Tilman Hoppstock

Tilman Hoppstock (born 1961) is a classical guitarist and cellist from Germany.

Biography

He studied both guitar and cello in Darmstadt and Cologne. His concert career began in 1978. He has made several radio, television and commercial recordings, both solo and with other musicians including the pianist Alexis Weissenberg, tenor Christoph Prégardien, cellist Peter Wolf and the Rubio String Quartet. He also publishes music, including modern works written specially for him (Karl-Wieland Kurz's I giardini del sogno, for example) and arrangements of music from the Baroque period. He has taught in Mainz and Darmstadt for over 15 years.

Books

• Polyphony in Bach's Fugues for Lute (Prim-Musikverlag, english, german)

• Bach's Lute Works from the Guitarist's Perspective (Prim-Musikverlag)

- Vol. 1: Suites BWV 995/996 (english, german)

- Vol. 2: BWV 998/999/1000 (english, german)

Discography

• Fernando Sor: Works for Guitar (Signum, 1985)
• Tilman Hoppstock: Early Recordings 1980-1984 Vol. I (PRIM, 1996)
• Tilman Hoppstock: Early Recordings 1980-1984 Vol. II (PRIM, 1996)
• J. S. BACH: Transcriptions for Guitar (u.a. BWV 995 & 996) (CHE, 1985)
• Works for Guitar: Villa-Lobos, Ponce, Brouwer, Paganini (SIGNUM, 1989)
• El Ultimo Tremolo – Paganini, Barrios, Brouwer a. o. Early Tapes 1980–1985 (CHE, 1989)
• Clavier Works in Transcription for Guitar (SIGNUM/PRIM, 1989)
• Baroque Cello & Guitar (together with Rainer Zipperling) (SIGNUM/PRIM 55-00, 1991)
• See, we assemble - Tilman Hoppstock and Friends (SIGNUM/PRIM, 1992)
• Classical Guitar - Werthmüller, Marschner, Sor - (SIGNUM/CHE 1995)
• 20th century music for guitar (SIGNUM, 1996)
• Songs from Love & Death - together with Christoph Prégardien, Tenor (CHR, 1998)
• Ponce: Sonatas & Variations (SIGNUM, 1999)
• Memories of the Alhambra (SIGNUM, 1999)
• I maestri della chitarra: Tilman Hoppstock (Seicorde E59, 2001)
• Tilman Hoppstock: Projects (Kammermusik live & in studio) (PRIM 1996/2000)
• I Giardini del Sogno - T. H. live at “Tage für Neue Musik 2003 Darmstadt” (SIGNUM, 2003)
• Bella Italia (GuitArt, 2005)
• Images of Spain (PRIM, 2009)
• Great Studies for Guitar (CHE, 2010)
• Tilman Hoppstock & Friends, Live 2004-2011 – 2CD-Box (PRIM, 2011)
• Schubert: Winterreise (together with Christoph Prégardien, tenor) (CHR, 2011)
• Baroque Suites for Guitar (L. Couperin, Froberger, Buxtehude, Bach) (CHR, 2012)
• Brouwer talks – Hoppstock plays, Live Darmst. Gitarrentage 2000 (PRIM, 2012)
• Great Preludes for Guitar (Willcocks, Tarrega, Ponce, Villa-Lobos) (CHE, 2012)
• ALHAMBRA (Sor, Torroba, Albéniz, de Falla, Paco de Lucia u.a. ) (CHE, 2014)
• BACH: Works for Guitar - 2CD-Box all Bach recordings from T. Hoppstock 1979–2001 (CHR, 2014)

External links

• [1] Home page

Interviews

• [2] Tilman Hoppstock - 2006 Interview with lacg (Los Angeles Classical Guitar) about Villa-Lobos study n.7, Bach's Gavotta en Rondeau BWV 1006a and Sarabande BWV 825, etc.