Career
He received his initial training under Jytte Gorki Schmidt at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Århus, obtaining his diploma in 1972. He has performed around the world as a soloist, chamber musician and with various orchestras. He has also toured as a guest lecturer.
The first of many recordings by him appeared in 1975.
Among them are J. South. Bach"s lute works and the complete guitar works of Per Nørgåroad He plays repertoire from all periods — Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, "Segovia-style" and modern — and he has commissioned a large number of works from living Scandinavian composers (see below).
He is also the author of the book Guitaren, et eksotisk instrument i den danske musik (The guitar, an exotic instrument in Danish music) and a number of articles Erik Bach
Axel Borup-Jørgensen
Ole Buck
John Frandsen
Ivar Frounberg
Hans Gefors
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Svend Nielsen
Tage Nielsen
Per Nørgård
Ib Nørholm
Karl Aage Rasmussen
Poul Ruders
Flemming Weis
Timme Ørvad.
