Gilles Grethen - State of MindState of Mind" is a bold undertaking, because on his second album after last year's debut "Time Suite", the quartet of the young Luxembourg guitarist Gilles Grethen linked up with eleven strings. "I wanted to have a larger line up for the second album, although I first thought of a big band," Grethen admitted. "But I always had the sound of strings in my mind when composing, because I come from classical music and I exclusively played that as a child

performing with The Smithereens

but more accurately it is a way to make the tragedy resound

Bruce HarrisSugar Hill

"The Bird"

several earlier works as well as producing a regular flow of new compositions

"One of our best albums for sure

who enlisted him for his International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad (Switzerland)

melodies from the Genevan Psalter

highly original version: 'An arena within the Arena

CPE Bach composed a great deal of music for the clarinet as either a solo or chamber music instrument

His experience as an oboist instills a confidence to compose with an exhilarating freedom to explore the vast expressive range of the instrument

He is known for his personal and unique tenor voice and hollering style which is very reminiscent of field singing