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Carl Nielsen International Music Competition
Carl Nielsen International Competition (Danish: ''Carl Nielsen Konkurrencen'') is a competition for classical musicians (violin, clarinet, and flute) held in Odense, Denmark in memory of the composer Carl Nielsen. Overview The competition was established in 1980 under the patronage of Queen Margarethe of Denmark. It became a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in 1981. Initially a violin competition, its first President was Henryk Szeryng. Later the competition added special editions for organists (since 1986), clarinetists (since 1997) and flutists (since 1998). At various times jury members included Max Rostal, Joseph Gingold, Norbert Brainin, Arve Tellefsen, Milan Vitek, Dorothy DeLay, Tibor Varga, Jean-Jacques Kantorow. Since 2012, the organ competition is no longer part of the Carl Nielsen Competition, but is instead held as a separate competition. But the violin, clarinet and flute competitions have, after nearly four decades, establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaakko Kuusisto
Jaakko Ilkka Kuusisto (17 January 1974 – 23 February 2022) was a Finnish violinist, composer, and conductor. Education After initial studies under Géza Szilvay and , Kuusisto went on to win the 1989 , place 4th in the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition the following year, and share the 2nd prize in the 1996 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition, among others. Kuusisto studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, majoring in violin, as well as at Indiana University under Miriam Fried. Career As a violinist, Kuusisto has appeared in 30 recordings, of which at least 17 credited as a primary artist, performing works from composers such as Sibelius, Prokofiev, Kalevi Aho and Armas Järnefelt; as a conductor, he has recorded a dozen times. On some recordings he collaborated with his brother and fellow violinist Pekka Kuusisto. After an early career as violinist, Kuusisto increasingly turned his attention to composing and conducting. He composed approximatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Language
Danish (; , ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, where it has minority language status. Minor Danish-speaking communities are also found in Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Along with the other North Germanic languages, Danish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. Danish, together with Swedish, derives from the ''East Norse'' dialect group, while the Middle Norwegian language (before the influence of Danish) and Norwegian Bokmål are classified as ''West Norse'' along with Faroese and Icelandic. A more recent classification based on mutual intelligibility separates modern spoken Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish as "mainland (or ''continental'') Scandinavian", while I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaj Znaider
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (born 5 July 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish violinist and conductor. Biography Szeps-Znaider was born in Copenhagen to Polish-Jewish parents. His father had originally emigrated from Poland to Israel, and his mother's family had settled in Denmark before World War II. His teachers have included Milan Vitek and Boris Kuschnir. In June 1992, Szeps-Znaider won the first prize of the 4th International Carl Nielsen International Music Competition. In 1995 he was awarded 3rd prize at International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition. In 1997 he became a 1st prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels. He continued his violin studies with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School of Music. In his conducting career, Szeps-Znaider counted Sir Colin Davis among his mentors. Szeps-Znaider has held principal guest conductor posts with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Ottensamer
Daniel Ottensamer is an Austrian clarinetist and the principal clarinet of the Vienna Philharmonic. Life and career Ottensamer first began learning the piano in 1992, and switched to cello after two years. He then took up the clarinet, studying with Anton Hafenscher at the Music School in Perchtoldsdorf. In 2004, he began studying under Johann Hindler at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. In September 2009, he was appointed first clarinetist of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Ottensamer has won several prizes at various international clarinet competitions. These include the Grand Scholarship Competition of the Munich Concert Society in 2005; the Animato Foundation in Zurich in 2006; and the Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition in 2009. He also appeared as soloist with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Radio Orchestras of Cologne, Munich and Vienna, along with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra as well as the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Lorin Maazel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastian Jacot
Sébastian Jacot is a Swiss classical flutist. He is one of the principal flutists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Early life Jacot began playing flute at age 8. He studied under Isabelle Giraud and Jacques Zoon, graduating from the Conservatoire de musique de Genève in 2010. Career At age 18, Jacot was appointed assistant principal flute of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under Edo de Waart. He held this position for two years, subsequently playing with the Mozart Orchestra under Claudio Abbado, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, and the Saito Kinen Orchestra. He was a jury member at the 2021 Cluj International Music Competition. In May 2022, Jacot won the position of principal flute with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, replacing Mathieu Dufour. Jacot was previously with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Awards Jacot won the first-place prize at the 2013 Kobe International Flute Competition, the first-place prize and "Best Interpretat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Wiese
Henrik Wiese (born 22 July 1971) is a German flutist. Life and career Born in Vienna, Wiese studied in his hometown of Hamburg with Ingrid Koch-Dörnbrak and in Munich with Paul Meisen. In 1995, he was engaged as principal flutist at the Bavarian State Opera Munich. In 2006, he moved to the same position in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Wiese received calls to the Hochschule für Künste Bremen in 2018 and to the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg in 2020. Wiese is a prize-winner of the 1995 Deutscher Musikwettbewerb and the international competitions in Kobe / Japan 1997, 1998, Odense / Denmark ''Carl Nielsen'' 1998 and 2000 ARD International Music Competition. His artistic work is documented by several recordings (CD, radio and television recordings). In addition to the Böhm flute, Wiese also plays the transverse flute and can be heard with this instrument in the "Accademia giocosa". Since 1997, Wiese has worked as an editor for, among others, G. Henle Verlag in Munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl-Heinz Schütz
Karl-Heinz Schütz is an Austrian classical flutist. He is the principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic. Career Schütz was born in Innsbruck and grew up in Landeck, Tyrol. He studied under Eva Amsler, Aurèle Nicolet, and Philippe Bernold. He graduated from the Lyon Conservatory in 2000. He joined the Vienna State Opera Orchestra in 2011 and moved on to the Vienna Philharmonic in 2015, which he joined as a principal flutist. Teaching Schütz is a professor at the Music and Arts Private University of Vienna, gives regular international masterclasses, and teaches at the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Academy. He is routinely invited as a jury member at international competitions, and was the chair of the jury in the 2019 Carl Nielsen International Music Competition Carl Nielsen International Competition (Danish: ''Carl Nielsen Konkurrencen'') is a competition for classical musicians (violin, clarinet, and flute) held in Odense, Denmark in memory of the composer Carl N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Spacek (violinist) , a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments
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Josef may refer to * Josef (given name) * Josef (surname) * ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film *Musik Josef Musik Josef is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded by Yukio Nakamura, and is the only company in Japan specializing in producing oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Kang
Judy Kang (born July 13, 1979) is a Canadian violinist, model, producer, singer, and composer. Born in Canada to a single mother, she began playing the violin at four years of age in her native Edmonton, Alberta, and has since toured worldwide as soloist with a number of orchestras and ensembles. Retrieved 2016-4-27 Early life At age 11, Kang began to study at the Curtis Institute of Music on a full scholarship and, at 17, graduated with a Bachelor in Music. She graduated high school at age 15, and was selected as an All American Scholar, one of the top academically gifted students in America, as well as being nominated for the U.S. National Mathematics Award (USNMA). At age 19, she was given a Lily Foldes Scholarship from the Juilliard School, and graduated with a master's degree. She became the first recipient of the Artist Diploma from the Manhattan School of Music. Kang was awarded the 1689 "Baumgartner" Stradivarius, on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts in 1997, 2006 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariusz Patyra
Mariusz Patyra (born 21 November 1977 in Orzysz, Poland) is a Polish violinist. He won First Prize in the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" (Genoa 2001). Career In 2001, Mariusz Patyra’s artistic career took off when he won the Niccolo Paganini International Violin Competition. At the same time, Patyra was awarded a special prize for best interpretation of the Paganini Caprices, and was presented with a copy of Paganini’s violin, “ Il Cannone”. Mariusz Patyra performed on Niccolo Paganini’s original “Guarneri del Gesu” during a later concert. Mariusz Patyra began his music education at the age of six. He studied under Prof. J. Kucharski at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw; Prof. K.Wegrzyn and Prof. I. Kertscher at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover. In October 2000, he received the scholarship of Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona, where he studied under Maestro Salvatore Accardo. He is a prize winner of thJ. Joachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Anthony
Adele Anthony (born 1 October 1970) is an Australian-American violinist. In 1984, at age 13, she was the youngest winner of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition; she later won other international competitions and studied in New York. She is now based in the United States, where she lives with her husband Gil Shaham, and tours and records. Biography Adele Anthony was born in Singapore as the daughter of Alphonse Jivaras Anthony, the founding concertmaster of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. She began to play the violin at the age of two and a half when the family settled in Tasmania. She subsequently attended Dernancourt Primary School, South Australia, and studied violin in Adelaide with Lyndall Hendrickson and Beryl Kimber. In her high school years, she attended Pembroke School, Kensington and Saint Ignatius'College Athelstone. At age 13, in 1984, Anthony was the youngest winner of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition, (now known as the ABC Symphony Australia Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislav Adelkhanov
Vladislav Adelkhanov (born 7 March 1970) is a Georgian violinist, teacher and writer. Biography Born and raised in Tbilisi, Vladislav Adelkhanov started to play violin at the age of seven. He first studied with David Reizner at a regular neighborhood music school, and as a school pupil performed with the Georgian National Symphony Orchestra concertos by Bruch, Mozart, Vivaldi and Wieniawski as well as ''Symphonie espagnole'' by Lalo. Between 1986 and 1989 he studied with Olga Voitova at the Moscow Conservatoire Music College. In August 1987 he represented Soviet Union at the International Music Festival in Nyírbátor, Hungary where he performed Tchaikovsky's ''Souvenir d'un lieu cher''. In November 1987 he won the competition for the performance of Mendelssohn's violin concerto in the ''Pillar Hall'' of the House of the Unions. In 1988 — 1989 he was a leader of the college's Symphony Orchestra. He holds Master's degree from the Moscow Conservatoire, which he graduated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
