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Andreas Arend

Andreas Arend
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About

Andreas Arend is a German lutenist and composer who trained in Hamburg and Berlin, studying lute with Nigel North and Elizabeth Kenny. He performs as a soloist and chamber musician, and collaborates regularly with ensembles including the Freiburger Barockorchester, Holland Baroque Society and Ensemble Chelycus. Since 2020 he has been developing the Lyra Polyversalis, a hybrid string instrument built together with violin maker Valentin Oelmüller that merges plucking and bowing.

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What's new

  • 2025-11

    Andreas Arend participated in the album "GruppenTRAINING" with the ensemble TRAINING, released 28 November 2025, where he played Lyra Polyversalis.

  • 2020

    The album "Ballads Within a Dream" with Hille Perl, Clare Wilkinson and Veronika Skuplik was released on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi with English baroque folk songs for voice, violin, viola da gamba and theorbo.

  • 2020

    Arend began work with Lyra Polyversalis, a new string instrument that combines the plucking of the lute with the bow of the violin, developed in collaboration with violin maker Valentin Oelmüller.

Tracks

Ballads Within a DreamAlbum from 2020 with Hille Perl, Clare Wilkinson and Veronika Skuplik - English baroque folk songs for voice, violin, viola da gamba and theorbe (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
Baroque (med Nils Mönkemeyer)CD collaboration with violist Nils Mönkemeyer
Silk & Tweed - Nicola Matteis' Sentimental JourneyRecording with baroque violinist Veronika Skuplik on FRA Bernardo
GruppenTRAININGAlbum from November 2025 with the ensemble TRAINING, Arend plays Lyra Polyversalis
Neun Stücke nach Ingeborg BachmannComposition from 2001 for soprano and string quartet, commissioned by Radio Bremen

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