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SUMMARY:[:en]VOICE AND PRESENTATION — Prof. Caroline Thomas\, Prof. Fabio Vettraino (University of Music Detmold) and Peter Balint[:de]GESANG UND DARSTELLUNG — Prof. Caroline Thomas\, Prof. Fabio Vettraino (Hochschule für Musik Detmold) und Peter Balint[:]
DESCRIPTION:Teacher\nCourse Details\nAccommodation\nRegistration\nCosts\n\n\nTosca\, Donna Anna and Brünnhilde are roles that belong to the repertoire of Atlanta-born Soprano Caroline Thomas. She was educated at Wesleyan College\, UT-Knoxville\, the Curtis Institute of Music and at the Juilliard School. \nMiss Thomas has settled in Münster\, Germany where she was the Leading Lady of the City Theater of Münster until 2001. Thereafter\, she guested in Catania\, Hannover\, Kiel\, Berlin\, Innsbruck\, Seattle and Washington\, DC.  Conductors she worked with include Gerard Schwarz\, Heinz Fricke\, Robert Spano\, Karl-Heinz Bloemeke\, Mark Russell Smith and Will Humburg. Stage Directors with whom she has worked include Francesca Zambello\, Stephen Wadsworth\, Roland Aeschlimann\, Peter Beat Wyrsch and Brigitte Fassbaender. \nFidelio\, Lady Macbeth\, Aida\, Chrysothemis\, Ariadne\, Kundry\, Elsa\, Leonore in “La Forza del Destino” and Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungen are all works that she has brought to the stage. Clearly\, a high point of her career was singing Brünnhilde with Placido Domingo for which she was awarded the Washington Antional Opera Artist of the Year Award in 2003. In 2011\, she opened the Wagner Festival in Leipzig and sang in “Siegfried” there. \nConcert works include Verdi Requiem\, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony\, Mendelssohn’s Elijah\, Pfitzner Von deutscher Seele\, Strauss Four Last Songs and Mozart Requiem.Additional projects  include Verdi Requiem\, Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem and Brahms Requiem as well as regular concert appearances in lieder\, art songs\, arias and gospel. \nSince 2002\, Caroline Thomas has a full professorship at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold\, Germany. She calls it “the best job in the world!” Training young\, gifted Singers for a life on the Opera Stage is demanding and exciting. Recent graduates are now soloists in Vienna\, Graz\, Bonn\, Mannheim\, Dresden\, Würzberg\, Bielefeld\, Hamm\, Wiesbaden and Wuppertal\, Germany.  She has given Master Classes in Tunesia\, Switzerland\, Italy\, Weselyan\, UT-Knoxville\, for Pro-Mozart\, Kennesaw College\, the University of Minnesota and at the Semper Oper Dresden for the Opera Studio. \nWesleyan College awarded her the “Distinguished Alumnae Award” for her achievements in the Arts and being the first woman Dean at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold\, Germany. Additional information is available at www.hfm-detmold.de. \n  \nFabio Vettraino was born in Rome in 1961. After completing his studies in mathematics\, he studied piano and conducting at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia\, earning a degree with honors. He subsequently attended master classes in conducting led by Franco Ferrara\, Pierre Dervaux\, Arpad Jóo and Mosche Atzmon. In 1988\, he also served as an assistant to Atzmon. In 1987\, Vettraino was among the prize-winners at the International Conducting Competition in Assisi. \nAfter working as a vocal coach for a number of years\, first in Foggia and then in Stuttgart and Bremen\, he served as assistant conductor at the Theater am Goetheplatz in Bremen from 1992 to 1996. He has accompanied such singers as Giuseppe Taddei\, Cecilia Bartoli\, Sumi Jo\, Lucia Aliberti and Zoran Todorovic\, and has performed at the Ludwigsburg Festival\, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival\, among others. \nSince 2000\, Fabio Vettraino has been Professor for single roles and ensemble performance at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. There he has overseen numerous annual productions\, most recently Puccini’s La Bohème\, Bizet’s Carmen\, Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims\, Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel\, Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin and Massenet’s Cendrillon. \n  \nPeter Balint is a psychologist with additional training in Gestalt Gestalt Psychotherapy (GTA). He has a degree in French\, Italian\, literature and sports. In the field of sports he taught at the institute of sports of the University of Münster\, active in the field of training theory and sports psychology. In between\, he has completed theater courses (together with the opera director Wolfram Mehring)\, cabaret\, singing and musical courses and led a creative music studio; most recently was a teacher at Freiherr-vom-Stein Gymnasium in Münster. \nHe offers: work with mental and physical aspects of the singers’ personality\, work on the attitude of the singer\, the stage presence\, the expression and handling of and with emotions and performance stress\, the fitness and the mindfulness for singers. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nDates: \nArrival: Thursday\, April 29\, 2021 until 12 pm\nClosing concert: Sunday\, May 2nd\, 2021 at 5 pm\nDeparture: Monday\, May 3rd\, 2021 until 12 pm \nCourse Description: \nPreparation course for the entrance exams of German universities in the field of singing \nCourse contents: \n• Information about contents and procedure of entrance exams\n• Assessment of the existing qualifications of the singers\n• Individual and group coaching on presentation (musicality/vocal skills/dramatic skills)\n• Final concert with feedback \nPhilosophy: \nSuccessful candidates show at the audition\, in addition to a good voice\, which is expandable\, an artistic personality with a musical message! The teachers have many years of experience in the operatic and academic fields and will help young singers during this course to improve their chances at entrance exams. \nThe course will begin with an orientation: every singer will perform an aria/a song\, everybody gets to know each other; then the schedule will be created\, including individual and group lessons\, meal time\, time to practice\, networking\, going for a walk – “admiring” the Lorelei and enjoying the spring on the shore of the Rhine river! \nRepertoire: \nopera\, oratorio\, art song \n\n\nThe beautiful SGIMFA villa on the bank of the Rhine river.\nStudents are hosted on a double-room basis in a beautiful\, fully remodelled\, 1892 villa on the bank of the Rhine river. \nMeals: \nA kitchen is available for cooking; groceries can be bought in a nearby supermarket. Group shopping is advised. \nRooms:\nCommitted to the spirit of romanticism\, all masterclasses offered by the Sankt Goar International Music Festival and Academy unite everything under one roof: living\, learning\, eating and sleeping. That is why active participants will be hosted on a shared double-room basis. \nFor further impressions\, please have a look online at our venue. \n  \n  \n\n\nAudition information and registration: \nIn order to be accepted\, you must meet one of the following criteria: \n(a) be recommended by Prof. Thomas\, Prof. Vettraino or Mr. Balint or\n(b) submit an unedited video audition (YouTube link) for review by Prof. Thomas\, Prof. Vettraino and Mr. Balint. \nIn addition\, you must complete and submit our application form and pay a €40\,- application fee. \nRegistration deadline: April 15\, 2021 \n\n\nTuition (including accommodation): €395\,- \nNB: The tuition is non-refundable\, but transferable to a substitute participant.
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SUMMARY:[:en]PIANO — Vitali Berzon[:de]KLAVIER — Vitali Berzon[:]
DESCRIPTION:Teachers\nCourse Details\nAccommodation\nRegistration\nCosts\n\n\nTeachers:  \nVitali Berzon was heard in Germany for the first time in october 1990: the then 45 years old pianist Vitali Berzon was permitted to travel to the West after 20 years of beeing banned from foreign travel\, because of the communists. \nBorn in Joschkar-Ola (Wolga) he had his first piano lesson at the age of three. From 1952-1963 he attended the special school for music at the conservatory in what was the Leningrad. He then persued his studies at the Leningrad conservatory with Sofia Hentova till 1966\, following this with composition studies and artistic assistentenship under Professors Savshinski\, Nielsen and Flier. He won the All-Russian piano competition in Moscow in 1965. In 1967 he gained a prize at the Long-Thibaut competition in Paris. In addition he was awarded the special prize for the best perfomance of a contemporary composition for his interpretation of Gennadi Banshshikov`s “Music for Piano” which is dedicated to him. He seemed to be at the beginning of a magnificent international career as a pianist\, but the ban of travelling\, imposed immediatly after the Paris competition\, was not lifted until Gorbatschov`s reforms. \nThen\, having played with nearly all the important orchestras and conductors of his home country\, he was permitted to go on concert tours in the West. In 1988 he went first to Helsinki\, where he tought at the Sibelius Academy since 1991\, and then to Italy\, Netherlands\, Norway and Switzerland. He recorded a CD at the piano recital of the 21.11.1993 in the Zurich Tonhalle. \n1995 he went from Helsinki to Freiburg\, Germany to teach as a professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg. \nHe played many impressive concerts inter alia with the Slovakische Philharmonics\, the Bamberger Sinfoniker\, SWR Sinfonie Orchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg and other. \n\n\nDates:  \nArrival: Monday\, April 6\, 2020\, from 12 pm \nClosing concert: Friday\, April 10\, 2020\, 6 pm at the concert hall of the Sankt Goar International Music Academy \nDeparture: Saturday\, April 11\, 2020\, until 12 pm \nCourse Description: \nPianoworks from all periods: from Baroque over Classic and Romantic to Modern Music; preparation for exams\, concerts and competitions \nRepertoire: \nPiano solo or for four hands \n\n\nAccommodation: \nThe beautiful SGIMFA villa on the bank of the Rhine river.\nStudents are hosted on a double-room basis in a beautiful\, fully remodelled\, 1892 villa on the bank of the Rhine river. \nMeals: \nA kitchen is available for cooking; groceries can be bought in a nearby supermarket. Group shopping is advised. A different team can do the cooking daily\, which can be organize in situ. \nRooms:\nCommitted to the spirit of romanticism\, all masterclasses offered by the Sankt Goar International Music Festival and Academy unite everything under one roof: living\, learning\, eating and sleeping. That is why participants will be hosted on a shared double-room basis. \nFor further impressions\, please have a look online at our venue. \n\n \n\nAudition information and registration: \nIn order to be accepted\, you must meet one of the following criteria: \n(a) be recommended by Mr. Berzon\, or \n(b) submit an unedited video audition (YouTube link) for review. \nIn addition\, you must complete and submit our application form and pay a €40\,- application fee. \nRegistration Deadline: March 6\, 2020 \n\n\nTuition: \nCourse fee (incl. five nights accommodation): \nTuition: €475\,-
URL:https://www.sg-imfa.com/events/klavier-vitali-berzon/
CATEGORIES:Academy Calendar,Instrumental Masterclasses,Piano
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