Johanna Beisteiner

Johanna Beisteiner
Johanna Beisteiner live with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, 2009
Background information
Born	(1976-02-20) 20 February 1976 Wiener Neustadt
Genres	Classical music, Film music
Occupations	Guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	fl. ca. 1992 - present
Labels	Gramy Records
Website	www.beisteiner.com
Notable instruments
Bernabe guitar

Johanna Beisteiner (born 20 February 1976) is an Austrian classical guitarist.^[1]

Life

Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt. In 1992, only sixteen of age, she became a student at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, from where she graduated as a concert guitarist as well as a Doctor of philosophy with a PhD Thesis on Art music in figure skating, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. ^[2]

Johanna Beisteiner is an internationally active guitar soloist, her repertoire contains music from the 15th to the 20th century as well as contemporary classical music. Inter alia she played several world premieres of works by the composers Robert Gulya and Eduard Shafransky. Moreover, she worked with known orchestras such as the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Sochi Symphony Orchestra and the Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra, renowned conductors such as Béla Drahos and Oleg Soldatov and the Argentine Tango dancer as well as choreographer Rafael Ramirez. In addition to her numerous recordings for Gramy Records, she also appeared in television and radio productions for RAI 3 (Italy), Channel 4 (Russia) and Bartok Radio (Hungary) and recorded soundtracks for movies.^[3]

The Austrian classical guitarist Johanna Beisteiner (middle) in the workshop of Spanish luthiers Paulino Bernabe Senior (right) and Junior (left). Madrid (Spain), October 2000

Johanna Beisteiner plays on classical Spanish guitars made by Paulino Bernabe Senior and Junior.

Honours and awards

• 2008: Crystal trophy^[3] 200 Years Teatro della Concordia^[4] (Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy)
• 2011: Honorary Membership in the Association Hohenschönhausen Castle^[3] (Berlin, Germany)

World premieres

Works by Robert Gulya^[5]

• 2000: Fairy Dance for guitar solo
• 2006: Capriccio for guitar and piano
• 2007: Night Sky Preludes for guitar solo
• 2009: Concert for guitar and orchestra. Sample of first movement performed live in 2009 by Johanna Beisteiner and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Béla Drahos (Video published in 2010 by Gramy Records).
• 2009: The Milonguero and the Muse (Tango), second version for flute, guitar and string orchestra. Sample of this tango performed live in 2009 by Béla Drahos, Johanna Beisteiner and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra (Video published in 2010 by Gramy Records)
• 2010: Waltz for guitar solo

Works by Eduard Shafransky^[6]

• 2004: Requiem for guitar
• 2007: Caravaggio oggi or Reflections on a painting by Caravaggio. Sample (Video published in 2010 by Gramy Records)
• 2007: Night in Granada
• 2009: Old quarters of Alanya
• 2009: Songs of breakers

Discography

CD

• 2001: Dance Fantasy
• 2002: Salon
• 2004: Between present and past
• 2007: Virtuosi italiani della chitarra romantica

DVD

• 2010: Live in Budapest

Soundtracks

• 2005: Truce^[7]
• 2007: S.O.S Love!^[8]

Bibliography

• Art music in figure skating, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics / Kunstmusik in Eiskunstlauf, Synchronschwimmen und rhythmischer Gymnastik. PhD thesis by Johanna Beisteiner, Vienna 2005, (German). The PhD thesis contains, inter alia, an analysis of the film Carmen on Ice (Chapter II/2, pages 105-162) as well as extensive descriptions of several competitive and show programs to Carmen and Swan lake. Article about the PhD thesis of Johanna Beisteiner in the catalogue of the Austrian Library Network. 2005. (German and English)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johanna Beisteiner.

• Official website of Johanna Beisteiner
• Discography of Johanna Beisteiner on the website of Gramy Records
• Biography of Johanna Beisteiner on the website of Kultur Tirol. 2011.

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