Christopher Wilke (born 1973) is an American lutenist, guitarist, and composer. He was born in Cincinnati and studied guitar and composition at the College of Mount St. Joseph. He earned a master’s degree in guitar from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory. He completed a doctorate in Early Music Performance, with an emphasis on historical plucked strings (lute, theorbo, and guitar), at the Eastman School of Music, studying under Paul O’Dette. He has given solo recitals in Italy, Germany, and the United States.

As a composer, Wilke has published works, including ‘Emperor Romulus Augustus, His Serious Funk’ and ‘Diatribe,’ with Les Productions d’Oz in Montreal. He has recorded albums of Roman Turovsky’s works for Baroque lute on the Polyhymnion label. His recordings have also been broadcast on Concertzender radio in the Netherlands, on Canadian television, and on NPR. He has taught at the Guitar Foundation of America’s Convention and the American Musicological Society’s Annual Meeting.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wilke
• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27063603