Gendai Guitar magazine described Tomasz Zawierucha as "undoubtedly one of the most interesting guitarists of his generation" after his solo recital at Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall in Tokyo.
Performer Biography
Tomasz Zawierucha has made radio recordings in Germany, Italy, Poland, Japan, France, and Spain.
Performer Biography
Tomasz Zawierucha teaches guitar at the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar and the State Vorarlberg Conservatoire, Austria, and is a guest lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Johann Sebastian Bach was an inspired arranger of his own works and those by other composers, often making radical changes to instrumentation.
Interpretation
The modern concert guitar, though different from Baroque instruments, is well-suited to polyphonic music, and some aspects like harmony and part-writing are more effective on it than on violin or cello.
Performer Biography
Tomasz Zawierucha, the guitarist on this album, won first prizes at the Tokyo International Guitar Competition, Concours International de Guitare Ville d'Antony, and Dundee International Guitar Competition.
Interpretation
All works on this album are transcriptions by Tomasz Zawierucha, the guitarist, including his transcription of Partita No. 2 BWV 1004, which is published by Chanterelle Verlag.
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