Biography

Wulfin Lieske's path led him into music at a young age: his mother was a singer, his father a cellist - a good first step for him. His instrument is the guitar. Composition and improvisation expand his artistic work.
During his studies, he won the Segovia International Competition for Classical Guitar in Almuñecar, Spain. He studied with Prof. Hubert Käppel at the Cologne University of Music & Dance. In Córdoba, Spain, he studied with John Williams and in Gargnano, Italy, with Oscar Ghiglia. This was followed by an appointment as a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik & Theater Hamburg.

Composition
During this time, Wulfin Lieske also discovered composing. Today, his oeuvre encompasses various genres: solo works for guitar and piano, vocal and chamber music, concertos for soloists with orchestra and oratorios. He is currently working on music theater. The versatility of his works can be seen in the selection of premieres:

2000 - “Über den Wassern” - oratorio, Expo 2000 in Hanover,
2013 - “Dreamtime” - Requiem, Philharmonie Cologne
2015 - “In Luce” - peace hymn, St. Aposteln Church, Cologne
2019 - “The Magic Four” - incidental music for Milan Sladek, Bratislava
2022 - “Jenseits der Stille” - chamber music cycle, Aachen
2023 - “Meditatio I-V” - guitar solo, Aurich
2024 - “Himmelskanon” - Composition, Wieskirche, Unesco World Heritage Site

Partners
His artistic partners include Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon player and composer, Diego Anibál Montes, clarinettist, Fabian Spindler, guitarist, Gidon Kremer, violinist, William Barton, didgeridoo virtuoso and the Hilliard Vocal Ensemble. This international collaboration opens up new stylistic areas.

Audio and audiovisual media
More than twenty of his solo albums have been released by EMI Classics, Warner, Oehms Classics and Challenge Records. Many have won international awards. In addition to classical music, he also plays improvised music and free jazz.
He regularly creates his YouTube channel as a source of musical inspiration: from his own works to exciting insights into the world of classical guitar.

Guitars
Wulfin Lieske is passionate about his historical guitars. His favorite is the legendary “La Leona” from 1856, with which its maker Antonio de Torres revolutionized guitar making: he created the archetype of the modern guitar. He added to his collection with other instruments by the important guitar makers Santos Hernández, Vicente Arias and Andrea Tacchi. He documented the repertoire of their period of origin in numerous albums.