Christian Haimel's expressive and versatile interpretations – ranging from renaissance to contemporary music – have earned lots of praise, even in young years.
Following Christian Haimel's 2001 concert at the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Austrian daily ‘Die Presse’ wrote: “Heaven knows it does not happen every day that a guitarist is responsible for a profound silence among the audience of a Viennese concert hall.
The 19-year-old Christian Haimel has succeeded in that ... he conjures up subtly differentiated colors and moods ... he makes his instrument sing.” “I have seen very few young musicians who have impressed me as much as Christian. He is already a beautiful guitar player and I am sure he has a brilliant future”, internationally renowned Scottish guitarist David Russell praised Christian Haimel at his master class 2006.
Christian's career path manifested itself early. After beginning to learn how to play guitar at the age of six he studied with Prof. Marianne Waidhofer at the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz, from which he graduated with honours in 2007 and 2010. 2014 he attended the “Master in Classical Guitar Performance” with distinction in Alicante/ESP. Christian won national and international acclaim at competitions in Austria's Salzburg, Linz and Rust, Kutna Hora (Czech Republic), Weimar (Germany), the Greek island of Crete, in Kiev (Ukraine) and Bath (UK), among others.
Christian performed at concerts – both as a soloist and as chamber musician – at international festivals in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, the United States, Chile, South Korea and Libanon. He also teaches guitar at the municipal music school in Linz and the “Landesmusikschulwerk OÖ” in his home province Upper Austria. 2012/13 he taught the classical guitar class at Anton Bruckner Private University Linz. Christian's Debut CD, on which he plays works by M. Giuliani, M. M. Ponce, W. Walton and a first recording of a work by Jan Truhlar, was released in December 2007.
His debut album was well received in Austria and abroad, also winning the Pasticcio Prize, awarded by Oe1, the Austrian national broadcaster's classical music radio station. His second CD „Viaje – A Journey through Spain“ with works by A. Jose, I. Albeniz, F. Tarrega, M. Llobet has emerged as a bestseller. With the CD „Bad Kreuzener Idyllen“ Christian produced a first recording of another work by J. Truhlar.
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