Joakim Zelmerloow

Joakim Zelmerloow - Active classical guitarist, writer and composer but also involved in other projects as a producer and recording engineer. A period of eight years of private research in ergonomics, psychology and guitar technique has laid the foundation for a new type of technique, the Ergonomic guitar technique. This is a method for classical guitar dealing with the physical and psychological relationship between the player and the instrument, and how this interaction affects the execution of motoric information during play and exercise. Besides a series of articles in the journal of the Swedish Guitar and Lute Society during 2004 and 2005, the research resulted in a much appreciated publication called "Ergonomisk gitarrteknik" (Ergonomic guitar technique) that was released in November 2005. A translation in English is underway and will soon be accessible...

Check out www.zelmerloow.com for more information!

Stated opinions:

"Joakim possesses both a remarkable power of portrayal and a remarkable lightness in his playing." -- Per-Olof Hedlund, The Music Conservatory in Falun, Sweden

"His music for the guitar is very idiomatical, amazingly harmonious and composed according to the principals of classical music, but also written in a modern style." -- Kristian Buhl-Mortensen, Composer and guitar player in Copenhagen

"Joakim Zelmerloow is a unusually talented guitarist that has a profound understanding for the nature of the instrument and its means of expression. Furthermore he has a pronounced feeling for the elements of sonority. Joakim Zelmerloow shows clearly in his compositions for guitar that he possesses a musical personality and character, and manage to take the special universe of the classical guitar into consideration." -- Ingolf Olsen, Associate professor of guitar, The Royal Danish Music Conservatory, Denmark