Question: Who do you think is
the most overrated and the most
underrated composer for the
classical guitar?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
most overrated: Nikita Koshkin
most underrated:Agustin Barrios
Mangoré
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Question: Which „Slogan“
would you use in advertising for the
classical guitar?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
The best advertising is still the
guitar is "the most universal usable
instrument of the world!"
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Question: With which
prejudices – that are connected with
the classical guitar – would you
like to get rid of?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
Prejudices regarding the classical
guitar does not really exist.
Better to know not too much of it.
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Question: Which attributes do
you find typical for classical
guitarists?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
See above!
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Question: What things in your
life do you definitely want to learn
and what do you regret not having
done?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
Most important for my career as
guitarrist was Mag. Max Hrase my
teacher of the trumpet and Prof.
Heinz Irmler, the Austrian guitar
guru par excellence.
Much to my regret I started
relatively late with the playing of
the classical guitar (I was 19 years
old). So I missed the easy going
variety of the yout
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Question: What dreams do you
have that you would like to fulfil?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
The guitar should arise from its
being as countrified
niche-instrument (accompanying
instrument) to a respectable
classical instrument.
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Question: What is
embarrassing for you?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
Allways having to explain in public
the preferences and potentials of
the concert guitar.
For pianists and string players is
that clear!
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Question: What short phrase
would you use to discribe your lifes
philosophy?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
Philosophy of my life: "Poor" guitar
music does not exist - only guitar
music which is misunderstood!
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Question: Which abuse in your
native country would you like to do
away with?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
To act under social duress.
I want all protection abolished.
Performance on the job will allways
win!
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Question: In relation to
world history, which personalities
fascinate you the most?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
Napoleon, Maria Theresia, J. S.
Bach, W.A. Mozart, F. Tarréga
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Question: Which question would
you like to be asked and what is
your Hans Peter Gatterer to this
question?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
I do not answer rhetorical questions!
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Question: Which guitar
virtuoso today has the makings to
follow in the footsteps of Andres
Segovia?
Hans Peter Gatterer:
Nobody at the moment.
Soonest "the old ones" like John
Williams and Julian Bream.
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