Helmut Rauscher
Helmut Rauscher is a member of several guitar duos, including the South German Guitar Duo, which in addition to extensive concert activities has produced numerous radio and television recordings with SDR, SWF, SWR, ZDF, Südwest 3, Radio France and Czech Radio. The duo has recorded five CDs to date. Further recordings have been released with the Advance Guitar Quartet, the South German Chamber Trio, the Calw Guitar Ensemble and Duo Paraboles. As a soloist he recorded the CDs Meridional, featuring South American music, and Suites and Fantasies with works by Bach, Kellner and Milan.
He studied with Prof. Dr. Mario Sicca at the Stuttgart University of Music, where he completed the artistic final examination. His artistic education was enriched by attending masterclasses with John Williams, Manuel Barrueco and Oscar Ghiglia.
As a sought-after guitar lecturer, he held teaching positions at the music schools in Renningen and Calw, at the Ludwigsburg University of Education and at the Baden-Württemberg State Music Council.
Many of his students have won first prizes at national and international competitions as well as at the national competition Jugend musiziert. Concert tours have taken him to Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Cyprus, Sicily, Greece, the Czech Republic, Mallorca, Madeira and the Canary Islands.
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.
