Hi, I’m Liss Alva (born Larissa Ziegler): 23 years old, musician, creative mind, and currently a master’s student majoring in ‘Acoustic Guitar Jazz/Rock/Pop’ at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden.

Larissa Ziegler Hochformat

Music has always been a part of my family. My parents played music with me and my older sister Julia from early childhood. It was not uncommon for music to be played in three rooms of our house at the same time.

MUSICAL EDUCATION
I received my first instrumental lessons at the age of seven at the Youth Music School Württembergisches Allgäu. There I first learned to play classical, Spanish, and South American guitar music. In addition to the guitar, I also received recorder and piano lessons from the very beginning.
I participated in the ‘Jugend musiziert’ competition several times with all three instruments and won prizes at state and national level. However, from the very beginning, it was the guitar that gave me the most pleasure.

MUSIC STUDIES
Towards the end of my school days, I began to expand my repertoire in the areas of fingerstyle and jazz and to play guitar literature on the acoustic guitar. After successfully applying for the guitar class in Dresden, I have been studying there since 2021 with a major in ‘Acoustic Guitar Jazz/Rock/Pop’.
At the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden, I have already received tuition from Prof. Thomas Fellow, Prof. Stephan Bormann, Prof. Ralf Beutler, Petr Saidl, and Jule Malischke. In addition, I have attended workshops and masterclasses with Campbell Diamond, Reentko Dirks, Erkin Cavus, Don Ross, Petteri Sariola, Sönke Meinen, Leandro Riva, and others.

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