Dieter Hennings - guitar

Dieter Hennings, a native of Mexico, is one of the few guitarists/lutenists of his generation. After graduating from the University of Arizona School of Music, where he received the Outstanding Senior Award, in Guitar Performance in 2004, he continued to study for a Masters Degree in Early Plucked Instruments with world-renowned lutenist Paul O'Dette. A versatile continuo player in both theorbo and lute, Mr. Hennings premiered with Paul O'Dette the opera "Apollo and Daphne" by Francesco Cavalli's at Bowling Green State University last year. Mr. Hennings has won many prestigious competitions including the 2005 Eastman Guitar Concerto Competition, the 2002 Villa de Petrer (Spain) International Competition Ralph Stevens Guitar Competition, the 2001 Portland Guitar Competition the 1999 and 2000 Claire Schaeffer Guitar Competition. Mr. Hennings is currently pursuing a double Doctoral degree in Early Plucked Instruments and Guitar Performance and Literature. In the field of guitar performance Dieter is deeply committed to the diffusion of new music, specially of Latin America, having recently performed works by Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and Mario Davidovsky.