Oliver Fartach-Naini
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Oliver Fartach-Naini is a German
guitarist
living in Australia where he teaches at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide.
As a founding member of the quartet ‘Didar’ he recorded the CD „Didar – Live in Berlin“, featuring Majid Derakhshani (Composition, Tar, Voice), Thea Nielsen (Flute), Amir Abbas Zare (Daf) and Oliver on guitar.
To date he has released 7 CDs with 5 different chamber music formations for the German Labels Deutsche Grammophon, Kreuzberg Records and Acoustic Music Records.
The German publisher “Edition Margaux” honors Oliver with the “Collection Oliver Fartach-Naini” which is a selection of the numerous pieces composers from all over the world have dedicated to Oliver and his ensembles.
Oliver Fartach-Naini endorses strings of New York String Manufacturer “La Bella”.
As a student of American guitarist and composer Laurie Randolph Oliver Fartach-Naini holds degrees from the "University of the Arts Berlin" (Instrumental Studies) and the Academy of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig (Music Performance). Oliver has participated in international master classes with Pepe Romero, Abel Carlevaro, Alvaro Pierri, Eduardo Fernandez, Nigel North, Hopkinson Smith, Thomas Müller-Pering and others.
Germany
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guitarist
Classical guitar
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living in Australia where he teaches at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide.
Biography
Oliver Fartach-Naini performs as a soloist, with orchestral accompaniment, in duo with Korean guitarist Professor Lee Song-Ou, German flautist Thea Nielsen and as a member of the quintet "Tango Concertante".As a founding member of the quartet ‘Didar’ he recorded the CD „Didar – Live in Berlin“, featuring Majid Derakhshani (Composition, Tar, Voice), Thea Nielsen (Flute), Amir Abbas Zare (Daf) and Oliver on guitar.
To date he has released 7 CDs with 5 different chamber music formations for the German Labels Deutsche Grammophon, Kreuzberg Records and Acoustic Music Records.
The German publisher “Edition Margaux” honors Oliver with the “Collection Oliver Fartach-Naini” which is a selection of the numerous pieces composers from all over the world have dedicated to Oliver and his ensembles.
Oliver Fartach-Naini endorses strings of New York String Manufacturer “La Bella”.
As a student of American guitarist and composer Laurie Randolph Oliver Fartach-Naini holds degrees from the "University of the Arts Berlin" (Instrumental Studies) and the Academy of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig (Music Performance). Oliver has participated in international master classes with Pepe Romero, Abel Carlevaro, Alvaro Pierri, Eduardo Fernandez, Nigel North, Hopkinson Smith, Thomas Müller-Pering and others.
Recordings
- CD "Movement For Two Guitars"
- Guitar Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini
- play Kim Myungphyo, Stephen Dodgson, Jaime Zenamon, Lee Geonyong and Lee Hunghyun
- Kreuzberg Records 10020, 1997
- CD "Suite Buenos Aires"
- Thea Nielsen, Flute & Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar
- play Máximo Diego Pujol, Gabriel SenaneS and Astor Piazzolla
- Kreuzberg Records 10039, 1998
- CD "Frutti Di Mare"
- Guitar Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini
- Play Carlo Domeniconi, Mario Gangi, Astor Piazzolla and Laurie Randolph
- Kreuzberg Records 10073, 2002
- CD “Tangos Sin Palabras“
- Tango Concertante plays Piazzolla, Troilo…
- Roland Schmitt, Saxophone; Miriam Risch, Violin; Roman Hengge, Piano; Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar; Oliver Potratz, Contrabass
- Acoustic Music Records 319.1294.2, 2003
- CD "Ex Oriente Lux", music from India, Iran, Austria, Germany and Argentina
- Thea Nielsen, Flute & Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar
- play Ravi Shankar, Majid Derakhshani, Thomas Wallisch, Ludger Vollmer, Coco Nelegatti
- Kreuzberg Records 10091, 2004
- CD “Didar“ – Live in Berlin
- Compositions of Majid Derakhshani (Iran)
- Majid Derakhshani, Tar, Setar & Voice (Iran); Thea Nielsen, Flute (Germany), Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar (Germany); Amir Abbas :Zare, Daf (Iran)
- Kreuzberg Records 10092, 2004
- CD “Winter Journey
- Compositions of Franz Schubert
- Richard Yongjae O'Neill, Viola, Guitar Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini, Jong-Ho Park, Guitar
- Deutsche Grammophon, 2007