Bernhard Dolch
& Anne-Kathrin Gerbeth
were
awarded
diplomas
in
the
classes
of
Carlo
Marchione,
Joaquín
Clerch
and
Tadashi
Sasaki
at
the
universities
of
Berlin
(Hanns
Eisler),
Munich,
Duesseldorf and Maastricht.
Above
and
beyond
their
university
studies,
they
were
taught
by
lutenist
Paul
O’Dette,
guitarists
Pepe
Romero
and
Leo
Brouwer,
and
Eberhard
Feltz,
mentor
of
the
Kuss-
and
Vogler-Quartets.
They
have
also
made
an
intensive
study
of
historically
informed
performance practice.
After
the
two
of
them
had
already
enjoyed
international
success
as
soloists,
numbering
among
the
few
Ger-
man
guitarists
of
their
generation
to
win
prizes
in
notable
international
competitions,
they founded
D
UO
G
UITARTES
.
Meanwhile
they
have
inspired
several
of
today‘s
most
influential
composers
(including
Joseph
Phibbs,
recently
dubbed
“one
of
the
most
successful
composers
of
his
generation”
by
BBC
Music
Magazine) to create new fascinating works for them.
In
the
course
of
their
concert
activity,
they
have
performed
in
renowned
concert
halls
like
the
Berliner
Philharmonie
and
made
numerous
appearances
at
highly
regarded
chamber
music
festivals
including
O/Modernt
(Sweden),
the
English
Music
Festival
(UK),
the
Haydn
Festival
in
Brühl
(GER)
and
the
Havelland
Music
Festival
(GER).
They
have
graced
the
programme
at
guitar
festivals
in
Vienna,
Berlin,
Girona,
Postojna,
Zeven
and
Markneukirchen
as
well
as
performing
at
the
Xi‘an
Conservatory
of
Music
(China),
the
University
of
Hull
(UK)
and
the
Musical
Instrument Museum in Stockholm.
Anne-Kathrin
Gerbeth
and
Bernhard
Dolch
have
taught
as
visiting professors in Tianjin (China), Xi‘an (China) and Bangkok.
Graduates
from
their
classes
have
gone
on
to
win
international
competitions in Europe and Asia
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