Cadenza International Summer Music School

Strings & Piano 14-21 July 2017

Purcell School cadenzasummerschool.org.uk Cadenza 25th Anniversary Year Krysia Osostowicz - Violin Krysia Osostowicz has a richly varied career as a The Cadenza International Summer Music School for Although of specialist level, Cadenza prides itself on a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. She has made Strings and Piano, now in its twenty ffth anniversary friendly and inclusive atmosphere, and unconditional a number of award-winning recordings and leads the year is established as an annual gathering of exceptional support and encouragement for every student. Partly this renowned Dante Quartet, which she founded in1995. musicians. Teaching provision is generous and fair, and, stems from a large age-range – eleven year olds under the Although Krysia has a wide repertoire, this is her year unusually, there is time to focus on both solo repertoire careful supervision of two matrons through the teens to of Beethoven: fve complete cycles of the violin sonatas and daily chamber groups. A minimum of three individual undergraduates, postgraduates, professional and amateur all around the UK with her duo partner Daniel Tong, the lessons on each student’s frst study instrument is adults. complete String Quartets with the Dantes and the Violin guaranteed, along with rehearsals and concert Concerto at King’s Chapel in Cambridge. opportunities. We have fun at every level but the real inspiration – eye Alexander Baillie - ‘ Krysia studied at the Menuhin School then with the opening, sometimes even life-changing – is the quality of Returning from study with Andre Navarra in , Sandy great Hungarian violinist Sandor Vegh, and her other Most people play in at least one chamber group (repertoire the formal musical interactions. quickly established himself as an inspirational force in the mentor has been another eminent Hungarian, Ferenc plans to be made in advance, especially for ) ‘cello world, whilst continuing to play to Jacqueline du Pre, Rados. She is a dedicated teacher, giving masterclass in coached not less than every second day. Groups and Please don’t hesitate to give me a ring if you would like one of the formative infuences in his life. Now teaching France, Spain and Ireland, and working at the Gulildhall partnerships can evolve fexibly during the week – the further details. in Bremen and at the Birmingham Conservatoire, the School of Music and Drama. Half week. coaching timetable is arranged in two day cycles by mutual individuality and expressive power of his performances consent. John Thwaites led the Guardian to observe: ”Playing like this cannot easily be weighed in gold”. The latest in a long line of Pierre Doumenge - ‘Cello “best available” recordings are issued by SOMM Pierre is a guest artist with the Nash Ensemble, the Belcea and Allegri Quartets and the Kungsbacka Piano Trio. He has toured to Hong Kong with Pascal Roge, Leland Chen - Violin Peter Frankl and Vasko Vassilev, given a Beethoven Since winning frst prize in the Cycle with Daniel Tong, and appears as guest principal International Violin Competition Leland has ‘cello with the major chamber orchestras. Pierre taught distinguished himself as an exciting presence on Rachel Pavel Louise Alexander Leland Pascal at the Menuhin School 2003-9 and is currently a Roberts Fischer Hopkins Baillie Chen Nemirovski the international circuit, with big label releases of Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. concertos, sonatas and salon favourites, and frequent appearances with leading orchestras and in major 2017 festivals. He is on the faculty of the Royal Northern Cadenza has always had an amazing Faculty but this year is unbelievably stellar, with the return of all College of Music. of the most important Professors of recent times, and a welcome to Rachel Roberts and Pavel Fischer. Student Chamber Music will be as never before, Faculty concerts will include Rachel, Adrian Brendel and Julian Jacobson in Beethoven, Leland and John, Sandy and John returning to French repertoire, and much more.

String Orchestra projects take us to late romantic Austro-German repertoire: Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings (parts to be assigned in advance), Ernst Krenek’s Symphonic Elegy and ’s Langsamer Satz (arr. Thwaites).

15 years ago Cadenza attempted to be Carbon Neutral with respect to staf and student travel, to draw attention to Climate Change. Now, with the science clearer than ever before, the Mass Extinctions well underway, and the world’s response inadequate, we make another small gesture (planting trees in Scotland through Trees for Life). Ian Jewel - Viola After studying with Cecil Aronowitz and Bruno Tim Lowe-’Cello John Thwaites - Piano/Course Director Giuranna, Ian had an internationally distinguished Tim is Guest Principal ‘Cello of the ECO and Artistic John’s performing life is rooted in his friends within the career as a member of the Gabrieli String Quartet with Director of York Chamber Music Festival. He has won string family who include colleagues in the Primrose whom he toured the world from the Carnegie Hall to Countess of Munster, MBF, Kirckman Concert Society, Piano Quartet and some of the world’s greatest ‘cellists. the Sydney Opera House and made over 50 recordings. Tillett Trust Young Artists’ Platform and Leverhulme Formerly Head of Piano at Christ’s Hospital and a tutor As a soloist, he performed many concertos, including “Jacqueline du Pré” Awards and he is the life and soul at Guildhall, the Purcell School and RCS, he is now the Rubbra Concerto which he recorded with the BBC of many courses, including Pro Corda and Bryanston Head of Keyboard at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Scottish Symphony Orchestra. At the International Cello Courses. He is Professor at the He has made many recordings, The Observer praising: he worked with and performed the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Senior and “Thwaites’s warm, generous, perfectly judged pianism” Marchenbilder of Schumann with Murray Perahia. Junior). Laura Sergeant - ‘Cello and Senior Matron (20.10.13). John is Visiting Professor at Xiamen Since study at the RCS, Guildhall and in Bremen, Laura University. Ian was Head of Strings at the Purcell School and is Carole Presland-Piano has built a busy freelance and teaching career in professor at the where he has Carole teaches at Guildhall and RAM. Her intelligence Scotland. taught for many years. and passion evidence broadcasts for the BBC, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Radio France and RAI Italian Television with CDs for Pavane, Meridian and EMI Classics, duo performances being selected for the Evening Standard’s Critic’s Choice and Radio Three’s Building a Library.

Susanne Stanzeleit - Violin Former leader of the Werethina, Edinburgh and Maggini Quartets, a force on the Contemporary Music Scene, soloist in over 50 recordings, Senior Producer for the Meridian Label and a Professor at the Birmingham Conservatoire, Susanne’s contribution to Cadenza could feature in a Duracell Ad, and always includes “Come and Julian Jacobson - Piano Play” informal evening Chamber Music. Julian has been a vital and original force on the London Adrian Brendel - ‘Cello musical scene since the 1970s. Typical was a day in Adrian studied with William Pleeth, Alexander Baillie October 2003 when he attracted worldwide media and Frans Helmerson and is now Professor at the acclaim and raised £6,000 for WaterAid playing all 32 Guildhall. He is Director of the Plush Festival, has Beethoven Sonatas in a single day at St James’s Church, recently worked with Sir on the Piccadilly. Julian is much loved as a true artist, wit, and Carol Slater - Violin “Bogenstrich” Song Cycle, and performs all over the piano poet, with an encyclopedic knowledge of music Carol Slater studied with Max Rostal in Switzerland, world as concerto soloist, has recorded the Beethoven that extends to legendary improvisations on Cabaret where she gave many recitals and recorded for Radio Sonatas with his father, and now plays with Aleksandar night. He teaches at the Royal College of Music and the Beromunster. On her return gave recitals in London’s Madzar, Imogen Cooper, Till Fellner, and Tim Horton. Birmingham Conservatoire. major concert halls and recorded 10 sonatas and solo pieces for the BBC. She has also performed many concertos with orchestra , including the Brahms, Robin Ireland - Viola Beethoven and Bartok 2nd Concerto. She has given Rachel Roberts - Viola Robin is renowned as the violist of frst Domus, concerts in Australia where she recorded for the ABC in Rachel Roberts is one of Europe’s leading violists and then the Lindsay Quartet, with whom he played Sydney. and performs internationally as soloist and chamber for twenty years, releasing some 60 recordings and musician. Her recordings have won the Diapason D’or, touring the great concert halls and festivals of the Carol is a teacher of enormous experience and passion Supersonic Award of Pizzicato Magazine and CD Choice world. He is Head of Chamber Music at the Birmingham and has taught for many years at the Purcell School and in Fonoforum and Gramophone Magazines. She works Conservatoire and now pursuing a busy concert life as the Royal Academy Junior Department. regularly with artists such as Christoph von Dohnanyi, a soloist. Andras Schif, Lars Vogt, Joshua Bell, , Christian Tetzlaf and Denes Varjon. She is a Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Planning This year we want to pre-plan most of the Chamber Louise Hopkins - ‘Cello Music Groups. If you have not attended Cadenza before, Louise Hopkins studied with Raphael Wallfsch and then please send a recording or DVD of yourself (or an Steven Isserlis, and with Andras Schif, György Kurtag Internet Link) if at all possible, to help with planning. and Ralph Kirshbaum at Prussia Cove. She made her And please also give some thought yourself to possible debut at the Barbican with the Lutoslawski Concerto partners and repertoire, although these will mostly be decisions for Faculty. If you would prefer to concentrate conducted by the composer, The Times commenting Cadenza Pascal Nemirovski - Piano on Solo Repertoire then you would have more solo “players with such personality, agility and power are Cadenza is open to anyone over eleven, including French pianist Pascal Nemirovski is internationally lessons, some with piano (unless you are a pianist, for rare”. The Britten Cello Symphony with the BBCSO at school pupils, undergraduates, postgraduates and recognised as one of the foremost pedagogues of whom there are daily masterclasses), preparing where Aldeburgh followed, then recordings with Aleksandar amateur adults, and delivers solo and chamber lessons, our time, whose pupils include Lise de la Salle, Louis possible for a solo concert appearance. Please make Madžar and Thomas Adès, and prestigious chamber usually half and half, but the balance can be varied Schwizgebel and Daniel Lebhardt. He studied at your preferences clear when you apply. music festivals throughout the world. Louise is Head of by request. Older students in pre-formed ensembles Julliard with Nadia Reisenberg and Adele Marcus, and Strings at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. First often wish to focus on advanced chamber coaching and is currently visiting Professor at the Purcell School Half Week. to enjoy the late night mixed staf/student chamber and Shanghai and Guangzhou Conservatoires as well scene. Conversely every year students reach the fnal as International Chair in Piano at the Birmingham stages of competitions like the BBC, and need to focus Conservatoire. His next recording will be of Skryabin. on their solo work.

Younger children have daily String Orchestra and General Musicianship classes, and their pastoral and Victor Sangiorgio - Piano musical well being is overseen by the Matrons. Other Victor records for Collins Classics, Naxos, orchestral, chamber and choral options are voluntary, ABC Classics and Dutton, with the RSNO, and conductors with students of all ages playing in what they feel such as , Sir Charles Groves, Andrew comfortable with. There are daily piano performance Litton, Andre Previn and Stanislaw Skrowacewzski. He classes, student/staf concerts and open masterclasses. Purcell School is active as a solo recitalist and chamber musician and On the fnal Thursday evening every chamber group The Purcell School is in delightful grounds on Aldenham teaches at the Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal performs (audience welcome, as it is at any of the Road, in Bushey, Herts (North London). Facilities for Pavel Fischer - Violin Conservatoire of Scotland. classes and Faculty/Student concerts). Party turns music are exceptional – there are many Steinway grand Pavel Fischer studied with Nora Grumliková in Prague welcome at the Cabaret Party on the fnal evening. pianos and each piano student will have a Yamaha U3 and won the 1988 Chamber Music Competition in in their bedroom. Trapani, Italy with pianist Ivo Jančik. He led the You should arrive on the 14th at any time during the internationally famous Škampa String Quartet for their afternoon. Bedding is provided, but bring a towel, A new concert hall has just been opened. frst twenty years, appearing throughout the world piano parts, any spare violas, a music stand if possible, and making many recordings. He is a composer - his swimming costume, tennis/table tennis equipment as you frst string quartet was premièred in Carnegie Hall and wish and perhaps a good book. The course fnishes after a Violin Concerto has recently been completed. He is a public concert (audience welcome) at 11.30am on the Professor at the Royal Northern College of Music and 21st July (lunch is the last meal). Cadenza alumni include Birmingham Conservatoire. pianists Teo Gheorghiu, Alex Ulmann and Michael Foyle (also leader NYO), violinists Nicola Benedetti and Clara Biss and ‘cellists David Cohen, Laura van der Heijden and Tim Lowe.

Fali Pavri - Piano Born in Mumbai, Fali studied at the Moscow Conservatoire with Victor Merzhanov for 7 years before coming to the RAM. Concerto soloist with the RSNO, Bournemouth SO and at Endellion and with chamber John Thwaites music partners that include , Fali www.cadenzasummerschool.org.uk is Associate Head of Keyboard and Professor of Piano at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Please return as soon as possible to: Application John Thwaites There is now an on-line application form which The Round House, 16 St. James Rd., you can download from the website. Or you can Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 1JR post the following details on an A4 sheet: Name; tel: +44(0)121 446 4836 Date of Birth; Sex; Address(es) (including email); Email: [email protected] All relevant telephone numbers for you and next of And join us on Facebook kin; Instrument; approximate standard; repertoire; Current institution (if applicable); Preference for Please include £100 deposit payable “Cadenza”. Cadenza principal instrumental tutor; Request for The full fee including all tuition and full board is additional tuition/chamber music requests; £625. The balance of £525 is due by 1st July. Anything else we should know. Bank transfers should be to:

A J Thwaites/Cadenza Barclays, St. Albans City Branch Sort Code 20-74-09 Account 70895733 IBAN GB54BARC 2074 0970 895733 SWIFTBIC BARCGB22

Limited student bursaries are available

John Thwaites Email: [email protected] www.cadenzasummerschool.org.uk

Follow us on Facebook as Cadenza International Summer Music School