Tilman Hoppstock

Tilman Hoppstock (born 1961) is a classical guitarist, cellist and musicologist from Germany.

Biography

He studied both guitar and cello in Darmstadt and Cologne. His concert career began in 1978 and brought him to about 40 countries all over the world. Invitations to international music festivals in Europe and overseas, as well as to the Royal Academy of Music (London), the Manhattan School of Music (New York) and the University of Southern California (Los Angeles), have been further highlights of his multifaceted career. 2003 - 2005 he was invited to teach as a guest professor at the Music University in Piteå (Sweden). He has made several radio, television and commercial recordings, both solo and with other musicians including the pianist Alexis Weissenberg, tenor Christoph Prégardien, cellist Peter Wolf and the Rubio String Quartet. He also publishes music, including songs by Schubert, modern works written specially for him (Karl-Wieland Kurz's I giardini del sogno,[1] for example), his own compositions and arrangements of music from the Baroque period. Besides his career as a recitalist, Hoppstock teaches international guitar classes at the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt (Academy of Music at Darmstadt, Germany). In 2013 Tilman Hoppstock has received the ”Darmstadt Music Award 2013” for his livework as guitarist, teacher, musicologist and publisher. In 2014 he obtained one‘s doctorate with his dissertation about 'The Polyphony in Bach‘s Lute Fugues'.[2]

Reviews

Editions (selection)

Books

Discography

References

  1. Karl-Wieland Kurz: I giardini del sogno (info)
  2. published in PRIM Musikverlag (PRIM 1750-PEE)
  3. initials "JD" in the music magazine Grammophone (2/1998) about the CD "Classic Guitar" (SIGNUM X75-00)
  4. Alexis Weissenberg in a letter to Tilman Hoppstock, which had been published in Booklet SIGNUM X41-00
  5. Danielle Ribouilault in music magazine "Les Cahiers de la guitare" No. 66/1998
  6. Graham Wade in english "Classical Guitar Magazine" Dec. 2014

External links

Interviews


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