Another course was the Savonlinna Music Academy in Finland<\/a>, which Octavian Leyva Dragomir attended together with his duo partner soprano Anna Baek Christensen. Their teacher was Martin Katz who held a masterclass on the theme of Opera and Lied. A nice detail is that the course’s artistic director is Ralf G\u00f3thoni, who I had the pleasure of performing for a few times both in Sweden and Finland, a fantastic pianist and inspirer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The third course was Nordic Song Festival 2024, a course focused on Nordic romances in which Elin Dahlberg participated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teachers were Gitta-Maria Sj\u00f6berg, soprano, Mats Jansson, piano K\u00e5re Bj\u00f8rk\u00f8y, tenor Matti Borg, composer and vocal coach Hanne Tofte Jespersen, composer and the festival’s composer in residence, Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano Robert Pukitis, director and improvisation Mette Borg, director and dramaturg Christine Bj\u00f8rk\u00f8e, piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elin’s repertoire included both romances and solo works by Erland von Koch, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Gunnar de Frumerie, G\u00f6sta Nystroem, Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what Elin herself says about the course: “One of the major advantages of the course is that it is jam-packed with lessons with so many different teachers, which gives several different perspectives on the repertoire. Something I really take with me is the text analyzes and how incredibly important they are! It didn’t really become music until we had thoroughly processed the lyrics and landed in our interpretation of the lyrics. Something that was very luxurious was that we had morning warm-up almost every day, partly with mindfulness and exercises for our tensed musician’s bodies. I felt a big positive difference after the warm-up, both in my body and in my own nervousness before masterclasses and concerts and is something I will continue with this autumn. Something that I would have liked would have been more rehearsal time with singers\/own practice time, which was very limited with a packed schedule. At the same time, we really got the most out of the course’s teachers, which is most worthwhile even if we were all super tired at the end of the course. Now I have been able to take part in so many beautiful things from our Nordic romances and I am very excited to discover other Nordic0 songs!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before the semester starts in a week, I thought I would be time for an update with some summer courses for pianists that three of my students attended this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I was a student myself, summer was a very inspiring time to practice, listen and meet other pianists at a different pace and under different conditions than during the semester. So I\u2019m of course happy when my students do the same!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first course is the Miami International Piano Festival Academy (MIPFA<\/a>) which Julia Thuvesen attended. It was not held in Miami as you might think, but in Dobbiaco\/Toblach which is incredibly beautifully situated in the Italian Dolomites. There were many teachers during intensive course days and Julia was taught by Giselle Brodsky, Josu De Solaun, Dmitri Ablogin, Stephen Beus, and Steven Osborne. Julia was very satisfied with the course where she also got to participate in student concerts, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician with music by, among others. C. Debussy and R. Schumann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another course was the Savonlinna Music Academy in Finland<\/a>, which Octavian Leyva Dragomir attended together with his duo partner soprano Anna Baek Christensen. Their teacher was Martin Katz who held a masterclass on the theme of Opera and Lied. A nice detail is that the course’s artistic director is Ralf G\u00f3thoni, who I had the pleasure of performing for a few times both in Sweden and Finland, a fantastic pianist and inspirer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The third course was Nordic Song Festival 2024<\/a>, a course focused on Nordic romances in which Elin Dahlberg participated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teachers were Gitta-Maria Sj\u00f6berg, soprano, Mats Jansson, piano K\u00e5re Bj\u00f8rk\u00f8y, tenor Matti Borg, composer and vocal coach Hanne Tofte Jespersen, composer and the festival’s composer in residence, Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano Robert Pukitis, director and improvisation Mette Borg, director and dramaturg Christine Bj\u00f8rk\u00f8e, piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elin’s repertoire included both romances and solo works by Erland von Koch, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Gunnar de Frumerie, G\u00f6sta Nystroem, Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what Elin herself says about the course: “One of the major advantages of the course is that it is jam-packed with lessons with so many different teachers, which gives several different perspectives on the repertoire. Something I really take with me is the text analyzes and how incredibly important they are! It didn’t really become music until we had thoroughly processed the lyrics and landed in our interpretation of the lyrics. Something that was very luxurious was that we had morning warm-up almost every day, partly with mindfulness and exercises for our tensed musician’s bodies. I felt a big positive difference after the warm-up, both in my body and in my own nervousness before masterclasses and concerts and is something I will continue with this autumn. Something that I would have liked would have been more rehearsal time with singers\/own practice time, which was very limited with a packed schedule. At the same time, we really got the most out of the course’s teachers, which is most worthwhile even if we were all super tired at the end of the course. Now I have been able to take part in so many beautiful things from our Nordic romances and I am very excited to discover other Nordic0 songs!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u00f6ndag 25 augusti 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sommarkurser 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Innan terminen drar ig\u00e5ng om en vecka s\u00e5 t\u00e4nkte jag g\u00f6ra en uppdatering med n\u00e5gra sommarkurser f\u00f6r pianister som tre av mina studenter deltagit vid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n N\u00e4r jag sj\u00e4lv var student var sommaren en v\u00e4ldigt inspirerande tid f\u00f6r att i ett annat tempo och under andra f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar \u00e4n under terminen \u00f6va, lyssna och tr\u00e4ffa andra pianister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Den f\u00f6rsta kursen \u00e4r Miami International Piano Festival Academy (MIPFA) <\/a>som Julia Thuvesen deltog i. Den gick inte av stapeln i Miami som man kanske kan tro utan i Dobbiaco\/Toblach som ligger otroligt vackert till i Italienska Dolomiterna. Det var v\u00e4ldigt m\u00e5nga l\u00e4rare under intensiva kursdagar och Julia fick undervisning av Giselle Brodsky, Josu De Solaun, Dmitri Ablogin, Stephen Beus, och Steven Osborne. Julia var v\u00e4ldigt n\u00f6jd med kursen d\u00e4r hon \u00e4ven fick medverka vid studentkonserter, b\u00e5de som solist och kammarmusiker med musik av bla. C. Debussy och R. Schumann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En annan kurs var Savonlinna Music Academy i Finland<\/a> som Octavian Leyva Dragomir var p\u00e5 tillsammans med sin duopartner sopranen Anna Baek Christensen. Deras l\u00e4rare var Martin Katz som h\u00f6ll i masterclass med tema Opera and Lied. Kul detalj \u00e4r att kursens konstn\u00e4rlige ledare \u00e4r Ralf G\u00f3thoni som jag haft gl\u00e4djen att spela upp f\u00f6r n\u00e5gra g\u00e5nger b\u00e5de i Sverige och Finland, en fantastisk pianist och inspirat\u00f6r!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Den tredje kursen var Nordic Song Festival 2024<\/a>, en kurs inriktad motnordiska romanser som Elin Dahlberg deltog i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u00e4rare var Gitta-Maria Sj\u00f6berg, sopran, Mats Jansson, piano K\u00e5re Bj\u00f8rk\u00f8y, tenor Matti Borg, tons\u00e4ttare och vokal coach Hanne Tofte Jespersen, komposit\u00f6r och festivalens composer in residence , Inger Dam-Jensen, sopran Robert Pukitis, regiss\u00f6r och improvisation Mette Borg, regiss\u00f6r och dramaturg Christine Bj\u00f8rk\u00f8e, piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elin hade som repertoar b\u00e5de romanser och soloverk av Erland von Koch, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Gunnar de Frumerie, G\u00f6sta Nystroem, Jean Sibelius och Carl Nielsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u00e5 h\u00e4r s\u00e4ger Elin sj\u00e4lv om kursen: \u201dEn av kursen stora f\u00f6rdelar \u00e4r att den \u00e4r proppfylld med lektioner med s\u00e5 m\u00e5nga olika l\u00e4rare vilket ger flera olika perspektiv p\u00e5 repertoaren. N\u00e5got jag verkligen tar med mig \u00e4r textanalyserna och hur otroligt viktiga de \u00e4r! Det blev som inte musik p\u00e5 riktigt f\u00f6rr\u00e4n att vi verkligen hade bearbetat texterna och landat i v\u00e5r tolkning av texten. N\u00e5got som var v\u00e4ldigt lyxigt var att vi hade morgonuppv\u00e4rmning n\u00e4stan varje dag, dels med mindfullness och \u00f6vningar f\u00f6r den sp\u00e4nda musikerkroppen. Jag k\u00e4nde en stor positiv skillnad efter uppv\u00e4rmningen, b\u00e5de i kroppen och i min egen nervositet inf\u00f6r masterclasses och konserter och \u00e4r absolut n\u00e5got jag kommer forts\u00e4tta med i h\u00f6st. N\u00e5got som jag hade \u00f6nskat skulle vara mer reptid med s\u00e5ngare\/egen \u00f6vningstid vilken blev v\u00e4ldigt begr\u00e4nsat med ett proppat schema. Samtidigt, s\u00e5 fick vi verkligen ut mesta m\u00f6jliga av kursens l\u00e4rare vilket \u00e4r mest v\u00e4rt \u00e4ven om vi alla var supertr\u00f6tt vid kursens slut. Nu har jag f\u00e5tt ta del av s\u00e5 mycket fint fr\u00e5n v\u00e5ra nordiska romanser och jag \u00e4r nu v\u00e4ldigt taggad p\u00e5 att uppt\u00e4cka andra nordiska s\u00e5nger!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n About Staffan Sandstr\u00f6m<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n About<\/a> University of Music and Opera, M\u00e4lardalen University<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Om Staffan Sandstr\u00f6m<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staffansandstrom.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Julia-pa-kurs-vid-flygeln-2024-1200x1500.jpeg\")
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