* 1959; guitarist; studied contemporary chamber music together with Harald Lillmeyer at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen, where both passed their final artistic examination with distinction in 1988 and received the Folkwang-Förderpreis. From 1989 the guitar duo worked with Rolf Riehm and went on a South American tour with him for the Goethe-Institut in 1990; concerts took the two to the Insel Hombroich, the Jazzfestival Leipzig and the Guitar Week Dublin, among others. Radio recordings were made for BR, MDR, Radio Bremen and WDR. In 1999 she taught classical guitar at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen. On the album Rolf Riehm: Compositions for Guitar (1999) she plays, with Harald Lillmeyer, “KlageTrauerSehnsucht”, “Lamento di Tristano” and “Au bord du jour” for two guitars as well as, solo, the “Toccata Orpheus”.
Susanne Hilker
Guitar
