Michael Langer and Sabine Ramusch: Thrum Guitar Duet from Austria

Michael Langer and Sabine Ramusch, which appears recently on the stage of Guitar most frequently, is thought to be one of first-class-bands. They don't only bring classic guitar duet to the perfection but bring about a tide of multi-element thrum guitar of a modern style mixed from Pop, Jazz, Bruce and Rock. Their sheer professionalism of play skills showed a dazzling big band-like sound effect.

Their music is at one hand noble and elegant, at the other hand of great infectivity. When their unique performance brings an experience full of passion to the audience, they have also presented their outstanding inside information and plentiful accomplishment.

As the most prominent guitar player in Austria, Michael Langer, who graduated from Wien Conservatory of Music, is also a famous art educator, composer and writer. He now is a guitar instructor at two schools, Wien Private Conservatory of Music and Anton Bruckner Conservatory of Music.

Michael Langer is thought to be a Master artist in ballad creation; what’s more, his audiences are usually touched simply by his peerless music style and exquisite skills. Michael Langer toured USA and many European countries. He was invited to Festivals like the Chet Atkins Convention Nashville, the guitar festival Nürtingen, the LIGITA Liechtenstein, the Open Strings Festival Osnabrück, the Bath Guitar Festival, World of Guitar Leverkusen, the Guitar Festival in Torino, Herrsbruck, Wetzlar, Tychy and so on. As a musician who is also good at composing, he is especially accomplished in classical guitar's fingering. He has won plenty of authorized musician prizes such as the American Thrum Guitar Award and the Thrum Guitar Award for the Most Beautiful Timbre issued by the American Guitar Performers.

The Germen authorized magazine Acoustic Guitar issued such a comment about him: As a eminent composer and guitar player, Michael Langer is quiet proficient to blend elements from Folk, Blue, Jazz and Latin together. Michael Langer's CD got a remark as the highest representative for passionate and spontaneous performance, the soul of music.

Michael Langer is additionally one of most excellent writers in Germany and Austria who has already published more than 30 books, which has reflected his talent and embodied his personal attainment and fame. A series of his books, How To play Guitar, has been introduced to China by Shanghai Music Press in 2008. It is composed of Band I and Band II and meet general approval and applause among guitar fans after put out.

As a professor, Michael Langer tries to share his experiences of the balance between tradition and new challenge with his students – the way to the "complete musician", where one gets to know one's limitations easily, but as a counter one gets a universe of abilities on the guitar. With the guidance of Professor Michael Langer, his students have been winning prizes in various international music festivals all these years, including the well-known competition at the "Open Strings Festival" in Germany.

The musician who will play together with Michael Langer in the guitar duet is fresh-faced Sabine Ramusch, a pet student of Professor Michael Langer. As a musician who has won a lot of international prizes for guitar, she has a confident style and perfectly matches to Michael Langer on the stage. They together bring about the audience incredible relaxing enjoy.

The schedule for their performance:
2009 November 19th   Huizhou
                            20th   Shenzhen
                            21st   Dongguan
                            27th   Beijing