Titles by: JESPER RUBNER-PETERSEN
JESPER RUBNER-PETERSEN
Jesper Rubner-Petersen was born on the 8th of July 1969 in Aarhus/Denmark, where he grew up with Bluegrass and Acoustic Music because of his banjo-playing father. At the age of 12, he started to play the guitar and as soon as he was ready to grab a couple of chords, he luckily got the chance to play in various Old-time and Bluegrass Bands. Besides playing bluegrass, he always tried to be open about new influences and decided to follow the jazz program at the "American Institute of Music" in Vienna, Austria, which he completed in March 1993. Staying at the A.I.M. introduced him to harmony and theory and the understanding of improvisation. Around 1994, after years of intensive guitar playing, he bought himself a mandolin to try out a second instrument, a purchase that changed his life. In July 2000 he moved to South Germany, where he also started a professional career as a guitar and mandolin teacher. At the same time, he started teaching at Beppe Gambetta's Summer Workshop, the International Workshop Musique Acoustique in Belgium, the Mandolin Workshop at the New Acoustic Gallery, and other local workshops. Over the years, while traveling around doing concerts and workshops, he often was asked questions about improvising and how to do it. After some research, he figured out that the demand for improvisation knowledge seemed to be international and so came up with the idea of writing a book on the subject.