Scenes of a Reverie Rosa Franziska Maier

• William Walton (1902 - 1983): Five Bagatelles:
• 1 Walton: Five Bagatelles: I. Allegro 04:17
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968): Appunti, Op. 210:
• 2 Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Appunti, Op. 210: Quaderno primo, VII: Sulle seste 03:16
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Suite for lute in G minor, BWV 995: :
• 3 J.S.Bach: Suite for lute in G minor, BWV 995: I. Prelude – Très Viste 05:52
• William Walton: Five Bagatelles:
• 4 Walton: Five Bagatelles: II. Lento 03:16
• 5 Walton: Five Bagatelles: III. Alla Cubana 02:03
• Giulio Regondi (1822 - 1872): 12 Estudos, W235:
• 6 Regondi: Reverie – Nocturne, Op. 19: 10:01
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959): 12 Estudos, W235:
• 7 Villa-Lobos: 12 Estudos, W235: I. Allegro non troppo – Arpejos 02:24
• 8 Villa-Lobos: 12 Estudos, W235: VIII. Modéré – Lent 03:16
• Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909): España, Op. 165:
• 9 Albéniz: España, Op. 165: V. Capricho Catalan. Allegretto 04:04
• 10 Albéniz: España, Op. 165: IV. Zortzico. Allegretto 03:19
• William Walton: Five Bagatelles:
• 11 Walton: Five Bagatelles: IV. (senza indicazione di tempo) 01:57
• 12 Walton: Five Bagatelles: V. Con Slancio 02:28
• Total Runtime 46:13

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Austrian guitarist Rosa Franziska Maier – laureate of numerous international competitions – releases an imaginative musical collage with GENUIN, comprising works spanning three centuries. Centered around William Walton’s "Five Bagatelles" are compositions by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Johann Sebastian Bach, Giulio Regondi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Isaac Albéniz. In Maier’s richly colored and precisely articulated guitar sound, these works evoke a wide range of luminous moods, forming an imaginary museum bathed in the light of a Mediterranean summer evening.

Rosa Franziska Maier, classical guitar

Rosa Franziska Maier
is an Austrian musician, born in 1997 and raised in Graz. She regularly performs both as a soloist and as an ensemble musician, whereby chamber music and interdisciplinary projects are particularly important to her. She recently released a series of music videos featuring solo guitar works of the 20th century. In 2025, her solo album will be released on the renowned German label GENUIN.

The Austrian guitarist gave her first solo concert at the age of 11 at the Musiksalon Erfurt in Graz. In 2012 she made her debut as a soloist with orchestra at the Mumuth concert hall of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, and played as a soloist in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. She has been organizing the concert series Saitenansichten since 2022. Outside Austria, she has performed in the Czech Republic, Italy, Liechtenstein, Bulgaria, Germany and Greece.

As a winner of numerous scholarships and competitions, she was awarded the first prize a total of eight times at the Austrian youth competition Prima la musica, and won her first international competition at the age of 11 (Brno CZ, 2008). After winning the first prize at the International Guitar Festival Rust in 2009, she recorded in 2011 her first CD, un.sueno.en.la.floresta, with the recording studio records.v4m (Vienna). Her competition succes was followed by multiple scholarships from the City of Graz and the international guitar festival LIGITA, among others. She was recently awarded 2nd prize at the Concorso Internazionale chitarristico di Firenze 2024 (IT) and at the International Guitar Festival Tübingen 2024 (D).

Rosa Franziska Maier took her first music lessons at the age of three and started guitar only one year later. She was a student of Elisabeth and Heinz Irmler at the Johann-Joseph-Fux-Konservatorium Graz, after which she was accepted at the young age of 15 in the class of renowned Italian pedagogue Paolo Pegoraro at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. In 2023, Rosa Franziska Maier completed her instrumental studies in guitar with distinction at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with the famous Uruguayan guitarist Álvaro Pierri. Since then she has been a student of the renowned guitarist and musicologist Tilman Hoppstock. She has also received valuable musical guidance from the Italian lutenist and guitarist Luciano Contini, the Austrian guitarist Armin Egger, the renowned violin teacher Regina Brandstätter, the pianist Johannes Kutrowatz and the Polish conductor Marta Gardolińska.

In addition to her profession as a musician, Rosa Franziska Maier is particularly interested in philosophy, literature and art, specifically in the works of Arthur Schnitzler, Paul Celan, Simone de Beauvoir and Wasilli Kandinsky, all which have greatly influenced her own artistic work.

Besides her artistic activities, Rosa Franziska Maier works as a teacher. Over the years in several institutions, such as the Musikschule Wien, the VIMAC – Vienna International Music & Art Center, Jehuda Halevi Musikschule Wien as well as at masterclasses.

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