Ulli Bögershausen is a German solo guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 and guitar teacher. He is internationally known due to touring Japan, USA and Taiwan in 1995 and further authored several educational books for guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 playing.

Börgershausen started classical guitar music education at the age of 9. He played electric guitar

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

 in several music bands and further started academic studies for music teacher but did not finish.

He lives with his family - wife and son - at the river Moselle near Trier

Trier

Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....

, where he runs a music school for guitar playing.

Ulli Bögershausen prefers playing steel string guitars, which - by a more acute tonal differentiation - give complex melodies and rhythms improved transparency. He likes to use the long lasting, singing tune of that instrument as compositional element.

Most important concerts

• International dance and folk festival Rudolstadt 1997
• Guitar festival Wiesloch 1997
• Open Strings Festival Osnabrück 1997 and 1999
• Alte Oper Frankfurt 1986, 1988, 1991
• Guitar festival Nashville 2000
• Convention Center Los Angeles 2000
• Folkalliance Cleveland 2000
• Central Station Music Hall Taipeh 2002
• Japan Tour 2000 and 2002
• Taiwan Tour 2001 and 2002.

Discography

• 1981 "ganz bestimmt vielleicht"
• 1983 "Im Zwielicht"
• 1984 "gegen die Zeit"
• 1986 "autogen"
• 1988 "Live" mit Mohammad Tahmassebi
• 1991 "April" mit Reinhold Westerheide
• 1993 "Best of..."
• 1995 "ageless guitar solos"
• 1998 "Pictures" mit Reinhold Westerheide
• 1999 "Sologuitar" 15 Solostücke
• 2000 Personal Favourites – Super Audio CD, nur in Asien erhältlich
• 2002 Private Stories
• 2002 Christmas Carols
• 2004 Chocolate and Wine
• 2006 Ballads
• 2007 Vinyl
• 2008 Crimson
• 2010 In a Constant State of Flux

Books

• Profipicking leichtgemacht (including CD)
• Fingerstyleguitar leichtgemacht (including CD)
• Open Tunings leichtgemacht (including CD)
• D-Dur Tuning, "Das Loch in der Banane", DADGAD Tuning.
• Von Anfang an, guitar course book in two volumes (including CDs, respectively)
• Ageless Guitar Solos (sheet music and tabulatures for same called CD)
• Mein DADGAD Sound (introduction into Open Tuning DADGAD)
• Easy Fingerstyle (including CD)
• Easy Fingerstyle 2 (including CD)

External links

• http://www.boegershausen.com
• http://www.youtube.com/user/Boegershausen