Stefan Grasse

was born in Munich, Germany in 1962 and studied jazz and classical guitar with Peter O’Mara (Munich Jazz School), Kurt Hiesl (Nuernberg Conservatory), Phillip Thorne (Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow) and Pepe Romero (International Summer Academy, Salzburg).
He has been awarded Bavarian Radio scholarships, the Royal Scottish Academy’s "Guitar Challenge Prize 1991", the "Scottish Society of Composers’ Award 1991", the City of Nuernberg Cultural Award (Nuernberg Scholarship 1996) and the Cultural Award 2004 of the Kulturforum Franken.
Concert tours have taken him to Scotland, England, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Czechia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Australia, China and the USA (including the "Concierto de Aranjuez").

Festival appearances and concerts: Goethe-Institut, Glasgow; East-West Folkfesztivál (Hungary); Skopje Summer Festival and International Autumn Festival (Macedonia); Contempofest James Cook University (Australia); Middle Franconian Guitar Festival; Schwabach New Music Festival; Musica Franconia; Coburg Samba Festival; Tutzing Blue Note Festival; Erlangen Silent Film Music Festival; House of German History, Bonn; Munich Gasteig, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, 8th Guitar Festival 2005 Weisenheim a.B., University of Central Oklahoma (USA), Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, 12th International Guitar Festival Dresden, International Guitar Festival Bath, England and the Opera of State, Nuernberg.

CD, TV and radio broadcastings: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Macedonian National TV, Hungary TV, RTV Slovenija, Queensland Radio Australia, Stanford University, California and Radio Shenzhen (China).

Amongst many others, mostly commissioned by himself, Stefan Grasse has given first performances of works by J. Beat, V. Blumenthaler, D. Buwen, J. M. Geddes, H. J. Hartl, N. Hind, S. Hippe, A. Hölszky, S. Magrill, E. McGuire, V. Olive, S. Reich und T. Wilson.

Stefan Grasse lives as a freelance concert guitarist and producer in Nuernberg, Germany, where he is also artistic director of the "Nuernberg Guitar Nights" and teacher at the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg.