Edin Karamazov (born 1965) is a

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n musician,

lutenist A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lute" can refer ...

and

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Biography

Karamazov studied lute with

Hopkinson Smith Hopkinson Smith (born December 7, 1946) is an American lutenist and pedagogue, longtime resident in Basel, Switzerland. Smith was born in New York City, the son of architectural writer and photographer G. E. Kidder Smith. He graduated from ...

at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. He has worked with such ensembles as Hesperion XX,

L'Arpeggiata L'Arpeggiata is a European early music group led by Christina Pluhar, and founded by her in 2000. The group has presented both traditional early music and also several collaged and themed performances and recordings. The group focuses on Italian, ...

, Hilliard Ensemble, Mala Punica,

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and singers

Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (born 10 November 1967) is a German countertenor, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range, specialising in Baroque music. Born into a family of singers, Scholl was enrolled at the age of seven into the Kiedricher Chorbube ...

, María Cristina Kiehr,

Arianna Savall Arianna Savall i Figueras (born 1972 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss-born Spanish classical singer, harpist and composer. She sings in Catalan, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and other languages of the world. Life and career Savall is the ...

, and

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. Karamazov accompanied Andreas Scholl on his album Wayfaring Stranger (Decca 2001). Collaborations with Sting in the field of 16th century music resulted in the album and film ''

Songs from the Labyrinth ''Songs from the Labyrinth'' is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Sting. On this album, he collaborates with Bosnian lutenist Edin Karamazov. The album features music by John Dowland (1563–1626), a lutenist and songwriter ...

'', devoted to the lute-songs of

John Dowland John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", "Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe", ...

(DG, 2007). Karamazov's first solo project ''The Lute Is a Song'' (Decca, 2008) includes guest appearances of

Renée Fleming Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, recordings, theater, film, and at major public occasions. A recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Fleming has been nominated for ...

and Macedonian singer and songwriter Kaliopi.Sting on the solo album "The Lute is a song" of Edin Karamazov
Karamazov's second solo

archlute The archlute ( es, archilaúd, it, arciliuto, german: Erzlaute) is a European plucked string instrument developed around 1600 as a compromise between the very large theorbo, the size and re-entrant tuning of which made for difficulties in the ...

recording ''Britten - Bach'' (Alpha, 2011) features

Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

's "Nocturne" and

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

's violin Partita in D-minor. He has also recorded with the Croatian women's vocal group :hr:Klapa Cesarice (Menart, 2012).

Discography

*''Confronting Silence'', with Žarko Hajdarhodžić (Hrvatsko Drustvo Skladatelja, 2004) *''Come, Heavy Sleep'' (Alpha, 2004) *''Concerto in Dialogo'' (Aquarius, 2004) *''

'', with Sting (Deutsche Grammophon, 2007) *''

The Journey and the Labyrinth ''The Journey and the Labyrinth'' is a live music album performed by Sting and Edin Karamazov. It was released in 2007 by Deutsche Grammophon. Background The record consists of an audio CD recorded at St. Luke's church, London, as well as a D ...

'' with Sting (Deutsche Grammophon, 2007) *''The Lute Is a Song'' (L'Oiseau-Lyre, 2009) *''Oblivion'' with Kaliopi (Kaliopi, 2009) *''Klapa Cesarice & Edin Karamazov'' (Menart, 2012) *''Reminiscences: Music Inspired by the Beatles and Sting'' (Lumaudis, 2018) *''Lachrimae'' with

Božo Vrećo Božo Vrećo ( sr-cyr, Божо Врећо; born 18 October 1983) is a Bosnian musician. Childhood Božo Vrećo was born in Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia on October 18, 1983. His father died when he was five years old, and h ...

(Croatia, 2020)

References

External links

Biography
at ''Hoertnagel.com'' 1965 births Living people Musicians from Zenica Bosnia and Herzegovina classical guitarists Lutenists Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{BosniaHerzegovina-musician-stub