Classical guitarist and lutenist Jens Wagner lives in Bremen/Germany and teaches there a guitar class at the Hochschule für Künste. He worked with Karl Scheit in Vienna and  received the music teacher’s  and the soloist diploma with distinction. His studies were completed with the soloist diploma for lute at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen where he worked with Stephen Stubbs. Jens Wagner has given many concerts as soloist, with orchestra and different chamber music ensembles and, even as continuo player in baroque operas,  he developed a wide and profound understanding of music. Besides the modern guitar repertoire he is also an expert in 19th century music and it’s interpretation on period instruments.

As a member of the  Duo Sonare  which has become one of the leading classical guitar ensembles he performed in over 40 countries and is regularly invited to numerous international guitar festivals.  The  CD - recordings of the duo have  received exceptional acclaim.

International masterclasses at festivals (Bath, Esztergom, Mikulov, St. Paul)  and schools (Manhattan School of Music New York, Yale University New Haven, Eastman School of Music Rochester, Universities of Hanoi and Saigon, Academy Lodz) have made him well known as an stimulating guitar teacher. In Germany he teaches every year masterclasses at the ‘Landesmusikakademie Heek’ and at the 'Hochschule für Künste Bremen'.

Jens Wagner has published music by Haydn and Telemann for the Heinrichhofen  and Trekel Editions and wrote articles for several guitar magazines about movement and posture of the guitar and fingernail treatment technique.

 

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