{"id":44148,"date":"2026-09-23T16:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/wolfgang_guggenberger\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:37:28","slug":"wolfgang_guggenberger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/en\/wolfgang_guggenberger\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolfgang_Guggenberger"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"44148\" class=\"elementor elementor-44148 elementor-44132\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2051244 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2051244\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74ffaec\" data-id=\"74ffaec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-391ced0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"391ced0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wolfgang Guggenberger \u2013 Trumpet (Germany)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-932e711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"932e711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wolfgang Guggenberger, born in Sonthofen in southern Germany, won first prize at the national competition \u00bbJugend musiziert\u00ab, and was awarded the \u00bbEuropean Prize\u00ab at the National Youth Competition. In 1978, he made a name for himself as a prize winner and scholarship recipient at the renowned \u00bbDeutscher Musikwettbewerb\u00ab (German Music Competition). Numerous scholarships and cultural grants frame Wolfgang Guggenberger\u2019s career. He completed his studies at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich under the tutelage of Rolf Quinque before graduating with distinction from the University of Music in Trossingen under Prof. Horst-Dieter Bolz. He then undertook an intensive two-year course at Northwestern University in Chicago, studying with Vincent Cichowicz, Adolph Herseth and Arnold Jacobs \u2014 an experience that proved both formative and artistically inspiring. As a member of the German Music Council\u2019s list of artists, Wolfgang Guggenberger has performed as a soloist with a number of renowned German orchestras. He gained experience as an orchestral trumpet player during his engagement with the W\u00fcrttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra (principal trumpet) and through further guest engagements with the HR Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the W\u00fcrttemberg Chamber Orchestra and the Bach Collegium Stuttgart. As a sought-after teacher and lecturer, he has given master classes in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Georgia, Southeast Asia, the USA and Mexico. In addition to various radio recordings, Wolfgang Guggenberger has released three CDs of solo and chamber music. Published in 2004, his method book \u00bbBASICS PLUS\u00ab (Rundel Music Publications) quickly became a staple in brass pedagogy. In 2026, he published \u00bbBASICS PLUS 4.0\u00ab (Martin Schmid Music Publishing), a study guide featuring four-part exercises, play-alongs, and texts and videos on various topics related to playing technique and mental aspects. Wolfgang Guggenberger held the position of lecturer for trumpet and Head of Brass and Percussion at the Richard-Strauss-Conservatory, Munich from 1986 until 2005, when he accepted a professorship at the Trossingen State University of Music. Until his retirement in 2023, he was also director of the \u00bbPositively Brass &amp; Percussion\u00ab institute, responsible for the international \u00bbPositively Brass &amp; Percussion Symposium\u00ab held regularly since 2015. He also directed the \u00bbTrumpet Ensemble of the Trossingen University of Music\u00ab, which recorded a series of commissioned works for the CD \u00bbKaleidollage\u00ab (Rundel compact). 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