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Born to an Austrian musician family, Andreas Maria Germek began his training in the area of classical guitar, including with Štepán Rak, Jürgen Hübscher and Sonja Prunnbauer. For more than 20 years he has been involved with the Spanish guitar and the study of the flamenco guitar, often spending longer periods of time in Sevilla. He has worked with artists such as Manolo Marín, Juan del Gastor, Juana Amaya, Joaquín Ruiz, Rafael Habichuela, Toni Maya and José Parrondo. His stage appearances have included solo and chamber music concerts as well as performing with Flamenco ensembles. In addition, he is a published composer and arranger. Andreas is in demand as a seminar leader and as a speaker on the subject of flamenco, for example at the International Guitar Festival in Nürtingen, the New England Conservatory of Music (Boston, USA) the Juilliard School (New York). His work has also been presented on radio programs such as BR and ORF. In 1998 his solo CD rojo y negro (Pasarela, Sevilla) was released. He has also composed music for and worked closely with dancer Juan Carlos Lérida, who was a finalist in the VIII Certamen de Coreografía de Danza Española y Flamenco in Madrid. In 1996 he formed the ensemble Flamenco Camerata with dancer and castanet virtuoso Belén Cabanes and singer José Parrondo, which performs regularly throughout Europe (among others: Internationale Gitarrenfestspiele Nürtingen / Germany, Sibiu International Theatre Festival / Romania, Festival Andalou / Saint-Jean-De-Luz, France, Konzerthaus Wien / Austria, Festival de la Porta Ferrada / San Feliù, Spain, Ohrid Summer / Macedonia). The program Castañuela Contemporánea for guitar and concert-castanets with Belén Cabanes can be seen a. o. in Sweden (Julita Festivalen), Austria (Musikverein Wien), Spain (Festival de Jeréz) and Lithuania (Pazaislis Music Festival). His work since 2000 with soprano and dancer Rachel Lynn Bowman has made it possible for him to help create a concert program in which classical and flamenco are presented. The recital mujer y cuerdas and the ensemble noche de luna y flor, which grew out of this cooperative work has toured in the USA including the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (Massachusetts) and Newport Performing Arts Center (Oregon) among others. The ensemble has also performed regularly in Europe including Festival Lent in Slovenia, Schlosskonzerte Goldegg in Austria and Munich´s Gasteig and has been able to win an audience of enthusiastic flamenco fans. Since 2002 Andreas Maria Germek has worked with the legendary Spanish dancer and castanet virtuoso Jose de Udaeta as composer and musician (a. o. Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele / Germany, Centre Cultural Caixa Terrassa / Barcelona, Spain). In his latest collaboration with dancer / choreographer Belén Cabanes, he took new strides in combining contemporary musical styles with strongly rooted flamenco musical themes in the choreography and storyline of the in 2003 world-premiered dance-theater production Tiempo de Flores. The renewed collaboration with Juan Carlos Lérida in 2006 lead to a program named Con Secuencia, bringing together different artistic personalities from the branches of Flamenco, classical music and contemporary dance. In 2009 he has been awarded a scholarship for composition from the Austrian state. In 2011 his composition "Tiempo de Flores - Suite" for Flamencoguitar, Flamencoensemble and orchestra is performed in the "Großer Saal" of the viennese "Musikverein" together with the "Tonkünstler-Orchester" under the direction of Andrés Orozco Estrada.
Some Compositions:
Tiempo de Flores (Obertura, Recuerdos, Muerte, Iglesia, Sin Respuesta, Presente)
For guitar, cello, percussion and Flamenco singing (Music for the dance theatre “Tiempo de Flores”) - 70 Min) De mis Penas las Mejores
For soprano, cello und guitar (Lyrics by Augusto Ferrán) Arroyo Claro (Granaína)
For solo guitar Tempestades (Preludio, Tempestades)
For cello and piano Tarde Tormentosa (Bulería)
For cello and guitar Gatitos tomando el Sol en la Azotea (Rumba)
For saxophon, two guitars, bass and percussion Jardines de Murillo (Fandangos de Huelva)
For solo guitar De Ausencia
For two guitars, cello and percussion (Music for the choreography “De Ausencia”) …y no la puede olvidar (Petenera)
guitar duo Miña Terra (Farruca)
For soprano, cello and guitar (Lyrics by Rosalía de Castro) La Zafra (Guajira)
For guitar, bass and percussion Entre dos Llantos (Seguiriya)
For solo guitar Rojo y Negro (Tangos)
For solo guitar Plazuela de Madrugá (Malagueña)
For cello, Flamenco singing and guitar Olivaritos Verdes (Cantiña)
For Flamenco singing and guitar Zapateado
For solo guitar Tangos
For piano and guitar Tiempo de Flores - Suite
For Flamencoguitar, Flamencoensemble and Orchestra Divertimento por Bulerías
For Flamencoguitar, Flamencoensemble and Orchestra
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