European Chamber Music Academy Session 2017

Norwegian Academy of Music 20 - 24 April Chamber music as a culture of Opening Concert co-operation Thursday 20 April 7:30 pm Lindemansalen We are delighted to welcome you to Oslo for another ECMA session. Enabling European ensembles and top teachers to come together here at the Norwegian Academy of Music is a highly worthwhile (1770-1827): exercise. It makes us part of the incredi- No. 6, Op. 18 in B flat major bly rich European tapestry. I. Allegro con brio II. Adagio ma non troppo Certain fundamental elements need III. Schezo: Allegro to be in place for a young ensemble to IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro develop. The most important is the focus on music itself and on its qualities as Animato Quartet: Shin Sihan (Violin I), Tim Brackman (Violin II), “language”. Throughout his long career, Elisa Karen Tavenier (Viola), Pieter de Koe (Cello) ECMA founder Hatto Beyerle’s big pas- sion has been to promulgate the funda- mentals and linguistic qualities inherent to music. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 101 in c minor performance. Without them, the music will not sound right. We are loo- I. Allegro energico kingAnother forward important to Johannes aspect Meissl is the specificintroducing skills us required to the subtle for ensemble challenges of II. Presto non assai ensemble performance. Important, too, is developing the chamber musi- III. Andante grazioso cians’ ability to communicate: gaining awareness of psychology, creating a IV. Allegro molto culture of co-operation, establishing how to best complement each other and work together to prepare to achieve on a high level. That is where Quasi Trio: Roman Hranička (Violin), Judita Škodová (Cello), the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation Kateřina Ochmanová (Piano) of Sports comes in. For many years, the organisation has helped athletes perform at the very highest level. More recently it has started to provide advice and practice schemes for dancers and musicians, as well. We are proud to be able to present some of their work to our ECMA colleagues.

Are Sandbakken - Artistic director Oslo session Concert Final Concert

Saturday 22 April Monday 24 April 6:00 pm 6:00 pm Levinsalen Levinsalen

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): String Quartet No. 18, KV 464 in A major String Quartet No. 66 in G major, Op. 77, No. 1, Hob.IIII:81 «Lobkowitz» I. Allegro I. Allegro moderato II. Adagio Alegrar Quartet: Oda Holt Günther (Violin I), Inga Våga Gaustad III. Menuetto: Presto (Violin II), Gustav Rørmark (Viola), Brage Botn Seim (Cello) IV. Finale: Presto

Ergo String Quartet: Brage Sæbø (Violin I), Brage Blix (Violin II), Stinius Maurstad (Viola), Bjørn Sanders (Cello) Béla Bartók (1881-1945): String Quartet No. 3 in c sharp minor, Sz 85 I. Lento - attacca II. Poco a poco accelerando - Allegretto Dmitrij Sjostakovitsj (1906-1975): III. Introduzione - Allegro - attacca: - Allegro vivace Piano Quintet in g minor, Op. 57 I. Prelude: Lento Cosmos Quartet: Helena Satué Cuixart (Violin I), Bernat Prat Sabater II. Fugue: Adagio (Violin II), Lara Fernández Ponce (Viola), Oriol Prat Sabater (Cello) III. Scherzo: Allegretto IV. Intermezzo: Lento V. Finale: Allegretto

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Meteoros Quintet: Stepan Folov (Violin I), Alexandre Guy (Violin II), Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, «Ghost» Kai Shun Lin (Viola), Johannes Borchgrevink (Cello), Marina Kan (Piano) I. Allegro vivace e con brio II. Largo assai ed espressivo III. Presto

Trio Gaon: Jehye Lee (Violin), Samuel Lutzker (Cello), Tae-Hyung Kim (Piano) Lectures and Masterclasses

Friday 21 April Lecture: ‘The Culture of Achievement 3:00pm - The reciprocal gain in group related collaboration Levinsalen and individual achievement Alexander Stöckl og Jarle Aambø from the top of Olympics Games in Oslo

Saturday 22 April Workshop: We are all in the same boat 3:00pm - Learning by teaching INSTRUCTORS Levinsalen Morten Carlsen, NMH

Sunday 23 April Lecture: Music, language, reflection and reality 3:00pm Hatto Beyerle Levinsalen Hatto Beyerle Monday 24 April Lecture: Ensemble Technique Viola 3:00pm - With a special focus on intonation Levinsalen Johannes Meissl Hatto Beyerle is the founder and cur- national competitions, including the rent artistic director of the European Hagen Quartet, Artis Quartet, Wihan Chamber Music Academy ECMA. He is Quartet, Szymanowski Quartet, Itur- also artistic director of the Europäis- riaga Quartet and Meta4 Quartet, the ches Kulturforum Grossraming in Quatuor Ysaye, Quatuor Debussy, Qua- Austria. tuor Manfred, the Quartetto di Cre- Masterclasses mona, the Trio Jean Paul and the Trio As violist and chamber musician, Bey- Ernest Chausson. erle tours worldwide with the Vienna Soloists, the Alban Berg Quartet and Hatto Beyerle lives in Benthe, . Experience the Masters at Work the Vienna Chamber Ensemble. In ad- dition to his performing activities he Masterclasses with the ECMA ensembles are held every day holds teaching posts in Vienna (MDW), (Thursday - Monday) from about 9:30am till the afternoon. Cincinnati (CCM), Hanover (HMTMH), Basel (MAB) and Fiesole (Florence) Hatto Beyerle, Johannes Meissl, Ralf Gothóni, Kathryn Stott, Lars and is much in demand for master clas- Anders Tomter and Morten Carlsen will be giving masterclasses. ses in both viola and chamber music in Europe, Australia, Canada, China and Detailes and schedule are available at the Academy. the USA.

Among his present and former stu- Open to the public. dents are many prize winners of inter- Johannes Meissl Ralf Gothóni Violin Piano Johannes Meissl is professor for string centres and festivals from New York to Ralf Gothóni has a many-sided and world- Very close to Gothónis heart is the contact chamber music and vice director of the Tokyo. Numerous prizes for more than 30 wide career as pianist, chamber musician, with young musicians; his has been profes- Joseph Haydn Institut for Chamber Music recordings (such as Grand Prix du Disque, conductor, composer and pedagogue. He sor for chamber music in Berlin, Hamburg, at Vienna’s University of Music and Per- Diapason d’Or, Deutscher Schallplatten- became well-known for his unconventional Helsinki, London, in Madrid at the Insti- forming Arts. Artistic director of isa (Inter- preis Echo etc.), and the «Artis series» at way of music-making and about the whole- national Summer Academy Prague-Vienna- the Gesellschaft d. Musikfreunde in Vienna, ness of his musicianship. His tight concert Karlsruhe, Germany. He also gives master Budapest), he also gives masterclasses at schedule have included major festivals classestuto de worldwideMusica Camara, and is Reina invited Sofia as jurorand in at numerous renowned schools and summer international position of the quartet. (Berlin, Edinburgh, Salzburg, La Roque the major piano competitions. academies such as CNSM Paris, Guildhall now running its 19th season, also prove the de Antheron, The Proms etc.), orchestras School of Music and Drama London, Tokyo Beside the quartet work J. Meissl appears (Bayerischer Rundfunk, Berlin and War- Mr Gothóni’s repertoire as composer Geidai and Casals Festival Prades, to name in recitals and as a soloist and at numerous saw philharmonics etc.) and recording includes a chamber concerto for viola and a few. chamber music festivals. studios (c. 100 recordings for international orchestra, 1 hour chamber cantata for vio- labels). Gothóni appears regularly both as lin, piano and orchestra, 3 chamber operas, Born in Austria, J. Meissl studied at A. J. Meissl is co-initiator of numerous inter- a soloist and conductor, conducting often chamber music and songs. Bruckner-Conservatory Linz (violin and from the keyboard. He has premiered more composition ) and at the Academy of Music music and shares with Hatto Beyerle the than a dozen piano concertos (Tavener, In the 80’s, during Gothóni’s artistic di- in Vienna with W. Schneiderhan and G. functionnational projectsof artistic in director the field of of ECMA. chamber Sallinen, Rautavaara, Curtis-Smith, Glick, rectorship, the Savonlinna Opera Festival Hetzel and got strong artistic impulses by Segerstam etc) and as a conductor he expanded to its format of today. In the 90- Hatto Beyerle. He graduated with distinc- Having done regular coaching with several worked a.o. as the principal conductor of ties he was the initiator and artistic direc- tion and special award. In 1982 he joined orchestras and youth orchestras for many the English Chamber Orchestra in 2001- tor of “The Forbidden City Music Festival” the Artis Quartet. As a member of this years he has recently sucessfully taken up 2009 and as the musical director of North- in Beijing and since 2007 he has directed ensemble he took the opportunity for fur- conducting. west Chamber Orchestra in Seattle. In “Musical Bridges” between Egypt, Aserbai- ther studies with the LaSalle Quartet in the 2004 he was appointed as the guest con- jan, Turkey, Jordan and Finland. He has also USA. After several prizes at international ductor of Deutsche Kammerakademie. As been successful as a writer of three books competitions the quartet became a regu- chamber musician he performs regularly at with essays about musical phenomenology. lar at the world’s most important music the important festivals. Kathryn Stott Lars Anders Tomter Piano Viola

Kathryn Stott, recognised as one of Turkey, the UK, Australia and a second Lars Anders Tomter is one of today’s laborating with the most distinguished Britain’s most versatile and imaginative tour of New Zealand. most outstanding violists. The Giant of conductors. He is a regular guest at musicians, studied at the Yehudi Menuhin the Nordic Viola (The Strad) was born festivals, including Schleswig-Hoistein, School and the Royal College of Music and Maintaining a keen interest in contem- at Hamar, . He studied violin and Lockenhaus, Kissingen Summer, BBC was a prize-winner at the Leeds Interna- porary music, she has had many works viola with Leif Jørgensen at the Oslo Proms, Mondseetage, Styriarte, as well tional Piano Competition 1978. She is a written for her, including seven by Gra- Music Conservatory and the Norwegian as a number of Scandinavian festivals. Visiting Professor and an Honorary Mem- ham Fitkin. Latest recording releases in- Academy of Music, and made his début His recordings include Walton’s Viola ber of the RAM, and International Chair clude Solitaires on BIS, her exploration of on both instruments at the age of seven- Concerto for Naxos (8.553402). In addi- (Piano) at the RNCM. French works for piano, and an 8 CD box teen. After continuing his studies with tion, he is artistic director of the Nor- set re-release of her Conifer recordings on Max Rostal and Sándor Vegh, he was wegian Risør Chamber Music Festival. Recent highlights as a soloist have in- SONY. awarded a special prize for his inter- Lars Anders Tomter is a professor at the cluded return visits to the BBC Proms, pretation of Bartók’s Viola Concerto at Norwegian Academy of Music. He plays Wigmore Hall, London, an extensive Kathryn Stott has been the artistic vision the International Viola Competition in a Gasparo da Salò viola dating from tour of Australia and New Zealand, per- behind several major festivals, chamber Budapest in 1984, and won the Maurice 1590. formances with cellist Giovanni Sollima and concert series in the United Kingdom Vieux International Competition in Lille and appearances with JP Jofre and his and in Italy, establishing a reputation as in 1986. Since then his appearances as Hard Tango Chamber Band in New York. an astute programmer and she was ap- a viola soloist have been greeted with To celebrate their 30th anniversary of pointed a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts the highest public and critical acclaim performing together, Kathryn recorded et Lettres by the French Government for throughout the world. ‘The Arc of Life’ with Yo-Yo Ma. Upcoming her ‘Fauré and the French Connection’. performances include concerts in Ger- She joined the faculty at the Norwegian Tomter has performed with major many, France, Norway, Japan, the USA, Academy of Music in September 2016. orchestras throughout Europe, col- Alexander Stöckl Ski jumping coach

Austrian-born Alexander Stöckl moved to Norway in 2011 to be- come head coach of the Norwegian national ski jumping team. His ten- ure has been highly successful, and he was named coach of the year at the Norwegian national sports gala in 2015. Amongst his achieve- ments is the team gold won during the 2016 World Championships in Falun. A competent singer, Stöckl was the frontman of the a cappella group Harry and the Nicknames, a

Morten Carlsen well known outfit in Austria. Viola

Morten Carlsen teaches viola and re- challenged: Heideggerian Inspirations, lated subjects (also violin) at the Nor- Springer 2014 with an article called Jarle Aambø wegian Academy of Music, which he has «Practice as Self-Exploration». Sports executive been doing since 1989. He is a regular visiting teacher at the University of Mu- Morten Carlsen has a soloist diploma Jarle Alex Aambø is a Norwegian sic in Vienna, where he studied, and the from the Universität für Musik und sports executive who has served Paris Conservatoire. darstellende Kunst, Vienna as an alpine skiing coach, head coach at the Norwegian Ski Fed- His career as performer involved or- Professional experience: eration and elite sports director of chestral positions, top-level chamber - Co-principal viola of Orchester der the Norwegian Olympic and Para- music and solo performances and re- Beethovenhalle, Bonn 1982-84 and of lympic Committee and Confedera- cordings. Carlsen is fascinated also RSO Stuttgart 1984-88. tion of Sports, where he has also by the more philosophic aspects of - Similar position in the Oslo Philhar- held a number of other roles. He teaching and performing and has writ- monic Orchestra 1988-94. ten smaller articles, and lectured on - Engagements as principal viola in the sports biology. In his role as elite subjects such as instrumental practice, orchestra of the Norwegian Opera and sportsholds qualifications director, Aambø in hygiene launched and performer history and talent education. the Norwegian Broadcasting (KORK). a project with the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet which A collection of his advanced exercises sought to develop a value-based for violin/viola, Vademecum, has been performance culture. The project published. He contributes to the an- has since been extended to include thology Philosophy of Music Education high-performance organisations in all parts of society. PARTICIPATING ENSEMBLES others Hatto Beyerle. and received master classeswithamong emy inSeptember 2016,they performed heim International Chamber Music Acad- Asjuniorensemble atTrondQuartet. - musicians from Vertavo andOsloString cians from homeandabroad, including with anumber ofdistinguishedmusi- ment program. Alegrar hasalsoworked the OsloQuartet Series’talentdevelop- ter classesandmentoring programs, like inspiration through participationinmas- The quartet hasreceived instructionand crew started playing together in2013. er andmentor since¾ofthecurrent Music. KariRavnan hasbeentheirteach- Talents” attheBarratt DueInstitute of the talentdevelopment program “Young bers age15-18.Thequartet started in Alegrar stringquartet consistsofmem- (Viola), Brage BotnSeim(Cello) (ViolinGaustad II),Gustav Rørmark Oda HoltGünther(Violin I),IngaVåga Alegrar Ensemble awards andmerits. can show alarge collection ofprices, and ambitioussolomusicianswho Individually, themembersare active ana, USA. class inFischoffCompetition inIndi- and thebronze medalinthejunior national musiccompetitionsfor youth Alegrar haswon several awards in OC, andperformed theirown repertoire. Soloists, bothassoloistsinconcertwith with OsloCamerata andthe Trondheim performed intwo collaborative project Hall, London.In2016-17Alegrar has tivals nationally, aswell asinWigmore have played inseveral venues andfes- sions attheOsloQuartet Series.They Alegrar hasperformed onseveral occa- Animato Quartet Animato Quartet in 2014,which was heldat theConcert- the NationalConservatory Competition The Animato Quartet was afinalistof nikoog andFestival Classique The Hague. Chamber MusicFestival Schiermon- Music Festival Utrecht, TheInternational took partintheInternational Chamber Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam. They in Portugal andthesmallhallof pos DoJordao , theCasa daMúsica in TheHague, theDr. AlemhallinCam - performed attheDr. Anton PhillipsHall repertoire written for them.They have of traditional repertoire aswell asnew to Quartet aimsfor avivid interpretation lenge andadelight for them.TheAnima- tion. Playing themusicisbothachal- unique opportunityfor endlessexplora- members oftheAnimato Quartet a The genre ofstringquartets offers the Pieter deKoe (Cello) (Violin II),ElisaKaren Tavenier (Viola), Shin Sihan(Violin I),Tim Brackman tional MusicInstrument Foundation. instruments onloanby theDutch Na- The Hague.quartet received their studying attheRoyal Conservatoire in members ofthequartetAll are currently more often asannominated ensemble. Music Academy which they willattend attended theirfirstEuropean Chamber and theQuiroga Recently Quartet. they Strauss, Vera Beths,theEscherQuartet Willem deVriend, David Dolan,Michel Ferschtman, ÁsdísValdimarsdóttir, Jan Anner Bylsma, Hatto Beyerle, Dimitri Feltz, Gerhard Schulz,JohannesMeissl, quartet follows lessonswithEberhard Excellence” for theirperformance. The Quartet received anaward for “Artistic Brazil. During this festival theAnimato de Inverno deCamposdoJordao” in Portugal andthe“Festival International certs duringtheHARMOSfestival in The quartet was invited to give con- gebouw inAmsterdam. Cosmos Quartet Ergo String Quartet

Helena Satué Cuixart (Violin I), Bernat string quartet discipline of the prestig- Brage Sæbø (Violin I), Brage Blix musicians from Norway, England and Prat Sabater (Violin II), Lara Fernández ious “Concurs de Genève” celebrated in (Violin II), Stinius Maurstad (Viola), Austria, notably Are Sandbakken and Ponce (Viola), Oriol Prat Sabater (Cello) Geneva last November. Bjørn Sanders (Cello) Geir Inge Lotsberg (Oslo String Quar- tet), Johannes Meissl, Tim Fredriksen, The Cosmos Quartet was established in Since the beginning, they have played at Ergo String Quartet is a young, aspir- Hatto Beyerle, Patrick Jüdt, and Corina 2014 from the friendship and mutual in- venues such as “Fundación Juan March” ing and award-winning ensemble from Belcea. They have also played at several terests of four young Spanish musicians. in Madrid, “Auditorio Miguel Delibes” Norway. They started originally as a national and international concerts, They have received coaching from pro- in Valladolid, and “ORF Kulturhaus” of trio in 2011. After winning their class of notably: chamber music concert in the fessors such as Rainer Schmidt, Johannes Vienna. They have been invited to partic- ensembles in the National music com- Norwegian National Opera, Oslo; Malta Meissl, Hatto Beyerle, Krzysztof Chor- ipate at the “East Neuk Festival” in Ed- petition for youth, they moved on and International Music Festival; European zelski and among inburgh and the “Académie Musicale de started to play the wonderful repertoire concert in Helsinki, Finland (Temppe- others. Villecroze” in France, held by Johannes of string quartets. liaukion kirkko); Oslo Quartet Series; Meissl in 2015. Horten Chamber Music festival and Despite the fact that it is a recently During their time as a quartet and trio, Trondheim Chamber Music Festival. formed ensemble, the Cosmos Quar- The quartet is based in Barcelona they have won many national competi- tet has already gained an international with the support of “Residència tions, notably the Sparre Olsen competi- career winning Third Prize at the “Carl d’Investigadors de Catalunya” and Dr. Nielsen International Chamber Music Francesc Farré i Rius. in the National music competition for Competition”, and the “Kammermusik youth.tion and In two 2013 first they prices, also wonas a quartet,in the Preis” and “Artis Quartet Preis” both at the “isaMasterClass” in August 2014. the Year”. The ensemble has been play- ingfinals, with being various nominated renowned as “Musician chamber of

Recently has been semifinalist in the Quasi Trio Trio Gaon

Roman Hranička (Violin), Judita 2015 Quasi Trio took part in chamber Jehye Lee (Violin), Samuel Lutzker Harald Eggebrecht, wrote in a recent Škodová (Cello), Kateřina Ochmanová music masterclass in Grafenegg. The (Cello), Tae-Hyung Kim (Piano) review of one of their concerts: “Along (Piano) session was held by ECMA with the with the extraordinary soloistic capa- Johannes Meissl (MDW), Hatto Bey- The Munich-based Trio Gaon was bilities of the three players, one was also Quasi Trio has been formed in 2014 in erle (MDW), Jerome Pernoo (CNSMD formed in 2013. Together the three mu- order to achieve the level of the best Paris), Peter Cropper (Lindsay Quar- sicians completed their chamber music for transparency and balance of sound, chamber ensembles of its generation tet) and Avedis Kouyoumdjian (MDW). degrees at the Conservatory of Munich, asastounded well as by by the their presence highly refinedof that verysense in the country and beyond. In its origi- In June 2016 the ensemble members and were taught by Ana Chumachenco, spirit of what playing chamber music nal women formation, the trio received performed as soloists with Vinohrady Friedemann Berger and Christoph Pop- together can mean.” Symphony Orchestra (L. van Beethoven: pen. As participants of the European Foundation Interpretation Competi- Triple concerto C major). In summer Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) they tion2nd prizeand a atspecial The Bohuslav prize for Martinůthe best 2016 Quasi Trio took part in prestig- ious International Summer Academy in music education. Reichenau an der Rax (Austria), tak- are continuing to refine their chamber andinterpretation then telecasted of Bohuslav by Czech Martinů’s Radio. All ing masterclasses of Johannes Meissl, The young ensemble has won prizes threework. membersThe final concertare either was students recorded or alumni of the Academy of Performing Evgenia Epshtein, Peter Nagy, Gábor renowned international Joseph Haydn Arts in Prague and have been awarded Csalog,Jan Talich, Avedis Petr Kouyoumdjian Prause, Josef Klusoň, and Anita Chamberat influential Music competitions, Competition such in Vienna as the many prizes at national and interna- Mitterer. They were awarded a prize for and the Music Prize of Kulturkreis tional both solo and chamber music the best piano ensemble and performed Gasteig e.V. where they achieved the competitions. The trio has been taking at the prize winners‘ concert in Vienna highest ranking of the entire competi- classes with Václav Bernášek, Miroslav ÖRF Radio. Since September the trio has tion. Petráš, Mirko Škampa, Jan Talich, Ivan been taking classes of the well-known Štraus, František Malý and Ivo Kahánek Trio Wanderer in Paris within their two- The acclaimed musicologist and mu- in Prague, Peter Schuhmayer in Vienna year study program at Conservatoire à sic critic of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and Arkadi Zenzipér in Dresden. In May rayonnement régional. ECMA - ECMA Partners The European Spirit

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