Neo Gundermann
Neo Gundermann is a lutenist from Berlin, Germany.
He has completed six years of young studies at both the Hanns Eisler School of Music as well as the Berlin University of the Arts, for which he received the Gerda and Luigi Pradé scholarship.
In 2019 he went on to pursue a bachelor's degree in the classical guitar at the Berlin University of the Arts, studying with Rainer Feldmann and Marco Tamayo.
Since 2021 he has also been studying the lute, theorbo and baroque guitar at the Berlin University of the Arts, with Sam Chapman.
After completing his lute master's in 2026 he is now studying Meisterklasse (lute) at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig.
Neo has won a total of 8 first prizes in the competition "Jugend Musiziert" over the course of 4 years, both as a soloist as well as in chamber music combinations.
He has taken part in many masterclasses with guitarists such as Ricardo Gallen, Aniello Desiderio and Adriano del Sal, as well as with lutenists Hopkinson Smith, Elizabeth Kenny and Nigel North.
He has played numerous concerts as a soloist, in ensembles, choirs and with orchestras all over Germany including at major venues such as the Berlin State Opera, the Berliner Philharmonie, as well as the Komische Oper Berlin.