1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Interview with Sönke Meinen – Guitarist, Composer and Winner of the 2016 “Guitar Masters” Competition Sönke Meinen is one of the new masters of the guitar. His technical prowess and poetic compositions leave listeners spellbound and guitarists asking “how does he do it? Show Notes: In this episode of the Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout Podcast, Sönke discusses his studies, his custom guitar by Christina Kobler, his creative process and more. 2:02 Highlights of his visit to the&amp;nbsp;Ullapool Guitar Festival 4:31 Sönke describes his style 6:43 His origins with classical, and exploring steel string after 8 years 8:44 Studying with Reentko Dirks and the Dresden influence 14:21 Sönke’s experience studying composition 16:11 His approach to creativity and technique 21:09 Writing music at the piano 23:00 His comfort with nylon strings for melody 24:08 His Christina Kobler “Crossover Model” guitar&amp;nbsp; 26:34 Music Track:&amp;nbsp;Perpetum Mobile&amp;nbsp;(Solo Guitar) 30:52 His duo with violinist Bjarke Falgren 33:05 The new duo album “Postcard to Self” 34:40 The recording process for the CD and videos 36:54 His guitar vocal duo with Anna-Lucia Rupp 39:05 Other music – his swing band experience with Phillip Weichert / Baroque playing 41:03 Sönke’s #1 musical goal 44:53 What music Sönke is listening to these days? 46:50 Sönke takes issue with typical “Youtuber Guitarists” 50:36 Upcoming tour dates in China, Germany, Austria 54:53 Music Track: The Breeze and The Curtain (Duo with Bjarke Falgran, Violin) &amp;nbsp; Sönke’s Links: Website:&amp;nbsp;http://www.soenkemeinen.com/ Sönke on&amp;nbsp;Youtube Sönke on Instagram Sönke on Facebook About the Podcast Ask me a question for the podcast Q &amp;amp; A episodes HERE - adamrafferty.com/ask Learn my solo arrangements and get private video guitar coaching &amp;amp; feedback from me studywithadam.com Like, join friend us on the Facebook podcast page https://www.facebook.com/fingerstyleguitarhangout/ Find the podcast online&amp;nbsp; at&amp;nbsp;http://www.adamrafferty.com/podcast&amp;nbsp;and also at http://fingerstyleguitarhangout.com/&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty http://adamrafferty.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/7155559/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/edb21a/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/23875794