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26th July 2010
Our "Chilli con Tango" CD is sold out now!
25th July 2010
As a summer special, the Calace-CD is only 14,- Euro. There are only a few left! Please, visit our cd-shop.
20th July 2010
Our next concert on 22nd July will be in Frankfurt.
13th July 2010
The new cd-shop is online!
19th June 2010
Our next concert will be on 1st July in Laubach. Alessandro Sbrizzi from the Netherlands will join us on organ for this one.
Duo Ahlert & Schwab
Lord of the Strings
(WNYC, New York)
Duo Ahlert & Schwab is acknowledged as one of the leading duos with modern and historic plucked instruments.
They perform chambermusic and as soloists with orchestra at festivals and concerthalls around the world.
The duo's repertory for mandolin, guitar and lute contains music from baroque up to contemporary compositions.
They rediscover forgotten works and inspire today's composers to write for them. More than 50 composers from various
nations and styles have already dedicated pieces to Duo Ahlert & Schwab.
Winning 1st prize at the Belgian "Concours international des Duos" in 1992 started the career of Duo Ahlert & Schwab.
Since then they have won prizes at further international competitions and received grants by German and international
cultural foundations.
They have appeared on the radio and on tv and published six CDs so far. Since 2007 they record for Naxos.
With their fresh and lively playing culture, with recordings setting new standards, as well as their way of placing the music
into the foreground of their recitals, Daniel Ahlert and Birgit Schwab have been enthusing their audiences in Germany and
abroad for years.
Joint prizes
1992 - 1st prize at "Concours international des Duos" in Belgium
1998 - winners at Wuppertaler Barmenia Wettbewerb
1998-2001 - scholars of Friedrich-Jürgen-Sellheim-Gesellschaft
1999 - scholars of "Stiftung Kunst und Kultur des Landes NRW"
2000 - scholars of VEW Energie
since 2000 - scholars of Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbeit e.V.
2001-2003 - scholars of Werner Richard-Dr. Carl Dörken Stiftung
2005-2006 - supported by "American Composers Forum" in the "Encore" programme
Radio/TV
WDR, SWR, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Radio Socioculturelle de Luxembourg, WFMT (Chicago), WNYC (New York)
Tours
Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, the USA
Recordings
"Raffaele Calace-Werke für Mandoline und Gitarre", published by Musicom and supported by Stiftung Kunst und Kultur des Landes NRW"Chilli con Tango", music for mandolin and guitar, published by Antes and supported by Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbeit.e.V.
"Nowhere left to go", music for mandolin and guitar, published by Antes and supported by Sparkasse Bergkamen-Bönen
"Mandala", works by US composer Lawrence Axelrod
"Sonaten von Weiss und Hoffmann" for baroque mandolin and lute, published by Naxos and supported by Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbeit.e.V.
"Le Musée" French guitar music by Claude Engel published by Antes
Birgit Schwab
guitar, barocklaute, arciliuto
Birgit Schwab studied at Musikhochschule Köln/Wuppertal, guitar (Prof. Dieter Kreidler) and lute (Prof. Hans-Michael Koch).
Birgit teaches guitar at Musikschule Bottrop since 1992.
Competitions:
1990 - 1st prize at Internationale Musikfestwochen in Nordrhein-Westfälischen Burgen und Schlössern
1991 - 1st prize at Internationaler Mozartwettbewerb Bad Oeynhausen
1991 - National 1st prize at Jugend musiziert
Daniel Ahlert
mandolin, historical mandolins, bass mandolin (Liuto moderno)
Daniel Ahlert studied at Musikhochschule Köln/Wuppertal, mandolin and baroque mandolin (Prof. Marga Wilden-Hüsgen).
Daniel teaches mandolin at Musikschule Bochum and the University Cologne since 2001.
Competitions:
1989 - National 2nd prize at Jugend musiziert
1993 - National 1st prize at Jugend musiziert
1996 - 1st prize at "13. Concours national Luxembourgeois pour jeunes Solistes"