Ottmar Liebert’s incredible global success on a musical level often seems like a simple outgrowth of his cultural background and powerful wanderlust in his formative years. Born in Cologne, Germany to Chinese-German father and Hungarian mother, he began playing guitar at 11, and absorbed the musical traditions of Europe and Asia along the way.  He founded the first incarnation of his band Luna Negra and Nouveau Flamenco. Liebert has since become one of the most successful instrumental artists of the past decade, thrilling audiences throughout the world and releasing a catalog of classic recordings, including the remix collection Euphoria, the live album Viva!, the double CD Opium, and the classical-oriented orchestral album Leaning into the Night. One Guitar, his first solo guitar recording received Liebert’s fourth nomination for a GRAMMY.