Oliver Fartach-Naini (born 1964) is a German guitarist living in Australia where he teaches at the Elder Conservatorium of Music,[1] University of Adelaide. He is regularly involved in organising festivals and performing classical guitar for the public.[2]
Oliver Fartach-Naini | |
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| Born | August 7, 1964 Scherzingen, Switzerland |
| Genres | Classical music, Tango |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, teacher |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
| Labels | Kreuzberg Records,[1] Acoustic Music Records,[2] and Deutsche Grammophon |
| Website | ethnoclassics.com |
Biography
editOliver Fartach-Naini was nine when his German mother separated from his father and left Tehran. She took him to Germany. He studied classical guitar at the Music School Berlin-Wedding from 1987 to 1991, with Christian Bänsch, and then graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts under Carlo Domeniconi, and with Laurie Randolph with a degree in music education. He attended the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, again with Randolph, and received his artist diploma.
He worked as a guitar teacher at the music school Berlin-Wedding. With Korean guitarist Lee Song-Ou, a fellow student from Berlin, he formed a guitar duo in 1991, and they have recorded CDs so far, the last in 2007 with Deutsche Grammophon with compositions by Franz Schubert, with Richard Yongjae O'Neill (viola) and Jong-Ho Park (guitar).
Since 1994 he has performed with Thea Nielsen (flute), playing classical as well as Persian and Indian music. Composer Majid Derakhshani, who composed several pieces for the duo. With Iranian Amir Abbas they formed the ensemble "Didar", which in 2004 recorded the CD Live in Berlin.
Fartach-Naini plays tango music as well; in 2003 his ensemble "Tango Concertante" (saxophone, violin, guitar, piano, double bass) recorded the CD Tangos sin palabras.
He moved to Adelaide (Australia), where he teaches guitar at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, at the University of Adelaide. He also organized a festival, "1st Adelaide Chamber Music School for Flute, Violin and Guitar", with six lecturers from five countries in 2006.[3]
Oliver Fartach-Naini performs as a soloist,[4] in duo with Korean guitarist Professor Lee Song-Ou,[5][6][7][8][9][10] German flautist Thea Nielsen[11][12][13] and as a member of the quintet "Tango Concertante".[14][15][16][17][18]
Recordings
edit- Movement For Two Guitars - Guitar Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini (1997)
- Suite Buenos Aires - Thea Nielsen, Flute & Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar (1998)
- Frutti Di Mare - Guitar Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini (2002)
- Tangos Sin Palabras - Tango Concertante plays Piazzolla, Troilo et al. (2003)
- Ex Oriente Lux, music from India, Iran, Austria, Germany and Argentina - Thea Nielsen, Flute & Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar (2004)
- Didar – Live in Berlin (compositions of Majid Derakhshani) - Majid Derakhshani, Tar, Setar & Voice; Thea Nielsen, Flute, Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar; Amir Abbas :Zare, Daf (2004)
- Winter Journey (compositions of Franz Schubert) - Richard Yongjae O'Neill, Viola, Guitar Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini, Jong-Ho Park, Guitar (2007)
References
edit- ^ "Staff Directory | Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini".
- ^ For example he has organised festivals and performed classical guitar:
- Peter Handsworth and Oliver Fartach-Naini take the audience on a musical journey, Elizabeth Silsbury, (1 September 2014), The Advertiser, Retrieved 12 August 2016
- Chamber guitar gets its due with Adelaide festival, (25 October 2015), The Australian, Retrieved 12 August 2016
- Peter Burdon, (5 June 2016), Elder Conservatorium Guitarissimo showcases classical guitar program, The Advertiser, Retrieved 12 August 2016
- ^ Rainer Stelle: Gitarristen, die von Berlin aus aufbrachen, um für die Gitarre zu wirken, in: Die klassische Gitarre im 20. Jahrhundert (edited by Peter Ansorge and Helmut Richter), Schriften der EGTA D, Band 1, Oberhausen 2010, page 166. ISBN 978-3-00-029920-9
- ^ "The Annual Glebe Music Festival".
- ^ "| Kryztoff RAW".
- ^ "Poeten auf Saiten".
- ^ "::: TicketLink :::". Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "Latino America Viva: Festival Internacionald de Guitarra de Adelaide 2012". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ http://preview8.awardspace.com/classicalguitarsydney.org.au/guitar_news_41_sep_03.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "공연안내 | 안동문화예술의전당". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "제목 없음". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "El Tango y sus invitados".
- ^ "♫ Songtexte.de - Kostenlose Songtexte, Lyrics & Übersetzungen".
- ^ "CD-Reviews www.inmusic2000.de".
- ^ "Tango Concertante - Tangos sin palabras".
- ^ "Carus-Verlag Stuttgart - Konzerte im Verlag". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "Tango Concertante - Stuttgarter Nachrichten". Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ^ "CD Tango Concertante: Tangos Sin Palabras". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-03-28.