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ECMTA Newsletter #2
June 2010
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Meeting in Gdansk
Thanks to the hard work and generosity of all our members the meeting in Gdansk was a great success. Members from Spain, France, Scotland, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, Germany and Holland attended. There were two marvelous student concerts, 24 masterclass sessions with 9 professors, a round-table, member project presentations, and, of course, the general meeting. Many thanks to our colleagues at the S. Moniuszko Academy of Music for their excellent organisation and warm welcome. Photos from the meeting are already in the Photo gallery, with more to come.
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Gathering in Ascoli Piceno Festival
Please note that the dates for the ECMTA event at the Ascoli Piceno Festival in Italy have been changed. The events will take place from the evening of September 24 to Tuesday morning September 28. Workshops will take place on Saturday and Sunday and there will be an open stage for ECMTA members on Sunday, with tourist activities proposed on Monday. Members can stay for whatever period they like. Lodging is excellent and inexpensive, ECMTA members are invited to all concerts an no cost. More information about activities, transportation and lodging, as well as an inscription form will be sent soon. www.ascolipicenofestival.com
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Save the dates!!
- 24-26 September 2010, an ECMTA event will be organised within the framework of the Ascoli Piceno Festival in Italy
- 1-3 April 2011, the next General Meeting will take place at the Academia Santa Cecilia in Rome.
More details will follow soon!
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 Our partnership with Ensemble Magazin is under way ! Check out the first ECMTA Notes in the June issue http://www.ensemble-magazin.de
The first article includes information on the Ajassa 2010! festival organised by Metropolia University, Helsinki; the International Student Chamber Music Festival in Stuttgart; the "We Play with Friends" teacher training workshop in chamber music pedagogy in Riga
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Website news
The website will undergo some construction during the summer, and some information will not be available for a short time (mostly minutes from the meetings). Afterwards, we will create a "members-only" section. We will keep you informed as the project develops.
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MEMBER NEWS:
- From Amsterdam
29th annual Orlando Festival and Intensive Chamber Music course July 18 - 1 August, 2010.
Read more: http://www.orlandofestival.nl
- From Spain
VI FIAPMSE AKADEMIE (International Forum for High Musical Development in Southern Europe) 6-21 August 2010
- From Germany
Internationale Sommerakademie für Kammermusik Niedersachsen e. V.
sommerakademie@rothkegel-hartke.de
www.sommerakademie-kammermusik.com
- From Moscow
IV International S.I.Taneev chamber ensembles competition in Kaluga from October, 30 till November, 6, 2011.
Contacter : icf.moscow@gmail.com
- From France
String Quartet workshops for young professionals and amateurs in July and August with members of the Danel, Castagneri, and Prazak Quartets : www.aram-poitou.com (Brochure)
- From Riga
Report from “We Play Music With Friends” Chairman Gunta Melbarde
The VIII International Festival/Competition “We play music with friends” for chamber ensembles of young performers took place in Riga, Latvia 4-6 June 2010. 132 participants aged 7 to 19 from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland - 48 chamber ensembles - and 50 teachers attended it. The competition was judged by an international jury composed of professors from Latvia, Finland, Estonia, presided by Gunta Sproge of the Latvian Academy of Music, and including ECMTA Chairman Evan Rothstein. Lead-in-concerts of the Festival sounded in Riga streets and squares. The competition took place in the beautiful concert hall of the recently opened Jazeps Medins Riga 1st Music School. Contestants and other young ensembles performed in Festival concerts in Column Hall at the Historical Museum of Riga and in the Botanical garden of Latvian University. The weekend also included a seminar for teachers in attendance, in which members of the jury made comments on the preparation of the contestants and on the organization of the competition. The Festival concluded with a gala concert of the Youth chamber orchestra Armonico and awards ceremony.
For more information please visit the competition website : www.kamerfest.lv
- From our English colleague
ChamberStudio is a new chamber music scheme in London which offers:
- A base for new-generation chamber groups, post-college and others, where they can receive high-level coaching throughout the year, to complement residential courses and other annual events
- Coaching on Sunday afternoons from eminent chamber players and teachers at a subsidised and affordable rate
- An annual Fellowship award offering concert opportunities
- Support in preparing for concerts, competitions and courses
- A link to the Outreach and Education programme at Kings Place
Read more >>
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