The bandoneon manufactured and played by Klaus Gutjahr

Guitar of Jörg Utesch, manufactured by the Japanese master Nacade

Berlin 2005Klaus Gutjahr

Poster for Solo-Concerts

Duo-Opal Konzertprogramm

Internationale Klassik

Bandoneon-SoloAria detto balletto, C-Dur Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1644)

Vorstellung Jörg Utesch Gitarre Solo

Pavana und Canarios Gaspar Sanz

Vorstellung des Duos von Klaus Gutjahr und Jörg UteschPräludium Cello-Suite J.S. BachPavane Gabriel FaurèAve Maria J.S.Bach/Charls GounodAir J.S. Bach

Persönliches Info von Jörg UteschGitarre Solo

Largo J. RodrigoPersönliches Info von Klaus Gutjahr

Bandoneon SoloPräludium u. Fuge in C-Dur aus den 8 kleinen Präludien u. Fugen für Orgel J.S. Bach

Duo-OpalRomance Anonym

B-Dur Präludium aus der Partita BWV 825 J.S. Bach Le Coucou Claude Daquin

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Internationale MusikOtonio J. Utesch

Kommentar zur Musik von Jörg UteschCavatina Stanley MyersMilonga ayer A. FleuryChiquelin de bachin Astor PiazzollaOblivion Astor PiazzollaEl dia que me quieras Carlos Gardel

Gitarre SoloLeyanda Isaac AlbenizHijos de la luna J.M. Cano

Information zum Bandoneon von Klaus GutjahrBandoneon Solo

Pumpa Rodolfo MedeirosAchat Klaus GutjahrCarinhoso A.Pixinguinha

ZugabeManhá do Carnaval Luiz BonfaArcadia Jörg Utesch

Änderungen vorbehalten

Klaus Gutjahr

At the age of 8 years he started to play Bandoneon and was educated by his father. When he was 12 years old he already knew how important music was for his life. 1968 at the age of 20 he moved from Burscheid to Berlin. At "Julius Stern Institut der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik" he started to study music. There he met the guitarist Jörg Utesch. With great mutual respect of their musical knowledge and art a close relationship developed. 1975 KLaus Gutjahr finished his studies in music as teacher of Bandoneon at "Staatliche Hochschule für Musik" in Berlin. During his studies and afterwards he played in different own and other musical formations. He played with Michael Z., Klaus Hoffmann, Erika Pluhar, Eva Maria Hagen, Hannes Wader and Wolf Biermann on concerts and records. Since many years he has different own musicproductions. The spectrum includes baroque, classic and tango. 1989 Astor Piazzolla invited him to Buenos Aires and they discussed the future of Bandoneon. Until now a lot of visits to Rio de la Plata followed. The Argentinian bandoneon soloist Juan José Mosalini, who plays an instrument of Gutjahr's production, as well as Danile Binelli, Luis Stazzo, Julio Oscar Pane and Horacio Ferrer are close friends to him. In September 2003 Klaus Gutjahr was honored by "Academia Nacional del Tango" in Buenos Aires as "Academico honoris causa" for his engagement around the Bandoneon. Since the production of new bandoneons endet in 1960´s. Klaus Gutjahr started during his studies to build up a new high quality production of this instrument. Now Klaus Gutjahr produces the most perfect sounding dynamic Bandoneon worldwide. This instrument and Klaus Gutjahr's special style to play are the basis for the music on this CD.

Jörg Utesch

He was born 1951 in Berlin and already as a child interested in the "Weißgerber"- guitar of his parents. On this instrument he had his first experiences. At the age of 11 he started to take guitar lessons. Most influencial to his technique was Gaston Stoligwo, who educated him for 4 years. The Brazilian guitar compositor Heitor Villa Lobos and his harmonies and melodie-drive enchanted and inspired him. Spanish and Latin-American music was interpreted by Jörg Utesch during concerts in Clubs and on stage. At the age of 17 he started to study classic guitar with Erich Bürger at Berlins "Julius Stern Institut der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik". There he met in 1968 the Bandoneon-soloist Klaus Gutjahr. After his successful studies, at the age of 21 he specialized in Brazilian and Latin-American guitar music and little later he became a teacher of guitar at "Hochschule der Künste" (before "Hochschule für Musik"). Since 1972, Jörg Utesch performes in Germany, Europe and South America, often accompanied by his wife Esparta Rios, who is a soprano singer from Peru. This CD in coperation with Klaus Gutjahr was a real challenge for him as artist and musician. It fits his expectations as a virtous player and composer.

Berlin 2007

Duo-OpalCD Cover

Klaus Gutjahr and

Jörg Utesch

Berlin 2007Duo-Opal

Jörg Utesch,Guitar

Klaus Gutjahr, Bandoneon

Berlin 2007

Duo-Opal

Klaus Gutjahr

and Jörg

Utesch

Berlin 2007

Duo-Opal

Klaus Gutjahr and

Jörg Utesch

Jörg Utesch

in the magazine

„Acoustic Guitar“

with one of his compostions

Certificate for the performance at„Instituto Nacional de Cultura“ in Lima

Laudation for distinction in the Academia Nacional del Tango in Buenos Aires, 2003, in presence of Horacio Ferrer (rechts)

Certificate for outstanding performance from „AcademiaNacional del Tango“ in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires 2003

Klaus Gutjahr in the „Academia Nacional

del Tango“ with Laura Donofrio,

an Argentinian Singer, and Horacio Ferrer (little photo), who wrote all lyrics

for the music of Astor Piazzolla.

Advertisement of a Solo-Concert of

Klaus Gutjahr in Buenos Aires

2003

Berlin 1998

Klaus Gutjahr Tango-

Ensemble with Jörg Utesch

Klaus Gutjahr plays in the

Berlin Cathedral2002

and in the Berlin

Philharmonics1984

Berlin 2005

Concert for the „Argentinian Embassy“ in Berlin, in the courtyart of

„Goethe Institute“

Berlin 2005Concert for the Argentine Embassy in Berlin

Fulda 2005

Review of the

Concert

1975, Jörg Utesch and Esparta Rios after a concert in Lima

Jörg Utesch

and Esparta

Rios in Peru

Berlin's City Magazine „Tip“ 1999

Advertising of a Solo Concert with Baroque-

music and Tango in the Cultur-Center

„Pfefferberg“

„TIP“ Berlin's City Magazine

1986

Article about the artistical

and manufatural

work of Klaus Gutjahr.

Article in Berliner

Tagesspiegel

5.Januar 1988

Klaus Gutjahr plays in 1998/99 and 2007 at the ballet production

„Tango“ of

Heidrun Schwarz at Krefeld /

MönchengladbachTheatre

Ratingen 2006Concert in the City Theatre

with Klaus Gutjahr, Bandoneon, Jochen Kilian,

Piano and Susanne

Hofmann, Violin

Ratingen 2006

Tango Furioso with

Jochen Kilian,

Piano

SusanneHofmann

Violin

Klaus Gutjahr Bandoneon.

Klaus Gutjahr Tango-Ensemble.Existing since 1980. Instrumentation f.l.: Stephan Dolgener,

Bernd Dieterich, Martin Frisch and Klaus Gutjahr

Klaus Gutjahr 1995 with his Ensemble „Tango Futur“

Advertisement of a concert of

„Tango Futur“ in the Theatre „Berliner Volksbühne“ and article

about bandoneon construction.

17.März 1995 in „Berliner Tagesspiegel“

Magazin „Focus“ 1998

Josè Libertella of Sexteto

Mayor and

Klaus Gutjahr

1984 in Buenos Aires.Klaus Gutjahr with the worlds best Bandoneon-

soloist, Julio Oscar Pane.

The internationally kown Argentinian Bandoneon-soloist Daniel Binelli with Klaus Gutjahr

Buenos Aires 2003

Berlin 2005

Juan José Mosalini, the best known

Argentinian Bandoneon-soloist in Europe, before

the concert in „Kammermusiksaal“

of Berlin Philharmonics with

a bandoneon constructed by Klaus Gutjahr

2006Juan Josè

Mosalini with Klaus Gutjahr

prior to his concert in

„Kammermusik-saal“ of Berlin Philharmonics

with a Bandoneon of Klaus Gutjahr

Article about a concert of Jörg Utesch

and Klaus

Gutjahr 1988

Berliner Morgenpost 1986

Klaus Gutjahr and Wolf Biermann.

He accompanied him during his

German-Tour and played on

3 CDs with him.

Article on Klaus Gutjahr and his work

for the Bandoneon in „Allgemeinen

Sonntagsblatt“ 31.8.1986

1986 Klaus Gutjahr

at Studio-recording at

„Westdeutscher Rundfunk“ in

Cologne

16.2.1998 Review in

„Westdeutschen Zeitung“ on an

audition in Krefeld, the

town where the Bandoneon was first constructed 1840 under the name Heinrich

Band

Klaus Gutjahr plays in Sweden with the

„Norrbottens Kammerorchester“

Klaus Gutjahr presents his Bandoneons at the Fair of

Music Instruments in Tokyo, 1986

Esparta Rios and Jörg Utesch

1995, Tango Futur CD, produced by Klaus Gutjahr

Compilation of recordings from 1978 to 1997

from Baroque-musik to Tango

CD of Klaus Gutjahr und Jörg Uteschproduced in June 2007