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Vicki Genfan (born June 15, 1959) is an American multi-instrumentalist, fingerstyle guitarist, composer and singer. == Biography == Vicki Genfan took up the guitar at age five. Her father played 12-string guitar, mandolin and fiddle, and sang. Her older brother played guitar too.〔(Vicki Genfan’s page at Luna Guitars. ) Accessed on November 18, 2007.〕 She studied classical music and jazz at Ithaca College in New York.〔(''Tap Tones'' - Bill Milkowski writes about Vicki Genfan in ''Acoustic Guitar'', issue 109, January 2002. ) Accessed on November 18, 2007.〕 Besides guitar, Genfan plays piano, banjo, hand percussion, and trombone.〔(Interview with Patty Larkin and Vicki Genfan by Ann Latner. ) Accessed on November 18, 2007.〕 In 1994, she produced her first album ''Native'' on cassette, but didn't sell it in commercially significant numbers. In 2001, she released a self-produced CD, ''Outside the Box''. That same yeare, she won the ''Just Plain Folks Award'' for that album's title song, ''New Grass''. In 2003, the German label Acoustic Music Records published ''Vicki Genfan Live'', a live-recording at Open Strings Festival in Osnabrück, Germany. In 2004, Vicki Genfan placed second at Mountain Stage New Song Festival in West Virginia with her song, ''Eleanor''.〔 In 2006, Genfan published the double CD ''Up Close & Personal''. The first CD in the set, ''Up Close'', contains only instrumentals. The second, ''Personal'', shows her singing and songwriting abilities. Vicki Genfan had been on stage with several well-known fellow guitarists—including Tommy Emmanuel, Laurence Juber, Kaki King, and Jennifer Batten.〔(Review of Genfan's CD ''Up Close & Personal'' at CD Baby. ) Accessed on November 18, 2007.〕 Citing her technique and singing style, some have compared her to musicians such as Michael Hedges and Pat Metheny.〔(Vicki Genfan's website at MySpace. ) Accessed on November 18, 2007.〕 Vicki Genfan featured in several American and international magazines, and was labeled "Queen of Open Tunings".〔(''PRIVATE LESSON – Vicki Genfan'', by Teja Gerken. ) Accessed on November 18, 2007.〕 Genfan won ''Guitar Player'' magazine's ''Guitar Superstar '08'' contest at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall in September 2008. While not on tour abroad, she gives concerts in the northeastern United States. She is an experienced teacher, lectures at workshops and guitar clinics, and teaches private lessons. Recently she has worked on a guitar video on her music and technique, and plans to publish a book of her music.〔(Review of the CD ''Vicki Genfan Live'' at CD Baby. ) Accessed on November 18, 2007.〕 Genfan lives in Fairview, New Jersey.〔Fusilli, Jim. ("A Guitar Contest With a Winning Surprise" ), ''The Wall Street Journal'', September 16, 2008. Accessed June 1, 2012. "'My nerves will be pretty tight,' guitarist Vicki Genfan told me when we spoke before she left for San Francisco from her home in Fairview, N.J."〕 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「Vicki Genfan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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