Jørgensen is born in Hjørring in Denmark, but grew up in Sweden. He studied piano as a major at Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium and instrumentation with Poul Schierbeck and Jørgen Jersild.He was one of the first Danish composers to go...
, Cristóbal Halffter
Cristóbal Halffter
Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina is a Spanish composer. He is the nephew of two other composers, Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter.-Life:...
, Vagn Holmboe
Vagn Holmboe
Vagn Gylding Holmboe was a Danish composer and teacher who wrote largely in a neo-classical style.-Life:At the age of 16, Holmboe began formal music training at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen on the recommendation of Carl Nielsen. He studied under Knud Jeppesen and Finn Høffding...
and Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna was an Italian conductor and composer. For the last ten years of his life he lived in Germany and eventually became a citizen of that country.-Biography:...
. She also played in a duo with her husband Leif Christensen
Leif Christensen
Leif Christensen was a Danish classical guitarist.Christensen was born in Århus, Denmark, where he studied theory and history of music at the University of Århus and guitar at the Royal Academy of Music. He then studied with Konrad Ragossnig at the Basel Music Academy, after which he returned to...
.
Selected discography
- Gunnar Berg: Fresques pour guitare seule (Pacd 09, Paula Records, 1979)
- Vagn Holmboe: Sonatas & Intermezzi (Pacd 30, Paula Records, 1983)
- Maderna/Halffter/Borup-Jørgensen (Pacd 60, Paula Records, 1988)
External links
- Maria Kämmerling at Holstebro Musikskole
- Some LP album covers with Liner Notes