Barbara Gräsle
From 1986 to 1990, Barbara Gräsle studied at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart with Prof. Dr. Mario Sicca and completed her music teacher diploma in 1986 with the grade “very good”. She subsequently received a scholarship for gifted students and continued her artistic training in the concert class at the Lucerne Conservatory under Frank Bungarten. In 1996 she passed the soloist examination with distinction.
Between 1987 and 2011 she performed internationally as part of the guitar duo Favori together with Frank Armbruster, producing five CD recordings to date.
Barbara Gräsle won prizes at the International Competition for Guitar Duos in Bubenreuth in 1991 and at the Concours International de Guitare en Duo in Montélimar in 1993.
In 2011 she founded the musical project BitterGreen.
Performing at Siccas Guitars
The classical guitar demands not only technical mastery but a sustained engagement with a repertoire spanning five centuries — from the Renaissance lute music that preceded the instrument, through the great Romantic and nationalist schools, to the contemporary works written for today's leading players. Every guitarist who appears at Siccas Guitars brings their own path through this landscape, shaped by their teachers, their competitions, and the specific musical tradition they have chosen to inhabit.
