VII. year Music without borders International Music Courses 23. 08. – 30. 08. 2011 Conservatory in Teplice, CZ

Karl Leister - Milan Řeřicha

Robert Cohen - violoncello

Vovka Ashkenazy - piano Mario Ancillotti - flute Lenka Kozderková

Tomáš Františ - bassoon Music without borders • Lectors Karl LEISTER - clarinet Karl Leister was born in Wilhelmshaven, Ger- many. His first lessons were with his father, who was a clarinettist with the RIAS-Symphony Orches- tra Berlin. Between 1953- 1956 he studied at the “Hochschule für Musik” in Berlin and in 1957, by the age of 19, he was already solo clarinettist at the “Komische Oper Berlin” under Vaclav Neumann and Walter Felsenstein. In 1959, Karl Leister began his work as solo clari- nettist with the Orchestra under . The 30 years of working together with Karajan was the most important and character- izing time for Karl Leister. At the same time his inter- national career as a soloist and chamber musician be- gan. His partners were moreover the , Vogler Quartet, Pierre Fournier, Gidon Kremer, Rita Streich, Kathleen Battle, as well as the pianists James Levine, , Wilhelm Kempf, Gerhard Oppitz, Christoph Eschenbach, Bruno Canino, Elena Bashkirova, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Paul Gulda, Stefan Vladar and Ferenc Bognar. Furthermore, he played as soloist under the direction of Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm, Seiji Ozawa, Eugen Jochum, Raphael Kubelik, Aaron Copland, Sir Neville Marrin- er, Paavo Berglund, Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos and Kent Nagano. Karl Leister is one of the founders of the ensembles «Bläser der Berliner Philharmoniker», “Ber- liner Solisten” as well as the “Ensemble Wien-Berlin”. Since the foundation of the Herbert von Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Leister has been teaching the young generation. Today many of his former students hold important positions with German or international orchestras. Simultane- ously Karl Leister is requested at international festi- vals, concerts and master classes. Karl Leister obtained numerous awards and dis- tinctions at national and international music compe- titions. Beyond that he recorded the most important compositions of the clarinet literature on the following labels: , EMI, Philips, Teldec/ Warner, Orfeo, BIS, Nimbus, Sony, Camerata Tokyo. 1987 he became an honorary member of the . Between 1993 and 2002 Karl Leister was professor at the “ Hochschule für Musik Berlin Hanns Eisler «.

Milan Řeřicha - clarinet Milan Řeřicha, born in 1973 has shown an exceptional mu- sical talent since his early childhood. At the age of nine he started to play the clarinet with Bohus- lav Ptáček. In 1993 he com- pleted his studies with distinction at the Conservatory in Teplice (1987-1993, Professor V. Zíka) and in 1997 he grad- uated with distinc- tion from the Acad- emy of Performing Arts in Prague (Professor V. Mareš, J. Hlaváč, T. Koutník) and obtained the Master of Arts degree. In 1997 he successfully completed his studies at the International Academy of Contemporary Music at the Paris Conservatoire in the class of A. Damiens, there he have also worked with D. Robertson and P. Boulez. In 1997 he was granted a scholarship of the Swiss govern- ment to study at the Music Academy in Basel in concert class of Professor F. Benda, he graduated with honours and obtained a soloist diploma in 1999. Among others he also frequented master classes conducted by Milan Etlík, Michel Arignon and Michel Lethiec at the Conservatoire Briten in Perigeux in France and worked under the lead of Charles Neidich at the Jul- liard School in New York. M. Rericha is laureate of many national and inter- national competitions, in 1993 he was awarded second prize in the Czech national competition of conservato- ries and in 1994 and 1995 obtained the second prize in the National Mozart competition of chamber music in Prague at Bertramka. In 1996 he was a semifinalist in the International competition of the Prague Spring Fes- tival, in 1996 and 1997 was awarded second prize in the prestigious Prix Mercure ORF competition in Vienna. In 1998 he was the finalist in the competition in Rides (Switzerland) and in 1999 won the BOG international music competition in Basel. Between 1993 and 1998 he performed as solo clari- nettist with the North Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra and in summer 1998 as solo clarinettist with the Sym- phonic Orchestra of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival. Between 1997 and 1999 he worked with the Basel Sym- phonic Orchestra, in 2000 he went on a concert tour with the Berlin Symphonic Orchestra. Since 2001 he has been regularly performing as a guest solo clarinettist with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2002 he has been a regular guest of the Solistee Europeaux Luxembourgh Orchestra. Milan Rericha has worked with a number of world- famous conductors such as D. Runickles, D. Shalom, D. Kitajenko, Ch. Mackeras, V. Ashkenazy and others. Of no less importance is his involvement in chamber mu- sic ensembles, he has cooperated with a number of out- standing string quartets particularly the Herold Quartet, the Nostic Quartet, the Stamic Quartet and the Amadeus Quartet. As a soloist he worked for instance with the Basel Orchestra, the North Bohemian Philharmonic Orches- tra, the Solistee Europeaux Luxembourgh Orchestra, the South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, The Prague Student Orchestra and performed concertos com- posed by all outstanding clarinet composers (F. V. Krom- mer, C. M. Weber, B. H. Crussel, G. Rossini, C. Nielsen, J. R. Francaix). Milan Rericha appears on all prominent concert plat- forms including the ones in United States and in Japan. In Europe he performed at concerts within the most prestigious music festivals such as Luzern Festwochen, Salzburger Festwochen, Wiener Festwochen, Schleswig- Holstein Festival, Prague Spring Festival, Menuhin Mu- sic Festival. Milan Rericha plays first clarinet in the Prague Clari- net Quartet and since 2002 is the Associate Professor of Clarinet at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano in Switzerland. He regularly records with Mar- cophon, swiss recording company and cooperates with the Czech and Swiss Radio as well as with Festwochen. Robert Cohen - violoncello Following his debut at the age of 12, Robert Cohen burst into the in- ternational mu- sic scene at the age of 19 with a recording of the Elgar Concerto which earned a silver disc and placed him at the fore- front of his mu- sical generation. Subsequently he has consolidated an award-winning discography ranging from solo Bach, (and the Schubert Quintet with the Amadeus Quartet for DGG) to the concertos of Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Beamish and HK Gruber and a comprehensive British series for DECCA. The creative give-and-take of the concert hall re- mains Cohen’s first love however. As a busy performing artist his career takes him to the USA, Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Japan and the UK. He has performed with such conductors as , Maris Jansons, Riccardo Muti and Sir and his enthusiasm for chamber music provides the bedrock of the Charleston Manor Festival, which he has directed since 1989. Cohen’s passionate and articulate views on the art of learning, performing and communicating music have stimulated illuminating masterclasses and have been widely broadcast and published. He is a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music, London and at the Conserva- torio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. In November 2009, Cohen gave the world premiere of ’s No.2 “The Song Gath- erer”. Co-commissioned by the Minnesota and Hallé Or- chestras, the piece was specially written to mark Cohen’s 50th birthday. Osmo Vänskä conducted the Minneapolis first performance and Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé will give the UK premiere in December 2010. Cohen has also recently launched two new ventures: “Robert Cohen’s Cello Clinic” (www.celloclinic.com), is an unique personal service giving musicians access to in- depth, specialist diagnosis and resolution of physical and performing issues; Cohen Pod Talks, (www.cohenpod- talks.com) offers a ground breaking series of podcasts in which Cohen talks to leading figures in the arts, politics and business. Cohen was recently invited by eminent film producer Don Boyd to become ‘Curator’ of a chan- nel of HiBrow.TV, a new arts based internet global web- site to be launched in spring 2010. As soloist, conductor, chamber musician and inspira- tional teacher, Robert Cohen’s music-making takes him all over the world, holding as The Guardian observed “audiences in the palm of his hand”. He plays the “Ex Roser” cello by David Tecchler, Rome 1723. Vovka Ashkenazy - piano Vovka Ashkenazy, who is of Russian and Icelandic par- entage, was born in Moscow but spent most of his child- hood in England and Iceland. At the age of six, he began having piano lessons with Rögnvaldur Sigurjónsson, one of Iceland’s foremost piano tutors. Ten years later he went to England to study with Sulamita Aronovsky in Manchester at the Royal Northern College of Music. He also benefited from occasional study sessions with pian- ists such as Peter Frankl and Leon Fleisher. Vovka Ashkenazy made his debut in London at the Barbican Centre in 1983 with the London Symphony Or- chestra under Richard Hickox, with whom he performed Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. Since then Vovka Ashkenazy’s career has taken him all across Europe and to Australia, New Zealand, Ja- pan and to America. He has participated in the Marl- boro Festival in Vermont, as well as in the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals. Orchestras he has appeared with include nearly all the major British orchestras as well as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Australian Cham- ber, and the Berlin Symphony Orchestras. Conductors he has worked with include Semyon Bychkov, Martin Fischer-Dieskau and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, at ven- ues such as the Hollywood Bowl, the Sydney Opera House, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Festival Hall in London. Vovka Ashkenazy is very active as a chamber mu- sician and has recorded a CD of Italian music with his brother, the clarinettist Dimitri Ashkenazy, together with whom he toured Japan in 1997, 2000 and 2002. The year 2001 saw the start of a new piano-duo partnership with Greek virtuoso pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos. This duo has already performed at the Piano en Valois festival and twice at the Athens Megaron. Vovka Ashkenazy has also performed and recorded with his father, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and a new Rach- maninov recording for the DECCA/London Records was released in autumn of 2002. This new CD includes among others a suite for piano for four hand. Further plans with his father include concerts in the UK, France and Japan as well as a CD with French music for two pianos. Vovka Ashkenazy has also worked together with the Reykjavík Wind Quintet and together have released a CD at the Chandos label. Alongside his concert activities Vovka Ashkenazy also devotes his time to teaching. He has given master classes in Australia, Denmark, England, Greece, Guate- mala, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the U.S. and he has recently become a member of the chamber music coach- ing staff at Pro Corda in the UK. He was Professor of Piano at the Conservatoire Gabriel Fauré in Angoulême in France from 1998 – 2007. Vovka Ashkenazy lives in Switzerland and gives reg- ular masterclasses in Italy. Mario Ancillotti - flute Mario Ancillotti does not need any introductions in the musical world. He is one of the most wellknown Italian musicians in the field of his chosen instrument, the flute, and also in his most recent activity, as orga- nizer and director. He has been active in the five conti- nents and his reputation is globally recognized. Born in 1946 he began his musical formation at the ‘Conservatorio di Firenze’, where he had the opportu- nity to work with great musicians teaching there: Lui- gi Dallapiccola, Roberto Lupi, Carlo Prosperi, Franco Rossi, Piero Farulli, Piero Bellugi, etc. Later, in Rome, together with Severino Gazzelloni, he held the posi- tion of 1st Flute in the ‘Orchestra della Rai di Roma’ and then in Santa Cecilia. Eight years later, having left the orchestra, he dedicated himself entirely to perfor- mance as a soloist, playing with all the most recognized musicians: from Accardo to Muti, from Berio to Petrassi, Penderecki, Sciarrino, Henze, Canino, Spivakov, Giu- ranna and performing under the guidance of Maag, Bel- lugi, Cambreling, Bour, Soudant, Gelmetti, Penderecki, Ferro, Melles, Lu Jia, Muhai Tang, etc. For over twenty years he taught at the ‘Corsi Speciali di Perfezionamen- to’ of the ‘Scuola di Musica di Fiesole’, courses that have attracted the most noted musicians in the world. He has been teaching at the ‘Scuola Universitaria di Musica’ of Lugano, Switzerland for the past 18 ye- ars, being one of the few Italian musicians who teach at a foreign university. He also holds courses and semi- nars in different parts of the world. He is director and animator of the group ‘Nuovo Contrappunto’, which was born in the Fiesole School. This is the highlight of his career as a musician, which has never been limited to the performance of music, but also includes musical direction and organization. The projects born and publicized through ‘Nuovo Contrappunto’, have had the praise and encourage- ment of the most important Italian musical societies. In less than one year, two CDs featuring music of Debus- sy, Ravel and De Falla, were released for the magazine “Amadeus” with Ancillotti as director and soloist. His idea, the ‘SUONI RIFLESSI’ event particularly interes- ted the musical community, earning the unconditional support of the Regional Boards in Tuscany. This success stimulated numerous invitations to conduct orchestras and soloists at the highest level. Therefore, one can say that this well-rounded musical personality, with inte- rests and activities outside of the musical world is a mo- dern personality of wide cultural value. Lenka Kozderková Šimko- vá - flute Graduate of State Conservatory in Ostrava,Ja- nacek´s Academy of Music and Performing Arts. She took part in several international courses of in- terpretation lead by Severino Gazzelloni, Maurice Bourgh, Sandor Vegh, Zuzana Ruzickova, Eli Eban. In 1994/95 she gained the annual scholarship of French government for the study at Ecole Norma- le de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot at professor Christian Lardé. Since 1994 she has been a member of the Czech-French experimental group „Theatre Ensemble“ and of the musical-stage duo Goelan. Since 1995 she has been a member of the contem- porary music ensemble Moens. She is a known inter- prete of contemporary music. She premiered many compositions of composers such as: Alois Piňos, Peter Graham, Jan Klusák, Ivana Loudová, Miroslav Pudlák, Hanuš Bartoň, Roman Zdeněk Novák, Ar- nošt Parsch, Michal Nejtek, Miroslav Srnka, Michal Rataj, Martin Marek, Sylva Smejkalová, Jaroslav Ry- bář, Pavel Zemek, Kateřina Růžičková, Lenka Kilic and some works were dedicated to her. She performs in the Czech Republic and abroad – France, Italy, USA, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Sweden, England. In 2007 she performed the Zeitmasse of Karlhe- inz Stockhausen at Carnegie Hall in New York. Since 1999 she has cooperated with the Founda- tion VIZE 97 of Dagmar and Václav Havel. She teaches at the Prague International Con- servatory, International Mastercourse in Prague - Zbraslav and International Mastercourse in Teplice (Music without borders). Tomáš Františ - bassoon T. Františ was born in 1975 in Olomouc. After completing studies at the State Conservatory in Brno with Jirí Nykodyem he also finished studying at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague with Jirí Seidl and František Herman in 2000. Since 1993 he is so- lo-bassoonist of the State Philharmonic Orchestra in Brno and since 1994 of the Prague Philharmonia. He won the second prize in the international competition of bassoon quartets in Potsdam in 1995 with the quar- tet “Fagoti Brunenses” and was named the best wood- wind instrumentalist at Olomouc Contest in 2000. In 2002 he was a laureate of the Prague Spring Bassoon Competition. Many concert performances at home and abroad as soloist and chamber musician, among others with the Bohuslav Martinu Chamber Philhar- monic and the State Philharmonic Brno. Performed bassoon concerts by Jolivet (1999) and Francaix (2000) as Czech premiers. Since 2003 he is professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Brno and since 2007 he is professor at Prague conservatory.

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