Master Class Schedule 2021 (ET US time zone)
Current as of July 10, 2021
Current as of July 10, 2021
ALL MASTER CLASSES AND PRESENTATIONS ARE OPEN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND AUDITORS
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
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.
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
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”
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
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”
9:00am Strings and Piano Competitions
Open to participants and auditors
7:00pm Strings Seminar with Nigel Bardsley
“Unaccompanied Bach for Young Students”
9:00am Strings and Piano Competitions
Open to participants and auditors
8:00pm Announcement of the Competition Results
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
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”
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”
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
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”
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
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”
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!”
11:00am CLOSING MEETING WITH FACULTY AND PARTICIPANTS
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