Florian Opahle (born 1983) is a German guitarist, best known for playing with

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...

musician

Ian Anderson Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, Flute, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also p ...

from 2003 to 2019 and his reformed Jethro Tull from 2017 to 2019.

Early career

Opahle grew up in Rosenheim, Bavaria. He began learning classical guitar at age five and later trained in electric guitar. In 2001 and 2002, he attended master classes with Masayuki Kato. He completed his high school diploma in 2002.

Career

In 2003 he started working with

and Jethro Tull. He appeared in Europe, North and South America and Asia on and played with musicians such as Al di Meola, Greg Lake and Leslie Mandoki. He accompanied the singer Masha on her Germany tour. From 2007 to 2008 he studied music arrangement and composition at the German Pop Academy. Opahle took part in several tours with Anderson instead of longtime Jethro Tull guitarist

Martin Barre Martin Lancelot Barre (; born 17 November 1946) is an English guitarist best known for his longtime role as lead guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he recorded and toured from 1968 until the band's initial dissolution in 201 ...

, including on projects in which pieces by Jethro Tull were played with orchestral accompaniment. With Anderson and other musicians, he recorded the albums ''

Thick as a Brick 2 ''Thick as a Brick 2'', abbreviated ''TAAB 2'' and subtitled ''Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?'', is the fifth studio album by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, released in 2012 as a sequel album to ''Thick as a Brick'', Jethro Tull's 19 ...

'' (2012) and '' Homo Erraticus'' (2014). From 2017, Anderson toured under the name of Jethro Tull with his regular backing musicians. Opahle is also active as a studio musician and producer, among others for Alexandra Stan. At times he devotes himself to

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. Opahle also performed live with former King Crimson and ELP member

Greg Lake Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). Born and b ...

, which resulted in him appearing on his 2006 album, Live. Since 2017, he has been running a professional recording studio with his wife called RedBoxx Studios in the south of Germany.

Discography

With

/ Jethro Tull * ''

Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull ''Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull'' is a live album and DVD by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, featuring the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, conducted by John O'Hara. The DVD was recorded at the Rosengarten in Mannheim on 8 Decem ...

'' (2005) * ''

'' (2012) * '' Homo Erraticus'' (2014) * '' Thick as a Brick – Live in Iceland'' (2014) * ''

The Zealot Gene ''The Zealot Gene'' is the 22nd studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released on 28 January 2022 by Inside Out Music. Nearly five years in production, it is their first studio album since '' The Jethro Tull Christmas Album'' (2003), ...

'' by Jethro Tull (2022)

References

External links

Official website

Opahle on Jethro Tull official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Opahle, Florian German rock guitarists German male guitarists German lead guitarists Jethro Tull (band) members People from Rosenheim 1983 births Living people Folk rock musicians