jo jena – solo guitar – instauratio minima musicarum

jo jena started playing the guitar at the age of 10 in berlin (the wall had just come down). he has studied composition with elliott sharp, harmony with prof. julio herrlein, jazz guitar with michael gechter and music synthesis with mike daliot. 1 of 100 guitarist with rhys chatham´s “an angel moves too fast to see”. recipient of berklee scholarship. early solo works from 1998-2005. projects with ensemble modern junior forum, flowarea, bertram ritter, nachttierhaus, forum improvisierter musik, momem and others. focus on independent solo guitar playing since 2018.

he has so far produced over 20 albums under imm records, ranging from modal jazz to ambient, from schönberg arrangements to avant-garde. The albums are regularly reviewed internationally. he mainly focuses on works as composer/performer for solo guitar and extended improvisations, to which he refers to as “free solo”.

this page features concert dates plus selected scores, transcriptions and etudes. please feel free to download and use jj’s written material for noncommercial purposes. in other cases please do not hesitate to contact the artist. find more scores on bandcamp-page (special items contained in album purchase).

for any other requests: contact jojena(at)posteo.de

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photo credit: © jo jena / instauratio minima musicarum

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“a truely unique and independent musician and guitarist”

gitarre & bass

“with this realization and recording, jo jena has opened a new window on schoenberg’s work, lifting it out of the second viennese school and bringing it into our very timbral 21st century.”

E#, nyc june 2021