Konrad Ragossnig
Konrad Ragossnig was born in 1932 in Klagenfurt, Austria, and studied with Professor Karl Scheit in Vienna.
His international career began with the first prize at the 1961 Concours International de Guitare in Paris. This success led to concert tours across the world and invitations to major festivals, including Salzburg, Vienna, Ossiach, Hohenems/Feldkirch, Ansbach, Berlin, Schwetzingen, Luxembourg, the Festival van Vlaanderen, Paris, Ann Arbor and Osaka.
Ragossnig appeared in numerous radio and television productions and recorded more than 60 albums for leading classical labels. His awards include the Grand Prix du Disque and the Edison Award. His six-part anthology Musik für Laute (DG/Archiv) was selected by the German magazine Fono Forum as the “Record of the Century” in the category of guitar and lute music.
His recordings document a wide repertoire, from Renaissance lute music to contemporary works for the guitar.
Ragossnig had a strong affinity for chamber music and collaborated with artists such as Peter Schreier, Kurt Equiluz, Peter-Lukas Graf, Hans-Martin Linde, Werner Tripp and Thomas Ragossnig, as well as ensembles including the Bern String Quartet, the Prague String Quartet and the Kyndel String Quartet in Stockholm. He also performed as a soloist with renowned symphony and chamber orchestras in Austria and abroad. In addition, he published around 70 music editions.
From 1964 to 1983 he taught at the Music Academy in Basel. In 1983 he was appointed full professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. From 1989 to 1997 he also served as guest professor at the Conservatoire Zürich and gave masterclasses throughout Europe, the United States and Japan. He was a member of the jury at major international competitions in Paris, Munich, Brussels/Walcourt, Geneva and Vienna.
Konrad Ragossnig died on 3 January 2018 in Antwerp, Belgium, at the age of 85.
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.
