Detlev Bork

Classical and flamenco guitar

Welcome to the official website of guitarist Detlev Bork

„Bork is wonderful, with exciting playing…”
– Soundboard, USA –

„A real sensation”
– Acoustic guitar –

Detlev Bork is praised in the international trade press as an extremely flexible and innovative guitarist. He has received various prizes and awards, including the “Best Classical Musician Award”.

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„Bork is wonderful, with exciting playing...”
Soundboard, USA
„Detlev’s performance struck me as highly intelligent throughout, making all the musical points there are to make”
Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar Magazine, GB
„A real sensation”
Acoustic Guitar
„…wide interpretative range, wonderful technique and extraordinary qualities…”
Eduardo J. de Salazar, Revista Hispanica, Madrid, Spain
„Effortless playing, sensitive and detailed interpretation.”
Reykjavik Morgunbladid, Iceland
„Musically and technically perfect”
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Germany
„Detlev plays with great talent, grandeur and beauty”
Les Cahiers de la Guitare, Paris
„…the audience was enchanted”
Rheinische Post, Germany
„Effortless, virtuoso, expressive: the audience was captivated...”
Aachener Zeitung, Germany
„brilliant young virtuoso shows up for a bigger career”
Times, Texas, USA
„…great concert…”
Kieler Nachrichten, Germany
„String art in perfection”
Jülicher Zeitung, Germany
„...record breaking...”
Westfalen Post, Germany
„Detlev Bork's playing stood up well to any comparison - he got full marks!”
Hampshire Chronicle, GB
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Detlev Bork

Detlev Bork has been praised by the international press as an innovative and brilliant musician. He has received various awards, including the ‘Best Classical Musician Award’. The grandson of a distinguished pianist, Detlev Bork grew up in a musical atmosphere, studying the piano from an early age and singing in the ‘Kieler Knabenchor’ (Boys-Choir of Kiel).

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Research

Since the 1990s, Detlev Bork has published articles in various specialist journals (Staccato, Classical Guitar Magazine, Gitarre & Laute, Ensemble, Scala, etc.), has been giving lectures and courses at many international festivals and was involved as scientific officer in the new edition of the encyclopaedia MGG (‘Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart’).

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Contact

Requests for concerts, lectures, workshops or lessons directly via the contact form please.