Guitar
Biography:
Detlef Bork is praised in the international trade press as an extremely flexible and innovative guitarist. He received various prizes and awards, e.g. the »Best Classical Musician Award«.
Born in Kiel, the guitarist received piano lessons from an early age and sang in the Kiel Boys' Choir. At the age of eleven he first started with the flamenco guitar, later the classical guitar was added. This was followed by studies in classical guitar at the Cologne University of Music and Dance (Aachen department with Tadashi Sasaki) and singing with Margarete van den Eynden and Klaus-Jürgen Küper. In 1992 he received a scholarship and spent the following years studying in London with Carlos Bonell. Master classes with José Tomás, Alberto Ponce, Luise Walker, Eduardo Fernández, Abel Carlevaro and others. completed his guitar training. At the same time he continued to devote himself to the flamenco guitar and completed his studies with the famous flamenco guitarist Andrés Batista in Madrid as well as with José Luis Postigo, Luis Maravilla, Félix de Utrera and others. He has accompanied well-known flamenco dancers and singers and is an honorary member of the Peña Flamenca of Merengue de Cordoba.
Since the early 90s, Detlev Bork has been giving concerts as a soloist, in chamber music formations or with an orchestra. Concert invitations from all over Europe, Israel, the USA, Canada, Central and South America followed. In 1997 he made his debut in London with great success. Concerts in Paris, Madrid, Vienna, Toronto, Los Angeles and many other cities followed. CD recordings for various labels as well as radio and television appearances in several countries testify to a lively artistic activity. He was solo guitarist of the Staatsballett Berlin, and he gives concerts a.o. in duo with flamenco guitarist Oscar Herrero. Composers such as Jorge Fernández Guerra, Jens Joneleit, Frank Wallace, Jan Lang, Jaume Torrent, Roland Chadwick, Vincent Lindsey-Clark and Siegfried Steinkogler have dedicated their works to him.
Albums:
The Beast of Many Colors – new music for classical guitar:
