Meisterkurse

Bernd Goetzke  was born in Hannover, Germany in 1951. At the age of 13 he was already accepted as a student at the Hannover University of Music and Drama, where he studied Piano with Prof. Karl-Heinz Kaemmerling until obtaining his Concert Soloist Diploma in 1975. Another important phase in his pianistic development was his long association (1969 to 1977) with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, who regarded him as his last pupil. He also participated in Beethoven courses given by Wilhelm Kempff and Claudio Arrau. Bernd Goetzke was awarded prizes in several international competitions (Paris, Milan, Epinal, Athens, Brussels, amongst others). Already at the age of 25 he was appointed Lecturer at the Hannover University of Music and Drama and became professor in 1982. Today Bernd Goetzke is one of Germany's most sought-after teachers and musicians. He teaches a class of young pianists from all over the world, and many of them have become prize winners in international competitions. He is Head of the Concert Soloist Programme in Hanover and in addition he holds numerous Master Classes in Germany and worldwide. He is also involved in the training of soloists and the development of young talents outside of the University environment: as jury member of many international competitions (Moscow, Munich, Bolzano, Orlians, Oslo, London, St. Petersburg, Kharkov, Salt Lake City, Shenzhen, Shanghai and many others), for example, or as Artistic Advisor of the festival Braunschweig Classix Festival and as Chair of a society supporting young artists. Since the year 2000 he is Director of a newly-founded Institute for highly-gifted children. This Institute, conceived by him, is attached to the Hannover University of Music and Drama and the only one of its kind in Germany. In his concert repertoire the names Bach, Beethoven, Schumann and Debussy appear frequently, but also works of the twentieth century, reflecting his fascination with the stylistic richness and diversity of the period between Late Romanticism and Avantgarde. In the realm of chamber music or concerto repertoire respectively one could mention Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, the German premiere of Bartok's Piano Quintet, the two Rhapsodies by Gershwin or Skryabin's Prometheus. Bernd Goetzke has also published several articles on subject-related matters (Freedom in Interpretation,Pedal Technique,Bach's Melodic Characteristics, Articulation and Phrasing in Classical Music etc).

Krzysztof Wegrzyn began playing the violin at an early age studying with Zenon Brzewski and Irena Dubiska in Warsaw, Wolfgang Marschner in Freiburg and Yfrah Neaman in London. He was a laureate in renowned international competitions (Spohr, Montreal) and won the Szymanowski and Lipizer Competitions.
His concert activities have taken him around the world and he has made numerous recordings for radio, television and CD.
He has served as concertmaster of the Hanover State Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra for many years and since 1993 is Professor at the University of Music and Drama Hanover.
He has given frequent masterclasses worldwide including
at Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Juilliard School, Aspen Festival, Keshet Eilon, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.
Many  of his students have won top prizes in international music competitions. In addition, he has been active in chamber music for years, for example as a founding member of the New Warsaw Piano Quintett.
He has been a juror at such esteemed violin and chamber music competitions as the Tchaikovski/Moscow, Kreisler/Vienna, ARD/Munich, Paganini and Osaka Chamber Music Competition, among others.
Since seven years he also serves as an artistic director of the Gdansk Spring Music Festival in Poland.
Krzysztof Wegrzyn is the founder and Artistic Director of the Hannover International Violin Competition dedicated to Joseph Joachim.
He was awarded the State Music Prize of Lower Saxony in 2004.
He plays a Venetian violin of Domenico Montagnana.
12. - 18.09.2011
accompanist is Mrs Natsumi Ohno.

Born in Augsburg in 1954, Julius Berger studied at the Musikhochschule of Munich, Germany under Walter Reichardt and Fritz Kiskalt. Later, he studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria under Antonio Janigro (whose assistant he became from 1979 to 1982) and at the University of Cincinnati, USA under Zara Nelsova and on the occasion of a master-course under Mstislav Rostropovic.With 28 years Julius Berger was appointed to the Musikhochschule Wuerzburg and was one of the youngest professors in Germany. Starting in Wuerzburg, later in Saarbruecken and Mainz, and since 2000 in Augsburg, he took efforts to promote the top new talents in his subject. Since 1992 he leads a class at the international summer academy at the Mozarteum Salzburg.Julius Berger devotes a big part of international concert- and recording-works to the rediscovery of Luigi Boccherini´s complete works, the performance and CD-edition of the works für Violoncello and pianoforte by Paul Hindemith, the works of Ernst Bloch, Max Bruch, Richard Strauss, Robert Schumann and Edward Elgar.Julius Berger is known for his strong commitment of contemporary compositions featuring the works of John Cage, Toshio Hosokawa and Sofia Gubaidulina.Tours and concerts have brought him together - in music and in friendship - with people like -above others- Leonard Bernstein, Eugen Jochum, Gidon Kremer, Olivier Messiaen, Sofia Gubaidulina and Wolfgang Rihm. Moreover, Julius Berger works as art director of "Eckelshausen Music Days" and the "Asiago-Festival" in Italy and has led the  international Leopold Mozart-competition in Augsburg as president. For the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes", Berger has become trusted tutor for several years and has become a member of the permanent musical selecting commission.Working as a juror for some years, Julius Berger got to visit the competitions in Salzburg (Mozart), Kronberg (Casals), Markneukirchen, Munich, Warsaw and many more.Julius Berger plays one of the oldest violoncelli of the world, the Violoncello Andrea Amati of the year 1566 - "King Charles IX."

violoncello masterclass: accompanist is Mrs Monica Cassarotti

Born in Japan, Natsumi Ohno started her studies in Tokyo and then studied with Prof. Bernd Goetzke at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover where she finished the Solo Performance Class with a diplom degree. As a collaborative pianist, she studied also the accompaniment of song and chamber music and is now working in masterclasses and festivals. She has received awards at the International Chamber Music Competition “Premio Trio di Trieste” and at the International Piano Comepetition “Citta di Sulmona”. Since 2007 Natsumi Ohno has accepted a lectureship at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover.

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