VDU Teatre vaidina ir Muzikos akademijos studentai

2024 spalio 18 d. įvyko VDU Teatro naujų narių „krikštynos“. Jose puikiai pasirodė ir naujos VDU teatro narės Muzikos akademijos studentės, tarptautinių konkursų laureatės 2B Liepa Dabriškaitė ir 3B Ugnė Stražnickaitė. Abi studentės studijuoja prof. Sabinos Martinaitytės (dainavimas) ir prof. A. Eitmanavičiūtės (koncertinių žanrų dainavimas) klasėse.

Publika gausiomis ovacijomis sutiko jų atliktą komišką G. Rossini duetą „Duetto buffo di due gatti“. Susižavėję VDU teatrinio fakulteto studentai pasiūlė jaunosioms dainininkėms ir toliau bendradarbiauti. Ateityje gali būti, kad pamatysime įdomius šio bendradarbiavimo rezultatus.

KONCERTAS KAUNO CHORALINĖJE OHEL JAAKOV SINAGOGOJE 2024 m. Spalio 22 d. 18. 00 val.

Prof. Marina Bartoli paskaita ir meistriškumo kursai Dainavimo katedros studentams spalio 30d.

Meistriškumo kursų metu, bus nagrinėjamos pagrindinės dainavimo technikos ir interpretacijos temos, apliepiančios įvairių Europos mokyklų muziką, nuo ankstyvojo baroko ir klasicizmo pirmosios pusės. Bus nagrinėjami įvairūs vokalinės muzikos žanrai, reprezentuojantys XVII a. – XIX a. pirmąją pusę, pradedant bažnytinę ir kamerinę muziką, baigiant operos repertuaru.

Pagrindinės meistriškumo kursų potemės:

Afektų teorija: techninės ir interpretacinės „senovinio“ dainavimo ir grojimo ypatybės.
Specifiniai įgūdžiai: vibrato valdymas, gorgia technika, trillo ribattuto, messa di voce.
Nuo recitar cantando [dainuojant vaidinti] iki rečitatyvo: dramatiško pasakojimo svarba.
Monodijos ir cifruoto boso ištakos. Filologinis požiūris į XVII – XIX amžiaus kompozicijų atlikimo praktiką.
Tarimas ir dikcija: aiškus ir teisingas dainuojamo teksto tarimas, įvairiomis Europos kalbomis (italų, anglų, prancūzų, vokiečių, ispanų muzikos literatūra).

Radu Ratoi meistriškumo kursų akimirkos

Kelios akimirkos po Radu Ratoi meistriškumo kursų Muzikos akademijoje, kaip sakė Akordeono skyriaus vedėjas doc. Povilas Velikis:

„Šįkart VDU Muzikos akademija meistriškumo pamokos su vienu geriausiu pasaulio akordeonistų – Radu Ratoi. Ne tik puikus muzikantas, kurio koncertas buvo Kauno valstybinė filharmonija, bet ir reiklus pedagogas su labai aiškiomis, tiksliomis pastabomis”.

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK KONCERTAS spalio 21d. 18 val. Muzikos akademijoje

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Prof. Toms Ostrovskis spalio 22-23d.

TOMS OSTROVSKIS

Vice-Rector for Academic Work, , Head of Performing Arts Department, Associate Professor, Piano Department

Toms Ostrovskis studied piano performance at the Emils Darzins Secondary Music School and Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, continuing his education on full scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the tutelage of Ronan O’Hora, where he obtained Master of Music in Performance Degree and an Advanced Instrumental Studies Diploma; from 2005 to 2007 he was a fellowship student at GSMD, researching piano teaching methodology in a joint City University-GSMD programme. During studies, Toms Ostrovskis participated in many international competitions and masterclasses in Great Britain, Holland, Portugal and France, learning from various renowned artists-teachers, such as David Dubal, Joseph Banowetz, Christopher Elton, Joan Havill, Sergey Babayan, Karl Kemmerling, John O’Conor, and others. He has participated in Liepaja Piano Stars Festivals and has performed with such collectives as the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Bucharest Radio Orchestra, Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, London City University Symphony Orchestra, and other collectives. He was a finalist of European Broadcasting Union Radio Competition „New Talent” (Bucharest) and Guildhall Gold Medal competition (London), 3rd prize winner in the International Jazeps Vitols Piano Competition (Latvia), recipient of the Myra Hess Education Awards and the Yamaha – Kemble UK Scholarship Award.

Since 2007 Toms Ostrovskis is a member of the Piano Department of Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. He has lead masterclasses in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Iceland, Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, and other countries. He is an active chamber musician and frequently participates in various solo and chamber music projects in Latvia and abroad. Toms Ostrovskis has made numerous recordings for the Latvian Radio 3 “Klasika”. Since 1998 he is a member of the Latvian Piano Teachers Association (board member since 2010), representing EPTA Latvia in festivals and conferences across Europe. In 2007 he became actively involved in the Innovative Conservatoire (ICon) project, an international collaboration to stimulate knowledge exchange, innovation and reflective practice in Conservatoires. Since 2014 he is the director of the „Talents of Inese Galante” competition and since 2019 leads the education initiative of the Riga Jurmala Music Festival, organizing international masterclasses of such renowned musicians as Mischa Maisky, Yefim Bronfman, Andras Schiff and Renee Fleming, amongst others. Since 2016 Toms Ostrovskis is a member of the Nordplus “Actt in Art” network, developing entrepreneurship opportunities at higher music education institutions; since 2017 he is a member of project evaluation committee of the Creative Industries Incubator of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia.

https://www.jvlma.lv/en/academy/administrative-staff/toms-ostrovskis-1

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Prof. Marianna Shirinyan spalio 22-24 d.

MARIANNA SHIRINYAN

Armenian-born Marianna Shirinyan is one of Europe’s most sought-after and creative pianists. Known for her vibrant and virtuosic musicianship, she excels both as a soloist and chamber musician. With her technical brilliance, tonal beauty, and deep sensitivity, she brings a broad repertoire to life. Her love for music and joy in sharing it with audiences are evident in her performances.

Shirinyan has received prestigious accolades, including Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 Award for her contributions to Danish music and the Danish Critics Prize. In 2022, she was honored with the Carl and Anne-Marie Nielsen Award.

A frequent guest at renowned festivals like Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Bodensee Festival, Schwetzinger Festspiele, and Bergen’s Festspillene, Shirinyan has solidified her reputation as a leading pianist of her generation. She has performed with many major orchestras, including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of renowned conductors such as Andrey Boreyko, Lawrence Foster, and Joshua Weilerstein.

Her discography shines with critically acclaimed recordings. Notably, she received the P2 Prize for her recording of Louis Glass’s Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra with the Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz, conducted by Daniel Raiskin. Her recently released albums, including Chopin: 4 Ballades and 4 Scherzi (Orchid Classics), “An die Musik” with cellist Torleif Thedéen (LAWO), and Hypnosis with Dóra Kokas (Hungaroton), have been praised by critics and listeners alike.

Marianna Shirinyan is a Professor of Piano at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and also curates chamber music festivals across Europe. She is a proud Steinway Artist.

https://mariannashirinyan.com/about/

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK doc. Šviesė Čepliauskaitė spalio 22-24 d.

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Prof. Christopher Park spalio 22-24d.

CHRISTOPHER PARK

“Christopher Park is a pianist who captivates with his fascinating technical mastery, astounding musical maturity, and a particularly intense performance style” – this was the explanation given by the jury by the Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival upon awarding Christopher Park the renowned Leonard Bernstein Award 2014.

Numerous important ensembles have engaged Park, a Bamberg-born musician, including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, both Frankfurt and North German Radio Symphony Orchestras, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian National Philharmonic, Spanish National Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia, Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, China NCPA Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, Chambre Orchestra of Lausanne, English Chamber Orchestra, Munich Symphony Orchestra and Bamberg Symphony, to name but a few. In November 2014, Christopher Park stood in for Emanuel Ax to great success with the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, only a few months after his widely celebrated début in Hamburg.

So far he has worked with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Paavo Jarvi, Sebastian Weigle, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Ion Marin, James Gaffigan, Zsolt Hamar, Roman Kofman, Nicholas Milton, Kimbo Ishii, Paul Daniel and Dimitri Kitaenko. He has given concerts in Europe, Asia, America and New Zealand and played at events including the Ravinia Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the Klavierfestival Ruhr, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián and the Burgos International Music Festival.

Christopher Park has been chosen as „Rising Star“ by the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organisation). Therefore he debuted in Europe’s renowned concert halls in London, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Vienna, Stockholm, Barcelona, Budapest, Lisboa and others.

Alongside his engagements as a soloist, for which he has gained recognition in the form of various scholarships and awards (e.g. the Rheingau Music Festival to support new talent), he is passionately involved in chamber music. He made his début in the Brahms Saal of the Vienna Musikverein at the end of 2014 with the Küchl Quartet, which comprises members of the Vienna Philharmonic. After that the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra nominated him as their candidate for the Credit-Suisse Award. He has also played with Avi Avital, Marc Bouchkov, Pablo Ferrandez, Alban Gerhardt, Richard O’Neill, Leticia Moreno, Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas, the Pavel-Haas Quartet and accompanied singers including Sumi Jo. He has collaborated with John Neumeier on various projects such as Stravinsky’s Petrushka Variations, Schumann’s Kinderszenen and suites by Johann Sebastian Bach.

His solo CDs with Deutsche Grammophon, Oehms Classics, Ondine, and Capriccio have been praised by critics as ‘excellent in every way,’ ‘brilliant recording,’ and ‘reference recording’ by magazines such as Gramophone and Pizzicato.

Christopher Park was influenced by two major musical traditions during his studies: the Russian school of Lev Oborin with Lev Natochenny as well as the German school of Wilhelm Kempff with Joachim Volkmann.

Park was teaching in Frankfurt/Germany at both, the Conservatory and the University of Music and Performing Arts. Since 2021 he is professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.

https://www.christopher-park.com/biography-en

MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Prof. Donaldas Račys spalio 22-24d.