Stefan Lundgren

Chronological Biography

1964 First guitar studies
1972-74 Music studies at the city music school in Oskarshamn, Sweden
1974-77 Studies concentrated in music history and research at the University of Lund 1975 Began intensive studies of the lute and its music
1975-76 Participant in lute master classes in Belgium and England
1977-79 Studies at the "Schola Cantorum Basiliensis", Basel, Switzerland, with Eugene Dombois and Hopkinson Smith
1979- present Resident of Munich, Germany. Professionally active there as lutenist, pedagogue, editor of numerous editions of lute music and instructional works, and composer of modern lute music
Since 1980, Mr. Lundgren has also led numerous master classes in Zillertal, Austria, Landshut, Germany and Öland, Sweden, offering instruction in lute solo, ensemble, continuo, and guest artist performances.

Selected Publications

50 Lute Duets from the English Renaissance (4 Volumes) - 1983
J.S. Bach: Complete Works for Lute - 1984
New School for Renaissance Lute - 1986
The Baroque Lute Companion (252 heretofore unpublished baroque lute works) - 1993 Children's Games (Kinderspiel) (2 Volumes) - 1997

The "Eisenhand" CD

"Lundgren plays a 13-course lute in "baroque" (D-minor) tuning, and deploys his impressive resources within a harmonic schema that, while complex and challenging, is firmly rooted in the lute's traditional playing techniques. His crisp, persuasive interpretations are as vivid as the pieces themselves, which range from three sets of free variations on (Lutheran?) chorales, all of which display varying degrees of synthesis between 17th and 20th century harmony. It is in these affectionate echoes of the lute's more distant past that Lundgren demonstrates his delight in clear, contrapuntal textures with modern overtones that may surprise, but never shock." Roy Brewer, "Continuo" -98