About me:

"You must love the music more than you love the guitar" (A. Segovia)

Early years

Arne Willems (*1980) started playing guitar at the age of seven.

He received his first lessons at the music school of

the town of Kierspe with Dirk Lattenkamp. In 1996 he won his first

Prize at the youth competition “Jugend musiziert”.

Studies

From 2001 to 2005 he studied under Prof. Dieter Kreidler & Prof. Alfred Eickholt at the

Cologne University of Music, Wuppertal branch, where he earned his music education diploma.

From 2004 to 2006 got important influences to his playing on the electric guitar with the international

well-known electric guitarist Peter Fischer. From 2006 he studied at the

Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf under Prof. Alexander Sergei Ramirez and there

successfully passed the diploma examination in the "Artistic Instrumental Training" course in 2009.

From 2010 to 2011 he completed his studies at the Koblenz University of Music (Diploma in Music).

International Guitar Academy” under Prof. Dale Kavanagh and acquired the

"Postgraduate Diploma in Performance"

career

Study and concert tours took him to the USA, Brazil and Taiwan.

He attended numerous masterclasses with almost all the great performers of his time, such as:

David Russell, Aniello Desiderio, Jason Vieaux, Angel & Pepe Romero, Elliot Fisk,

Fabio Zanon, Konrad Ragossnig, Dale Kavanagh, Hubert Käppel and Pavel Steidl.

Arne is a sought-after chamber musician and performs in various ensembles.

Instruction

He teaches his students at the music school with dedication.

He teaches at masterclasses both at home and abroad.