DUOBERGERACKarinScholz&PeterErnst–guitars

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Foto:JürgenRöhrscheid,DarmstadtGuitarists Karin Scholz und Peter Ernst are unified by their longterm musicalcollaboration:AsDuoBergeractheyhaveperformedallaroundtheglobeandhavebeeninvitedtointernationalmusicfestivalsinEuropeandtheUS.Besidesseveralrecordingsfor German radio stations such as Radio Bremen or the Bayerische Rundfunk DuoBergerachaspublishedfiveCDs,allofwhichhavereceivedcriticalacclaim.KarinScholzandPeterErnstcarefullycomposetheirprogramsfromwell-knownworksandexcitingrepertoirerarities,presentingthemwithacharmingmixofstyle,sensitivityand drive. Their repertoire includes works from four centuries. Composers such asChristopherBrandt,CarloDomeniconi,MichaelNicolasWalterand JeanSevrienshavewrittenworksforthem.DuoBergerachaswonprizesatguitarcompetitionsinMontélimar(France),BubenreuthandWuppertal (Germany).From1997 to2002 theyhave receiveda “livemusicnow“schorlarship. Since 2001 Karin Scholz and Peter Ernst perform regularly with cellistMaxineNeuman(BelmontTrio). In2003theypublishedtheiralbum“Àtrois“.Germanmagazin “Concertino“ praised the Belmont Trio as “…one of the most extraordinary,excitingensemblesofthelastfewyears”.www.duobergerac.com