The musical endeavors of Dieter Hennings Yeomans
span from new music on guitar to early music for lute, baroque guitar,
and theorbo and can be heard on the Nonesuch, Bridge, Parma, Nre Branch,
and Innova recording labels.
Mr.
Hennings has been a soloist with Canada’s New Music Concerts Ensemble,
Tito Sccipa Orchestra of Lecce, Italy, Eastman BroadBand Ensemble,
Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad
de Guanajuato, Orquesta Filarmónica de Sonora, the University of Arizona
Philharmonia, the Orquesta Filarmonica de Monterrey among many others.
Mr. Hennings has won first prize in several prestigious competitions
including the 2008 Aaron Brock International Guitar Competition
(Toronto), 2005 Eastman Guitar Concerto Competition, the 2002 Villa de
Petrer, Alicante (Spain) International Young Artists Competition, the
2001 Portland International Guitar Competition, among others.
Mr.
Hennings is an active proponent of new music, particularly that of
Latin America, having recently worked with composers Mario Davidovsky,
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Juan Trigos and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. Mr.
Hennings has recently premiered works by composers Jake Bancks, Wes
Matthews, John Aylward, Beth Wiemann, Hebert Vazquez, Luca Cori, Juan
Trigos and Scott Worthington and many more. Hennings has received grants
from the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music, the Fondo Nacional
para la Cultura y las Artes (México) and the Fondo Estatal para la
Cultura y las Artes (Sonora, México) to commission and premiere
contemporary works for guitar.
Recent
engagements include concerts with pop-singer Natalie Merchant and
baroque violinist Monica Huggett as well as appearances at the Mexican
Embassy in Rome, Festival SpazioMusica of Cagliari, Conservatorio de las
Rosas in Morelia, Mexico, University of Chicago, Festival Internacional
de Chihuahua, New York’s Joyce Theater, Julliard’s Paul Hall, and New
England Conservatory. Mr. Hennings is a resident artist at the East
Coast Composers Ensemble and the Eastman Broad Band Ensemble, with whom
he maintains an active performing schedule.
Dieter
Hennings is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Kentucky
and curates the UK International Guitar Series, which has brought to
Lexington some of the finest guitarists in the world. Some of the
artists featured on the series include David Russell, Paul O'Dette, Paul
Galbraith, Nicholas Goluses, Adam Holzman, Jorge Caballero, Marcin
Dylla, Zoran Dukic, Grisha Goryachev, and many more.
Artist's Webpage: finearts.uky.edu/music/faculty-staff/dieter-hennings-yeomans