Biography
Eva Beneke was born in Berlin/Germany where she took her first guitar lesson at the age of nine and also started learning the piano. At age 14, she and her friends founded a pop/jazz-band that remained active for 6 years.
She studied guitar with Prof. Martin Rennert at the Berlin Arts University where she graduated with a Masters in Music Education in 2002. In 1999 she spend 6 month in Vienna, where she continued her trainig with Prof. Konrad Ragossnig at the Vienna University for Music and Dramatic Arts. In 2002 she entered the studio of Prof. Thomas Müller- Pering at the "Franz- Liszt Hochschule" Weimar, where she received the highest artistic degree, solo-artist diploma, in 2006.
She has been invited to performances and festivals with chambermusic, solo-recitals and orchestra-concertos to events such as the Christopher-Summer-Festival (Lithuania 2007), Music festivals in Münster and Friedrichsrode (Germany) and Lima (Peru 2005) where she gave a concert and taught masterclasses in the 13th edtiton of its Guitar-Festival.
Masterclasses with Carlo Marchione, Pepe Romero, Oscar Gighlia, Abel Carlevaro, David Russel and Roland Dyens are completing her musical education. In 2007 the University of Southern California, Los Angeles awarded her a scholarships for her graduate studies with Scott Tennant. She is a member of the "Thornton Baroque Sinfonia". Her first CD including several of her own compositions will be recorded in spring.
Thanks to her passion for teaching the German Federal Ministry awarded her a scholarship for her activities in develloping new pedagogical concepts in music-teaching with elderly people (2005). Recently she is involved in neighbourhood outreach projects that bring music education to underpriviledged kids in south central L.A., and teaches as adjunct instructor at USC Thornton School of Music.
Prizes, Scholarships and Awards
Los Angeles, USA 2008
Winner of the Donald Miller Concerto Competition at USC
Mexico, 2008
Finalist at the International Guitar Competition Culiacán
Netherlands, 2005
2nd prize at the "International Guitar Festival Zwolle" (1st prize not awarded)
Saluzzo, Italy 1997
1st prize "Chitarrissima", International Guitar Competition
Los Angeles, USA 09/10
Teaching assistantship at USC in support of doctoral program at USC
Los Angeles, USA 08/09
Colburn Foundation Early Music Award
Los Angeles, USA 2007-09
Franklin Hunter Memorial Endowed Music Scholarship
won full tuition scholarship for studies at USC Thornton School of Music
Los Angeles, USA 2007-08
Thornton School of Music "Board of Advisors"
nominated Mentee of counselling program, including reknowned artists and performers in L.A.
Weimar, Germany 2006
Stipend of the Research Ministry of the State of Thuringia
Mainz, Germany, 2004
Villa Musica Stipend
Weimar, Germany 2004
Stipend of the Research Ministry of the State of Thuringia
Dates
9. Januar 2011, 19h
Solokonzert
Meinerdinger Kirche
29664 Walsrode
November 20th 10am
Los Angeles Cathedral
Our Lady of the Angels, Downtown
November 20th 8pm
Lounge Concert in Pasadena
with Mezzo Soprano Charlene Chi
160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena
November 21, 2pm&4pm
European School of Music
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
18. Dezember 2010 - 19.30h
und
19. Dezember - 16.00h
Solokonzert
Unkelbrücker Mühle
53424 Remagen
Reservierung: 02642/904281
31. Dezember 22h
Silvester-Chanson:TingelTangel
mit Markus Twellenkamp am Piano
& Eva Beneke, Gesang
Hotel am Schloss
99510 Apolda
11. Januar 2011, 20h
Solokonzert, Wolf & Lehmann
Gitarrenfachgeschäft
Prenzlauer Allee 203
10405 Berlin, Germany
Reservierung: 030-2826897
March 10, 2011 5pm
Workshop/ Masterclass
at Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
March 10, 2011 7.30 pm
Private house concert, Tempe AZ
March 11, 2011 8 pm
Solo recital
Southwest guitar studio
Tucson, AZ
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