{"id":515,"date":"2022-02-22T12:07:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/bio\/"},"modified":"2022-06-25T10:44:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T08:44:27","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/en\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility\" style=\"--link_hover_color: var(--awb-color3);--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,0) 25%,rgba(0,0,0,0.9) 50%),url(https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/GudrunWalther-5.jpg);;--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-end fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:60px;--awb-padding-left:60px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:200px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:var(--awb-typography1-font-size);\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-typography1-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-typography1-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-typography1-font-style);margin:0;letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography1-letter-spacing);text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:46;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">Gudrun Walther<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h5>vocals, fiddle, viola, diatonic accordion<\/h5>\n<p>Gudrun was brought up in a dynasty of fiddlers with Irish, German and French folk music and started to play traditional music on the fiddle at the age of six. A year later, she started classical training on the violin and pursued both paths for a while, before becoming a full-time trad musician.<br \/>\nSinging is something that Gudrun has been doing all her life. Gudrun is one of Germany\u2019s most sought-after and well-respected trad musicians. She won numerous awards with her music and recordings (<strong>German Folk Award<\/strong>, <strong>German Critics Award<\/strong>), guested on many genre crossing albums (El Houssaine Kili, S\u00f6hne Mannheims, Le Concert Spirituel), performed as a soloist with a big orchestra (Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz) and worked as producer and co-producer in the studio.<br \/>\nHer original songs and tunes are an integral part of her projects and some have been covered and recorded by folk bands in the USA and UK. In 2016 she was asked to guest with world-renowned Irish band, T\u00e9ada, filling in for Sligo fiddle master <strong>Ois\u00edn MacDiarmada<\/strong>. Even the pandemic couldn\u2019t slow her down for long: 2020 saw her act as musical director of Germany\u2019s first online-folk-festival <strong>Sang und Klang<\/strong>, in 2021 she got funding from the state for <strong>Homeground<\/strong>, a composition project linked to her local area, and in 2022 she recorded the album <strong>High Doh<\/strong> with <strong>Damian McKee<\/strong> (Beoga) and <strong>Aaron Jones<\/strong> (Old Blind Dogs) and finally went on the long-awaited duo tour with <strong>Andy Cutting<\/strong> (Leveret, Blowzabella).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility\" style=\"--link_hover_color: var(--awb-color3);--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(270deg, rgba(255,255,255,0) 25%,rgba(0,0,0,0.9) 50%),url(https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/JuergenTreyz-3.jpg);;--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:60px;--awb-padding-left:60px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:200px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:var(--awb-typography1-font-size);\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-typography1-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-typography1-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-typography1-font-style);margin:0;letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography1-letter-spacing);text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:46;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">J\u00fcrgen Treyz<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h5>guitar, 12-string guitar, harmony vocals<\/h5>\n<p>Juergen studied guitar at the MGI in Munich. During that time he also became engaged with traditional and medieval music. In 1993 he founded the <strong>artes recording studio<\/strong> which specializes in acoustic and traditional music. Being involved in radio plays, theatre plays and TV productions as a guitarist, composer and arranger, he has published a staggering amount of albums with his own music.<br \/>\nHis productions were repeatedly awarded with numerous accolades like the <strong>German Critics Award<\/strong> and the <strong>Leopold<\/strong> (award of German music schools), and the audio book version of St. Exup\u00e9ry\u2019s <strong>Little Prince<\/strong>, (read by renowned German actor <strong>Ulrich M\u00fche<\/strong>, featuring music by Juergen) went gold and platinum.<br \/>\nAs a producer and studio sound engineer he has earned himself the greatest respect in the trad music scene throughout Europe and the US.<br \/>\nIn 2018 Juergen released a guitar book and tutorial CD, teaching flatpicking arrangements for long-lost German traditional instrumental pieces, published by the renowned guitar label <strong>Acoustic Music<\/strong>.<br \/>\nUnearthing long-forgotten German traditional music is something very important to him, and a grant enabled him in 2021 to dedicate more time to this and go through archives and study manuscripts in search of new material for albums to come.<br \/>\nTogether with <strong>Bernd Kohlhepp<\/strong>, an actor and comedian, he is also well-known for composing and producing songs for children, their latest album <strong>Kokolores<\/strong> was released in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"--link_hover_color: var(--awb-color3);--awb-background-position:center top;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:200px;--awb-padding-right:10px;--awb-padding-bottom:30px;--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(270deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.9) 25%,rgba(0,0,0,0.9) 50%),url(https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/media-back-400x382.jpg);;--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-end fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:15px;--awb-padding-left:15px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:var(--awb-typography1-font-size);\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-typography1-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-typography1-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-typography1-font-style);margin:0;letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography1-letter-spacing);text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:46;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">Gudrun Walther<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" title=\"walther04\" src=\"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/walther04-400x225.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/walther04-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/walther04-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/walther04-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/walther04-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/walther04-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/walther04.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h5>vocals, fiddle, viola, diatonic accordion<\/h5>\n<p>Gudrun was brought up in a dynasty of fiddlers with Irish, German and French folk music and started to play traditional music on the fiddle at the age of six. A year later, she started classical training on the violin and pursued both paths for a while, before becoming a full-time trad musician.<br \/>\nSinging is something that Gudrun has been doing all her life. Gudrun is one of Germany\u2019s most sought-after and well-respected trad musicians. She won numerous awards with her music and recordings (<strong>German Folk Award<\/strong>, <strong>German Critics Award<\/strong>), guested on many genre crossing albums (El Houssaine Kili, S\u00f6hne Mannheims, Le Concert Spirituel), performed as a soloist with a big orchestra (Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz) and worked as producer and co-producer in the studio.<br \/>\nHer original songs and tunes are an integral part of her projects and some have been covered and recorded by folk bands in the USA and UK. In 2016 she was asked to guest with world-renowned Irish band, T\u00e9ada, filling in for Sligo fiddle master <strong>Ois\u00edn MacDiarmada<\/strong>. Even the pandemic couldn\u2019t slow her down for long: 2020 saw her act as musical director of Germany\u2019s first online-folk-festival <strong>Sang und Klang<\/strong>, in 2021 she got funding from the state for <strong>Homeground<\/strong>, a composition project linked to her local area, and in 2022 she recorded the album <strong>High Doh<\/strong> with <strong>Damian McKee<\/strong> (Beoga) and <strong>Aaron Jones<\/strong> (Old Blind Dogs) and finally went on the long-awaited duo tour with <strong>Andy Cutting<\/strong> (Leveret, Blowzabella).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:15px;--awb-padding-left:15px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:var(--awb-typography1-font-size);\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-typography1-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-typography1-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-typography1-font-style);margin:0;letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography1-letter-spacing);text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:46;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">J\u00fcrgen Treyz<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" title=\"treyz01\" src=\"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/treyz01-400x225.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/treyz01-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/treyz01-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/treyz01-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/treyz01-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/treyz01-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/treyz01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h5>guitar, 12-string guitar, harmony vocals<\/h5>\n<p>Juergen studied guitar at the MGI in Munich. During that time he also became engaged with traditional and medieval music. In 1993 he founded the <strong>artes recording studio<\/strong> which specializes in acoustic and traditional music. Being involved in radio plays, theatre plays and TV productions as a guitarist, composer and arranger, he has published a staggering amount of albums with his own music.<br \/>\nHis productions were repeatedly awarded with numerous accolades like the <strong>German Critics Award<\/strong> and the <strong>Leopold<\/strong> (award of German music schools), and the audio book version of St. Exup\u00e9ry\u2019s <strong>Little Prince<\/strong>, (read by renowned German actor <strong>Ulrich M\u00fche<\/strong>, featuring music by Juergen) went gold and platinum.<br \/>\nAs a producer and studio sound engineer he has earned himself the greatest respect in the trad music scene throughout Europe and the US.<br \/>\nIn 2018 Juergen released a guitar book and tutorial CD, teaching flatpicking arrangements for long-lost German traditional instrumental pieces, published by the renowned guitar label <strong>Acoustic Music<\/strong>.<br \/>\nUnearthing long-forgotten German traditional music is something very important to him, and a grant enabled him in 2021 to dedicate more time to this and go through archives and study manuscripts in search of new material for albums to come.<br \/>\nTogether with <strong>Bernd Kohlhepp<\/strong>, an actor and comedian, he is also well-known for composing and producing songs for children, their latest album <strong>Kokolores<\/strong> was released in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":990,"href":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515\/revisions\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walthertreyz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}