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'''Gareth Koch''' (born 6 April 1962) is an [[Australians|Australian]] [[classical guitarist]]<ref name="Inc.2001">{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26|accessdate=4 May 2012|date=8 September 2001|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=26|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> and [[recording artist]] of [[Germans|German]]/[[Anglo-Irish]]/ [[Lithuanian people|Lithuanian]] heritage. |
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==Biography== |
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Gareth Koch was born in [[Milan]] to novelist [[Christopher Koch]] and Irene Vilnonis, a [[Conservatorium]] trained [[pianist]]. Gareth was raised in [[Sydney]], [[Melbourne]], [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] and various [[Europe]]an cities. Koch began to study guitar in [[Spain]] at the age of twelve. He made his [[recording]] debut in [[Vienna]]. |
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Koch studied music performance at the [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music]] at the [[University of Sydney]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Music]] degree in 1987. He subsequently won scholarships to complete postgraduate study in classical guitar at the [[Madrid Royal Conservatory]], gaining a Diploma of Music, and at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna]]. He later completed a PhD in Music at the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]], with a thesis exploring the nature of creativity and the workings of the unconscious mind during the act of creation. |
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Following 10 years in Vienna, Koch was signed by Artworks Recorded Music in 1996 for whom he released several solo albums. Since then he has toured extensively in Europe, [[North America]] and [[Asia]]. He changed labels to ABC Classics Australia in 2003 and has subsequently released further solo albums. One of these was his controversial [[Transcription (music)|transcription]] of [[Carl Orff]]'s [[Carmina Burana]]. |
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Koch founded a guitar [[quartet]] with fellow Australian musicians Antony Field, [[Karin Schaupp]] and [[Slava Grigoryan]] to release albums under the group name [[Saffire (music)|Saffire]].<ref name="The bulletin">{{cite book|title=The Bulletin|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8AsYAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=4 May 2012|year=2003|publisher=J. Haynes and J.F. Archibald|page=78}}</ref> In 2003 he won an [[ARIA Music Award]] for [[Best Classical Album]] with this ensemble. |
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Koch is currently Director of the Tasmanian Studio, specialising in developing the talent of aspiring guitarists. He is a founding member of the Australian Guitar Trio with fellow guitarists Oliver Marshall and David Malone. |
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