Oliver Fartach-Naini

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]

Biography

Oliver Fartach-Naini performs as a soloist,^[3] in duo with Korean guitarist Professor Lee Song-Ou,^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]} German flautist Thea Nielsen^[10][11][12] and as a member of the quintet "Tango Concertante".^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

Recordings include 7 CDs^[18] for Deutsche Grammophon,^[19][20][21] Kreuzberg Records^[22] and Acoustic Music Records.^[23]

The German “Edition Margaux” publishes the “Collection Oliver Fartach-Naini”^[24] which is a selection of works composers from all over the world ^[25][26][27] have dedicated to Oliver Fartach-Naini and his ensembles.

As a student of American guitarist and composer Laurie Randolph Oliver Fartach-Naini holds degrees from the Berlin University of the Arts and the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig in Leipzig.^[28]

Recordings

CD "Movement For Two Guitars
Guitar Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini
play Kim Myungphyo, Stephen Dodgson, Jaime Zenamon, Lee Geonyong and Lee Hunghyun
Kreuzberg Records 10020, 1997^[29]
CD "Suite Buenos Aires
Thea Nielsen, Flute & Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar
play Máximo Diego Pujol, Gabriel SenaneS and Astor Piazzolla
Kreuzberg Records 10039, 1998^[30]
CD "Frutti Di Mare
Guitar Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini
Play Carlo Domeniconi, Mario Gangi, Astor Piazzolla and Laurie Randolph
Kreuzberg Records 10073, 2002^[31]
CD “Tangos Sin Palabras
Tango Concertante plays Piazzolla, Troilo et al.
Roland Schmitt, Saxophone; Miriam Risch, Violin; Roman Hengge, Piano; Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar; Oliver Potratz, Contrabass Acoustic Music Records 319.1294.2, 2003^[32]
CD "Ex Oriente Lux", music from India, Iran, Austria, Germany and Argentina
Thea Nielsen, Flute & Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar
play Ravi Shankar, Majid Derakhshani, Thomas Wallisch, Ludger Vollmer, Coco Nelegatti
Kreuzberg Records 10091, 2004^[33]
CD “Didar“ – Live in Berlin
Compositions of Majid Derakhshani (Iran)
Majid Derakhshani, Tar, Setar & Voice (Iran); Thea Nielsen, Flute (Germany), Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar (Germany); Amir Abbas :Zare, Daf (Iran)
Kreuzberg Records 10092, 2004^[34]
CD “Winter Journey
Compositions of Franz Schubert
Richard Yongjae O'Neill, Viola, Guitar Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini, Jong-Ho Park, Guitar Deutsche Grammophon, 2007^[35]

External links

• ethnoclassics.com
• University of Adelaide
• Edition Margaux
• Kreuzberg Records

References