Edin Karamazov

Guitarist and lutenist Eden Karamazov is noted for his wide variety of collaborations with top early music ensembles, singers, and even the rock vocalist Sting. He has made several solo recordings. Karamazov was born in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then part of Yugoslavia, in 1965. A protege of the conductor Sergiu Celibidache during his student years, he began his studies on the guitar and won several competitions. He added Baroque lute to his portfolio, studying with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. A breakthrough came in 1998 when he substituted for a...