Edin Karamazov

Edin Karamazov (Zenica, 1965) is a Bosnian classical lutenist.

Biography

Karamazov studied lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He has worked with such ensembles as Hesperion XX, L'Arpeggiata, Hilliard Ensemble, Mala Punica, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and singers Andreas Scholl, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Arianna Savall, and Sting.[1]

Discography

Karamazov accompanied Andreas Scholl on his folk song album Wayfaring Stranger (Decca 2001). Collaborations with Sting in the field of 16th century music resulted in the album and film Songs from the Labyrinth, devoted to the lute-songs of John Dowland (DG, 2007).[2][3]

Karamazov's first solo project "The Lute is a Song" (Decca, 2008) includes guest appearances of Sting, Renée Fleming and Macedonian singer and songwriter Kaliopi.[4]

Karamazov's second solo archlute recording Britten - Bach (Alpha, 2011) features Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne" and Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita in d-minor originally for violin.

He has also recorded with the Croatian women's vocal group hr:Klapa Cesarice (Menart, 2012).

References

  1. ↑ Sting With Edin Karamazov
  2. ↑ PBS: Songs from the Labyrinth - Sting and Edin Karamazov
  3. ↑ Sting & Edin Karamazov perform in February 2009
  4. ↑ Sting on the solo album "The Lute is a song" of Edin Karamazov

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