Metropolis Master Classes 2011

Masterclasses and Chamber Music at the highest level

From 4th to 14th September the Arosa Music Academy, based in the Swiss holiday resort of Arosa, will host a series of masterclasses for piano, wind and string instrumentalists, as well as for singers. Intended for particularly talented young artists from the international arena, the Arosa Music Academy is an extension of the Arosa Music Course Weeks. Each student will participate in masterclasses held by internationally renowned teachers, receiving guidance in technique and interpretation. Chamber music and house concerts further enrich the musical experience.

Sunday, 4th September until Friday, 9th September 2011

• Bassoon: Martin Kuuskmann (New York)
• Clarinet: Matthias Müller (Zurich), Eddy Vanoostuyse (Ghent)
• Oboe: Christoph Hartmann (Berlin)
• Transverse Flute: Magda Schwerzmann (Zürich)

Friday, 9th September until Wednesday, 14th September 2011

• Singing: Christiane Oelze (Cologne)
• Piano: Eric Schneider (Cologne), Konstantin Lifshitz (Lucerne)
• Violin: Ingolf Turban (Munich)
• Cello: Claudio Bohorquez (Berlin)
• Composition: Massimilano Matesic (Zurich)

The Arosa Music Academy is organised by the Arosa Cultural Circle, in collaboration with Metropolis Music Publishers (Belgium), together with the support of the Hans Schaeuble Stiftung and the Kulturförderung Graubünden.

Details:

Date

• September 4th - September 9th 2011 (Bassoon, Clarinet, Oboe, Transverse Flute)
• September 9th - September 14th 2011 (Singing, Piano, Violin, Cello, Composition)

Location

Classes will take place in Arosa, Switzerland.

Course repertoire


Free choice; masterclass, one to one lesson; technique and interpretation.

Target participants

Students and professional musicians.

Course fees

• For those staying in hotels recommended by the course administration: CHF 540 (not including board and lodging)
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• For those using other accommodation: CHF 700
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The Arosa Cultural Circle may award scholarships, to cover all or part of the costs, to participants who apply. Application forms can be downloaded from the course's webpage or obtained from the Arosa Cultural Circle
(info@kulturkreisarosa.ch).

Course hotels

• Hotel Hohe Promenade *** (5 days half-board CHF 550.-)
• Hotel Streiff*** (5 days half-board CHF 550.-)
• Hotel Excelsior**** (5 days half-board CHF 625.-)
• Waldhotel National**** (5 days half-board CHF 675.-)

General information


Arosa Cultural Circle, CH-7050 Arosa, Switzerland
Arosa Music Academy: http://musikkurswochen.ch/kurse/detail/175
www.kulturkreisarosa.ch
info@kulturkreisarosa.ch Tel. +41 (0)81 353 87 47

Information regarding the masterclasses

Wind instruments (week 1)
Matthias Müller and Magda Schwerzmann
Schulhausstrasse 9, CH-8127 Forch ZH, Tel. +41 (0) 44 980 48 05
info@matthias-mueller.ch – info@magda-schwerzmann.ch

Remaining instruments (week 2)
Markus Fleck, casalQuartett
Badenerstrasse 122, CH-5466 Kaiserstuhl
markus@afleck.de – Tel: + 41 (0) 44 858 05 26

The Illinois Brass Quintet and the Metropolis staff are very sorry to have to cancel this years' edition of the Metropolis Brass Master class in Japan.

Under the given circumstances, we all feel that helping the people who are suffering from the earthquake is an absolute priority at this moment. Therefore, several initiatives have been taken to raise funds to help the victims in Japan.

We wish all the people in Japan very much courage and perseverance for rebuilding their country, and to the families of the victims, we offer our sincere condolences.


The Members of the Illinois Brass Quintet and the Metropolis Staff.

Our five professors from the USA, Elliot L. Chasanov, Mark E. Moore, Ronald Romm, Bernhard Scully and Jake Walburn, are part of the Illinois Brass Quintet, the faculty brass quintet in residence at the University of Illinois.


This quintet has been around for more than fifty years and is active presenting recitals, clinics, and master classes at secondary schools, colleges, and universities throughout the United States of America.


Recent activities include a tour through Poland in 2005, a concert at Carnegie Hall in The City of New York in 2006 and performances at the Burgos Music Festival in Spain in 2006 and 2007 and the Poland Trombone Festival in Warsaw in 2009. They also performed during the Metropolis Master Class 2010 in Bornem, Belgium.

Next on this marvellous list is Japan! During the Metropolis Master Class of 2011 the Illinois Brass Quintet will be performing on the 21st of August.






You can find out more about the Illinois Brass Quintet at their website:

ATTENTION! This year's brass master class has been CANCELLED, due to the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. Click here to read our statement!

イリノイ金管五重奏団とメトロポリススタッフ一同、今回日本での国際メトロポリス音楽講習会をキャンセルしなければならない事、心よりお詫び申し上げます。


Date

August 19th - August 21st 2011

Location

Classes will take place in Campus Zyoutou, Osaka, Japan.

Lodging

• No lodging is included with the registration.
• Participants are supposed to commute between Campus Zyoutou and their home on a daily basis.
• You can opt to stay at a local hotel, but this will be at your own expense!

Participating as a minor

Minors who wish to participate will have to send us a signed consent form from their parent(s) or guardian(s) wherein they are given permission to participate in the master class. You can send it to us:

• by mail, to the following address: Metropolis Music Publishers, Kloosterstraat 2, 2870 Puurs (Ruisbroek), BELGIUM
• or by fax: +32 3 400 50 15
• or with an e-mail to: office@metropolis-music.com

Prerequisites

You need at least six years of experience with your instrument in order to be able to participate in the master class.

Registration fee

• It will cost you only ¥ 30000 to participate!
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• Payment is possible by means of a regular money transfer or by using a VISA-card.
  More info can be found on this page.

Detailed programme

• August, 19. 
• 09:30h - 12:00h Presentation of the master classes
• 14:00h - 17:00h Master class (private lessons)
  

• August, 20. 
• 09:30h - 12:00h Master class (private lessons)
• 14:00h - 17:00h Master class (private lessons)

• August, 21. 
• 09:30h - 12:00h Master class (private lessons)
• 14:30h - 17:00h Concert by the Illinois Brass Quintet, Review & Farewell Party

The Metropolis Music Publishers are pleased to welcome several professors from different nationalities at the 2011 master classes.


They are all famous musicians and wonderful teachers. The 2011 Arosa Music Academy master classes will be taught by the professors from Germany, Estonia, Ukraine, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium.

On this page, we briefly present each of these professors (in alphabetical order by surname).

	Claudio Bohorquez - solo-cellist, chamber musician and teacher - is of Peruvian and Uruguayan descent and was born in Germany. His studies with Boris Pergamenschikow at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne led to successes at international competitions in Moscow and Paris at an early age. First prize at the Geneva International Music Competition launched his career as a soloist, since when he has appeared regularly with the world's leading orchestras and conductors. He is equally in demand playing chamber music with eminent partners worldwide. He has been a guest professor at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler”, Berlin, since 2003.
	The casalQuartet was established in 1996 by its present members, Daria Zappa, Rachel Späth, Markus Fleck and Andreas Fleck. During its formative years the ensemble received expert tuition from the Carmina (Zurich) and Alban Berg (Cologne) string quartets as well as from Walter Levin in Basel. More than one thousand public recitals have consolidated cQ's reputation worldwide while their music projects for younger listeners, and knack of discovering innovative ways of presenting traditional concerts, have become distinguishing features of their creative activities.
	In 1992 Christoph Hartmann was appointed solo oboist to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Before attaining this ultimate distinction, the young musician from Landberg am Lech in Germany had studied with Georg Fischer in Augsburg and Günther Passin at the Musikhochschule in Munich. He now leads a fulfilled life as a musician, playing with orchestras and chamber ensembles, teaching at the Herbert-von-Karajan Academy and giving masterclasses, alongside frequent appearances as a soloist in Europe, Asia and America. In 1999 he established the Landsberger Sommermusiken, a festival for chamber music out of which grew the Ensemble Berlin.
	Estonian born bassoon virtuoso, Martin Kuuskmann is a commanding force bent on redefining the bassoon as a top calibre solo instrument. His frequent concert engagements have included solo appearances with the New York Philharmonic and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestras to name just two. He has appeared as guest solo principal bassoonist with the Seoul Philharmonic and while in New York freelanced with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the New Jersey Symphony. Kuuksmann lives in Seattle.
	Born in Charkow, Ukraine, Konstantin Lifshitz showed such early promise that at the age of five he was admitted to Moscow's prestigious Gnessin music school to study with Tatjana Zelikman. A recording of his performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations at his graduation concert in  1994, when he was aged 17, was later nominated for a Grammy. Further studies followed at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Since 2008 Lifshitz has taught at the Musikhochschule Luzern.
	The Florentine composer and conductor Massimiliano Matesic is conductor of the Youth Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Conservatorium as well as of the Nota Bene Symphony Orchestra and teaches conducting at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg I.Br. He began composing at an early age and entered the Conservatorium in Florence aged 15, studying composition with G.G.Luporini and subsequently with S. Sciarrino. Further studies followed at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg I. Br. He subsequently pursued a successful career as a conductor. He now resides in Kaiserstuhl/AG. Recent commissions of note have been for the Boswil Summer Festival and music for a television production Paganini (RSI).
	Matthias Müller is Professor at the Zurich University of Arts. He is active internationally as interpreter, composer and teacher, as well being Artistic Director of various institutions. He has performed as a soloist with renowned orchestras such as the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Tschaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano. Matthias Müller gives regular masterclasses worldwide and has composed over 20 pieces for clarinet.. He lives with his wife, the flautist Magda Schwerzmann, and his three children in Forch near Zurich.
	Christiane Oelze has established a fine reputation as a singer, whether on the international opera stage or on the concert platform. In the course of her career she has appeared with many eminent conductors and with the world's leading orchestras. On the opera stage Christiane Oelze is particularly well known for her Mozart roles, but over the years has built an extensive and varied Lied repertoire. One of her recent recordings is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Paavo Järvi. From 2003 until 2008 she was Professor of singing at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.
	Eric Schneider studied piano and mathematics, graduating from the Music Academy in Cologne at the age of 22. After winning first prize in various competitions he decided to take an advanced course in Lied accompaniment taught by Hartmut Höll. Artists such as Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Paul Badura-Skoda and Alfred Brendel along with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau significantly influenced his artistic development. For many years now he has enjoyed an intense artistic collaboration with the eminent singers Christine Schäfer and Matthias Goerne. Eric Schneider has taught Lied repertoire at the UdK Berlin since 2009.
	Magda Schwerzmann has been a lecturer at the Hochschule Luzern since 2005. She is also a guest teacher at the Hochschule der Künste Zurich and at the Swiss Academy for Musical Education (SAMP). Her activities include masterclasses at institutions worldwide, including the Manhatten School of Music and the Boston and St. Petersburg Conservatories as well as solo appearances with ensembles such as the Basel Symphony Orchestra and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. As a performer of chamber music Magda Schwerzmann has collaborated with Michael Sanderling, Noemi Nadelmann and many others in Europe, America and Russia.
	Ingolf Turban is Professor at the Hochschule for Music and Dramatic Art, Munich. He has appeared as a soloist in the world's greatest concert halls, from the Philharmonie in Berlin to the Avery Fisher Hall in New York. Working with eminent conductors like Sergiu Celibidache, Charles Dutoit and Zubin Mehta, to name just a few, he commands an impressive repertoire including many rarely performed works. His interpretations of works that he has premiered are considered to be definitive. He has been Artistic Director of the summer festival “Holzhauser Musiktage” near  Starnburg Germany since 2007. Ingolf Turban lives with his family in Munich.
	Eddy Vanoosthuyse is professor of clarinet at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Ghent and principal clarinet in the Flemish Radio Orchestra. He is an  internationally acclaimed soloist and teacher, performing and giving  masterclasses in Europe, America and Asia. He particularly likes to appear together in formation with string quartet. In 2005 he was invited by Indiana University, Bloomington to teach the class of Eli Eban while the latter was on sabbatical. In 2002 he was awarded the Honor al Merito by the government of Lima, Peru, in recognition of his high artistic achievements and in 2007 he received a decoration from the Chinese National Clarinet Association.

Een nieuw initiatief van Metropolis Music Publishers bvba: de Metropolis Musical Workshops! In 2011-2012 organiseert Metropolis drie verschillende musical workshops in de gemeente Bornem. Tijdens een periode van vijf dagen worden de deelnemers klaargestoomd om een volledige musical op te voeren!

Droomde je er altijd al van om zélf in een musical te spelen? Grijp dan nu je kans! Op één week tijd leer je dansen, zingen en acteren in een leuk verhaal met als afsluiter een echt optreden. Er is geen enkele voorkennis of ervaring vereist!!

Meer info over deze workshops vind je via onderstaande links!

• De officiële website van de Metropolis Musical Workshop
• De Facebook-pagina
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