Wulfin Lieske

* 6 March 1956 in Linz; German guitarist and composer; studied in Cologne and Madrid, at the Musikhochschule Köln with Karl-Heinz Böttner and Hubert Käppel, in addition chamber music with Sigmund Nissel of the Amadeus-Quartett and with Rudolf Kolisch; masterclasses with Oscar Ghiglia, José Tomas and John Williams; Konzertexamen in 1985. First prizes at the IX Concurso Internacional de Guitarra in Alicante (1981) and at the Tonger-Wettbewerb Köln (1982), second prizes in Gargnano (1982) and at the first Certamen Andres Segovia in Almunecar (1985). From 1986 to 1992 he taught at the Musikhochschule Hamburg. He plays historic instruments, among them the Torres guitar “La Leona” of 1856 and guitars by Santos Hernandez (1924, 1931, 1935). He was a founding member of the Quartet Extempore and founded the Duo Daccord with Camilla Hoitenga in 1987, the quartet Bronski Ritual in 1993 and, with Fabian Spindler, the guitar duo Lieske Spindler Guitars in 2009. He composed “Taqsim I-III” (1990–92), “Violet” (2006), “Acordoba” (2010), “In Luce” (2015), “The Magic Four” (2019) and the opera “Domino – die Verwandlung der Thérèse” after Émile Zola, among other works; “Über den Wassern” was premiered at EXPO 2000 in Hanover, “Dreamtime” in 2013 at the Kölner Philharmonie with the WDR Sinfonieorchester under Yutaka Sado.