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The Swedish guitarist and composer Johannes
Möller has captivated audiences throughout the
world with charismatic and soulful performances.
After playing his first public concerts at the age
of 13, his performances now total over 500 and
span Europe, Asia, South and North America. In
2010 he was awarded first prize in the GFA
Concert Artist Competition, considered by many
to be the most prestigious guitar competition in
the world, resulting in a 50-concert tour and a
recording with the Naxos label.
As a performer, Johannes’s artistry has reached
well beyond the usual guitar circles. This was
confirmed in 2008 when he won the Dutch
Vriendenkrans Concours where he was
competing against performers in all instrumental
categories. As a part of this award his name has
been engraved on a metal plate that can be
seen in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Critics have also noted his special qualities,
writing of his playing "Guitarist Johannes Möller
achieved miracles with his lucid, spacious
playing" (London Evening Standard).
At the age of 12 as a self-taught composer
Johannes experienced an outburst of creativity
that resulted in a large quantity of pieces that
were performed and recorded with great critical
acclaim. A selection of these works was
recorded on a CD with some of the top
instrumentalists in Sweden when he was 14
years old. In his later teenage years, Johannes
continued composing, experimenting with
various compositional styles and techniques.
Doberman-Yppan has published a number of
his works and his pieces are now being
performed by such groups as the Eden-Stell
Duo.
Möller has captivated audiences throughout the
world with charismatic and soulful performances.
After playing his first public concerts at the age
of 13, his performances now total over 500 and
span Europe, Asia, South and North America. In
2010 he was awarded first prize in the GFA
Concert Artist Competition, considered by many
to be the most prestigious guitar competition in
the world, resulting in a 50-concert tour and a
recording with the Naxos label.
As a performer, Johannes’s artistry has reached
well beyond the usual guitar circles. This was
confirmed in 2008 when he won the Dutch
Vriendenkrans Concours where he was
competing against performers in all instrumental
categories. As a part of this award his name has
been engraved on a metal plate that can be
seen in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Critics have also noted his special qualities,
writing of his playing "Guitarist Johannes Möller
achieved miracles with his lucid, spacious
playing" (London Evening Standard).
At the age of 12 as a self-taught composer
Johannes experienced an outburst of creativity
that resulted in a large quantity of pieces that
were performed and recorded with great critical
acclaim. A selection of these works was
recorded on a CD with some of the top
instrumentalists in Sweden when he was 14
years old. In his later teenage years, Johannes
continued composing, experimenting with
various compositional styles and techniques.
Doberman-Yppan has published a number of
his works and his pieces are now being
performed by such groups as the Eden-Stell
Duo.
Johannes has earned a Bachelor’s of Music with Honors from the Royal College of Music in London where he studied
guitar with Gary Ryan and Carlos Bonell and composition with William Mival. He has received a master’s degree from the
Royal Conservatoire in The Hague where he studied with Zoran Dukic. He also received a scholarship from the Royal
Conservatoire that allowed him to study privately with Pavel Steidl in the Czech Republic as well as composition lessons
with Dusan Bogdanovic in the USA. He completed a second Masters degree at the Conservatoire in Amsterdam where
he studied guitar with Lex Eisenhardt and composition with Richard Ayers.
Johannes plays Gregory Byers guitars fitted with D’Addario strings.
guitar with Gary Ryan and Carlos Bonell and composition with William Mival. He has received a master’s degree from the
Royal Conservatoire in The Hague where he studied with Zoran Dukic. He also received a scholarship from the Royal
Conservatoire that allowed him to study privately with Pavel Steidl in the Czech Republic as well as composition lessons
with Dusan Bogdanovic in the USA. He completed a second Masters degree at the Conservatoire in Amsterdam where
he studied guitar with Lex Eisenhardt and composition with Richard Ayers.
Johannes plays Gregory Byers guitars fitted with D’Addario strings.
Song to the Mother (2009) Johannes Möller (b.1981)
Introduction and Variations K. A. Craeyvanger (1817-1868)
on a theme from the opera Der Freischütz
Asturias (Leyenda) from Suite Española Op. 47 Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
A star in the sky, a universe within… (2009) Johannes Möller
Intermission
Lamento-Scherzo (2010) Denis Gougeon (b. 1951)
Un Sueño en la Floresta Agustín Barrios-Mangoré (1885-1944)
Poem to a Distant Fire (2010) Johannes Möller
Ananda (2009) Johannes Möller
(Dedicated to Ramakrishnananda Babaji)
Introduction and Variations K. A. Craeyvanger (1817-1868)
on a theme from the opera Der Freischütz
Asturias (Leyenda) from Suite Española Op. 47 Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
A star in the sky, a universe within… (2009) Johannes Möller
Intermission
Lamento-Scherzo (2010) Denis Gougeon (b. 1951)
Un Sueño en la Floresta Agustín Barrios-Mangoré (1885-1944)
Poem to a Distant Fire (2010) Johannes Möller
Ananda (2009) Johannes Möller
(Dedicated to Ramakrishnananda Babaji)
| CONCERT PROGRAM Johannes Möller St. Paul's Episcopal Church Sunday, September 18, 2011 5:00 pm |
| Sunday, September 18, 2011. 5:00 pm St. Paul's Episcopal Church |