Gerhard Reichenbach has recently been appointed as a full professor for guitar at the Cologne University of Music (Musikhochschule Köln), one of the biggest top-ranking universities of music in Europe.

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The complete edition of all the lute works by Johann Sebastian Bach for guitar is published at the Bulgarian publisher BalkaNota

The edition contains all the six lute works; two of them, BWV 995 and BWV 998 are published in two versions: One in the original tonality (making use of a simple scordatura) and one in the tonality, which is commonly used by guitarists. Another extra is the additional transcription of Bach's organ version of the Fuge BWV 1001. (www.balkanota.info)

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Interview in the German guitar magazine “Concertino”

In his latest interview Gerhard Reichenbach talks about the Bulgarian composer Rossen Balkanski and his music for guitar

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Edition of the complete Lute Works by Johann Sebastian Bach at BalkaNota

A new edition  by Gerhard Reichenbach of all the Bach Lute works will be released in June at the Bulgarian Music Publisher

BalkaNota in Sofia. Some of the works will be offered in two versions (published in one book): one version in the original tonality and the second version in the tonality normally used by the guitarists. Also for the first time there will be published an extra version by the Fugue a-minor (BWV 1001) which is done after Bach's own version for organ (BWV 539).

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Guitar at the Summer Academy of the State Conservatory Thessaloniki

In this year the Summer Academy of the State Conservatory Thessaloniki, which is held from 15thth to 26th of July 2009 in Chalkidiki, Greece, for the first time offers a guitar class with Gerhard Reichenbach as lecturer.

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Upcoming solo recital at the Gitarrenfestspiele Nürtingen (www.gitarre-nuertingen.de)

27th July 2008, 11.00 at the Kreuzkirche in Nürtingen
The programme will contain music by the greek composers M.Chatzidakis, D.Fampas, M.Theodorakis (all Epitaphios) and by the Bulgarian composer Rossen Balkanski (Balkan Sonata).

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Solo Recital at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall (Megaro Mousikis) again sold

On 7th of  April Gerhard Reichenbach performed a solo recital with 20th century spanish guitar music at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. Like the brasilian programme which he played  two years ago in the same concert hall, the evening was sold out and an audience of 500 persons listened to works by Torroba, Asencio, Llobet, Albeniz, Rodrigo and Rafael Riqueni.

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New CD release “Works for Guitar by RossenBalkanski” ( Gega New, GD 336)

Gerhard Reichenbach’s new CD with works of the Bulgarian composer Rossen Balkanski has been released at the Bulgarian  Label  GEGA ( www.geganew.com).
Apart from three small pieces the CD contains the first recording of Balkanski’s Second Guitar Sonata, entitled “Balkanska Sonata”, a work of symphonic dimensions which was dedicated to Gerhard.

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“Collection Gerhard Reichenbach” at  BalkaNota

 A new cooperation with the new Bulgarian publisher BalkaNota in Sofia.
(www.balkanota.info)

The first three publications in his collection are:

-  Domenico Scarlatti: 5 Sonatas
-  Rossen Balkanski: Balkanska Sonata (2005)
-  Rossen Balkanski: Rondo Capriccioso

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Athens Premiere of  the complete Epitaphios  by Mikis Theodorakis for Solo Guitar

Gerhard Reichenbach premiered his own transcription of the complete Epitaphios by the famous greek composer Mikis Theodorakis in Athens at the Parnassos Concert Hall on November 24th, 2007.

This transcription is different from the  arrangements of  some Epitaphios, as they have been played by John Williams and others.  Gerhard’s arrangement is closer to the original version using a lot of motivical  material  from the Bouzuki part of the original. Some movements are more free paraphrases than simple transcriptions.