Master Class Schedule

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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