Christopher Wilke

Christopher Wilke (born in 19?? in Cincinnati) is an American composer, lutenist, guitarist, recording artist, and teacher.

Wilke studied guitar and composition at the College of Mount St. Joseph, and took hismaster's degree in classical guitar from the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory. He completed his doctorate in Early Music Performance at the Eastman School of Music, under the tutelage of Paul O'Dette.

Composer

Several of his compositions have been published by Les Productions d'Oz in Montreal, Canada.

Performer

Wilke has given solo recitals in Italy and Germany as well as the United States.He has taught at the Guitar Foundation of America's Convention and the American Musicological Association's Annual Meeting.His recordings have been featured on Concertzender radioin the Netherlands, on Canadian Television, and such NPR programs as Classical Guitar Alive! and Sunday Morning Baroque.

• "De Temporum Fine Postludia II" (Roman Turovsky: Works for Baroque lute) Polyhymnion 002, 2019
• "De Temporum Fine Postludia" (Roman Turovsky: Works for Baroque lute) Polyhymnion 001, 2016
• "Desperate Doors" (Works for lute by J.S.Bach, Adam Falckenhagen, Sylvius Leopold Weiss 2015)
• "Graceful Degradation" (works by Johann Adolph Hasse, Paul Charles Durant, Franz Joseph Haydn and Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht 2013)
• "Charles Hurel: Theorbo Works", Centaur Records CRC 2875