New ep "et aliae" releases April 30, 2025

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New ep "et aliae" releases April 30, 2025

During my U.S. concert tour this Spring you can see me in Des Moines, Cedar Falls, Mineapolis and Seattle with a quick stoppver in L.A. For more dates in the U.S., please visit my tour calendar.

The European takes place on May 10 in Bergen, Norway with a concert at the Grieg Academy and, prior to that a friends and family party on April 30 in Berlin.

For those who would like to pre-order a copy, thanks for your support! it means the world.
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et aliae

The abbreviation et.al. - is used to mention others, not named here. ​For example: "performed were works by Bach and others".
 This album holds of some "the others" - three works by female composers from different times, and a genre-defying arrangement. Petra Szászí, born in 1997, is a young Hungarian composer of today. Sofia Gubaidulina, a representative of the "long" 20th century, with a personal story of migration and exile. Germaine Tailleferre, the only woman in the "Group des Six" around 1918, plus a multi-track recording of a piece from the iconic "Glassworks" album by Philip Glass, arranged by Eva Beneke for classical guitar and electric guitar.

The album will be available as high-quality audio LP on 100% recylced vinyl or digital download.
Vinyls come in collectible, unique colors.

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Grief. And letting the performance take over

Grief. And letting the performance take over

An intimate and personal performance that took place in the middle of the Corona pandemic, so it is even more meaningful to share this video with you here…Staged during the Fall of 2020, this performance is very meaningful to me on so many levels. It starts out with me paraphrasing and humming Bach´s famous choral melody “Wie soll ich Dich empfangen?”, included in Cantata 5 of his Weihnachtsoratorium, a melody of hope, grief, resurrection and expectation all at once.

Conference. Concerts. Competition.

Oslo Guitar Days is a meeting point for all classical guitarist.

Four days filled with lectures, meeting points, concerts and a big national competition at The Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo - welcome all!
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The magic of a 1960 Hermann Hauser II guitar

Wow. I am speechless at the way the stars align sometimes. During a recent visit to Paris, I got to sample a menu of excellent instrument, among them this exquisite Hermann Hauser from 1960. Needless to say that ever since this wonderful recording (a collaboration with GSI and Scott Tennant) his and his fathers instruments have long occupied a soft spot in my heart.

The sound created by the spruce tops made by the Bavarian masters between 1936 and 1980 is ideal, in my ears. Powerful, clear, sustained and with an unmatched noblesse that suits baroque music, contemporary works and most everything I enjoy performing these days.
This fall, a collector loaned me his instrument, to use freely for an open-ended period. I am so incrediby honored, and thankful to him for granting me this opportunity!! I look forward to reporting more on the projects that emerge from this generous loan.
…with musical greetings - Eva

Photo: Felix Salazar