Edin Karamazov Guitar | Lute
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 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 autumn 2020, Coviello Classics the programme A Spanish journey with Nuria Rial.
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
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Edin Karamazov plays Bach
Experience a video of Edin Karamazov with Bach's Chaconne for guitar:
Edin Karamazov: portrait in France Musique
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
Edin Karamazov & Dorothee Oberlinger in Glarus and Ravensburg
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 in Budapest
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 & Edin Karamazov
Dorothee Oberlinger and Edin Karamazov perform the J.S. Bach programme for flute and lute in Blaibach Konzerthaus on 10 September.
Edin Karamazov at Hulencourt Festival
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 at Thüringer Bachwochen
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 at Festival Internacional de Musica de Espinho
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 at Gitarrenfestival Maindreieck
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
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Programmes
Leo Brouwer: El Decamerón Negro
Fernando Sor (1778-1839): Variations sur un air favori de Mozart op. 9
Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944): Tres Valsas
J.S. Bach/Edin Karamazov: Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 for violin (BWV 1004)
Dusan Bogdanovic: Psalm, Passacaglia and Ricercar
Nikita Koshkin: Orfeo
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Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638): Intavolatura di Liuto (1623)
Giovanni Zamboni: Sonata No. 1
J.S. Bach/Edin Karamazov: Suite No. 1 for violoncello G Major BWV 1007
J.S. Bach/Edin Karamazov: Suite No. 4 for violoncello E flat Major BWV 1010
Suite for violoncello solo No. 1 BWV 1007 (arrangement for lute solo)
Sonata G minor (E minor) BWV 1034 for recorder and basso continuo
Partita C minor (A minor) BWV 1013 for recorder solo
Sonata F major BWV 1035 for recorder and basso continuo
Sonata C major BWV 1033 for recorder and basso continuo
Fernando Sor: Variations op. 9 (guitar solo)
Lorenzo Palomo: Cinco Canciones Sefardies (Five Sephardic Songs)
Isaac Albeniz: Mallorca & Torre Bermeja (guitar solo)
Manuel de Falla: Siete canciones populares Espanolas (Seven Spanish Songs)
Discography
Edin Karamazov (solo), Andreas Scholl, Renée Fleming, Sting
Decca (2008)
Music by John Dowland
Deutsche Grammophon (2006)
alpha records (2004)