Edin Karamazov's thrilling virtuoso performances on the lute and guitar have garnered rave reviews and unprecedented critical acclaim in Europe and America. As a soloist he has performed and recorded with leading international early music ensembles and artists including the Hilliard Ensemble, Hesperion XX, Andreas Scholl, Dorothee Oberlinger, Nuria Rial as well as Sting. A consummate interpreter and master technician on numerous early and contemporary stringed instruments and outstanding recital artist Edin Karamazov has appeared at Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin Konzerthaus, Konzerthaus Vienna, Herkulessaal Munich as well as at festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Mosel, Lower Saxony, Istanbul Bach, Espinho, among others.
Edin Karamazov plays several plucked instruments of various cultures and epoches and remains committed to exploring the use of lutes in modern music and contemporary improvisational contexts. In addition to his solo career he enjoys collaborating with singers and instrumentalists as Andreas Scholl, Nuria Rial and Dorothee Oberlinger in different styles and backgrounds.
His discography includes the CDs Come heavy sleep with works by Britten and Bach (alpha records), XXI (Contemporary Music for Solo Lute) (Lumaudis), The Lute is a Song (including arias with Andreas Scholl. Renée Fleming and Sting) (Decca), Songs From the Labyrinth with Sting (Deutsche Grammophon), Wayfaring Stranger – Folksongs as well as A Musical Banquet (Lutesongs) with Andreas Scholl (Decca), Reminiscences for guitar and string quartet, Mosaiques for guitar and violin with Stefan Milenkovich (Lumaudis) as well as Seance for guitar, lute and violoncello with Boris Andrianov (Lumaudis).
Sony Classical releases the album Bach a due with Dorothee Oberlinger in spring 2021, Coviello Classics the programme A Spanish journey with Nuria Rial in December 2020.
Protegé of Sergiu Celibidache, Edin Karamazov began his musical career with the classical guitar and was awarded First Prizes at four guitar competitions. He continued his studies of the Baroque Lute with Hopkinson Smith at the Scola Cantorum Basiliensis.
Season 2020/21
Read moreSony Classical | deutsche harmonia mundi releases the first album of Dorothee Oberlinger and Edin Karamazov with their highly acclaimed programme for recorder and lute by J.S. Bach in May 2021.
Dorothee Oberlinger and Edin Karamazov perform the programme Bach a due in Berlin on 6 October, 22:00 (CET) at RBB (video https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/ available from 8 October) and in Bayreuth on 8 October at Markgräfliches Opernhaus.
Experience a video of Edin Karamazov with Bach's Chaconne for guitar:
Radio France broadcasts a portrait of Edin Karamazov on 20 June, 12:30-13:00 in France Musique: https://www.francemusique.fr/programmes/2020-06-20
Dorothee Oberlinger and Edin Karamasov perform music by J.S. Bach for recorder and lute in Glarus on 3 January and in Ravensburg on 12 January.
Edin Karamazov performs a lute recital in Budapest, Franz Liszt Academy on 25 October with a programme of J.S. Bach, Giovanni Zamboni and Leo Brouwer.
Dorothee Oberlinger and Edin Karamazov perform the J.S. Bach programme for flute and lute in Blaibach Konzerthaus on 10 September.
On 4 May Edin Karamazov gives a lute recital at Hulencourt Festival in Genappe, Belgium, performing music by J.S. Bach, Giovanni Zamboni and Alessandro Piccinini.
Edin Karamazov performs at Thüringer Bachwochen in Wechmar on 13 April with Bach's cello suites arranged for lute in interaction with vocal compositions.
Deutschlandradio Kultur sends the broadcast on 14 April, 20:03-22:00 (CET).
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Edin Karamazov performs a lute recital at Festival Internacional de Musica de Espinho in Portugal on 20 July. The programme features two cello suites and ciaconne from violin partita by J.S. Bach.
Edin Karamazov performs at Gitarrenfestival Maindreieck on 31 July in Marktbreit a solo recital as well as a duo recital with Pavel Steidl on 1 August in Sommerhausen to feature J.S. Bach, Zamboni, Barrias, Brouwer, Rachmaninow, Sor, Haydn, Schubert. Here a video with Bach's Suite for cello No. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0_53InM3i8
Nuria Rial soprano, Edin Karamazov guitar
Works by de Falla, Granados and Palomo
Coviello Classics (2020)
Edin Karamazov (solo), Andreas Scholl, Renée Fleming, Sting
Decca (2008)