Heathcliffe Auchinachie is an Australian guitarist currently based in Germany. He has forged a career as a diverse instrumentalist, regularly performing on the classical, electric, and bass guitars.

 

Heathcliffe began his classical guitar studies with Georg Mertens. He then went on to study with Vladimir Gorbach at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he obtained his Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar Performance. In 2023 he relocated to Lübeck, Germany, where he is currently completing his Master of Music degree with Otto Tolonen at the Musikhochschule Lübeck.

 

In addition to the standard guitar repertoire, Heathcliffe regularly performs contemporary music and has premiered many new works by Australian composers.  Featured recordings include the albums De Rerum Natura by Peter McNamara and Artifacts of Rain by Brad Gill, and the single Therein Lies by Christine Pan.

He is also a highly sort after chamber musician, and in recent years he has performed Frank Martin's Poèmes de la Mort, Fausto Romitelli's Professor Bad Trip, Michael Gordon's For Madeleine, and Steve Reich's 2x5.
 

He also regularly performs in a duo with soprano Chloe Lankshear. In 2020 they recorded a recital together for cutting edge performance venue Phoenix Central Park.

He is currently a participant of the Live Music Now (Hamburg) program as a member of Ensemble Assorti, which arranges and performs music for two guitars and voice.

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Improvising is also an important practice for him, and he continues to explore this on the classical and electric guitars.

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He has won several prizes and scholarships and is currently a recipient of the Deutschland Stipendium.

 

Heathcliffe is also an experienced pedagogue and enjoys teaching guitar both in Lübeck and online.