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Thomas Leeb (born September 14, 1977 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is an Austrian fingerstyle guitarist. == Biography == Thomas Leeb grew up in the small Austrian mountain village Turracher Höhe, Carinthia, as the youngest of four children of a hotel-owner's family. Over a period of thirteen years he taught himself the electric guitar, then switched to acoustic guitar.〔(''Der Turracher Gitarrenakrobat''. Austrian "Tiebel-Kurier", October 2004 (in German) ). Accessed on December 15, 2007〕 He was fifteen when he decided to become a musician and had his first concerts, even though his parents made him finish high school. He produced his first CD ''Reveller'' (now out of print) when he was seventeen. After high school he toured Ireland for four months as street musician.〔(''Der 20-Finger-Gitarrist'' (in German). ) Accessed on December 15, 2007〕 In 1997 he recorded his second CD ''Hope'' (out of print) and finished third in the 1998 Open Strings Festival in Osnabrück, Germany.〔(''Winners of the Open-Strings-Competitions ). Accessed on December 15, 2007〕 In 1999 Leeb published his third CD, ''Riddle'', on the web portal MP3.com and studied at the California Institute of the Arts, focusing on world music and traditional music from Ghana. His teachers were percussionists Kobla and Alfred Ladzekpo, and guitarist Miroslav Tadić. Leeb graduated in 2003 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.〔(Leeb's vita as workshop tutor ). Accessed on January 4, 2008.〕 He produced his fourth album, ''Spark'', in 2004 and went completely indie, selling the CDs from his website. In 2006 he recorded the CD ''Upside Down'' and in 2007 ''Desert Pirate''. Leeb tours incessantly, mainly in the US, in Europe (Austria, England, Germany, Ireland and Croatia) and in Asia (Taiwan, Korea and Japan); he has managed to build a worldwide fan community. He irregularly teaches as freelancer at two music schools in Los Angeles.〔(''Gitarren - Zauberer''. Austrian "Kronen-Zeitung", Oktober 20, 2004 (in German) ) Accessed December 15, 2007〕 Every summer he organizes a workshop at his Austrian hometown Turracher Höhe which is highly frequented, especially by British guitarists. Leeb taught master classes at the London Music School and the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood.〔 He was featured in several international guitar magazines, such as ''Guitar Player'' and ''Acoustic Guitar''.〔("Thomas Leeb", by Jude Gold. ''Guitar Player'', April, 2006. ) Accessed on December 16, 2007〕, 〔("Thomas Leeb, Upside Down", by Teja Gerken. ''Acoustic Guitar'', Issue #165. ) Accessed on December 16, 2007〕, 〔(Korean ''Guitar Music'' magazine, June 2007 (in Korean) ). Accessed on December 16, 2007.〕 Leeb is an influence especially for young guitarists, for example Newton Faulkner.〔(Mike Joyce: ''Happily Living the Surreal Life; How Did Guitarist Newton Faulkner Top the U.K. Charts? Beats Him.'' The Washington Post, 2. Mai 2008 ) Accessed on August 4, 2008〕 Thomas Leeb is married and lives in Val Verde, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Leeb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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