Wuppertaler Musiksommer
Wuppertaler Musiksommer 2024
This is the 15th time, the Wuppertal campus of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and the Historische Stadthalle are jointly organising the Wuppertaler Musiksommer which includes international music masterclasses and the Jugendkulturpreis, an award for cultural projects by young people.
International masterclasses
International masterclasses
18 – 25 August 2024
REGISTRATION
For students, graduates and advanced pupils, who want to start studying music.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 29 JULY 2024
- Please state the desired repertoire when registering.
- Lessons: daily 10 am - 1 pm and 3 pm - 6 pm
- Duration of the teaching units: 45 - 60 minutes (depending on the number of participants)
- Number of teaching units: depending on the number of participants
- Number of course participants: Maximum 8
LECTURERS
FLUTE | Prof. Dirk Peppel
OBOE | Manuel Bilz
CLARINET | Michael Schmidt
VIOLIN | Prof. Michael Foyle
PIANO | Prof. Dr. Florence Millet (booked up)
GUITAR | Prof. Gerhard Reichenbach
SINGING RESP. LIEDGESTALTUNG | Dorothea Brandt and Tanja Tismar
GENERAL INFORMATION
ARTISTIC DIRECTION AND COORDINATION
Prof. Dr. Lutz-Werner Hesse
Tel. +49 202 310846
Write an E-Mail
VENUE FOR THE MASTERCLASSES
Wuppertal campus of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Günter Wand Haus
Sedanstraße 15
42275 Wuppertal
OPENING CONCERT OF THE COURSE LECTURERS
Sunday, 18 August 2024, 6 pm
Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal
Großer Saal
Johannisberg 40
42103 Wuppertal
FINAL CONCERT BY SELECTED COURSE PARTICIPANTS
Sunday, 25 August 2024, 11 am
Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal
Großer Saal
Johannisberg 40
42103 Wuppertal
OVERNIGHT OPTIONS
B&B-Hotel (Schwebebahnhaltestelle “Kluse”)
McDreams-Hotel (Schwebahnhaltestelle “Robert Daum-Platz“)
Also-Hotel (Schwebebahnhaltestelle “Völklinger Straße”)
Flemings Express-Hotel Wuppertal (Schwebebahnhaltestelle “Döppersberg“ oder „Kluse“)
ibis Wuppertal City (Schwebebahnhaltestelle Kluse)
Jugendherberge Wuppertal
ORGANISER
Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal GmbH in cooperation with the Wuppertal campus of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Guided tours
Guided tours through the Historische Stadthalle are always a wonderful experience. Wander through all the rooms at you leisure, learn about the more than 100 hundred-year-old history of the magnificent building dating from the time of Emperor William II and discover corners that are usually hidden from visitors’ eye.
Tickets for current guided tours can be booked at Kulturkarte (adults 8,- € / free admission for children up to the age of 14).
Dates for public guided tours are published in our current media. To stay up to date with new dates just subscribe to our Newsletter.
Special tours
We are pleased to offer individual guided tours through the building. These can, however, take place only as and when permitted by the plan of rehearsals and other events. Changes at short notice are therefore possible.
The special guided tour (duration aprox. 90 min), costs 100 euros plus VAT for groups of up to 20 people. Above that number, the charge is 8 euros plus VAT per person.
Special tours in English are also offered (price on request).
Your point of contact
WUPPERTALER MUSIKSOMMER
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International masterclasses 2024
Masterclass violin:
Prof. michael foyle
For students, graduates and advanced school pupils, who want to study music.
COURSE CONTENTS
- Refine aspects of each student‘s musicality and technique
- Development of beauty and colour in sound; increased technical ease
- Intensive preparation for performances, competitions, auditions and examinations
- The final concert of the course or performances within the university also offer the opportunity to improve stage presence and appearance
- Course Schedule: open lessons, open audition at the end of the course
PROF. MICHAEL FOYLE
studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Vienna Conservatory with Maureen Smith and Pavel Vernikov. He has performed worldwide with prominent conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Oliver Knussen, Sakari Oramo and Vasily Petrenko. In 2018/19 he released his highly acclaimed debut CDs "The Great War Centenary- Debussy, Janacek and Respighi Sonatas" and "Lutoslawski and Penderecki: Complete Violin and Piano Works". In 2020, he recorded all of Beethoven's violin sonatas with pianist Maksim Stsura. In 2016 he became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 2021 a professor at the HfMT Cologne/Wuppertal. www.michaelfoyle.org
WUPPERTALER MUSIKSOMMER
THIS IS WHAT SUMMER SOUNDS LIKE
International masterclasses 2024
Masterclass GUITAR:
Prof. GERHARD REICHENBACH
COURSE CONTENTS
- workshop on technique and tone formation (organization depends on the size of the group)
- working on classical guitar concert literature from all eras (Renaissance to 21st century)
- dealing with the professional preparation of performances and dealing with stage fright
PROF. GERHARD REICHENBACH
is a graduate of the HfMT Cologne/Wuppertal and the Athens Conservatory. His international concert activities as a soloist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestras have taken him to many European countries. He has premiered or given the first performance of numerous works. He teaches as a professor at the HfMT Cologne/Wuppertal. His pedagogical commitment is reflected in the organization of his own festivals and in the promotion of young artists. www.reichenbachguitar.com
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International masterclasses 2024
Masterclass flute:
Prof. Dirk Peppel
Teaching profile depending on participant
- preparation of important works of the flute repertoire for flute/piano and flute solo as a supplement to studies or in preparation for examinations
- preparation of important works of the repertoire in preparation for aptitude tests combined with appropriate study advice
- working on the important solos of the orchestral repertoire in preparation for auditions
PROF. DIRK PEPPEL
studied with Matthias Rütters at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and attended master classes with André Jaunet, Maxence Larrieux and Jean-Pierre Rampal. From 1989 to 2012, he was principal flutist of the Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe. He regularly conducts courses, inter alia, in Rheinberg and Montepulciano, as well as at the Universidad de Ciencias y Artes in Mexico. Since 2005 he is professor of flute and chamber music at the Wuppertal department of the HfMT Cologne. www.dirkpeppel.com
WUPPERTALER MUSIKSOMMER
International masterclasses 2024
Masterclass clarinet:
Michael Schmidt
For students and young people who aim to study music.
REPERTOIRE
free choice of repertoire
Course contents
- working on important works of clarinet literature from different eras in individual and group lessons
- audition training, exam preparation and performance coaching as well as basic work
MICHAEL SCHMIDTstudied in Weimar and with Prof. H. D. Klaus in Detmold. He has been principal clarinettist in the Darmstadt State Orchestra since 1994. In the same position, he is a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and a frequent guest at the Bavarian State Opera, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others. He has been a lecturer in clarinet, methodology and didactics at the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt since 2003.
WUPPERTALER MUSIKSOMMER
International masterclasses 2024
Masterclass singing:
Dorothea Brandt
For students and young people who aim to study music.
REPERTOIRE
free choice of repertoire from song, opera, oratorio of all epochs
Course contents
- Singing and piano lessons ("Liedgestaltung" for those interested)
- Joint bodywork
- Development of the repertoire brought along in individual lessons with special attention to the participation of the body. What does my body have to accomplish in order to be able to meet certain technical requirements and at the same time to serve e.g. expression, interpretation, stage presence?
DOROTHEA BRANDT
studied at the Hochschule für Musik Saar with Professor Yaron Windmüller. After many years of permanent engagement at the Wuppertaler Bühnen, she is now employed as a freelance singer at the Elberfelder Mädchenkurrende and Singpause Düsseldorf, among others. www.dorotheabrandt.de
WUPPERTALER MUSIKSOMMER
International masterclasses 2024
Masterclass piano:
Prof. Dr. Florence Millet (booked up)
For students, graduates and young people who aim to study music or are preparing concerts.
REPERTOIRE
Works from three different eras
PROF. DR. FLORENCE MILLET
graduated with highest honors studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris and received her Master and Doctor in Musical Arts from the State University of New York at Gilbert Kalish. Because of their intensive study of contemporary music she maintains an active collaboration with many contemporary composers and worked with the Ensemble Intercontemporain under the direction of Pierre Boulez. Nearly She is a founding member of the Lions Gate Trio, with which she repeatedly masterclasses and concerts organized in America in the year. Since 1998 she is professor of piano and chamber music at the HfMT Köln / Wuppertal.
www.florencemillet.com
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THIS IS WHAT SUMMER SOUNDS LIKE
International masterclasses 2024
Masterclass oboe:
Manuel Bilz
For all participants (depending on instrumental level) daily group sessions on the tonal and technical fundamentals of oboe playing.
- preparation of important works of the oboe repertoire for oboe/piano and oboe solo as a supplement to studies or in preparation for examinations
- preparation of important works of the repertoire in preparation for aptitude tests combined with appropriate study advice
- working on the important solos of the orchestral repertoire in preparation for auditions
- For all participants: (possibly, depending on the performance level of the participants) daily group lessons on the tonal and technical basics of oboe playing
MANUEL BILZ
studied oboe with Prof. Günther Passin in Munich. He was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO). From 1999-2001 he was principal oboist at the National Theater in Mannheim. Since 2001 he has held the same position at the Symphony Orchestra of WDR (Broadcasting Corporation). He is a member of the Matsumoto Festival Orchestra in Japan founded by Seiji Ozawa. Since September 2015 he is a lecturer at the Wuppertal campus of the HfMT Köln University of Music and Dance Cologne).
