Faculty
Ruth Wentorf, Flute Würzburg University of Musik
Ivan Podyomov, Oboe Solo Oboist of the Bamberg Symphony/
Lucerne University, Music Department, from 2016, September
Solo-Oboist of Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Marco Thomas, Clarinet Bremen University of the Arts
Alexei Tkachuk, Bassoon Solo Bassoonist of the Bamberg Symphony/
Bremen University of the Arts
Cordula Hacke, Piano











International Masterclasses

The master courses offer a good opportunity to prepare with the internationally famous professors intensely for examinations, concerts, auditions and competitions or to practice some compositions of your own choice.

The music Academy of Music "Hammelburg" offers with its generous seminar rooms, its stimulating ambience and its quiet and romantic location, situated at the castle mountain of the wine town Hammelburg, an optimum frame for intensive work and an artistic and professional advancement.

The international master courses turn to students (soloist and ensembles) from universities of music and conservatoires as well as to professional musicians and instrumental teachers.

Advanced amateurs and young players are also welcome.

During the course, Professors' Concerts and participants take place.


Bayerische Musikakademie Hammelburg


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Masterclass with Ruth Wentorf, Flute

Each morning begins with a group warmup. Afterwards various aspects of flute technique will be discussed (breath, tone, color, articulation, finger technique, vibrato). After this come individual lessons. Here the participants can bring literature from the

Baroque up to the 21st Century including orchestral excerpts.
New playing techniques can be practiced and applied to example passages. The participants have the opportunity to receive coaching. In addition to a flute ensemble, there will be various settings of woodwind chamber music with piano made up of the course participants.

In one special worship we will discuss and work on practice techniques and how to deal with stage fright, examinations and auditions.

Upon request from the participants we will also address flute pedagogy and present literature for lessons.

The course is intended for conservatory students, those who are preparing for a competition and flute pedagogues. But advanced amateurs are also welcome.





Masterclass with Ivan Podyomov, Oboe

The course addresses all important aspects of making music on the oboe, including technical aspects, interpretation, style and phrasing.

There is free choice of repertoire. Participants may bring solo pieces, chamber music works or orchestra excepts.

All participants can play in the oboe ensemble and in the woodwind ensemble.

We will also work on reedmaking and tuning together. Students (also as preparation for examinations, auditions and competitions), schoolchildren, oboe teachers and advanced amateurs are welcome to participate.





Masterclass with Marco Thomas, Clarinet

The course is intended for conservatory students, private music school students and naturally also continuing education for interested clarinet teachers and advanced amateurs. We will work on solo and chamber music literature by request, orchestra excepts and method foundations (e.g. sound and burst exercises).

We will also provide tips and tricks for tone and technique to conquer clarinettistic problems (e.g. what do I do when certain notes are not correct, what are helpful fingerings for trills that are not in most books, tone studies and exercises to develop a beautiful clarinet tone, better technique etc.). Everyone present can address his own problems as well as the problems of his students. We will naturally work on these issues in the private lessons as well.





Masterclass with Alexei Tkachuk, Bassoon

 The course is intended for bassoonists of all levels of education (private students, conservatory students, bassoon teachers, advanced amateurs). Repertoire choice is free – the participant can bring solo and/or chamber music literature.

In audition coaching we will discuss orchestra excerpts and hold a mock audition. There will also be tips for auditions.

Beginners can work on foundational wind techniques in lessons in order to deepen their musical capabilities and techniques.

The bassoon ensemble and the woodwind ensembles are open to all participants.

We will work on reedmaking by request.





Masterclass with Cordula Hacke
Piano & Coaching

This course deals with collaborative work on repertoire in coaching lessons and efficient, productive use of rehearsal time with piano when preparing for concerts, auditions and competitions. The repertoire can be freely chosen and should contain at least one of the following categories:

-Duo repertoire
-Instrumental concertos
-Orchestral excerpts
-Virtuosic pieces

The following aspects will be addressed:
Rehearsal techniques, balance between instruments, intonation, piano-specific questions, piano score study. Registration is also open to duos.







Lodging


Double room in the music academy, single-room supplement € 15,00
(Limited numbers, please indicate with the registration).




Concerts


Final Concert
Thursday, 22nd September, 2016 at 7.30 pm




Registration and Course Fees


Registration
You may sign up directly for the 2016 Master classes:
Please see the form below »

or download the following form (PDF):
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Registration is binding.
Because of the limited number of spaces in the master classes, the course fee is due in advance with the application. An invoice will be attached to the confirmation of receipt of the application. The application is only valid once the fee has been received.

If you have any questions or queries please write to the following address:
info@internationale-meisterkurse.de

Registration deadline: September 4, 2016


Course fees
€ 352,00 lodging in double rooms with catering included.


Dropping the Masterclass
Participants who withdraw from the master class after 1 st September, 2016 will receive 40% of the course fee refunded.
Participants who withdraw from the course after 12 th September 2016 will receive no refund.


Conditions, Liability
If a participant’s behavior results in damage to the property of the Wetzlar School of Music, or if the participant disobeys the direction of the faculty, he/she will be held responsible for the damage caused and cann be expelled from the course without notice and without obligation.
If an act of God or other situation beyond the control of the festival administration prevents the masterclasses from taking place, no damage liability claims can be made. The course fees will be refunded in full.







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Faculty



Ruth Wentorf »
Flute
Würzburg University of Music

Ivan Podyomov »
Oboe
Solo Oboist of the Bamberg Symphony
Lucerne University, Music Department
from 2016, September
Solo-Oboist of Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

Marco Thomas »
Clarinet
Bremen University of the Arts

Alexei Tkachuk »
Bassoon
Solo Bassoonist of the Bamberg Symphony
Bremen University of the Arts

Cordula Hacke »
Piano




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Ruth Wentorf Flute
Würzburg University of Music

Ruth Wentorf was born in Hamburg.  She completed her studies with Prof. W. Richter in Frankfurt/M. and in Hamburg with Prof. G. Zoeller.  Further studies led her to Zürich, where she worked with André Jaunet.  From 1981 - 2014 she taught flute at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg. Since 2002 she teaches the flute class at the Hochschule für Musik in Würzburg.  As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed in Europe, Israel and China and her specialisation in contemporary music led her to play numerous world premieres with works by Peter Förtig, Manos Tsangaris, and Christoph Wünsch, to mention a few.  Her main artistic activities include teaching Master classes, chamber music courses, and radio and CD recordings.  As a juror at competitions she is internationally active.  She also writes articles for various music magazines about flute technique and interpretations, as well as reviews.
Ruth Wentorf is the Chairwoman of the German Flute Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flöte e.V.) and editor of the magazine Flöte aktuell.

www.ruthwentorf.de




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Ivan Podyomov Oboe
Solo Oboist of the Bamberg Symphony
Lucerne University, Music Department
from 2016, September
Solo-Oboist of Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

Ivan Podyomov was born in Archangelsk, Russia and began his musical education at the age of 6 under the tutelage of Ivan Pushetchnikov at the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow and later at the Gnessin Institute. Ivan continued his studies at the Geneva Conservatory under Maurice Bourgue from 2006 to 2011. During this time Podyomov won numerous international oboe competitions, including the 2011 ARD Competition, the Concours de Genève and the 2010 Markneukirchen Competition, the 2009 “Sony” Oboe Competition in Karuizawa, Japan and the 2008 Spring Music Competition in Prague.These successes brought Ivan many concerts on the great stages of the world. In 2009 he gave his debut in the Berliner Philharmonie for Deutschlandradio Kultur with German Symphony Orchestra of Berlin. After this followed recitals and concerts in the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, the Lucerne Festivals, the Salzburg Festivals, the Prague Spring International Music Festival, the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, the Central European Music Festival and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals.
Ivan has also played with many orchestras, including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Potsdam Academy, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, the Geneva Chamber Orchestra and the Czech Chamber Philharmonic under the direction of Michael Sanderling, Yuri Bashmet, Simon Gaudenz, David Afkham, Alan Buribayev, Sebastian Tewinkel and Enrique Mazzola. Ivan Podyomov also regularly performs as guest oboist in the Orchestra Mozart Bologna and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Bernard Haitink and Daniel Harding.
His collaborators are among others the Hagen Quartet, Lars Vogt, Yulianna Avdeeva, Dmitri Vinnik, Sabine Meyer, Maurice Bourgue, Jacques Zoon, Sharon Kam, Alexander Bouzlov, Leonardo Garcia Alarcón, Francesco Corti, Olga Watts, Bruno Schneider, Hervé Joulain, Matthias Racz, Julian Bliss, Alois Posch, Niek de Groot, Edicson Ruiz, Yura Lee, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Polina Pasztircsák, Johannes Fischer and Quartett Sine Nomine.




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Foto: Rolf Schoellkopf

Marco Thomas Clarinet
Bremen University of the Arts

Marco Thomas studied in Leipzig. During his time there he won the Gewandhaus Scholarship, became solo clarinetist of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and received full scholarship to study at the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic. At the young age of 24 he won the position of solo clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic and played there until 1999.
Marco Thomas was solo clarinetist and founding member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Als soloist he played among others with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, in the German Opera of Berlin, in the MDR Symphony Orchestra of Leipzig, the Germany Symphony Orchestra of Berlin, the NDR Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony, the Bamberg Symphony, the German Chamber Philharmonic of Bremen and many more. Further, he was a member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under the direction of Claudio Abbado.

As chamber musician and soloist he concertizes in national and international festivals such as the Salzburg Easter Festivals, the Vienna Festival, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Ferrara Musica, the MDR Musical Summer, the Brandenburg Musical Summer, the Schwetzingen Mozartfest, the Bremen Music Festival, the Mideuropean Festival and the Gustav Mahler Musikwochen. His engagements led him to famous halls such as the Berliner Philharmonie, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Cologne Philharmonie, the German National Theater in Weimar, the St. Petersburg Philharmonie, the Kremlin and the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genua.

As soloist he has performed with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Syrian National Orchestra et al. As collaborative musician he has performed not only with renowned soloists Albrecht Mayer, Reiner Kussmaul, Renaud Capucon, Salvatore Accardo, Ulf Schneider, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bruno Canino, Paul Rivinius, Franco Petracchi and Bruno Canino, but also with such reputable ensembles as the Ensemble Resonanz, the Soloists of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Wind Soloists of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Auer Quartet, the Wind Soloists of the German Chamber Philharmonic of Bremen and the Leipzig String Quartet.

He is the founder of the ensemble “Clarinet News,” for which he arranges and whose audiences he entertains as an eloquent moderator. He is also a member of the “Ensemble punto it” and the Salon Orchestra Cappuccino Leipzig. In 2005 he founded the Norddeutsche Klarinettentage (North German Clarinet Conference) and is the artistic director there.

In 2000 Marco Thomas was named full professor of clarinet and chamber music at the Bremen University of the Arts and can be seen as clinician at masterclasses in Germany and abroad.




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Foto: Barbara Herbst

Alexei Tkachuk Bassoon
Solo Bassoonist of the Bamberg Symphony
Bremen University of the Arts

Alexei Tkachuk was born in Kiev in 1969. Hereceived his first music lessons in the Special Music School for Gifted Children in Kiev. As a young student he received violin lessons there for six years before he discovered his love of the bassoon with the help of Prof. Yuriy Dondakov. After changing his major to bassoon and entering the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Kiev he began to get the first important artistic inspiration from famous Soviet bassoon pedagogue Prof. Vladimir Apatsky.

While still working on his degree Alexei Tkachuk began regularly performing as solo bassoonist with various Ukrainian orchestras under conductors such as Roman Kofman, Dimitri Kitajenko and others.

His career as soloist reached its first climax when he won the third prize of the 1990 Markneukirchen International Bassoon Competition. It was there that the legendary solo bassoonist of the Berlin Philharmonic, Günter Piesk, discovered him and invited him to the Berlin University of the Arts to complete his studies. While working on his degree in Berlin he won first prize in the Minsk International Bassoon Competition and was accepted into the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic upon completion of his Konzertexamen degree. There he performed under such conductors as Mariss Jansons, Pierre Boulez, Bernhard Haitink, Günter Wand, Heinz Holliger, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Sir Georg Solti, Seiji Ozawa, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Claudio Abbado.

From 1995 to 1997 he was solo bassoonist of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and then founding member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, where he worked as solo bassoonist until 2006. In 1997 he accepted the position of solo bassoonist of the Bamberg Symphony.

In 2005 he was named Professor of Bassoon at the Bremen University of the Arts.





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Cordula Hacke
Piano

Ever since graduating from the Cologne University of Music, the University of Toronto and the Folkwanghochschule of Essen, Cordula Hacke has devoted herself first and foremost to collaborative piano – most of all to Lied and instrumental accompanying. She has been internationally acclaimed for her concert tours in Europe, North America and Africa, her masterclasses (at the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto, the Holland Music Sessions, the Juilliard School of Music and the Summer Academy Mozarteum in Salzburg, to name a few), appearances on radio and television (including WDR, HR, CBC, 3sat, SWR, DLF) and numerous, very successful CD productions.

Solo winds and strings of the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Symphonies of Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Freiburg and Munich, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Royal Danish Opera, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and renowned soloists and singers from all over the world are among her collaborators. Her comprehensive discography spans from the works of contemporary composers like George Crumb to composers such as Pavel Haas, Leo Smit, Bernhard Heiden and Paul Hindemith.

Her long-time collaboration with composer George Crumb led to her becoming known as an aficionado of his music, and she has been invited to teach and perform Crumb's music at the most important modern music festivals in Germany, Austria, Denmark, Canada and the USA. She has also recorded much of his work for radio broadcasts.

Her work as music director in various musical theatre productions extends to engagements at the Fritz Rémond Theatre and the Komödie in Frankfurt, the Komödie of the Bavarian Court in Munich, the Munich Tournee and the Frankfurt People's Theatre, performing her own arrangements of La Cage aux Folles, Kleiner Mann, was nun?, Fisch zu viert and more.

Cordula Hacke has been official accompanist of many competitions, including the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, the German Music Competition in Berlin and the Aeolus Competition.

www.cordula-hacke.de