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04 preface Bern 2015 Fiesole 2015 08 Erasmus+ 10 ECMA – Educational Program 12 partnerships 14 partners 23 Cooperating Partners 24 sTATEMENTS about ECMA I 26 Ensembles 29 alumni 30 Guest Ensembles 31 awards and Achievements

Vienna/Grafenegg 2015 41 General Assembly, 2015 42 sTATEMENTS about ECMA II Oslo 2016 44 Tutors 49 CD Releases Manchester 2016 50 obituary – Peter Cropper 52 Events

Vilnius 2016 54 The Association As of October 2016

European Chamber Music Academy 3 preface – The story of ECMA

t was Piero Farulli who had the original idea and subsequently asked ­potential how to search for and find their own inter­pre­tations. The expansion his good friends Hatto Beyerle (Alban Berg Quartet), ­Norbert Brainin from string quartets to ensembles with piano or other instruments was a I (Amadeus Quartet), and Milan Skampa (Smetana Quartet) to head the ­natural consequence. first Accademia Europea del Quartetto with him in Fiesole. This course, held during 2001 and 2002, was an extraordinary success for the young Today, following more than ten years of excellent work and out­standing participants: the incredible experience of spending one week with four great ­success under the leadership of its two artistic directors, ECMA has come artists and masters, each of them so different from the others, was utterly to be regarded as an apex of chamber music ­training. And a continuously unlike any of the master classes in which they had participated before! increasing number of institutions, ­academies, and festivals have come to view ECMA as an anchor point: not as a standalone school, but as a strate- So Piero asked Hatto to take the lead and fashion a true programme of ad- gic partnership of ­institutions, each of which makes its own contribution in vanced training for chamber musicians that would travel ­throughout Europe. the knowledge that ECMA reaches a level that no one institution could Hatto, for his part, invested effort and energy into involving Vienna (under the attain on its own. direction of Johannes Meissl, who became the programme’s other “driving force”), as well as Paris and a steadily growing group of music universities The goal of ECMA is music. It is a goal to be reached together – as from other parts of ­Europe, as well. Another central effort they made was institutions, tutors, and young artists – following a few very simple rules: to form a large pool of instructors that would guarantee the highest work together, think together, grow together. quality – teaching not individual interpretation, but the deepest-possible ­understanding of chamber music along with its history, rules, and back- grounds. In short: instructors who would teach young artists with great Mathias Deichmann

LITHUANIA – VILNIUS 2016 Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija September 28 – October 2, 2016 Session © D.Matvejev

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he idea of founding a new kind of “European String Quartet Academy” fter twelve years of intensive work, ECMA can be regarded a truly was first introduced to me by one of the greatest musicians I had the pri- ­successful project! The list of prize-winning and well-recognized T vilege to meet in my life, the unforgettable Maestro Piero Farulli, on a walk A ensembles is truly impressive! And based on the rich tradition of through the park of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. His idea met with my imme- European chamber music and the constantl re-evaluaton of our approach diate and enthusiastic agreement, and right on the spot, Piero appointed me as we are striving to carry on the “ECMA spirit” into the future. the first “direttore artistico” of this newly created Academia Europea del Quartet- to. There followed a few wonderful initial years of fruitful cooperation between the The “ECMA spirit”, which seeks to enable young, ambitious ensembles to instructors Piero Farulli (Quartetto Italiano), Norbert Brainin (Amadeus Quartet), find their own ways of profound interpretation based on the understanding Milan Skampa (Smetana Quartet), and myself. Some years after, as a conse- of the philosophy and the musical language of the 17th and 18th centuries, quence of the death of Norbert Brainin, it became necessary to reform the Aca- not only ought to become a “matter of course” for musicians and audiences demia, and I found it better to place it on a broader footing. After careful delibera- alike, but also enables us to design innovative concepts for the development tion, I decided to base the Academia on a more international cooperation, and I of chamber music production and interpretation. therefore con­tacted my friend Johannes ­Meissl and others in order to transform the Academia into the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA), with the By embarking on the adventurous journey of the Erasmus+ strategic partnership intention of using this reorganisation to also include piano trios, string trios, project “ECMA Next step”, we will try to develop new forms of academic and other classical formations in order to convey our old European tradition to integration­ of ECMA’s work at European institutions of artistic higher education the broadest possible cross-section of young musicians. while at the same time collaborating even more strongly with the music market.

Since the days of Guido di Arezzo, our occidental music has gone through a ECMA will face multiple challenges in the years to come. Besides ­ensuring process of development that is unique among all those phenomena that we define sufficient funding for the further development of our activities in times that in general as “music”. As far back as in the early 16th century, it became intimately continue to be economically restricted, we are also starting to bring the linked with philosophy and mathematics – and it was in this context that music next genera­tion into our family of tutors. There are so many wonderful proceeded to develop so rapidly over the centuries that followed. It is thus impos- musicians among our alumni whom we can trust to carry on ECMA’s ideas sible for us to truly understand the music of the 17th and 18th centuries without and principles and to develop the project further in the future. And at the same having devoted thorough studies to the music of the 16th and 17th centuries. time, we will be working on a more equal gender balance among our tutors. In much the same way, romantic music is linked with the musical language oft the (Viennese) classical period. And our contemporary musical output is based on the I am convinced that especially right now, when European integration is principles of the 19th and even the 18th centuries. It therefore is of great importance threatened by renationalization and xenophobia, ECMA has an important that we provide the next generations of musicians as well with an understanding role to play by enhancing our common strengths in music and culture! of past eras’ musical languages as well as of their national characteristics. For without such knowledge, it is hardly possible to realize good interpretations. Chamber music practice is not only an elevating experience for musicians and audiences because its great masterpieces certainly can be counted If we know occidental music’s rhetorical and harmonic characteristics as well as among the peak achievements of human civilisation, but at the same time its intellectual background and development, and if we know how to interpret the also a model of how to become a socially responsible autonomous philosophy upon which it is based, then all the music created later on becomes personality... clearly comprehensible – and we have a coherent basis for a mode of interpre­ ta-­ tion that affords great latitude to our creativity and our artistic imagination. I am happy that there will be new collaborations with presenters, organisations and festivals, and that there is a permanently increasing That is the essential thing that we seek to achieve in our work together with interest in ECMA’s activities from all sides! young artists.

Hatto Beyerle Johannes Meissl

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ECMA – Next Step is an Erasmus+ Project organisation:

strategic partnership programme The steering committee is located in Oslo and coordinated with the ECMA office in Vienna. The programme includes two working groups, focusing on teaching and in chamber music. learning and on the joint master’s degree programme. The project will be evaluated by an external evaluator, and both students and teachers will participate in the programme until its conclusion on 1 September 2018.

Background:

Chamber music training is increasingly becoming a crucial component of ith chamber music’s heightened significance both in the labour market ­per­formance degree curricula in higher music education institutions all over the and on European concert stages, educators and musicians are now world because of the shift from permanent forms of employment with fixed con- W­facing new challenges and opportunities to develop and innovate so as tracts to employment situations where musicians are work freelance and combine to make possible chamber music activities at the highest level. One of the main different professional activities in the form of portfolio careers. Opportunities in the goals of this three-year strategic programme is to ensure the utmost quality of traditional areas of employment such as orchestras and opera houses are growing chamber music training and proactively meet the challenges and opportunities that scarcer, while chamber music is experiencing a heightened degree of significance the increasing demand for chamber music entails. This strategic programme thus on the ­international concert stage. aims to modernize higher education in the classical music field by strengthening its chamber music component. In the 21st century, chamber music is also increasingly being viewed as a vital ­pedagogical tool for the training of broadly applicable skills important for the ECMA Next Step is a partnership programme that will aim to develop new content ­musician in the 21st century. In chamber music, things like teamwork, peer- for the ECMA training programme in terms of curriculum, mobility, and recognition, learning, and ­reflective practicing are essential basic principles, and mastering as well as to further develop existing chamber music expertise. A special focus will the associated skills will support musicians in preparing themselves to be reflective be on the pedagogical knowledge and skills of chamber music instructors in the practitioners in their future portfolio careers. ­interest of strengthening chamber music’s position in regular training programmes. It also intends to establish a new organizational structure for ECMA in the form of While the response of music-centred institutions of higher education to these new a joint European Master’s Programme for Chamber Music, which will make ECMA realities has been slow, the ECMA consortium views chamber music as an ideal a more sustainable effort in the context of the opportunities offered by the Bologna tool with which to modernize present-day higher education in classical music. process and the Erasmus+ programme. The programme outcomes will include a By adapting their curricula, these institutions can make the necessary adjustments. new ECMA teaching and learning manual on chamber music, the aforementioned This requires the further development of an elite training programme that can master’s ­programme, and a project evaluation. gather the most talented people and the most advanced methods and knowledge in the interest of supporting a European chamber music scene of the highest The ECMA Next Step application was submitted in 2015 and was granted funding ­possible quality. Strong chamber music programmes based at institutions can in the amount of EUR 398,789 from the Erasmus+ programme. The project period play an important role in the mainstreaming of chamber music and its artistic and will be from 1 September 2015 to 1 September 2018. pedagogical benefits to standard training programmes in music.

Seven partners from institutions of higher music education in Vienna, Oslo, The Hague, Vilnius, Paris, Manchester, and Fiesole, as well as the two festivals of Grafenegg and Prades, are cooperating to create the best possible tools for chamber music education today and to secure the greatest possible effort in the field of classical music education.

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ECMA – Educational Program Patrons

ECMA ensembles selected by audition are entitled to participate in ECMA sessions. These sessions offer chamber music coaching by Shmuel Ashkenasi renowned musicians plus relevant lectures, seminars and excursions Elena Bashkirova that are compulsory. Pierre Boulez † Furthermore, ensembles are given the opportunity to present themselves to a wider public through concerts, performances Bruno Canino and recordings. Piero Farulli †

ECMA’s ongoing training cycle covers a period of two years, David Geringas with seven to eight sessions per year. Bruno Giuranna

In contrast to the attendance of single master classes, regular Heinz Holliger participation in as many ECMA sessions as possible assures young ensembles a continuity of high-profile coaching by well-established Seppo Kimanen tutors and combines interpretational work with impulses from the academic realm. Gidon Kremer Oleg Maisenberg Each session takes place at an ECMA partner institution or at a partner festival. Participation is free of charge for ECMA Arto Noras ensembles. Costs arising in connection with travel and lodging are usually covered by the ensembles themselves. Eiji Oue Krzysztof Penderecki

Heinrich Schiff

Salvatore Sciarrino

Milan Škampa

Christian Tetzlaff © Gerar d Spee

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PARTNERSHIPS

MEMBERS 1 AUSTRIA Vienna – mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst 2 AUSTRIA Grafenegg – Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. 3 FRANCE Paris – Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris

4 ITALY Fiesole – Scuola di Musica di Fiesole – Fondazione Onlus 6 5 LITHUANIA Vilnius – Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija 6 NORWAY Oslo – Norges musikkhøgskole 7 SWITZERLAND bern – Hochschule der Künste 8 THE NETHERLANDS The Hague – Koninklijk Conservatorium 5 9 UNITED KINGDOM manchester – Royal Northern College of Music

9 8 COOPERATING PARTNERS AUSTRIA Großraming – Europäisches Kulturforum Großraming AUSTRIA Horn – Allegro Vivo Kammermusik Festival AUSTRIA Vienna – isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2 1 3 FRANCE Prades – Festival Pablo Casals

7 FRANCE Paris – Centre de Musique de Chambre ITALY Ravenna – Ravenna Festival UNITED KINGDOM London – Wigmore Hall 4

UPCOMING COOPERATIONS PORTUGAL Harmos Festival Porto SPAIN Musethica GERMANY ISRAEL POLAND

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mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien – AUSTRIA grafenegg – AUSTRIA

Address Address Joseph Haydn Institut für Kammermusik, Alte Musik und Neue Musik Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1 Grafenegg 10 1030 Vienna 3485 Grafenegg www.mdw.ac.at/ijh/ www.grafenegg.com/campus

Artistic Director Johannes Meissl Executive Director

[email protected] © U d o T itz Paul A. Gessl

OrganiSation ORGANISATION Mara Földi Magdalena Klamminger [email protected] Grafenegg Campus T +43 1 711 55 3002 T +43 2742 90 80 70-730 [email protected] Jutta Kornfeld [email protected] Verena Hager T +43 2742 90 80 70-726 [email protected]

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Conservatoire National Supérieur Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, de Musique et de Danse de Paris – FRANCE Fondazione Onlus – ITALY

Address Address Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris Via delle Fontanelle, 24 209 Avenue Jean Jaurès 50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI) 75019 Paris www.scuolamusica.fiesole.fi.it www.conservatoiredeparis.fr

Artistic director Artistic director Bruno Mantovani Antonello Farulli [email protected]

OrganiSation OrganiSation Maria Grazia Martelli Gretchen Amussen T +39 055 5978529 [email protected] [email protected] T + 33 1 40 40 45 79 [email protected] F + 33 1 40 40 46 51

Head, Department of Classical & Contemporary Instrumental Disciplines Thierry Vaillant [email protected] T +33 1 40 40 45 04

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Koninklijk Conservatorium/ Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija – LITHUANIA Royal Conservatoire – NETHERLANDS

Address Address Gedimino Pr. 42 Juliana van Stolberglaan LT-01110 Vilnius 12595 CA Den Haag www.lmta.lt www.koncon.nl

VICE PRINCIPAL Martin Prchal [email protected] Artistic Director Dalia Balsyte˙ [email protected] ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Wim Vos OrganiSation [email protected] Rima Rimšaite˙ T +370 5 2124967 OrganiSation F +370 5 2120093 Else van Ommen [email protected] [email protected]

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Norges Musikkhøgskole – NORWAY Hochschule der Künste Bern – SWITZERLAND

Address Address Slemdalsveien 11 Papiermühlestrasse 13a NO-0302 Oslo 3000 Bern 22 www.nmh.no www.hkb.bfh.ch

Rector Peter Tornquist [email protected] Artistic Director Patrick Jüdt [email protected]

Artistic Director Are Sandbakken OrganiSation [email protected] Irène Noguchi-Bigler [email protected] T +41 31 848 39 68 OrganiSation Ellen Haldar Nils Kohler [email protected] [email protected] T +47 23 36 70 75 T +41 31 848 39 17

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COOPERATING PARTNERS

Europäisches Kulturforum GroSSraming – AUSTRIA

In cooperation with the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Royal Northern College of Music – UNITED KINGDOM Artistic Director Hatto Beyerle

Address 124 Oxford Road OrganiSation Manchester M13 9RD Europäisches Kulturforum Großraming www.rncm.ac.uk Dir. Siegfried Schörkhuber

Artistic Director Jeremy Young Festival Pablo Casals – FRANCE [email protected] Address BP. 24 OrganiSation F 66502 Prades Cedex Alanah Moulsdale www.prades-festival-casals.com [email protected]

Artistic Director Michel Lethiec

OrganiSation Sonia Ritlewski [email protected]

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STATEMENTS about ECMA I

The incredibly talented chamber musicians who gather around ECMA are, in their spirit of enquiry and their determination to go on learning and growing, a pleasure to teach and a credit to the music profession. Surely there are few other fields ECMA a însemnat una din cele mai ­importante etape pentru dezvoltarea noastră which can boast such a combination of accomplishment and open-mindedness in ca ansamblu, și mai mult decât atât, a fost și este ca o familie pentru noi. ECMA their young professionals. este locul unde am învăţat ce înseamnă muzica de cameră în toate aspectele ei Susan Tomes profunde, alături de personalităţi marcante ale vieţii muzicale internaţionale. Arcadia Quartet Avoir vécu l’expérience ECMA, c’est avoir vécu une aventure humaine et artistique qui a façonné et soudé notre trio d’une manière déterminante, et qui marquera tou- The Paris Conservatoire's participation in ECMA has provided an invaluable te notre vie de musicien. ­European dimension to our chamber music program, one which has had a Trio Atanassov ­transformative effect on participating trios and quartets. Transformative in that it has enabled these musicians to develop their international professional networks ECMA is THE chamber music program! We learned more about the repertoire and and, thanks to the exceptional musicians involved and the breadth of the artistic about music there, and we met incredible and enthusiastic teachers. Many thanks and contextual approaches specific to different regions of Europe, to enhance for everything! and indeed grow a "European" musical discourse whilst forging their own musical Trio Chausson identities. In Paris, we have sought to showcase both French repertoire and ­music-making with the specificities of Conservatoire training as well as inte­ Ecma è la casa per Giovani Quartetti grating the city's vast cultural resources - the re-opening of the Picasso Museum, Quarteto di Cremona for example. Bruno Mantovani, director of the Conservatoire national supérieur Thanks to its mentors, ECMA possesses the power to motivate each and every de musique et de danse de Paris ensemble on a highly individual level, with every course exciting and every new piece of information a discovery. It’s an adventure in living through music, inspiring Die Arbeit mit den großartigen Musikern bei der ECMA hat uns im Kopf viele us to ­improve ourselves as musicians. Türen geöffnet, uns neue Wege für unsere Interpretation gezeigt und uns Giocoso String Quartet immer wieder zu Diskussionen und zur Reflexion über unser Spiel angeregt. Die Gemeinschaft mit den anderen Ensembles, die sich für denselben ECMA is where we developed our ability to speak in music. musikalischen Weg entschieden haben, war schön zu erleben, und dies hat uns in Galatea Quartet unserer Entscheidung für die Kammermusik immer wieder bestärkt und bestätigt. Es war eine spannende Zeit, von der wir noch immer profitieren! It is very important for me to be part of this fantastic teaching experience, Boulanger Trio focused on how to transfer a wonderful musical language made of beauty on how to purity, and share it with the most promising musicians. Bez European Chamber Music Academy z pewnością nie bylibyśmy w miejscu, Miguel da Silva w którym obecnie się znajdujemy. Szczególnie intensywna współpraca z Johannesem Meisslem i Hatto Beyerle For the teachers and students at the academy in Oslo, it is a great inspiration pomogła nam zbudować solidne podstawy kwartetu i miała istotny wpływ na to be a member of ECMA. It enables us to connect with the best of European obecny charakter zespołu. traditions in a wonderful way. Apollon Musagète Quartet Are Sandbakken, Norges Musikkhøgskole © Gerar d Spee

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ECMA ENSEMBLES

Acros Trio Venezuela/Germany/Ecuador

Amatis Trio Germany/UK/Netherlands

Arcis Saxophon Quartett Germany/Slovenia

Boccherini Trio Australia/Italy

Darian Trio France/Australia/Japan

Mettis Quartet Lithuania

Quatuor Akilone France

Quatuor Hanson Japan/UK/France © N ancy H oro w itz © Diar N e d a m ld een Acros Trio Arcis Saxophon Quartett Stefan Zweig Trio Japan/France/Bulgaria Darian trio Mettis Quartet

Stratos Quartet Austria/Japan/Czech Republic

Trio Metral France

Trio Vitruvi Denmark/Switzerland/Australia © Martin Wi mm er © Martin

Aspirant-ENSEMBLES AMATIS TRIO

Delta Piano Trio Netherlands

GAON Trio Germany/South Korea

Mosa Trio Belgium/Netherlands

Orbis String Quartet Germany

Trio Sora Latvia/France © Marco Bor gg reve © lu ka s b eck

26 European Chamber Music Academy European Chamber Music Academy 27 © Natacha Colmez © Elise de Bendelac © Orbis String Quartet 28 European Chamb er Orbis StringQuartet Quatuor A kilone Quatuor H anson Music Academy Stratos Qu artett Stefan ZweigTrio Trio Vitruvi

© Gerard Spee © nancy horowitz © nancy horowitz T T T T T T Streeton Quatuor Zaïde France – www.quatuorzaide.com Quatuor Quartetto di Pacific Minetti Meta4 Finland – www.meta4.fi Kamus Cuarteto Boulanger Giocoso Galatea Arcadia Apollon Musagète ALUMNI Berlin Piano rio rio rio rio FortV rio rio Karénine France – www.triokarenine.com Gaspard Imàge Germany – www.trioimage.eu Chausson France – www.triochausson.com Atanassov France – www.trio-atanassov.com Quartet Quartet Quartet Finland – www.kamusquartet.com Quartet Quartet Girard France – www.quatuorgirard.com String T Quiroga io Lithuania – www.fortvio.lt rio T rio Germany – www.boulangertrio.de Cremona T Albania-Greece/Germany/UK – www.triogaspard.com Australia – www.streetontrio.com rio Quartet Germany/R omania/Netherlands – www.giocosostringquartet.com V Austria – www.minettiquartett.at Romania – www.arcadiaquartet.com Switzerland – www.galatea-quartet.com ienna Japan/Hungary/Taiwan/Switzerland – www.pacificquartet.com (former Spain – www.cuartetoquiroga.com Quartet Italy – www.quartettodicremona.it Berolina Trio) Poland – www.apollon-musagete.com Poland/Germany – www.berlinpianotrio.com European Chamb er Music Academy alumni 29 GUEST ENSEMBLES AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

GUEST ENSEMBLES AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Manchester, 2015 Trio Egmont Belgium/France/Italy/Japan, guests ASSOCIATED ENSEMBLE Solem Quartet UK-Belgium/France/Italy/Japan, nominated by the RNCM Quartetto Lyskamm Oslo, 2015 Borletti-Buitoni Trust, Special Chamber Music Prize Munich Artis Trio Germany/Slovenia/Ukraine, guests in honour of Claudio Abbado, 2016, IT Aluna Quartet Switzerland, nominated by the Hochschule der Künste Bern 1st Prize International Vittorio Rimbotti Competition, Fiesole 2014, IT Quartetto Testosterone Norway, nominated by the Norges musikkhøgskole

Grafenegg/Vienna, 2015 NOMINATED ENSEMBLES FROM PARTNER INSTITUTIONS Piatti Quartet UK, guests Quartetto Guadagnini Italy, guests Sonus Saxophone Quartet Quasi Trio Czech Republic, guests nominated by the mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Sedlacek Quartet Czech Republic, guests 1st Prize International Alpe Adria Chamber Music Competition 2016, IT Fiesole, 2015 Award Svirél International Music Competition 2013, SLO Quartetto Taag Italy, nominated by the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Fondazione Onlus Musica Juventutis 2014, AT Quartetto Trella Italy, guests Josef Windisch Chamber Music Prize Quartetto Testosterone Norway, nominated by the Norges musikkhøgskole mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 2014, AT 1st Prize Chamber Music Competition, Illzach, ADMC 2015, FR Vilnius, 2015 Trio Claviola Lithuania, nominated by the Lietuvos muzikos ir teatro akademija Trio Trikolon Quartet Furiant Germany, guests nominated by the mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst 1st Prize Svirél International Music Competition 2015, SLO BERN, 2016 1st Prize “I Reino del Aneto” International Chamber Music Competition 2015, ES Aluna Quartet Switzerland, nominated by the Hochschule der Künste Bern 3rd Prize Malta International Music Competition 2015, MT Finalist Gianni Bergamo Classical Music Award 2015, CH MANCHESTER, 2016 Bank Austria Art Award 2015, AT Diverso Quartet UK/Poland, nominated by the RNCM Gildas Quartet UK, nominated by the RNCM ECMA Aspirants Sonus Saxophone Quartet Austria/Croatia/Slovenia, nominated by the mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien Delta Piano Trio OSLO, 2016 1st Prize 7th International S. Vainiunas Chamber Music Competition, Vilnius 2014, LT Sonus Saxophone Quartet Austria/Croatia/Slovenia, 1st Prize Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition, Verona 2014, IT nominated by the mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien 1st Prize Orlando Competition (Prix Charles Hennen), Kerkrade 2015, NL Quatuor Tchalik France, guests 2nd Prize International Gianni Bergamo Classical Music Award, Lugano 2015, CH FIESOLE, 2016 Adorno Quartet Italy, nominated by the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Fondazione Onlus Orbis String Quartet st Quartetto Lyskamm Italy, associated ensemble 1 Prize & Special Award International Beethoven Chamber Music Competition 2015, PL nd st Quartetto Taag Italy, nominated by the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Fondazione Onlus 2 Prize 21 International Johannes Brahms Competition, Pörtschach 2014, AT

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ECMA ENSEMBLES

ACROS Trio Josef Windisch Chamber Music Prize mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 2013, AT

AMATIS PIANO TRIO BBC New Generation Artists 2016–18, UK 2nd Prize International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition 2016, DE 1st Prize Parkhouse Award, Wigmore Hall, London 2015, UK Dutch Classical Talent 2015/16, NL Audience Prize Grachtenfestival Concours 2014, NL

Arcis Saxophon Quartett 1st Prize 1. Rising Stars Grand Prix 2016 – International Music Competition Berlin, DE Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis 2016, DE 1st Prize 4th International Gaidamovich Contest – of Chamber Ensemble Performance, Magnitogorsk 2015, RUS 2nd Prize Chamber Music Competition of the Alice Samter Foundation Berlin 2014, DE 1st Prize and Audience Prize Musikwettbewerb des Kulturkreises Gasteig e.V. Munich 2013, DE 1st Prize International Music Competition “Pietro Argento” 2013, IT 1st Prize First Classical Music International Internet-Festival “Chance Music” Moscow 2013, RUS 3rd Prize 13th Chieri International Competition 2013, IT

Hanson Quartet Second Viennese School Award isa – International Summer Academy 2016, AT Artis Quartet Award isa – International Summer Academy 2016, AT Wiener Klassik Award isa – International Summer Academy 2016, AT 3rd Prize and Audience Prize, 11th Lyon International Chamber Music Competition, String Quartets 2015, FR 2nd Prize Concours européen de Musique d'ensemble de la FNAPEC, Bourse de l'Académie des Beaux Arts, Paris, 2014, FR

Mettis String Quartet 1st Prize International Vittorio Rimbotti Competition, Fiesole 2016, IT 2nd Prize and MeGeP Special Prize Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2016, FR 1st Prize and Special Award XII International Lithuanian Chamber Music Performance Competition 2012, LT isa Laureates isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2012 & 2014, AT

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Quatuor Akilone BERLIN PIANO TRIO 1st Prize and Prize ProQuartet Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre Paris 3rd Prize International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition Vienna 2009, AT Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2016, FR Audience Award, donated by the Esterhazy Foundation International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2009, AT Stefan Zweig Trio Prix Marguerite Dütschler 2009, CH 1st Prize & Audience Prize 1st Prize and Grand Prix Cracow International Contemporary Music Competition 6th International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2015, AT (formerly the PENDERECKI Competition) 2007, PL 1st Prize and Audience Prize European Chamber Music Competition Karlsruhe 2007, DE STRATOS QUARTETT 1st Prize and Special Award “Patrizia Cerutti Bresso” – International Chamber Music Boulanger Trio Competition Città di Pinerolo e Torino – Città Metropolitana 2016, IT Supersonic Award Pizzicato magazine in Luxembourg, 2014, for Beethoven CD, LU 1st Prize and Special Award 20th International Johannes Brahms Competition, Supersonic Award Pizzicato magazine in Luxembourg, 2012, for Shostakovich-Vasks CD, LU Pörtschach 2013, AT Winner of the Swiss radio broadcast “Diskothek” on DRS2 with its recording of the Josef Windisch Chamber Music Prize mdw – University of Music and Performing trio byClara Schumann, 2012, CH Arts Vienna 2013, AT Excellentia Award Pizzicato magazine in Luxembourg, 2012, for Brahms-Liszt-Schoenberg CD, LU Annemarie and Hermann Rauhe Prize 2008, DE ALUMNI-ENSEMBLES 2nd Prize Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2007, NO

Apollon Musagète Quartet Cuarteto Quiroga BBC New Generation Artist 2012–2014, UK Quartet-in-Residence of the Palatine Decorated Stradivarius Collection Echo Rising Star Artists 2010/2011, BE at Madrid’s Royal Palace 2014, SP 1st Prize and 3 Special Awards ARD International Music Competition 2008, Munich, DE Best Classical Music CD of 2012 for their CD Statements (Cobra Records), 1st Prize V. E. Rimbotti Competition, Fiesole 2008, IT awarded by the Independent Producers Association of Spain (UFI), ES Josef Windisch Chamber Music Prize mdw – University of Music and Performing 3rd Prize Beijing International Chamber Music Competition 2011, CN Arts Vienna 2008, AT Special Award Premio Paolo Borciani 2008, IT Special Award International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2007, AT 2nd Prize Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2007, FR isa Laureates isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2007, AT Grand Prix de la Presse Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2007, FR Spanish National Radio Culture Prize awarded in 2007 by Spanish Radio Arcadia Quartet (RNE-OjoCritico), ES Winners, “1000 fans challenge”, Hello Stage Special Award Geneva International Music Competition 2006, CH 1st Prize Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa 2014, Japan 1st Prize & Gold Medal Palau Competition Barcelona 2006, ES 1st Prize, Esterházy Foundation Prize and Beethoven Prize Wigmore Hall London ­International String Quartet Competition 2012, UK Galatea Quartet Winners International Chamber Music Competition Almere 2011, NL Special Award Canton of Zurich, 2013, CH 1st Prize, Brahms Prize, Mendelssohn Prize Hamburg International Chamber Music Echo Klassik 2012, DE ­Competition 2009, DE 1st Prize V. E. Rimbotti Competition, Fiesole 2010, IT 2nd Prize “Gianni Bergamo” Classical Music Award 2009, CH Special Prize Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2010, FR isa Laureates isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2012 & 2009, AT 3rd Prize Osaka International Chamber Music Competition 2008, JP Haydn Prize, Artis Prize isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2009, AT 1st Prize Migros Chamber Music Competition 2007, CH 1st Prize “Ferdinand Weiss” Chamber Music Competition 2007, RO 3rd Prize and Audience Award Geneva International Music Competition 2006, CH 1st Prize “Mozart” Chamber Music Competition 2006, RO

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GIOCOSO STRING QUARTET 2nd Prize Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2015, AU “Peter Druce” Audience Award & “Musica Viva Australia” Award Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2015, AU EconGas Prize isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2012, AT HSBC-Laureates Festival d´Aix-en-Provence 2012, FR Josef Windisch Chamber Music Prize mdw – University of Music an Performing Arts Vienna 2012, AT isa Laureates isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2011 & 2012, AT 3rd Prize Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition 2009, NL

Kamus Quartet Recording of the Year 2015 with CD Different Voices – Quartets by Sibelius, Tiensuu and Kaipainen / awarded by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, FL 3rd Prize & Special Prize for the best performance of the contemporary piece, Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition 2004, FI

Meta4 Special Prize in recognition of their contribution to Finnishe culture, donated by the Fund of Jenny and Antti Wihuri, 2013, FI Record of the Year 2012 Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 3, 4 & 7 / awarded by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, FI Emma Prize (the Finnish Grammy) in the category “Classical Album of the Year” 2012", FI Echo Klassik 2010, DE BBC Young Generation Artist, 2008–10, UK 1st Prize International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2007, AT 1st Prize & Special Prize for the best Shostakovich, Shostakovich International Quartet ­Competition, Moscow 2004, RU

Minetti Quartet Pasticcio Preis Ö1 2013, AT 1st Prize International V. E. Rimbotti Competition, Fiesolee 2007, IT 2nd Prize International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2007, AT isa Laureates isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2007, AT Special Prize for the best Haydn, International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music ­Competition, Vienna 2007, AT 2nd Prize Franz Schubert and Modern Music – Competition, Graz 2006, AT Special Award for Contemporary Music Franz Schubert and Modern Music – Competition, Graz 2006, AT HSBC-Laureates Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2006, FR

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Paul Klee Trio Trio Atanassov 1st Prize Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2011, NO 2nd Prize (1st Prize not awarded), Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, 3rd Prize Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2011, AU Graz 2015, AT Audience Award Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2011, AU Special Prize for the comtemporary piece, Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, Graz 2015, AT PACIFIC QUARTET VIENNA 3rd Prize The 8th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa 2014, Japan August Pickhardt Price 2016, CH 3rd Prize Internationaler Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition 2012, DE 1st Prize 6th International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, 3rd Prize Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2011, NO Audience Prize & Special Prize for the best Haydn, 6th International Joseph Haydn 1st Prize International Schumann Chamber Music Award Frankfurt 2010, DE Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2015, AT 3rd Prize International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition Vienna, 2009, AT 1st Prize VIII International Marco Fiorindo Chamber Music Competition 2008, IT Special Prize for the best Haydn, International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music ­Competition, Vienna 2009, AT Quartetto di Cremona isa Laureates isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2009, AT Artist in Residence Società del Quartetto, Milano, IT 3rd Prize Vibrarte International Music Competition, Paris 2008, FR Winner International Web Concert Hall Competition 2010, US Borletti Buitoni Trust Foundation Fellowship 2005, UK Trio Chausson “Franco Gulli” International Chamber Music Prize 2004, IT 1st Prize 4th International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition 2005, DE 2nd Prize Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2003, AU Special Prize International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2004, AT 2nd Prize Vittorio GUI International Competition, Florence 2002, IT 1st Prize VII International String Quartet Competition, Cremona 2002, IT Trio FortVio 2nd Prize (1st Prize not awarded), at the Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Culture and Art Award of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania 2014, LT ­Competition, Holland 2001, NL GRAND PRIX International Master Competition for Music Teachers, Warsaw 2013, PL Laureates Golden Disc Award, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union 2009, LT Quatuor Girard 2nd Prize 3rd Taneev International Chamber Ensemble Competition 2008, RU 3rd Prize Geneva International Music Competition 2011, CH Special Prize 3rd Taneev International Chamber Ensemble Competition 2008, RU HSBC-Laureates Festival d´Aix-en-Provence 2010, FR 3rd Prize International Johannes Brahms Competition, Pörtschach 2006, AT Grand Prix Académie Maurice Ravel, Saint-Jean-de-Luz 2010, FR isa Laureates isa – International Summer Academy of the mdw 2006, AT 1st Prize 5th International Stasys Vainiunas Piano and Chamber Ensemble ­Competition Quatuor Zaïde 2006, LT Special Award ARD International Music Competition 2012, Munich, DE Artis Quartet Award, Viennese Classicism Award isa – International Summer Trio Gaspard Academy of the mdw 2012, AT 1st Prize International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition Weimar 2012, DE 1st Prize International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2012, AT Special Award for the best interpretation of a contemporary piece, International Joseph Special Prizes International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2012, AT Joachim Chamber Music Competition 2012, DE 1st Prize Beijing International Chamber Music Competition 2011, CN EconGas-Prize, Viennese Classicism Award isa – International Summer Academy Special Prize Beijing International Chamber Music Competition 2011, CN of the mdw 2012, AT 1st Prize Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition 2010, NL 1st Prize International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2012, AT Press Prize Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2010, FR Special Prize International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2012, AT 3rd Prize Banff International String Quartet Competition 2010, CA 1st Prize International Chamber Music Competition Illzach 2011, FR

Streeton Trio 1st Prize Musica Viva Chamber Music Award 2011, AU

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Trio Imàge GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 2015 Echo Klassik 2014, DE 7 December in Vienna 2nd Prize Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, Graz 2006, AT Audience Award Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, Graz 2006, AT

Trio Karénine Participants NORDMETALL – Ensemble Prize Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festtival 2015, DE Awardees Fondation Oulmont 2014, FR Gretchen Amussen Paris 2nd Prize (1st prize not awarded), 62nd ARD International Music Competition in ­Munich 2013, DE Dalia Balsyte Vilnius Special Prizes, including the Prize for the Best Interpretation of the ­Commissioned Composition (Fazil Say: “Space Jump”), Hatto Beyerle Vienna/Hannover 62nd ARD International Music Competition Munich, 2013, DE Laureates Fondation Banque Populaire 2012, FR Matteo Deichmann ECMA president 1st Prize Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition 2012, NL Special Award International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna 2012, AT Antonello Farulli Fiesole International Pro Musicis Prize 2011, FR Prix Rotary Club à l’Académie internationale Maurice Ravel 2010, FR Verena Hager Grafenegg

Trio Vitruvi Gerhard Hildenbrand Vienna/Basel 1st Prize & Audience Prize Danish Radio P2 Chamber Music Competition 2014, DK st 1 Prize Jurmala International Music Competition 2014, LV Patrick Jüdt Bern © s tephan po l zer

Magdalena Klamminger Grafenegg

Avedis Kouyoumdjian Vienna

Johannes Meissl Vienna

Monika Mistlbachner Vienna

Martin Prchal The Hague © s tephan po l zer

Rima Rimsaite Vilnius

Ulrike Sych Vienna

Peter Tornquist Oslo

Wim Vos The Hague

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40 European Chamber Music Academy European Chamber Music Academy 41 STATEMENTS about ECMA II

STATEMENTS about ECMA II For us in Oslo, the opportunity to access the best impulses in European chamber music represents a great enrichment. And at our Oslo Sessions, it was important to us that the ECMA participants have a chance to experience the highlights of our Norwegian cultural history. In the midst of our session venue’s beautiful natural ­surroundings, we visited art museums and listened to folk music, with the partici- pants also dancing folk dances themselves. Norges musikkhøgskole Without ECMA, our group wouldn’t exist as we do today. It enormously helped our musicality, and it also helped us in learning the language and finding music’s For us, ECMA is one of the greatest sources of inspiration. It offers us ­everything secret beauty. we need to develop: concert appearances, intense musical work with great musical 에크마 없이는 지금 우리의 그룹이 현재처럼 존재하지 않을 것입니다. personalities, detailed work on quartet technique, and – thanks to the lectures – Trio Gaspard ­honing of our intellectual awareness. Pacific Quartet Vienna The European Chamber Music Academy offers what every young ensemble dreams of: regular training with the most accomplished mentors you can find anywhere in ECMA is much more than an extra­ordinary chamber music academy with the the world. Though their perspectives differ, they're united by a common impetus. best tutors and the most stimulating young European ensembles: it goes beyond This impetus is like oxygen for a young ensemble, and in an ECMA session, young professional training to link music, philosophy and language in a unique way ensembles and incredible pedagogues breath the same air. Indeed, one of the that seeks to apprehend the heart of our European culture via Soctratic-style unique ­features of ECMA is the opportunity to really get to know the tutors: in a teaching and critical thinking. ­very convivial atmosphere, we can prolong the lessons with talks around a glass CUARTETO QUIROGA at Café Schwarzenberg in Vienna or share opinions on a musical subject after a ­lecture... All this is very stimulating. In a nutshell, ECMA is a true musician’s music ECMA has truly been a blessing for us. course! L’ ECMA, une fête de la conscience musicale! Streeton Trio Trio Karénine Ever since we first heard of ECMA, it was our dream to become a member. ECMAssa vietetyt vuodet valoivat Meta4:n kivijalan ja olivat ratkaisevat meidän koko ECMA allows you not only to expand your horizons in terms of musical ­perception, olemassaololle. ECMA avasi meille suoran yhteyden jousikvartetin­ synnyinlähteille, on but also to enhance your communication skills and didactic knowledge while vaikea kuvitella inspiroivempaa opiskeluympäristöä nuorelle jousikvartetille. having a chance to immerse yourself in the cultures of other countries. For our lives Meta4 and our career together, we view ECMA as being of inestimeable value, and we’re very glad that we can be part of it. ECMA war für uns ein wunderbarer und unvergesslicher, auch intensiver Abschnitt Piano trio FortVio in unseren Quartettanfängen! Die ersten Begegnungen und Unterrichtsstunden mit Legenden der Musikgeschichte wie Norbert Brainin-Amadeus Quartett, Milan Skampa-Smetana Quartett und großen Persönlichkeiten des aktuellen Konzertgeschehens waren prägende, unvergessliche Momente für die wir sehr dankbar sind! Das ­Gemeinschaftsgefühl mit den vielen anderen ECMA-Gruppen, also Gleichge- sinnten wurde in den Sessions vertieft. Die Vorträge, Workshops und gemeinsamen Konzerte motivierten zu Höchstleistungen. Sehr gut in Erinnerung sind uns vor ­allem Fiesole, Zürich, Groß­raming und Wien. Minetti Quartett

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Tutors

Artistic Management – Sessions TUTORS 2015 – 2016

Balsyte˙, Dalia piano – Vilnius Båtnes, Elise violin – Oslo Beyerle, Hatto viola – Großraming Belcea, Corina Farulli, Antonello viola – Fiesole Bertrand, Emmanuelle cello – Paris Jüdt, Patrick viola – Bern Beyerle, Hatto viola – Vienna/Hannover Lethiec, Michel clarinet – Prades Bieler, Ida violin – Graz Mantovani, Bruno composer – Paris Bitlloch, Sara violin – Barcelona/London Meissl, Johannes violin – Vienna Carlsen, Morten violin – Oslo Sandbakken, Are viola – Oslo Cropper, Peter † violin – Manchester Vos, Wim percussion – The Hague Farulli, Antonello viola – Fiesole Young, Jeremy piano – Manchester Gothoni, Ralf Jüdt, Patrick viola – Bern Kouyoumdjian, Avedis piano – Vienna Lethiec, Michel clarinet – Prades/Paris Lundberg, Per Anders piano – Oslo Meissl, Johannes violin – Vienna Miguel Da Silva viola – Paris/Geneva Mommertz, Dirk violin – Munich Nannoni, Andrea cello – Fiesole Pensola, Minna Pernoo, Jérôme cello – Paris Phillips-Varjabédian, Jean-Marc violin – Paris Plagge, Wolfgang piano – Oslo Prause, Petr cello – Manchester Richter, Christoph cello – Essen/London Sandbakken, Are viola – Oslo Schlichtig, Hariolf viola – Munich Schuster, Claus-Christian piano – Vienna Tait, Alasdair cello – London Tomes, Susan piano – London Young, Jeremy piano – Manchester © Gerar d Spee

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LECTURERS

Lecturers presenting scholarly input and content from special musicological fields are invited in accordance with each session’s thematic focus, which is proposed by the hosting partner.

Ališauskas, Egidijus musician and conductor – Vilnius Aspaas, Tor Espen pianist – Oslo Baltakis, Stasys filmmaker – Vilnius Boukobza, Jean-François musicologist – Paris Bružaite˙, Aiste˙ musician – Vilnius Bürger, Angela director – Bern Budde, Elmar musicologist – Berlin Cacciari, Massimo philosopher – Fiesole Cappelletto, Sandro music critic – Fiesole Cardas, Berit violinist – Oslo Gagel, Reinhard improviser, researcher – Berlin Givone, Sergio philosopher – Fiesole Glanz, Christian musicologist – Vienna Glaser, Liv fortepiano – Oslo Greenhead, Karin Dalcroze teacher – London Haslmayr, Harald art historian – Graz Joo, Hyung-ki pianist, composer, comedian – Vienna Junod, Jérôme director – Vienna Kraggerud, Henning violinist – Oslo Lemke-Matwey, Christine journalist – Hamburg/Munich Navickaite˙-Martinelli, Lina musicologist – Vilnius Player, Steven dancer, actor, choreographer – Fiesole Skurvydaite˙, Loreta historian – Vilnius Svarstad, Elizabeth dance instructor – Oslo Szabó-Knotik, Cornelia musicologist – Vienna Williamon, Aaron performance scientist – London Wilson, Elizabeth author, cellist – Fiesole

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COMPOSERS CD Releases, 2015/16

Dick, Leo composer Harenberg, Michael scientiest media scholar, composer Kurtág, György composer Kruse, Bjørn composer, painter Meixner, Michael composer Ofenbauer, Christian composer Plagge, Wolfgang composer, pianist Sciarrino, Salvatore composer Stroppa, Marco composer Thommessen, Olav Anton composer Urbaitis, Mindaugas composer Vacchi, Fabio composer Weissberg, Daniel composer © Gerar d Spee

48 European Chamber Music Academy European Chamber Music Academy 49 obituary – peter cropper

It has been a severe shock for us to learn that our friend and colleague Peter Cropper was unexpectedly summoned away from this world.

With his musicality, esprit, knowledge, and formidable arsenal of experience, he was a figure of central importance among our teachers. He was admired and ­loved by everyone – not just as a great musician, but also for being the person who he was. His passion for music and for teaching music to young musicians was every bit as legendary as was his constantly open and direct manner, both in the musical world and among his friends. He hated any and all sorts of tactical ­manoeuvring. His could occasionally come across as brusque, but what he said was unfailingly characterised by clarity and honesty. And at his core, he was an ­unbelievably sensitive, refined human being and musician, a jewel in our world. “Let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil!” seemed to be his motto in life. And what’s more, he was a man of genuine modesty, a quality that – these days – has become rather rare. He was a person whom one simply had to love for his clear forthrightness and for the warmth of his humanity.

All of us are deeply saddened by Peter Cropper’s passing!

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UPCOMING SCHEDULED Events

United Kingdom – London 2017 France – Paris 2016 Austria – Audition 2017 Italy – Fiesole 2017 Wigmore Hall London Conservatoire national supérieur mdw - University of Music and Performing Scuola di Musica di Fiesole – 26 – 28 January 2017 de musique et de danse de Paris Arts Vienna Fondazione Onlus Showcase 29 October 2016 06 May 2017 02 July 2017 – 09 July 2017 Audition Audition Session

United Kingdom – Manchester 2017 Royal Northern College of Music SWITZERLAND – BERN 2016 Austria – Vienna/Grafenegg 2017* AUSTRIA – GROSSRAMING 2017 06 March – 11 March 2017 Hochschule der Künste Bern Grafenegg KulturbetriebsgmbH Europäisches Kulturforum Großraming Session 17 – 23 November 2016 07 May 2017 – 14 May 2017 3 – 9 September 2017 Session Session and festival Session and festival

Norway – Oslo 2017 Norges musikkhøgskole 19 April – 25 April 2017 Session

* in cooperation with the mdw – University of Music and Performing Vienna © Gerar d Spee

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ECMA – THE Association

ECMA is organised as a nonprofit association registered under to ­Austrian law. ECMA partners are acknowledged either as Partner Institutions or Extraordinary Members.

Name Johannes Meissl ECMA – European Chamber Music Academy (Association for the Promotion of European Chamber Music)

Executive Committee President Mathias Deichmann Artistic Director Hatto Beyerle Artistic Director Johannes Meissl Finance Committee avedis Kouyoumdjian Hatto Beyerle Management Monika Mistlbachner

Advisor Gerhard Hildenbrand

Account Details Name ECMA-Europ. Chamber Music Academy Bank Bank Austria UniCredit Group IBAN AT85 1200 0506 6200 8363 Monika Mistlbachner BIC BKAUATWW

ECMA Coordination Monika Mistlbachner ECMA – European Chamber Music Academy c/o mdw – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1 Mathias Deichmann 1030 Vienna, AUSTRIA or [email protected]

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