Olaf Rupp

Olaf Rupp is a German guitarist and improviser born in 1963, internationally associated with experimental acoustic and electric guitar. Based in Berlin, he has developed a distinctive approach to the instrument through rapid finger movements, unusual resonances and spontaneous transformations of texture.

He has collaborated with musicians including Tony Buck, Rudi Mahall, Paul Lovens, Michael Wertmüller and many others from the European creative-music community. His playing often moves between delicate detail and complex layers of sound, making the physical interaction with the strings part of the musical language. Creative Sources documents his contribution to exploratory ensemble music.