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| 1st Waldzithersconference in Suhl 2003 Speech of Welcome |
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| Meeting with Pedro Caldeira Cabral 2005 in Dresden |
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| Concert at the 2nd Waldzitherconference in Suhl 2005 |
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| International Citternconferenz at the University of Coimbra |
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Cittern-Vita Martina Rosenberger |
| 1983 | Learning of the basics by father |
| 1984 | death of father, getting his Waldzither as a heirloom to the youngest child |
| since 1991 | self-employed as a master-goldsmith |
| 2000 | revival of interest in the Waldzither to make music for the children |
| beginning of research for material, teachers, luthiers, information. | |
| 2001 | contact to Prof. Dr. Andreas Michel, Leipzig, cittern specialist |
| invitation as a guest to the international cittern conference at Michaelstein | |
| 2002
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investigation for
contemporaries of the 1930ies, the time when the father had
learned the instrument lots of interviews about playing techniques and history |
| 2003 | publication of “Waldzither Puzzle I – the Waldzither in Germany in the 1930ies” |
| initiative, planning
and organization for the 1st German Waldzither conference at Suhl, Thuringia, in cooperation with the Arms Museum |
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| 2004 | debut as a songwriter accompanied by Waldzither chords |
| Investigations at Hamburg about the Waldzither of C.H. Boehm | |
| 2005 | personal invitation to a meeting at Dresden by Pedro Caldeira Cabral, specialist and virtuose for Guitarra Portuguesa |
| planning and organization for the 2nd German Waldzither conference | |
| initiative for a Waldzither tutor in cooperation with the Thuringian music school | |
| publication of “Waldzither Puzzle II – The Waldzither at Hamburg” | |
| 2006/07/08 | guest student at the local music academy to study music theory |
| 2006 | 2nd song performance as a songwriter |
| 2007 | journey to the opening of the 1st exhibition of Krienser Cittern, Switzerland, gaining new contacts to instrument specialists |
| Invitation to the „Encontros Internationais de Guitarra Portuguesa“, the international Citternconference at the University of Coimbra, doing lessons about the historical connection between the Hamburger Waldzither and the portuguese guitar. | |
| Participant of the public concert there, introducing a self-written Fado-song in English | |
| planning and organization for the 3rd German Waldzither conference | |
| 2008 | reconstruction of a "Preston's machine". a tuner for English guittar |
| 2009 | 3rd songwriter's program, including songs for the English guittar |