Thomas Müller-Pering

Romantic Classics

Thomas Müller-Pering was born in Cologne in 1958 and began playing guitar at just under 13 years old with renowned teachers. In 1975, at age 17, he placed second at the Federal Young Musicians Competition and that same year started his studies in classical guitar at the Cologne Academy of Music. Further prizes followed, and he refined his technique through numerous master classes.

Today he is a professor at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar and at the University of the Arts in Berlin, where he leads his own master classes. Concert tours have taken him to approximately 40 countries, including America and North Africa. In chamber music, he regularly collaborates with flutist Wally Hase and violinist Friedemann Eichhorn - Eichhorn previously performed with him in Speyer in 2016. He is also known for his duo concerts with guitar star Manuel Barrueco. Since 2007 he has been a member of the United Guitar Ensemble.

Müller-Pering commands diverse epochs and styles of classical guitar literature, but places particular emphasis on emotionality - for him as important as perfect finger technique. In this way he has shaped an entire generation of students. In Speyer he performs works by Isaac Albéniz, Fernando Sor, Federico Moreno-Torroba, Joaquín Rodrigo, and Augustín Barrios Mangoré.