Stefan Varga

..Studium der klassischen Gitarre an der Wiesbadener Musikakademie bei Thomas Flößner. Studium der Jazzgitarre an der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz bei Werner Neumann und Norbert Scholly. Workshops und Seminare bei Larry Carlton, Mike Stern, Peter Wölpl, Joe Viera, Hubert Käppel, Jürgen Terhag, Klaus König, Bill Evans. Div. Filmmusiken für ARTE/ZDF. Solokonzerte seit 1795. Bisherige Bands: Pacemakers (Jazz); Getaway (Pop); Spellbound (Duo mit Martin Pfeiffer, p); McBrearty & Varga (Duo mit Nada McBrearty, voc); WILD (Rock); Nieder mit Varga (Duo mit Judith Nieder, voc); Wiesbaden Bigband. Aktuelle Bands: MEADOW JAM (Indie); Tibor Eichinger & Stefan Varga (Gitarrenduo Jazz); theistalbuben (Cover Rock); Global Players (Top 40); Rejoice (Gospel). CDs: Getaway – Somehow Different; theistalbuben – Come Together; My Favourite Songs (Solo); Wild – Hartchor; Tibor Eichinger & Stefan Varga – West And East; Meadow Jam - Live in Budapest; 24 x Liebe Myspace Backgrounds Stefan Varga began to play guitar when he was 13 years old. He studied classical guitar at the Wiesbaden Academy of Music under Thomas Flößner. Later he attended the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and studied Jazz guitar under Werner Neumann and Norbert Scholly. Adding to his musical education were workshops with Mike Stern, Larry Carlton, Hubert Käppel, and Klaus König. His style is between Bach and Jazz, Rock and Knitting Factory. He plays mainly with Hungarian jazz guitarist Tibor Eichinger as a duo but has several other bands. Details: 1989 - 1994 studies to „certified music instructor“ at the Wiesbaden Academy of Music, Classical Guitar under Thomas Flößner, Piano under Johannes Möller, End of Term Paper on music history: Observation of Miles Davis.. later works 1995 -1998 studies to „graduate music instructor in jazz / jazzrelated music“ at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Jazz guitar under Werner Neumann and Norbert Scholly Workshops with Larry Carlton, Mike Stern, Peter Wölpl, Joe Viera, Hubert Käppel, Jürgen Terhag, Klaus König, Aniko Baberkoff-Montag, Hans-Ulrich Gallus and Thomas Albrecht, Elliott Sharp, Lilla Gábor Special teaching post 1991 - 1997 Lectureship for ensemble and guitar at the Hofheim music school. Since 1997 Lectureship for ensemble and guitar at the Wiesbaden school of music. Since 1997 several film compositions Other artistic work solo performances since 1995, Pacemakers (Jazztrio, 1995-96) Spellbound (Duet w/ Martin Pfeiffer, piano, 1997), McBrearty & Varga (Duet w/ Nada McBrearty, vocals, 1998-99) Schauspiel Frankfurt “Leben des Galilei“, 1997-99; Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden „Rocky Horror Show“ 1999-2000; Meadow Jam (Quartet) since 2000; Tibor Eichinger & Stefan Varga (guitar duet); Wiesbaden Big Band 2004-2007 International performances at festivals (Sziget-Festival Budapest 2003, Folklore im Garten 2004 a.o.) und clubtours with many bands. CD – productions 1995 Getaway – Somehow Different; 1997 Der Schatten des Waldes / Namibia – Rückkehr in ein neues Land (Soundtrack); 1999 Theistalbuben – Come Together; 1999 My Favourite Songs (Solo); 2001 Wild – Hartchor; 2001 Neue Gartenkunst – Die grüne Welt des Fernando Caruncho (Filmmusik ARTE /ZDF); 2003 Neue Gartenkunst – Die magischen Gärten des Ivan Hicks (Filmmusik ARTE /ZDF); 2004 Tibor Eichinger & Stefan Varga – West And East; 2005 Meadow Jam – Incide; 2006 Meadow Jam - Live in Budapest; 2007 24 x Liebe