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American composer
Christopher Wilke (born 1973) is an American
composer ,
lutenist ,
[1]
guitarist ,
recording artist ,
[2] and teacher.
[3]
Biography
Born in
Cincinnati , Wilke studied guitar and composition at the
College of Mount St. Joseph , and took his master's degree in guitar from the
University of Cincinnati 's College Conservatory. He completed his
doctorate in Early Music Performance with an Emphasis on Historical Plucked Strings (lute, theorbo and guitar) at the
Eastman School of Music , under the tutelage of
Paul O'Dette .
[4]
Composer
Several of his compositions, including "Emperor Romulus Augustus, His Serious Funk" and "Diatribe," have been published by
Les Productions d'Oz in
Montreal ,
Canada .
[5]
Performer
Wilke has given solo recitals in Italy and Germany as well as the United States. He has taught at the
Guitar Foundation of America 's Convention and the
American Musicological Society 's Annual Meeting. His recordings have been featured on
Concertzender radio
[6]
[7]
[8] in the Netherlands, on Canadian Television, and such
NPR programs as
Classical Guitar Alive!
[9] and
Sunday Morning Baroque .
[10]
Discography
External links
References
^
"A Great Night With Christopher Wilke" . Archived from
the original on 2016-09-27.
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"Christopher Wilke, Solo Baroque Lute" . 2015-10-11. Archived from
the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2023-10-16 .
^
"The Lute Society of America – LuteFest 2010 Performers – Chris Wilke" . www.cs.dartmouth.edu . Archived from
the original on 2015-07-08.
^
"Backstage Pass with Lutenist Christopher Wilke | WXXI" . interactive.wxxi.org . Archived from
the original on 2016-09-27.
^
"Compositeur - Christopher Wilke" . Archived from
the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-25 .
^
"L'Esprit Baroque" .
^
"Kairos" . Concertzender | Klassiek, Jazz, Wereld en meer .
^
"Sonoor" .
^
"Classical Guitar Alive! Play Lists" .
^
"Lutenist Christopher Wilke on Next Fretworks » Classical 101" . delta.wosu.org . Archived from
the original on 2016-09-27.
^
a
b
"Christopher Wilke CD release!" . Archived from
the original on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-09-25 .
^
"Desperate Doors" . 17 December 2015.
^ Zuluaga, Daniel (2015).
"ANONYMOUS, PAULO CARLO DURANT (Fl. C1745–1769), JOHANN ADOLF HASSE (1699–1783), JOSEPH HAYDN (ATTRIBUTED) (1732–1809), JAKOB FRIEDRICH KLEINKNECHT (1722–1794) GRACEFUL DEGRADATION: THE LAST LUTE SONATAS Christopher Wilke, thirteen-course lute Self-issue, no catalogue number, 2013; one disc, 62 minutes" . Eighteenth Century Music . 12 (2): 251–253.
doi :
10.1017/S1478570615000135 .
S2CID
194715121 .
^
"Charles Hurel: The Theorbo Music. Christopher Wilke, theorbo" .