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Our research project has been granted a three year grant by the Norwegian Academy of Music! Challenging musical canons is a joint research and development project that asks the following question: in which ways can we challenge and expand prevailing canonical traditions within different study- and teaching environments at NMH? Western music history has largely favoured male composers, musicians,…
Vermehrt machte ich mir zu solchen Themen Gedanken – es gab ja wenig Ablenkung. Ich verschlang einiges an Büchern, die mich bewegt haben, z. B. Invisible Women von Caroline Criado Perez – eine Empfehlung meiner argentinischen Kollegin Carolina Folmer. Aber der Blick in die Gitarrenszene und auf die Programme in Konzerten, Wettbewerben und bei Festivals hat mir nicht mehr gefallen. Irgendwann stand…
In the canon of the classical guitar repertoire, the term "underrepresented" is still a rather euphemistic way of talking about female composers! Why is that? Well, we can thank the 19th century in particular, where the bourgeoisie with its patriarchal structures assigned women a very limited place in society: namely children, cooking, church. Most structures in the classical music industry…
During my U.S. concert tour this Spring you can see me in Des Moines, Cedar Falls, Mineapolis and Seattle with a quick stoppver in L.A. For more dates in the U.S., please visit my tour calendar. The European takes place on May 10 in Bergen, Norway with a concert at the Grieg Academy and, prior to that a friends and family party on April 30 in Berlin. For those who would like to pre-order a copy,…
An intimate and personal performance that took place in the middle of the Corona pandemic, so it is even more meaningful to share this video with you here…Staged during the Fall of 2020, this performance is very meaningful to me on so many levels. It starts out with me paraphrasing and humming Bach´s famous choral melody “Wie soll ich Dich empfangen?”, included in Cantata 5 of his…
Oslo Guitar Days is a meeting point for all classical guitarist. Four days filled with lectures, meeting points, concerts and a big national competition at The Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo - welcome all! Follow the events.
Wow. I am speechless at the way the stars align sometimes. During a recent visit to Paris, I got to sample a menu of excellent instrument, among them this exquisite Hermann Hauser from 1960. Needless to say that ever since this wonderful recording (a collaboration with GSI and Scott Tennant) his and his fathers instruments have long occupied a soft spot in my heart. The sound created by the spruce…
Big news : This Fall, I moved back to Berlin, and also started teaching as an Associate Professor at The Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo! The Academy has a long standing central position in guitar education in Norway. The Guitar Department working group is the largest in the country. I am particularly thrilled to be a part of such a great team of internationally acclaimed performers and…
Last year, Nerea Berraondo and I got to record an album with NAXOS. On two days in April, we got to work in Newcastle/Toronto with the famed Norbert Kraft, who helped us breath life into some of Fernando Sor´s lesser known and previously un-recorded works. Among them Sor´s own arrangements of Mozart arias and exhuberant French Songs, as well as some very demanding unknown works for both our…
Unremembered is an hour-long, thirteen-part song cycle for seven voices, chamber orchestra, and electronics by composer Sarah Kirkland Snider , inspired by poems and illustrations by writer and visual artist Nathaniel Bellows . Presented as part of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra´s Liquid Music Concert Series, curated by Kate Nordstrum. U.S. Premiere Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 8pm Ted Mann Concert…
Aldatu brings together musicians from Syria, Ireland, Germany, Spain and elsewhere to perform Sephardic (traditional Spanish Jewish) music, with oud, percussions, viola da gamba, flute, guitar, and voice. Concert: Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 pm Reception at 6:30pm Performers: Omar Al Musfi - Percussion | Eva Beneke - Guitar | Nerea Berraondo - Voice | Zachary Cohen - Viola da gamba | Issam Rafea…
This January, Matthias Schlubeck and Eva Beneke will be on a short tour in Germany. Tickets are available online . The ambitious program presents music by de Falla, Bach and a premier transcription of Schubert´s Arpeggione Sonata for panflute and guitar. Dates below - see you there! Eva Beneke und Matthias Schlubeck spielen vier Konzerte auf ihrer Januartour mit einem anspruchsvollen neuen…
The newest issue (January 2017) of AKUSTIK GITARRE , Germany's biggest Guitar Publication, features an interview with Eva Beneke. Sroll to read more...
Classical MPR traditionally puts out its 7th volume of a holiday music compilation, featuring Eva Beneke as solo guitarist. The host of Regional Spotlight on Classical MPR, Steve Staruch has long been committed to the rich and vibrant choral and instrumental traditions in Minnesota. To highlight the wonderful music in our midst, Staruch selected accomplished regional artists with strong Holiday…
World Premiere of New Guitar Ensemble Music Swiss composer Jürg Kindle, writes compositions for the Las Vegas Academy Guitar Program, Dr. Eva Beneke to perform. Las Vegas, NV: The Las Vegas Academy Guitar Ensemble will be premiering four new works written by internationally acclaimed composer Jürg Kindle who dedicated these pieces to Bill Swick-Director of the LVA Guitar Program. The premiere is…
Congratulations to the new director of the Bach Society, Matthias Maute! Maute won the JUNO Award—the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy—for Best Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral Performance) for Gloria! Vivaldi”s Angels on the Analekta label. Eva Beneke was asked to join the board of directors of the Bach Society in September of 2016. #100daysofpractice Day 88 Have we arrived here?!…
Spanish mezzo-soprano Nerea Berraondo and German guitarist Eva Beneke met through mutual musical friends, and began exploring the Spanish voice/guitar repertoire. As a result of this collaboration and the critical acclaim they received so far, the duo has been signed by the acclaimed NAXOS label to undertake a complete recording of Fernando Sor´s repertoire for voice and guitar. This album, to be…