Christian Reichert

Trained at the academies of Würzburg, Freiburg and Cologne, where he passed his soloist examination with distinction, Christian Reichert worked along the way with Roberto Aussel, Álvaro Pierri, Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer and Roland Dyens. Prizes came at the Andrés Segovia guitar competition in Spain and competitions in Frankfurt and Plovdiv. His recordings include a series of pedagogical concertos for Music Minus One made with the Ruse and Plovdiv philharmonics. He also arranges, conducts and teaches. Reichert appeared as a guitar soloist at the Thracia Summer Music Festival in Plovdiv in 2000. Sonja Prunnbauer was among his teachers as well, and the concertos he has recorded include those of Rodrigo, Giuliani, Carulli, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ponce and Vivaldi. He has played as soloist with orchestras in Frankfurt and Freiburg, and his teaching has been based in Freiburg and the Basel region.