Johanna Beisteiner

Johanna Beisteiner

Johanna Beisteiner live with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, 2009
Background information
Born (1976-02-20) 20 February 1976
Wiener Neustadt
Genres Classical music, Film music
Occupation(s) Guitarist
Instruments Guitar
Years active fl. ca. 1992 - present
Labels Gramy Records
Website www.beisteiner.com
Notable instruments
Bernabe guitar
The Austrian classical guitarist Johanna Beisteiner (middle) in the workshop of Spanish luthiers Paulino Bernabe Senior (right) and Junior (left). Madrid (Spain), October 2000

Johanna Beisteiner (born 20 February 1976) is an Austrian classical guitarist.[1]

Life

Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt. In 1992, only sixteen of age, she became a student at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, from where she graduated as a concert guitarist as well as a Doctor of philosophy with a PhD Thesis on Art music in figure skating, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics.[2]
Johanna Beisteiner is an internationally active guitar soloist, her repertoire contains music from the 15th to the 20th century as well as contemporary classical music. Inter alia she played several world premieres of works by the composers Robert Gulya and Eduard Shafransky. Moreover, she worked with known orchestras such as the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Sochi Symphony Orchestra, Graz Chamber Philharmonic[3] and the Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra, renowned conductors such as Béla Drahos, Achim Holub[4] and Oleg Soldatov and the Argentine Tango dancer as well as choreographer Rafael Ramirez. In addition to her numerous recordings for Gramy Records, she also appeared in television and radio productions for RAI 3 (Italy), Channel 4 (Russia) and Bartok Radio (Hungary) and recorded soundtracks for movies.[5] In 2012 she composed her first own piece Zemlinsky's Night on themes by Alexander von Zemlinsky. With the Austrian actress Heidrun Samstag she presents since 2013 the literary-music evening Farkas discovers America dedicated to Karl Farkas.[6]
Johanna Beisteiner plays on classical Spanish guitars made by Paulino Bernabe Senior and Junior.

Honours and awards

Johanna Beisteiner (left) receiving the Premio Teatro della Concordia 2016 from Edoardo Brenci (President of the Società del Teatro della Concordia, right).

World premieres

Works by Robert Gulya[9]

Works by Eduard Shafransky[10]

Discography

CD

DVD

Soundtracks

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Johanna Beisteiner, Konzertgitarristin. Biography of Johanna Beisteiner on the Website of Kultur Tirol. July 2011. (German)
  2. ↑ Art music in figure skating, synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. Article about the PhD thesis of Johanna Beisteiner in the catalogue of the Austrian Library Network. 2005.(German and English)
  3. ↑ Un Concerto Italiano. Report on Suedsteiermark-TV. August 17, 2015
  4. ↑ Premiere at Italian Concert. Article on Meinbezirk.at, August 17, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Biography. Biography on the official website of Johanna Beisteiner. July 2011.
  6. ↑ Karl Farkas entdeckt Amerika! Article in Bezirksblätter NÖ/Pressbaum, March 2014. (German)
  7. ↑ Bicentenario del Teatro della Concordia. Program of the festival on the occasion of the 200 Year Jubilee of the Teatro della Concordia. April 2008. (Italian)
  8. ↑ Il Teatro della Concordia premia una chitarrista. Italian article by Simone Mazzi, September 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ List of works by Gulya on the official Website of Johanna Beisteiner
  10. ↑ List of works by Shafransky on the official Website of Johanna Beisteiner
  11. ↑ Truce. Article on the IMDb website. 2005
  12. ↑ S.O.S. Love!. Article on the IMDb website. 2007
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