24th International Master classes & 11. International Сompetition for classical Saxophone

 

 

Date: 28 April – 01 May 2023
Place: Lübecker Musikschule Rosengarten 14-18 23552 Lübeck

 

The deadline for registration is 15 April 2023.

 

The master class (29.04 - 01.05.2023) is intended for:

- soloists
- ensembles
- beginners and advanced students

 

The competition (28.04.2023) is intended for:

- soloists
- beginners and advanced students

 

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The competition is devided into 3 categories:

1. up to 13 years
2. from 14-17 years
3. from 18 - 26 years

 

Compulsory composition for the competition:

Age group up to 13 years:

Dubois, Pierre Max 
Mazurka (1961) für Altsaxophon und Klavier. Hommage a Frederic Chopin.

 

Age group 14-17 years:

Busser, Henri (Mule)  
Asturias nach spanischen Themen für Altsaxophon und Klavier.

 

Age group 18-26 years:

Yoshimatsu, Takashi

Fuzzy Bird Sonata 1st. Mov. Run, Bird, 2nd. Mov. Sing, Bird

The language of instruction is German, English, French.

 

Prize money:
The amount of Money you can win will be determined after every participant has registered for the competition.

 

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Participation fee (soloists):
For participation least 18 years old. The places are very limited.                                                                                          

·      € 300,00 for active participation in master-classes with Prof. Daniel Gauthier (Köln), Christian Wirth (Paris) and Simon Diricq (Brüssel) which includes three lessons of 40 minutes each

 

·      € 200,00 for active participation in master-classes with Christian Wirth (Paris) and Simon Diricq (Brüssel) which includes two lessons of 40 minutes each

 

·      € 150,00 for active participation in master-classes with Christian Wirth (Paris) and Simon Diricq (Brüssel) which includes two lessons of 30 minutes each

 

For participation under 14 years of age:

 

€ 150,00 for active participation in master-classes with Christian Wirth (Paris) and Simon Diricq (Brüssel) which includes two lessons of 30 minutes each

 

Participation fee (Ensembles):

·      Duo - € 120,00 for each active participant 45 minutes each teacher (= 2 x 45 Minuten)

 

·      Trio - € 90,00 for each active participant 45 minutes each teacher (= 2 x 45 Minuten)

 

·      Quartet - € 70,00 for each active participant, 50 minutes each teacher (= 2 x 50 Minuten)

 

Participation fee (Competition and others):

·      € 80,00 for participation in the competition

 

·      € 40,00 for piano accompaniment through us which includes a rehearsal and the accompaniment during the competition.

 

·      € 100,00 for passive participation for the whole masterclasses

 

 

Prof. Daniel Gauthier - He studied in Canada and France before he was apppointed to his first professorship in Detmold, Germany, in 1997. Since 2003 he teaches in Cologne, Germany. He is founder of „Quintett Alliage". Among numerous concerts he enregistered several CD recordings. Besides classical compositions also works of contemporary composers belong to his repertoire.

 

Christian Wirth - He studied at the Academy of Music in Paris, France. Among numerous solistic concerts with internationally renowned ensembles and orchestras he is also involved in playing chamber music with „Quatour Habanera". He won several prestigious prices and enregistred various CD recordings.

 

 

Simon Diricq is the first belgian saxophonist graduated of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris. In 2010, he won the First Grand Prix Adolphe Sax at the famous International Saxophone Competition in Dinant.

 

As a soloist, he played with the Belgian Military Air Force Band, the Royal Band of the Guides, the Brussels Orchestral Ensemble, the Orchestre Royal Philharmonique de Liège, the Wallonia Chamber Orchestra, Het Kamerorkest…

 

He is a member of The Ensemble Squillante und works as a saxophone teacher at the Tournai Conservatory and as an assistant at the Brussels Royal Conservatory in Belgium.

 

 

Mikkel Møller Sørensen - Piano - studied under Prof. Konrad Elser at the University of Music Lübeck, with Prof. Beatrice Berthold at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and with Prof. John Damgaard at the Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus (Denmark). He received his earliest piano lessons in Denmark, first with Olav Pedersen in Bjerringbro and then with Klaus Andersen at the private piano school "Gradus" in Aarhus.

 

Mikkel Møller Sørensen has performed in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Lithuania, Italy, Spain and France, and has appeared as a soloist with, among others, the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra.

 

He has earned first prizes at several Danish piano competitions and the international piano competition "Music without Limits" in Lithuania, and was a scholarship recipient of several Danish foundations during his studies, including Jacob Gades Legat, Augustinusfonden, Nationalbankens Jubilæumsfond af 1968 and Solistforeningen af 1921, as well as Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Lübeck .

 

Since 2016 he has held a teaching position for piano accompaniment at the University of Music Lübeck.

 

Organizer and head of the competition and Master class in Lübeck, Lilija Russanowa.

 

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Registration

The deadline for registration is 15.04.2023.

 

We reserve our right to make changes due to the Covid-19 pandemic.