About the artists Karin Schaupp Guitar

Karin Schaupp’s playing has been hailed by the German press as ‘so perfect, so complete, that it seems like a miracle’. In her teens she won prestigious international prizes in Italy and Spain, and is today sought after internationally as a recitalist, soloist and festival guest, making countless television and radio appearances.

Taught almost exclusively by her guitarist mother, Isolde Schaupp, Karin completed her tertiary music studies at The University of Queensland with a Masters degree and a University Gold Medal. In 2003 she was awarded the Music Council of Australia Freedman Fellowship in recognition of her achievements, and in 2014–15 she was honoured with a Music Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts.

Performance highlights include concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (USA) and the Queensland and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras; some 150 performances of the play Lotte’s Gift, written for her by David Williamson; appearances at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony, the Goodwill Games Opening Ceremony (China), World Expo (Japan) and the Hong Kong Arts Festival; and a Musica Viva Australia International Concert Season tour with Pavel Steidl.