Australian Guitarist

Oliver Fartach-Naini

Oliver Fartach-Naini is an exceptionally versatile guitarist. With his passionate programmes focussing on Tango, Contemporary, Classical and Oriental music Oliver looks back on a long series of exciting projects with which he has delighted audiences the world over.

Tours, Master Classes, Festivals, Radio and TV appearances in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA have brought him international acclaim.

Oliver performs extensively as a soloist, with orchestral accompaniment, in duo with Korean guitarist Professor Lee Song-Ou, German flautist Thea Nielsen and as a member of the quintet "Tango Concertante".

The CD „Didar – Live in Berlin“ with Majid Derakhshani (Composition, Tar, Voice), Thea Nielsen (Flute) and Amir Abbas Zare (Daf) as one of his latest projects is yet another exciting venture discovering new horizons.

To date he has released 6 CDs with 4 different chamber music formations for the German Labels Kreuzberg Records and Acoustic Music Records.

The German publisher “Edition Margaux” honors Oliver with the “Collection Oliver Fartach-Naini” which is a selection of the numerous pieces composers from all over the world have dedicated to Oliver and his ensembles.

Oliver teaches at the “University of Adelaide”, Australia and is a featured artist of the New York String Manufacturer “La Bella”

Oliver Fartach-Naini was a student of Laurie Randolph at the "University of the Arts Berlin" (Masters in Music Studies) and the Academy of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig (Masters in Music Performance) and has participated in many international master classes.