Curriculum Vitae Guitarist            Christian            Haimel's expressive               and               versatile interpretations       –       ranging       from renaissance   to   contemporary   music –   have   earned   lots   of   praise,   even   in young years. “ I      have      seen      very      few      young musicians   who   have   impressed   me   as much    as    Christian.    He    is    already    a beautiful   guitar   player   and   I   am   sure he         has         a         brilliant         future ”, internationally     renowned     Scottish guitarist       David       Russell       praised Christian   Haimel   at   his   master   class 2006.   Christian's     first     CD,     on     which     he plays      works      by      Mauro      Giuliani, Manuel   Maria   Ponce,   William   Walton and    a    first    recording    of    a    work    by Jan       Truhlar,       was       released       in December    2007.    His    debut    album was    well    received    in    Austria    and abroad,    also    winning    the    Pasticcio Prize,   awarded   by   Oe1,   the   Austrian national        broadcaster's        classical music radio station. Following     Christian     Haimel's     2001 concert   at   the   Vienna   Konzerthaus, the   Austrian   daily   ‘Die   Presse’   wrote: “Heaven   knows   it   does   not   happen every      day      that      a      guitarist      is responsible    for    a    profound    silence among   the   audience   of   a   Viennese concert        hall.        The        19-year-old Christian    Haimel    has    succeeded    in that      ...      he      conjures      up      subtly differentiated    colors    and    moods    ... he makes his instrument sing.” Christian's    career    path    manifested itself   early.   After   beginning   to   learn how      to      play      guitar      with      Josef Waidhofer     at     the     age     of     six     he studied   with   Marianne   Waidhofer   at the         Anton         Bruckner         Private University      Linz,      from      which      he graduated with honours in 2007. In   2014   he   completed   the   “Master   in Classical    Guitar    Performance”    with “Summa    cum    Laude"    in    Alicante, Spain. He       rounded       off       his       musical education     by     studies     of     classical voice         training         which         highly complements    his    guitar    playing    by knowledge     of     interpretation     and tone production.  During    his    studies    Christian    Haimel attended         master         classes         by internationally    renowned    guitarists such      as      David      Russell,      Manuel Barrueco,     Leo     Brouwer     and     Abel Carlevaro. Christian     won     first     national     and international                acclaim                at competitions     in     Austria's     Vienna, Salzburg,   Linz   and   Rust,   Kutna   Hora (Czech             Republic),             Weimar (Germany),      the      Greek      island      of Crete,    in    Kiev    (Ukraine)    and    Bath (UK), among others. Christian    performed    at    concerts    – both    as    a    soloist    and    as    chamber musician   –   at   international   festivals in      Austria,      Germany,      the      Czech Republic,    the    United    States,    Chile, South Korea and Russia. He      also      teaches      guitar      at      the municipal   music   school   in   Linz   in   his home    province    Upper    Austria.    This season,       2012/13       he       taught       in substitution   a   classical   guitar   class   at Anton    Bruckner    Private    University Linz.  

Guitarist       Christian       Haimel's expressive          and          versatile interpretations   –   ranging   from renaissance     to     contemporary music    –    have    earned    lots    of praise, even in young years. “ I    have    seen    very    few    young musicians   who   have   impressed   me   as   much   as   Christian.   He   is   already a    beautiful    guitar    player    and    I    am    sure    he    has    a    brilliant    future ”, internationally    renowned    Scottish    guitarist    David    Russell    praised Christian Haimel at his master class 2006. Christian's    first    CD,    on    which    he    plays    works    by    Mauro    Giuliani, Manuel   Maria   Ponce,   William   Walton   and   a   first   recording   of   a   work by   Jan   Truhlar,   was   released   in   December   2007.   His   debut   album was   well   received   in   Austria   and   abroad,   also   winning   the   Pasticcio Prize,   awarded   by   Oe1,   the   Austrian   national   broadcaster's   classical music radio station. Following       Christian       Haimel's       2001 concert   at   the   Vienna   Konzerthaus,   the Austrian      daily      ‘Die      Presse’      wrote: “Heaven     knows     it     does     not     happen every   day   that   a   guitarist   is   responsible for     a     profound     silence     among     the audience   of   a   Viennese   concert   hall.   The 19-year-old        Christian        Haimel        has succeeded    in    that    ...    he    conjures    up subtly   differentiated   colors   and   moods ... he makes his instrument sing.” Christian's   career   path   manifested   itself   early.   After   beginning   to learn   how   to   play   guitar   with   Josef   Waidhofer   at   the   age   of   six   he studied   with   Marianne   Waidhofer   at   the   Anton   Bruckner   Private University Linz, from which he graduated with honours in 2007. In   2014   he   completed   the   “Master   in   Classical   Guitar   Performance” with “Summa cum Laude" in Alicante, Spain. He   rounded   off   his   musical   education   by   studies   of   classical   voice training   which   highly   complements   his   guitar   playing   by   knowledge of interpretation and tone production.  During    his    studies    Christian    Haimel    attended    master    classes    by internationally   renowned   guitarists   such   as   David   Russell,   Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer and Abel Carlevaro. Christian      won      first      national      and      international      acclaim      at competitions    in    Austria's    Vienna,    Salzburg,    Linz    and    Rust,    Kutna Hora    (Czech    Republic),    Weimar    (Germany),    the    Greek    island    of Crete, in Kiev (Ukraine) and Bath (UK), among others. Christian   performed   at   concerts   –   both   as   a   soloist   and   as   chamber musician   –   at   international   festivals   in   Austria,   Germany,   the   Czech Republic,     the     United     States,     Chile,     South Korea and Russia. He   also   teaches   guitar   at   the   municipal   music school    in    Linz    in    his    home    province    Upper Austria.     This     season,     2012/13     he     taught     in substitution    a    classical    guitar    class    at    Anton Bruckner Private University Linz.    

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