1. Frank Bungarten German Classical Guitarist

2. Birth Cologne, Germany in 1958

3. Initial Success In 1981, he won first place at the Guitar Competition of Granada. This win was quite a special win because Andres Segovia was the one who honored him with the first prize. Andres Segovia is known as the “Father of Classical Guitar”

4. Continued Success His first place victory was followed by an extensive concert tour of Spain. Spain is known for Spanish Guitar (a style within Classical Guitar)

5. Continued Success Frank Bungarten has performed in over 40 countries. His repertoire has focused around Bach even though he loves to play a wide variety of composers.

6. Life with a Guitar His guitar life began at the age of 10. He was taught by Carlos Baez. He eventually went on to study at the Academy of Music of Cologne He also trained with Karl-Heinz Bottner, Hubert Kappel, and Oscar Ghiglia.

7. Life after Study After studying guitar, he became a lecturer and soloist. He has played in the berlin Philharmonic, the Arts and Convention Centre Lucerne, the Gasteig Munich, the Salzburg Festival, Schwetzingen, Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, etc…

8. Discography J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo, Transcriptions for Guitar, 2 CDs, MDG 305 1028-2 Fernando Sor: Selected Studies, CD, MDG L3390 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: 24 Caprichos de Goya op.195, 2 CDs, MDG 3050725-2

9. Discography Continued "Cancion y Danza", CD, MDG 305 1246-2 Heitor Villa-Lobos: "Complete Solo Works for Guitar", CD, MDG Mauro Giuliani: Works for Flute and Guitar + Andrea Lieberknecht, Flute, CD, MDG

10. Teaching Career He has given over 100 seminars and master classes. He was professor at the University of Lucerne from 1989 to 2010.

11. Present Day Currently, he holds chair at the Hochshule fur Musick, Theate und Medien Hannover.

12. Videos www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7mWGnnUvg www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq3A1-mGjSA

13. Resources http://www.mdg.de/pdf/0834e.pdf http://www.frankbungarten.de/vita2.html http://www.bangkokguitarfiesta.com/bgf/bgf 2012/frankb.html http://www.concert.co.jp/en/artist/frank_bun garten/