- Gundula Krause
Gundula Krause, born
7 July 1966 inGöttingen , is a German folkviolinist . She lives inMainz ,Roetgen nearbyAachen and East-Clare (Ireland ).Life and Work
She was born in
Göttingen ,Germany . She moved toLos Angeles ,California during the 1980s where she learned bluegrass andcajun music at Hollywood's Westlake College of Music. First experiences in band music she gathered in the formation "The phiddleharmonics" of her violin teacher Joe Miklich. She returned to Germany in 1986. At theUniversity of Mainz she studiedpsychology . During this time she went toGalway andDoolin in Ireland for studyingIrish folk andFolk rock . In 1992, she released her debut album, "Dynamic blend".In the time about 1990 she was one of the first German folk violinists. She performed with a lot of bands from the Rhein-Main-area: "Gundels Giganten" (
Mainz ), "Beaver Bangtree Band", "The Bantree" (Worms), "Hibernians" (Nauheim ), "Irish Rovers", "Dagmar 41", "Inbetween", "Secret Paddy" (allFrankfurt ). Actually she plays in the jazz-folk-formation "Wintergreen Goblins" (Roetgen).Award
*In 1993 Gundula Krause won with "Gundels Giganten" the first place in the band competition of "Südwestfunk Baden-Baden" (Southwest-German Broadcasting Corporation
Baden-Baden .Discography
*Gundels GigantenDynamic blend, Wiesbaden : Poni Records (PO 9202), 1992.Enth.: Breton gavottes. Shanghai Hbf. Fisherman's friend. Red winged blackbird. Pretty Polly. Celtic circus. Breton salsa.
*HiberniansAutumn leaves, (CD 10762-01), 1995.Enth.: Impressions of a Joint Journey. The Little Drummer. The Butterfly. Song for Ireland. Cúnnla / Morrison's. Holes. The Green Fields of France. There Was a Time. Gaoth Barra na dTonn. Dobinn's Flowery Vale. Welcome Poor Paddy Home. As I Roved out. Kilkelly.
*The BantreeThe fairy tree, Worms: Rolf Bachmann, L. P. Steinkohl, 1996. Enth.: The fairy tree. Dúlamán. GG special. The foggy dew. Sean a chaoi. Irish home. Star of the County Down. Empty beach. Cheap chicken chick jig. Irish rover. Níl sén lá. My match is made.
*InbetweenChristmas goes jazz (CD), 1996
*Dagmar 41Unsailable. Molecule Records 411, 2001.Enth.: Read Me. Semaphore. Defenestration. Glass Music. Here Comes Iocasta. Eve (Cress Reference). Marinade. Normal Song. Ammonites. The Thursday Room. King Arthur's Cafe. Phosphorus. Fins. Write With No Pen. Painted Sails.
External links
* [http://www.planet-interkom.de/home/christian.tietje/SecPad13.htm Gundula Krause at planet-interkom]
* [http://www.dagmar41.de/unsailable.html Compact Disc of Gundula Krause with Dagmar 41]
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