Otto Tolonen
Otto Tolonen is one of the most versatile and active classical guitarists of his generation. He is an artist who is constantly looking for new repertoire and experimenting with new concert forms and techniques. His career took off when he won top prizes in 20 international guitar competitions between 1995 and 2009, among them the Andrés Segovia (Herradura, Spain), the Markneukirchen (Germany), the Tokyo International and the Guitar Foundation of America.
Tolonen is an active soloist and chamber musician and has performed across Europe, the Americas and Japan. He commands a wide range of musical styles. In his choice of repertoire, he sets the highest quality standards: the dense polyphony of the chromatic fantasies of John Dowland, the complex spectral modulations in Tristan Murail’s Tellur, and the French sound refinement of Georges Migot and Gustave Samazeuihl are just a few examples.
Otto Tolonen is Professor at Musikhochschule Lübeck and Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo.
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