Master Class Schedule 2021 (ET US time zone)
Current as of July 10, 2021
ALL MASTER CLASSES AND PRESENTATIONS ARE OPEN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND AUDITORS
Sunday, July 11
11:00am Opening Welcome and Orientation Meeting with Faculty and Participants
1:00pm Round Table with Simone Gramaglia and Cristiano Gualco, Quartetto di Cremona
“Beethoven Quartets: Why we still love them, and why are they so important to our world-wide global society”
Performance of Beethoven String Quartet by the “Quartetto di Cremona” to follow the Round Table
Monday, July 12
9:00am Cello Orchestra Audition Class with Alexander Kaganovsky
11:00am Composing Own Cadenza Class 1 with Mana Tokuno
1:00pm Violin Master Class with Yair Kless
3:00pm Piano Interpretation Class/Panel Discussion presented by Derek Chiu:
“Performance Decisions: An Analysis of Interpretive Ideas by Great Artists”
In this session, we will compare how great artist interpret a piece.
The panel and students will discuss the different interpretations.
Tuesday, July 13
9:00am Cello Interpretation Master Class with Anzel Gerber
“Cello Concertos”
10:00am Meet Cremonese Luthiers: Georgio Grisales
11:00am Round Table with Simone Gramaglia
“Is extra musical knowledge useful to play better”
1:00pm Violin Orchestra Audition Class 1 with Alexander Velinzon
3:00pm Scales and Technique Class with David Lakirovich
Wednesday, July 14
9:00am Ear Training Class 1 with Whitman Brown
(For students age 14 and under)
11:00am Composing Own Cadenza Class 2 with Mana Tokuno
1:00pm Violin Master Class with Ilya Kaler
3:00pm Piano Performance Seminar with Evgeny Chugunov
“Developing an effective and healthy performance technique: myths and realities about our body and what we should do about it”
Thursday, July 15
9:00am Strings Workshop:Scales and Technique with Anait Arutunian
Etudes by Kayser, Mazas, and Kreutzer
11:00am Improvisation Class 1 with Whitman Brown
(For students age 14 and up))
1:00pm Piano Performance Master Class with Lishan Hung
3:00pm Student Recitals
Friday, July 16
9:00am Ear Training Class 2 with Whitman Brown
(For students age 14 and under)
11:00am Composing Own Cadenza Class 3 with Mana Tokuno
1:00pm Student Recitals
3:00pm Strings Seminar with Magdalena Richter
“Etudes by French Masters”
Saturday, July 17
9:00am Strings and Piano Competitions
Open to participants and auditors
7:00pm Strings Seminar with Nigel Bardsley
“Unaccompanied Bach for Young Students”
Sunday, July 18
9:00am Strings and Piano Competitions
Open to participants and auditors
8:00pm Announcement of the Competition Results
Monday, July 19
9:00am Ear Training Class 3 with Whitman Brown
(For students age 14 and under)
11:00am Improvisation Class 2 with Whitman Brown
(For students age 14 and up)
1:00pm Piano Performance Master Class with Victor Rosenbaum
3:00pm Round Table with David Lakirovich: Preparing for a performance and overcoming anxiety
Tips and advice for preparing for a performance goal
Tuesday, July 20
11:00am Violin Interpretation Master Class with James Buswell
Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas by J. S. Bac
1:00pm Violin Orchestra Audition Class 2 with Alexander Velinzon
3:00pm Cello Performance Master Class with Carol Ou
“Cello Concertos”
Wednesday, July 21
9:00am Cello Master Class with Anzel Gerber
“Virtuosity and Technique”
11:00am Improvisation Class 3 with Whitman Brown
(For students age 14 and up)
1:00pm Violin Master Class with Ilya Kaler
3:00pm Special Talk by Victor Rosenbaum:
“Head, Heart, Hands, and More: What it Takes to Make Music”
Thursday, July 22
11:00am Violin Master Class with Paola Tumeo
1:00pm Audition preparation for College and Orchestra with Robert Becker
2:00pm Student Recitals
3:00pm Strings Seminar with Sean Wang
“Interpreting Bach’s Violin Music in the 21ST Century”
Friday, July 23
11:00am Piano Performance and Interpretation Workshop 1 with Mana Tokuno
Etudes, Sonatas, Character Pieces
1:00pm Chamber Music Seminar with Limor Toren-Immerman
“Chamber music: the way to a true collaboration”
2:00pm Student Recitals
3:00pm Violin Master Class with Roberto Cani
Saturday, July 24
11:00am Technique Class with James Buswell
“Technical issues in the practice room”
1:30pm Violin Orchestra Audition Class with Alexander Velinzon
3:00pm Cello Seminar with Carol Ou
“From Bach to the Amazon: A friendly guide to the less traveled path of cellists – Solo Cello Repertoire”
Sunday, July 25
11:00am Violin/Viola Master Class with Mark Sabbah
1:00pm Cello Technique Workshop with Laszlo Mezo
“Left Hand and Bow Technique”
2:00pm Student Recitals
3:00pm Piano Performance Master Class with Irena Kofman
Monday, July 26
11:00am Piano Performance and Interpretation Workshop 2 with Mana Tokuno
Etudes, Sonatas, Character Pieces
1:00pm Seminar with Roberto Cani
“The Art of Practice”
2:00pm 2021 Cremona Competition Winners Concert Part 1
3:00pm Round Table with Mimi Dye
“Discovering the role of String Playing in World Music”
Tuesday, July 27
11:00am Violin Technique and Interpretation Master Class with Cristiano Gualco
1:00pm 2021 Cremona Competition Winners Concert Part 2
3:00pm Panel Discussion with the Academy Faculty and Participants presented by Derek Chiu
“Cremona and Monteverdi – Explore the influence of the City of Violins and Monteverdi on the music we teach and study today!”
Wednesday, July 28
11:00am CLOSING MEETING WITH FACULTY AND PARTICIPANTS
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