biography

Sanel Redžić (Tuzla, 25th July 1988) is considered to be one of the most promising guitarists of the coming generation.
He started to play guitar at age of 8 in elementary music school in Tuzla under the tutelage of Muhidin Durmanović and Nedim Tinjić and went on with his musical education with prof. Predrag Stanković with whom he finished secondary music school in 2007 with the highest marks. After that he pursued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" in Weimar with professor Thomas Müller - Pering.
Moreover, his first guitar concert was in Tuzla when he was 14 and played many concerts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and Greece where all concerts were highly received by the audience and the music critics.
Sanel has seen competitions as a possibility to make progress in his career and in the period of 2005 - 2009 Sanel won thirteen international prizes at international guitar competitions like "Forum Gitarre Wien", Markneukirchen, "Anna Amalia" Weimar, "Andres Segovia" Velbert, Kutna Hora, "Guitarmania" Lisbon, "Guitar Art Festival" Belgrade.
During his secondary school he participated in masterclasses held by Costas Cotsiolis, Judicael Perroy, Ricardo Gallen, Denis Azabagić, Petr Saidl, Jorgos Panetsos, Thomas Offerman, Jozef Zsapka, Anastasia Bardina, Darko Petrinjak, Zoran Kraišnik, Saša Dejanović and many others.
In June 2005 Sanel was presented the award “The teenager of Tuzla ”, year 2004/2005. In 2006 Sanel recorded his first cd for "Gramofon" from Sarajevo and "Gramofon" will also publish Sanel's second cd during 2009.

International prizes:
I prize - Guitar Art Festival Belgrade 2005
I prize - Forum Gitarre Wien 2005
I prize - International guitar competition Szeged 2007
I prize - International GitarFest Banja Luka 2007
I prize - Anna Amalia guitar competiton Weimar 2009
I prize - International biennal guitar competition Kutna Hora 2009
II prize - Anna Amalia guitar competiton Weimar 2005
II prize - Andres Segovia guitar competition Velbert 2006
II prize - International biennal guitar competition Kutna Hora 2007
II prize - International guitar competition "Guitarmania" Lisbon 2009
III prize - International guitar competition Split 2008
special prize - Andres Segovia guitar competition Velbert 2006
special prize - International instrumental competition Markneukirchen 2009

"This exceptionally talented guitar player shows a musical ripeness unusual for his age."
Miroslav Tadic
"The music potential of this young soloist is extraordinary. He has doors to serious music
career wide open.”
Dnevnik Novi Sad, Serbia
"guitar player with impressive skills"
Jazzthetik, Germany
"His technique is just excellent, his sense for sound, for subtle colours and his instinct for
expressive dynamics, tension, dimensions and drama in the music could be described as
rare and quite unique - particularly in his approach to substantial contemporary music."
Thomas Müller Pering, Germany
"Guitarist with intense dynamics and stage performance"
Matthias Huth, Germany

Sanel plays Otto Vowinkel 2004 guitar and the Savarez Alliance strings.

discography

website

www.sanelredzic.net