25^th Altensteig Summer Music in the Upper Nagold Valley

Master, children, chamber music and composition classes for violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, piano and composition as well as master classes for string quartet

28^th July - 7^th August 2011
NAGOLD / Black Forest
CJD Jugenddorf

Course leaders

Violin

Viola

Cello

Doublebass

Piano

Chamber Music and Accompaniment

Composition

Accompaniment

General information

The “Altensteig Summer Music in the Upper Nagold Valley” is for

• string quartets wishing to extend their repertoire, to get ideas and to prepare for concerts and competitions
- students of the violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano, and those wishing to extend their repertoire, prepare for concerts, competitions, auditions and other exams. Complete chamber music ensembles can also apply to take part.
• highly gifted children and young people with basic technical knowledge;
• students of composition who have a concept, fragment or complete composition they wish to work on in composition classes, they can be instrumental and/or formal with respect to techniques of the 20th century
• teachers of instruments and musicians who are looking for ideas and new methods of teaching

• master classes for string quartets
• master classes with accompaniment;
• lessons and group playing for children and young people;
• chamber music (string quartet, trio for strings, piano trio, etc.) and orchestral rehearsals;
• evening rehearsals, stage performances and closing concert;
• master classes for composition with possibilities of performances of the composed pieces

Course leaders:

VIOLIN:

Helmut Zehetmair: Famous Austrian Professor of violin – unconvential, individual teaching method – studied with S. Samohyl, chamber music with Bernhard Paumgartner, Sandor Vegh and Antonio Janigro - important ideas through talks with Safford Cape, Max Rostal, Ljerko Spiller and Ruggiero Ricci – Doctor of music science – 1974 –2004 Professor at the University Mozarteum Salzburg – many famous pupils who are now leaders, chamber musicians and soloists like Thomas Zehetmair etc. his rich knowledge can be found in his master classes and publications.
In Nagold: master classes for violin, leader of the orchestra of the Alensteig Summer Music in the Upper Valley

Anna Kandinskaya: Studied at the Moskow Conservatory, at the Musikhochschule Bern as well as at the Royal College of Music London – many prizes, amongst them 1st prize of the Munich Konzerthausgesellschaft and at the Menuhin-Competition in Paris – international concerts with Guidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Natalia Gutmann, Lars Vogt, Paul Gulda and others – since 2003 teacher at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna
In Nagold: master classes for violin

Tatiana Liberova: Famous Russian violin teacher – education in St. Petersburg – leader of a class of highly gifted young musicians and children at the special grammar school in St. Petersburg and guest professor at the college of Lahti (Finland) – many pupils as prizewinners of competitions – member of judging panels of many competitions in Russia and abroad – international teaching at master classes – Russian title of honour as a teacher and member of honour of the Philharmonic Society of St. Petersburg
In Nagold: master classes for violin, lessons and group playing for children and young people

Lena Neudauer: studied with Prof. Dr. Helmut Zehetmair, Prof. Dr. Thomas Zehetmair and Prof. Christoph Poppen – valuable impulses from Felix Andrievsky, Ana Chumenko, Midori Goto, Nibuko Imai and Seiji Ozawa – in 1999 1st prize of the Leopold-Mozart-Competition as well as the Richard-Strauss-Prize and the 1st prize of the public audience in Augsburg - international concerts and chamber music in concerts and festivals inclusive contemporary music – since 2010 professor at the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken – many radio and television recordings – CD recordings of all the literature for violin and orchestra by Robert Schumann
In Nagold: master classes for violin (from 8th to 12th August 2011)

Reiko Oberhummer: studied with Prof Erika Lösch and Prof. Dr. Helmut Zehetmair at the University Mozarteum, with Prof. Yair Kless, Prof. Christiane Hutcap and Prof Igor Ozim – further training in teaching methods for violin with Prof. Ulrich Gröner, Monika Baer and Nicola Corti at the Music University of Zurich – numerous prizes in competitions e.g. 1st prize n Goricia /Italy – assistant teacher at the Music Universityof Zurich – international concerts as soloist, in chamber music and as member of different orchestras – CD and radio recordings
In Nagold: master classes and lessons and group playing for violin for children and young people

Frank Stadler

Roman Kuryliv: studied with Prof. Bogotar Kotorovich at the special music school and at the Ukraine National Tschaikowsky Academy in Kiew, with Dr. Eduard Schmieder and Vesslin Demirev at the Music Universit in Dallas/USA as well as wth Zakahar Bron at the Music University Zurich – many awards and prizes – international concerts as soloist and in chamber music – assistant teacher at master classes and festivals
In Nagold: lessons and group playing for violin for children and young people as well as chamber music

CELLO:

Wen-Sinn Yang

Cristoforo Pestalozzi

Helmar Stiehler: studied with Walter Reichardt (Munique) and André Navarra – 1st prize at the competition “Concerts of young artists” and at the competition in Bordeaux as well as the “Bavarian States Award for young musicians” – solo cellist at Frankfurt Opera( 1969 – 1971), at the Bavarian State Opera (1971 –1974) and since 1974 at the Munique Philharmonics – Professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Munique – International concerts as soloist and in chamber music – member of the Consortium Classicum and of the Munique chamber group – many CDs
In Nagold: master classes for violoncello

DOUBLE BASS:

Anton Schachenhofer: studied in Vienna – at the age o 19 member of the Bruckner Orchestra in Linz (second leader of thedouble basses) – since 1988 leader of the double basses – since 1982 solosit with traditional and modern double bass music – concerts with well-known and new chamber music pieces – youth orchestra work sn since 1986 leader of the double bass class at the Bruckner Private University in Linz
In Nagold: master classes for double bass as well as preparation for orchestra exams

PIANO:

Lisa Smirnova: Studied with Anna Kantor (Gnessin School Moskow), Lev Naumov (Tschaikowsky Conservatoire Moskow). Karl-Heinz Kämmerling (Salzburg) –1993 Brahms prize at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival – international concerts as soloist and chamber musician
In Nagold: master classes for piano

CHAMBER MUSIK AND ACCOMPANIST

Evgueny Sinaiski: Concert recitals and teaching in Vienna and Düsseldorf
In Nagold: Accompaniment and chamber music classes

COMPOSITION:

Minas Borboudakis: Pianist and composer- studied with Wilfried Hiller (Munich) and Peter Michael Hamel (Hamburg) – master classes with Wolfgang Rihm, George Crumb and Luciano Berio – roots of his compositions in the Greek music culture – many international concerts – close cooperation with Peter Sadlo, Guidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica as well as the radio-symphony orchestras of the SWR, BR, SR, the Ensemble Modern, the Munich chamber orchestra and others
In Nagold: master classes for composition: in daily three-hour workshops. The prepared pieces are analysed as well as given ideas for composition concepts. Practical work with rehearsals of the composed pieces with musicians fm the master classes on two days within the festival. There is the opportunity of having the composed pieces played in the dail concerts.
The composed pieces (1 to 2 pieces) have to be sent in until 1st July 2011 to the address of application: www.minasborboudakis.com

ACCOMPANISTS:

Elena Nemtsova: Concert recitals and teaching in Manchester and St. Petersburg
In Nagold: Accompaniment

Chifuyu Yada

Tim Ravenscroft: Concert recitals and teaching in London
In Nagold: Accompaniment

Concerts during the “25^th Altensteig Summer Music in the Upper Nagld Valley” 2011:

Application

The courses can be attended by those who wish to listen as well as young musicians. Course members must prepare two complete pieces by different composers in advance of the course. However for children, one piece of an appropriate level of difficulty is sufficient.

Please fill in the application form.
Applications are taken on a first come first served basis. Places can only be guaranteed upon payment of the booking fee.

Fees:

Accompanying parents can stay with the child (on request in advance).
Costs for living plus booking fee: 350.- Euro

Special dietary needs can be catered for; please indicate on application form.

The course fee includes: four master classes lessons, accompaniment, chamber music, orchestral playing, observing master-classes, entrance to all talks and concerts.

Applications to:

Kulturamt der Stadt Nagold
Kennwort: “Sommermusik”
Rathaus
Marktstraße 27 –29
D-72202 Nagold
Fax: +49 711 279-2460
E-Mail: info@altensteiger-sommermusik.de
Internet: www.altensteiger-sommermusik.de

Bank details: Stadtverwaltung Nagold “Sommermusik”
Kreissparkasse Pforzheim Calw, BLZ 666 500 85, Konto-Nr.:5000262
From abroad:
IBAN-No: DE 59 66650085 0005 0002 62
BIC-Code:PZHSDE66

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