Karin Schaupp was born on 1972 and is a German-born Australian classical guitarist.
19 Facts About Karin Schaupp
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Karin Schaupp has won APRA Music Awards and ARIA Music Awards.
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Karin Schaupp was born in Hofheim am Taunus, Germany, in 1972.
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Karin Schaupp's mother, Isolde Schaupp, was a teacher of guitar at the conservatorium of Wiesbaden.
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Karin Schaupp's father, a doctor, was an amateur pianist, and her aunt and grandmother were opera singers.
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Karin Schaupp started her guitar studies with her mother when she was five, and performed in public at age six.
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Karin Schaupp's family, including both sets of grandparents, migrated from Germany to Australia when she was aged eight, and they have been based in Brisbane, Queensland, where Isolde Schaupp continues to teach at the University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland.
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Karin Schaupp trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
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Karin Schaupp performed Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra when she was aged 18.
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Karin Schaupp is a member of Saffire, known as the Australian Guitar Quartet, along with Slava Grigoryan, Gareth Koch, and Anthony Field.
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In 1995, Karin Schaupp performed Philip Bracanin's Guitar Concerto, which she had premiered in 1992, with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
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In 2003 Karin Schaupp was awarded the Music Council of Australia Freedman Fellowship in recognition of her achievements.
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In 2004, Karin Schaupp performed with Ross Edwards' Concerto for Guitar and Strings with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
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Karin Schaupp says she was initially nervous about airing the family history.
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Karin Schaupp released Spain in 2009 which features works by Rodrigo, Salvador Bacarisse and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
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In 2010, Karin Schaupp recorded Cradle Songs, inspired by the birth of her daughter Alexa.
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In 2013, Karin Schaupp won the Music Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts.
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In March 2018, ABC Classics released Karin Schaupp's album titled Wayfaring, with cellist Umberto Clerici.
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Karin Schaupp is married to Giac Giacomantonio, a psychologist and former guitar student of her mother Isolde.