Violin Masterclass with Ida Haendel

Period: 10-14 May 2012

Location: National Music University Bucharest

One of the most admired artists of our time, Ida Haendel embodies the great tradition of the violin technique, a technique she acquired from the famous pedagogues Carl Flesch and George Enescu.

Her early debut at the age of fourteen, with a concert in London under the conducting of Sir Henry Wood, launched the artist on her way to an exceptional career, with countless successful concerts in the greatest concert halls around the world. Ida Haendel’s performances are unique through the passion and intensity with which she builds the phrases and brings the sound to life

Ida Haendel has had concerts with great orchestras of the world under the conducying of Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattel, Sergiu Celibidache and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Her recordings are real touchstones to which many artists have looked up to. Recent exceptional recordings can be found on Diapason d'Or.

In a review of Ida Haendel’s performance of the Elgar Violin Concerto, Nicholas Kenyon of the Times of London wrote, “If there is a more sheerly musical violinist before the public today than Ida Haendel, I have yet to hear him or her. Haendel’s qualities an obtrusively precise sense of style, a glorious freedom of phrasing, an acute feeling for the large-scale direction of a piece are only a small part of her talent.”

Critic Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe cogently summed up the artistry of Ida Haendel in a review of her recent performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra: “Fresh, youthful inspiration still animates everything Haendel does; she knows it all, but she is still out on a voyage of discovery. She plays the notes with such simplicity, directness and emotional force that they tear your heart out.”

Chamber Music Masterclass with Helmut Nicolai

Period: 15 - 19 May 2012

Location: National Music University Bucharest

Helmut Nicolai was born in Königsberg, Germany.

During his studies at the Music University of Hamburg, he won the Chamber Music Prize offered by the Chamber Music School of Germany and the Bordeaux Bienalle.

In 1967 he joined the Symphonic Orchestra of Hamburg. During 1968 – 1990 he was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic and in 1981 he became solo violist of the Munich Philharmonic.

Outside of his appearances as a solist with Sergiu Celibidache and the Munich Philharmonic, Helmut Nicolai has had performances on all continents as a member of the Classicum Consortium.

Among his chamber music partners are Christoph Eschenbach, Thomas Brandis, James Galway and Christian Gerhaher.

Helmut Nicolai recorded for EMI, Decca Philips and Orfeo.

In 1992 he became a founding member of the Rosamunde Quartett of Munich, alongside which he invested all his energy, winning numerous prizes as well as a Grammy nomination.

Double Bass Masterclass with Dorin Marc

Period: 16 May - 20 May 2012

Location: National Music University Bucharest

Dorin Marc was born in 1958 in Romania and he is a graduate of the National Music University in Bucharest, class of Prof. Ion Cheptea. Between 1981 - 1992 he became a member of the “Transylvania” State Philharmonic from Cluj-Napoca and in parallel, between 1987 - 1992, he was appointed solo double bassist of the “Orchestra Internationale d'Italia".

Since 1992 he is a solo double bassist of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Munich, under the conducting of Maestro Sergiu Celibidache. Since being appointed as a university professor at the Nürnberg Music Academy in 2003, he dedicates himself predominantly to teaching activities.

Ever since his years of study, he was awarded First Prize at the national music contests in 1977, 1979 and 1986. In the latter year he was also awarded the Musical Critique Award.

At the international level, he won awards in prestigious competitions such as: Markneukirchen - Germany, Geneve - Switzerland, ARD Munchen. In 1991, in Mittenwald, Germany, he was awarded not only the First Prize but also the quality of member for life of the International Double Bassist Society.

Dorin Marc has played as a soloist with all the Romanian philharmonic orchestras and he has held recitals and concerts in Bulgaria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Hungary, Spain, Sweden and Denmark. He recorded with the Romanian Radio-Television, as well as with televisions in Germany and Switzerland. In 1991 he recorded a disc with Electrecord with the double bassist quartet “Mobile”. Together with other valuable Romanian musical instrumentalists, Dorin Marc is actively involved in the preparation of young musicians, members of the National Youth Orchestra founded by the cellist Prof. Marin Cazacu.

Dorin Marin holds masterclasses at the National Music University of Bucharest, as well as in the entire Europe and he is invited in specialist juries in the international competitions.

Currently he is a professor at the Nurnberg-Ausburg Conservatory (Germany) and at the Toscanini Academy in Bologna.

Flute Masterclass with Michael Martin Kofler

Period: 17 - 20 May 2012

Location: National Music University Bucharest

Michael Martin Kofler was born in 1966 in Villach, Austria and he took music studies at the Music University of Vienna with Werner Tripp and Wolfgang Schultz. He then studied with Peter- Lukas Graf at the Music University of Basel, Switzerland.

In 1987, Sergiu Celibidache invited him to join the Munich Philharmonic as solo flutist.

Martin Kofler has been awarded numerous prizes in prestigious competitions (ARD, Brussels, Prague) and is also the beneficiary of the "Cultural Endowment Prizes" awarded by the Concert Society of Munich and by the Austrian state of Carinthia. He has also been awarded: The Award of Honour from the Ministry of Science of Austria, as well as the Prize for Culture of his native city, Villach.

Among his music partners are Paul Badura-Skoda, Gage Irwin, Stefan Vladar, Stephan Kiefer, Konrad Ragossnig, Xavier de Maistre, Regine Kofler, Martin Spangenberg, Benjamin Schmid, Clemens and Veronika Hagen, as well as the Mandelring and Mozart Salzburg Quartets.

Brass Masterclass with Wolfgang Gaag

Period: 24 - 28 May 2012

Location: National Music University Bucharest

Wolfgang Gaag, born in Waldsassen, has followed sound engineering studies of the Technical University of Berlin and he studied the horn with Alfred Gohlke at the Music Academy of Berlin.

Since his studies he became a solo horn player at the Youth Orchestras RIA and Jeunesses Musicales. At graduation, in 1969, he gets the position of solo horn player at the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, then for the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart. Shortly after that, Sergiu Celibidache hires him as solo horn player of the Munich Philharmonic. At first a professor at the Music Academy of Stuttgart, he then continues his teaching activities at the Music University of Munich.

Wolfgang Gaag was a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and a co-founder of the ensembles "Deutsche Bläsersolisten", "German Brass", "Villa Musica" and "Odeon-Konzerte". His diverse activity as a soloist and member of the orchestras and chamber ensembles has brought him close to famous musicians, in concerts held in the most prestigious music halls around the world. He recorded on radio, TV and he also recorded CDs meant to enrich the art and culture.

Lately Wolgan Gaag has directed his attention towards teaching activities, soloist recitals and chamber music. He teaches masterclasses at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, Royal Academy of Music of London, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia of Madris, etc. He is also a jury member in the international competitions ARD - Germany, Prima la Musica- Italy and the International Horn Competition of Marktneukirchen, Germany.

Conducting Masterclass with Enrique Garcia Asensio

Period: 21 - 26 May 2012

Location: National Music University Bucharest

Born in Valencia (Spain), Enrique Garcia Asensio has studied violin, chamber music, harmony, counterpoint and composition at the Royal Music Conservatory of Madrid.

At the age of 11 he is a violinist in the orchestra of the Conservatoire, in which he later becomes a concert maestro and a conductor. He conducted almost all orchestras in Spain.

His international professional activity is undergone in Canada, USA, Mexic, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Uruguay, The Dominican Republic, Brazil, Japan, Iceland, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Israel, Russia, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, England, Portugal, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Holland, Denmark, The Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Enrique Garcia Asensio was Sergiu Celibidache’s assistant at the international conducting classes in Bologna (Italy), Munich (Germany), as well as in the Chigiana Academy of Sienna, Italy. At the Academy of Sienna he participated in all the classes taught by Celibidache (1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963) and he won in his last year the award “The Best Student of the Class”, offered by the Rotary Club of Sienna.

He has taught conducting classes abroad, in Santo Domingo (the Dominican Republic), Kerkrade (Holland), but also in Toledo, Madrid, Valencia, Chauchina (Granada), Minglanilla (Cuenca), Granada, Liria, Buñol, Cullera, Villarreal, Nules, Segorbe, Benicasim, Vall d'Uixó, Montroy, de Algar Palancia and Pinoso, in Valencia. He was named an Honorary Director by numerous prestigious associations like the Musical Union of Liria (Valencia) and the Arts Society of Buñol (Valencia).

He is a Knight of the Saint Caliz Order and a Knight of the Royal Order Santa Maria del Puig. Since 1986 he is a member of Council of Culture of Valencia.

Enrique Garcia Asensio has declared on numerous occasions that the Maestro Sergiu Celibidache was to him like a second father. In addition, he mentions that “the day he met Celibidache, it was like winning the lottery”.

MASTERCLASS REPERTOIRE

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525
• Paul Hindemith - 5 Pieces for String Orchestra op.44, no.4
• Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony Op.4
• Gustav Holst - St. Paul's Suite
• Pyotr Ilyici Tchaikovsky - Serenade for strings
• Joaquin Turina - La Oracion del torero

The scores can be requested via email at alina@fundatia-celibidache.com

Violin Masterclass with Rony Rogoff

Period: 25 - 29 May 2012

Location: National Music University Bucharest

“Rony Rogoff is the only violinist who uses the proper proportion for any given style and the best Mozart player in existence. He is one of the few who understand the meaning behind the notes and is capable of bringing it through.” This is Sergiu Celibidache’s opinion on his former student and long time friend.

Rony Rogoff was born in Israel and was taught initially by his father – who was a founding member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra – and by Ramy Shevelov. He then studied at the Juilliard School in New York with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay as well as in Switzerland with Joseph Szigeti.

As a soloist he was accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta, as well as by the leading orchestras in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Paris, Madrid, Tokyo, Manila, Caracas, the radio orchestras in Copenhagen and Stuttgart, the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Rheinland-Pfalzische Staatsphilharmonie under conductors like Sergiu Celibidache, Leonard Bernstein, Enrique Garcia Asensio, Also Ceccato or Arthur Fiedler.

His solo performances of Bach’s Partitas and Stockhausen’s “Zodiac” at the Lincoln Center in New York have achieved a legendary status and were released by Sony.

Besides being in command of the complete standard repertoire, Rogoff has always dedicated himself to lesser known but valuable works such as the violin concerto of the great Norwegian dodecaphonist Fartein Valen, of which he gave the American Premiere.

In 1982 the famous critic H. H. Stuckenschmidt declared after witnessing Rogoff’s performance of Alban Berg’s violin concerto at the Berlin Festival with the Munich Philharmonic under Celibidache, that this performance “had corresponded more than any other with the last will of its composer, whom he had known personally”.

The long lasting collaboration with Sergiu Celibidache was the most influential in Rogoff’s professional life.

Last but not least, the permanent contact with first class international artists has helped him develop and become one of the most experimented violin professors of our time. Indeed, the teaching activity has grown in importance to Rogoff, engaging him more and more lately. His masterclasses for violin and chamber music from South America, Japan, the Philippines, Italy, Austria (the Mozarteum summer school) and Germany (9 years of continuous work in the BCJ Elze and Berchtesgaden institutions) have become legendary.

He is an extremely appreciated conductor and mentor for orchestras internationally, in Denmark, Spain, Italy, Japan, Germany, South America and the Philippines.

In 1994, Rogoff founded a chamber orchestra with students from Italy. At first situated close to Vicenza and called “I Cameristi – La Scuola di Rony Rogoff”, the orchestra has rapidly won a remarkable reputation and was soon invited to renowned Italian festivals in Bologna and Venice.