Jesse Flowers
Key Facts
- Instrument: Guitar
- Website: www.jesseflowersguitar.com
Biography
Currently based in Berlin, Jesse Flowers is developing a reputation as an exciting talent amongst the next generation of classical guitarists. He has been a prize-winner in multiple international music competitions, including the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb (German National Music Competition) in 2016. He has won first prize in the multi-instrumental Prinzessin Margaret von Hessen Competition 2015 and the Nürtingen International Guitar Competition 2016. He was awarded the scholarship of the Darmstädter Musikpreis, the Guy Parsons Award of the Australian Music Foundation and recently the New Elizabethan Award in recognition of his talent.
Flowers’ 2017/18 saw him perform over 20 chamber music recitals throughout Germany as part of the Bundesauswahl Konzerte für Jünger Künstler (Nationwide Selection of Young Artists Concerts). Other highlights included solo recitals at the Altamira International Guitar Symposiums in Hong Kong and Shanghai, as well as receiving first prize at the Eurostrings Guitar Competition in Zagreb and being announced as the holder of the New Elizabethan Award in London.
Born in Sydney to an Australian-Chinese father and German mother, Flowers was inspired to pursue a career in music while attending Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. He then completed his Bachelor of Music at the Australian National University under Minh Le Hoang and Timothy Kain. In 2014 he moved to Germany to further his studies with Tilman Hoppstock at the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt. As of October 2017 he is undertaking a Masters of Music at the Universität der Künste Berlin under Thomas Müller-Pering. The late composer Phillip Houghton was an important mentor throughout his studies. Flowers’ solo concert programmes are marked by his interpretations of repertoire ranging from his own transcriptions of the works of J.S. Bach to important works from the 20th century by Britten and Ginastera. He is also an avid chamber musician and has performed in diverse chamber
music settings, regularly in duo alongside voice and cello.
Musicians’ Company Award: 2018/19 New Elizabethan Award
Page Updated: Dec 2018
Photo Credit: Neda Navaee