Bertram Burkert, born in 1994 in Jena, received guitar lessons from Anett Bartuschka from the age of seven. Since October 2013 he has been studying classical guitar with Prof. Thomas Müller-Pering at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, as well as jazz guitar with Prof. Michael Wollny, Prof. Richie Beirach and Prof. Werner Neumann at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig.
Even before beginning his studies, he received numerous awards, including the special prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary compulsory piece at the 10th International “Anna Amalia Competition for Young Guitarists” and the soloist prize of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben at the 49th national competition “Jugend musiziert”. Since early 2014 he has been a scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.
With his trio, Bertram received the main prize at “Jugend Jazzt” 2013 and released his debut album “Das Auge des Betrachters” in March 2014. Over the last two years he has been a guitarist with the German Federal Jazz Orchestra, touring the United States, Russia, Italy, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. He also performed at the opening concert of the Burghausen Jazz Week 2016 together with the WDR Big Band, Ron Carter and Richard Galliani.
He is currently working primarily with smaller ensembles. His Berlin quartet “Flunder” travelled to the Ostural for a tour. Bertram will perform several concerts with a string quartet of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and will record a new album with Hayden Chisholm, Robert Landfermann and Fabian Rösch in autumn 2016.
Today Bertram Burkert lives in Berlin as a freelance musician, performing with the STEGREIF.orchestra, the band Stax and in a duo with theremin player Carolina Eyck.
Performing at Siccas Guitars
Every classical guitarist who performs at Siccas Guitars brings a distinct musical path to the instrument — shaped by years of study, competition experience, and the particular musical tradition they have chosen to inhabit. The classical guitar demands sustained technical commitment and a deep engagement with a repertoire that spans from the Renaissance through to works written for living performers. It is an instrument whose full possibilities only reveal themselves over time.
