Bernd Kiltz is a guitar player / songwriter from germany. He is based around germanys Music metropole Mannheim, but is touring many different places.
With his roots in 80's and 90's rock music, Bernds foremost goal is to include as many different music styles as possible into his playing. He studied at the renowned Los Angeles Music Academy in Pasadena, CA, USA. There he learned from teachers such as Frank Gambale (Chick Corea Electric Band), Jeff Richmann (LA Studio Guitarsit), Bill Fowler (Pointer Sisters), Linda Taylor and many others. Back in Germany he studied Jazz at the " Mannheim University Of Music and Performing Arts " and pushed his instrumental ability even further.
The versatile guitarist works as a session musician for german CD Productions, and is very active as a live musician. Recently he became guitar player of " Thomas Schwab & Band ", and did the " Christmas Moments " Tour with that Band. Nationwide the Tour covered 19 Gigs in December with thousands of fans.
In 2006, Bernd Kiltz released his first solo album called "thieves in the night" (wich you can order on the homepage ). The 7 Instrumental tracks show the songwriting and instrumental capabilities with great sound and a great band, featuring mannheim all-stars Martin Rott, Daniel Prandl and Christian Kussmann.
The Musician also works as a music teacher, and his first book "guitar the easy way" just came out ( Alfred Verlags Publishing GmbH ). While only available in german at the moment, english translation is on its way.
Bernd is endorser of germanies handmade Kulik Amps, and Custom Guitars by Siggi Braun. He uses Sommer Cable, V-Picks, and is a big fan of Line6 Pod X3.
Also check out Bernds website " guitarsolos.tv ", where you can watch solos and enjoy free lessons, playalongs and much more.
For more information, go to: http://www.berndkiltz.com
Here is the video to my Song "Shred" of the Album "Thieves in the Night"
...and here's a solo I played live with german hot newcomer Silvia Dias in January 2007: