Masterclass

Masterclasses EMONA 2015 for primary and secondary music school students as well as university students offering individual tuition by renowned visiting professors.

Participants are recommended to perform with piano accompaniment.

A concert given by the course tutor with the participation of Slovenian artists and music pedagogues will conclude the event.

17.11.2015: recorder

20.-21.11.2015: flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone

Fee per lesson: 45 €.

 

Lecturers:

Silvia Careddu, flute

Silvia Careddu, Grand Prix á l' unanimité and Public Prize of the 56th Geneva International Music Competition, was born in Cagliari (Italy) in 1977.

Aurèle Nicolet, Emmanuel Pahud, Riccardo Ghiani and Florence Souchard stronglymarked her musical path.

Recently nominated principal flute of the Wiener Symphoniker, she had the same position during the last 10 years at the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and since 2011, she is also member of the chamber orchestra Kammerakademie Potsdam. Silvia Careddu collaborates as principal flute with major european orchestras, like Bayerisch Rundfunk Orchester, Sinfonieorchester Koln-WDR, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra Sinfonica A. Toscanini, Münchner Kammerorchester, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, etc...

Very devoted to pedagogy, she teaches at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and as Guest Professor at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Badajoz, Spain. She gives masterclasses for flute, chamber music and orchestral repertoire in south Corea, at the Summer-Winter academy in Odaesan and in Sorak, at the Seul University and in Europe, at the Académie des Arcs, Academie Spivakov, La semana musicale de Salceda and at the Curso de perfeccionamiento de Anento.

Silvia is often asked to be part or to preside important competitions, like the Geneva international music competition, Nicolet Competition, Premio Abbado, etc.. As a soloist and for chamber music concerts, she is regularly invited to performers in important international music Festivals, among which: Schleswig Holstein, Festival des Arcs, Bürgenstock Momente, Festival de Pollença, Festival de l' Emperi, Riva del Garda, Hitzacker Festival, Flautissimo, Fukuoka Flute Japan Convention, NFA Flute Convention in USA, AFE Flute Convention in Spain, Festival de Colmar, Festival de Bellerive, Festival d' Entrecasteaux.

www.silviacareddu.net

 

Paolo Beltramini, clarinet

Paolo Beltramini, Solo Clarinet of the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland), is the only Italian clarinetist to have won the First Prize at the prestigious Prague Spring International Clarinet Competition (1996). In duo, together with the pianist Roberto Arosio, he was the winner of the International Chamber Music Competitions in Paris (1996) and Trapani (1997). The forementioned awards brought Beltramini to the atention of audiences and critics and helped establish his reputation as one of the most interesting wind-instrument virtuosos on the international concert circuit.

At the age of 18, Paolo received his degree with highest marks from the Conservatorio G. Verdi (Milan, Italy). He continued his studies with T. Friedli and W. Boeykens at the Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento (Saluzzo, Italy), as well as G. Garbarino at the Accademia Chigiana (Siena, Italy), where he obtained the Diploma d'Onore and the Siae Scholarship.

A refined interpreter of the clarinet repertoire, he was a guest performer and teacher at some of the most prestigious concert institutions and halls of Europe, the United States, Asia, Africa and South America. As soloist, he appeared with the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Camerata St. Petersburg, Kurpfazisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Slovenian Radio and Television Orchestra, Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra G. Cantelli, Osnabrucker Symphonieorchester, Virtuosi di Aquilea and Piccola Sinfonica di Milano in numerous performances of the Concertos by Mozart, Nielsen, Weber, Rossini, Mercadante, Ponchielli, Francesconi, Anzaghi etc. Furthermore, he collaborated with M. Argerich, A. Lonquich, A. Lucchesini, E. Dindo, M. Bourge, G. Carmignola, B. Giuranna, Quintetto Bibiena, Quartetto di Fiesole, Stamitz Quartet, Quartetto Prometeo.

As Principal Clarinetist he played with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra Nazionale della RAI (Turin, Italy), Orchestra di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Orchestra da Camera italiana etc., under the batton of conductors such as B. Haitink, G. Pretre, N. Jaervi, G. Sinopoli, M. Wung Chung, M. Janssons, A. Lombard, W. Delman, E. Inbal, S. Accardo, D. Gatti, C. Abbado etc.

Paolo Beltramini is regularly invited to be a part of national and international competition juries and has taught at International Master Classes in Italy, USA, France, Switzerland, Slovenia and Portugal. His discography includes recordings for Chandos, Ricordi, EMI, Fonit Cetra, Stradivarius, Rainbow, AS Disc, RS and radio and television recordings and broadcasts for RAI, RSI (Switzerland), and Radio France.

Paolo holds the post of Professor of Clarinet at the Luzern Hochschule fur Musik.

 

Lars Mlekusch, saxophone

LARS MLEKUSCH was born in Switzerland and has established himself as one of the most sought after saxophonists and teachers.

He has performed in many European countries as well as in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Canada, USA and New Zealand. Lars Mlekusch was a guest musician with the world renowned Klangforum Wien for ten years until he joined the ensemble PHACE as their saxophone soloist. He is the artistic director and conductor of the Vienna Saxophonic Orchestra and with his Duo Saxophonic he is exploring the possibilities of saxophone with live-electronics.

At the age of only 26, he was appointed professor of saxophone and chamber music at the Konservatorium Wien University in Vienna, where he is leading a highly successful international saxophone class. From 2004 to 2007 he was also teaching saxophone at the University of Music in Basel.

In 2015 he has been appointed the new saxophone professor at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

Lars Mlekusch has been invited to teach masterclasses at renowned institutions such as the CNSMD Paris, Conservatorium Amsterdam, Koninklijk Conservatorium and Conservatoire Royal Brussels, Chopin University of Music Warsaw, Lucerne University of Music, Lausanne University of Music, Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi Milano, Conservatorio Santa Cecilia Roma, Conservatorio Real Superior Madrid, Conservatorio Superior Sevilla, Conservatoire Boulogne- Billancourt, Royal College of Music London, Conservatorio Superior Palma de Mallorca, Shanghai Conservatory, Bejing Central Conservatory, Senzoku Gauken College Tokyo, Kunitachi College Tokyo, Northwestern University Chicago, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Bowling Green State University, Michigan State University or University of Toronto.
He was a jury member at the Int. Saxophone Competition Nova Gorica and at the 3rd Int. Jean-Marie Londeix Competition Bangkok. In 2014 he was a jury member of the prestigious Int. Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant.

At the festival SAX14 in Amsterdam he was a featured performer and played also with James Carter.

Lars Mlekusch has been invited to teach masterclasses at renowned institutions such as the CNSMD Paris, Conservatorium Amsterdam, Koninklijk Conservatorium and Conservatoire Royal Brussels, Chopin University of Music Warsaw, Lucerne University of Music, Lausanne University of Music, Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi Milano, Conservatorio Santa Cecilia Roma, Conservatorio Real Superior Madrid, Conservatorio Superior Sevilla, Conservatoire Boulogne- Billancourt, Royal College of Music London, Conservatorio Superior Palma de Mallorca, Shanghai Conservatory, Bejing Central Conservatory, Senzoku Gauken College Tokyo, Kunitachi College Tokyo, Northwestern University Chicago, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Bowling Green State University, Michigan State University or University of Toronto.
He was a jury member at the Int. Saxophone Competition Nova Gorica and at the 3rd Int. Jean-Marie Londeix Competition Bangkok. In 2014 he was a jury member of the prestigious Int. Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant.

Lars Mlekusch is a graduate from the University of Music in Basel (Marcus Weiss) and from Northwestern University (Frederick L. Hemke). He also enjoyed conducting classes with Emilio Pomárico in Milan which led him to explore a new musical journey through conducting. In 2006 he was diagnosed Focal Dystonia (“Musician´s Cramp”) in his right hand and in 2011 focal dystonia of the embouchure. Despite this condition, he continuos to perform extensively as a soloist and with his ensembles.

 

Clara Dent-Bogányi, oboe

Clara Dent-Bogányi was born in Berlin and grew up in Salzburg (Austria).

She began her oboe-studies with Arthur Jensen at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and, under the tuition of Günther Passin, graduated with a master’s diploma from the Hochschule für Musik in Munich.

She is Prize-winner of the ARD Competition in Munich, the Intern. Competition in Geneva and many more.

Clara Dent-Bogányi won the international scholarship of the „Kulturvereinigung“ in Munich in 1999.

She performed as a soloist with many renowned orchestras like the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchester, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Camerata Academica Salzburg etc. and has had numerous solo performances recorded for CD and radio.

She is the principal oboist of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra since 1999.

In 2007 she followed the invitation of GMD Kent Nagano and played one saison as principal oboist at the Bavarian State Opera.

Clara Dent has taught oboe since 2005; first in Munich at the „Richard Strauss Konservatorium“, then in Augsburg at the „Leopold Mozart Institut“ and since

2009 as a professor at the „Hochschule für Musik“ in Nürnberg. She furthermore gives international master classes in Europe and Asia and is invited as a Jury-member for several well known National and Intern. Competitions.

As a chamber musician she is invited to festivals all over Europe.

 

Katharina Lugmayr, recorder

Katharina Lugmayr, born in 1972 in Vienna, studied recorder with Prof. Hans Maria Kneihs at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (Honors Degree in soloist performance on recorder and in teaching) and with Prof. Matthias Weilenmann at the Musikhochschule Zürich, where she held a scholarship from the Federal Commission for Scholarships (eidgenössische Stipendienkommission) and received her concert level diploma (Konzertreifediplom) with Honors. She received several first prizes at the German contest “Jugend musiziert”, and an “Honorable Mention” at the international competition Concours Musica Antiqua in Brugge in 1990.

Amongst others, she performed as a soloist with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, with the Mozarteum Orchestra under Frans Brüggen at the Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele), with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO Wien), the Vienna Academy (Wiener Akademie) and with Cantus Coelln. Numerous radio and TV recordings. She is a member of the Ensemble Voces Spontane, which deals exclusively with free improvisation. Projects with the Theaterforum Zürich. Jury functions; lecturer at the Vienna Music Seminars (Wiener Musikseminare). Teaching position at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna since 1998.