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Piano:
GIACOMO BATTARINO – Conservatory “A. Vivaldi”, Alessandria
MEGUMI MASAKI – University of Brandon
ANDREI PISAREV – Moscow Conservatory
CONNIE SHIH – Hochschule für Musik Rheinland – Pfalz, Mainz
LEE KUM SING – Vancouver Academy of Music, Visiting Professor at Beijing Central Conservatory
Violin:
TARAS GABORA – Oberlin Conservatory (emeritus)
LUCIA HALL – Universitaet fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien, Bach Musikschule
NAI YUAN HU – Soloist & Music Director of Taiwan Connection Music Festival
ANNE SHIH – Hochschule für Musik Rheinland – Pfalz, Mainz
PATRICIA SHIH – Concert violinist, Borealis Quartet, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
YUEL YAWNEY – Borealis Quartet, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Viola:
ROGER CHASE – Roosevelt University, Trinity Laban Conservatory, Concert Violist
NIKITA POGREBNOY – Borealis Quartet, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Cello:
BO PENG – Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music
GIOVANNI GNOCCHI – (July 6 – 9) Salzburg Mozarteum, Concert cellist
* Please register for the 10 day course when applying for the class of Prof Gnocchi. You may have the option of either working with Prof. Yang or Prof. Peng
JAN ICKERT – (July 16 – 26) Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Frankfurt
SUNG YONG LIM – Borealis Quartet
SUNG-WON YANG – (July 6 – 16) Royal Academy of Music, London, Yonsai University, Korea, Concert cellist
Special Voice Masterclasses:
INCI BASHAR – Professor emeritus of music (voice)UMKC; Ll.B. (University of Istanbul); (Istanbul’s Civic Conservatory of Music); (Hochschule fur musick, Munich); (Ankara State Opera Studio). (Former member of the Cologne, Dortmund and Istanbul state operas.)
NEAL GOREN – Artistic Director and Conductor, Gotham Chamber Opera
ELENI MATOS – Mezzo-soprano, opera singer, recitalist and concert artist
Vocal collaborative pianists:
NICOLA MOTTARAN – Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito Parma, Scuola Comunale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi
VIRGINIA PUTILINA – Rimsky Korsakov State College of Music Krasnodar
Oboe:
ARNALDO DE FELICE – (July 6 – 21) Music Conservatory “C. Monteverdi”, Bolzano
Composer in Residence and Conductor:
JIN ZHANG – Conductor, New Westminster Symphony Orchestra, Composer
Ensembles in Residence:
BOREALIS STRING QUARTET (Patricia Shih, Yuel Yawney, Nikita Pogrebnoy, Sung Yong Lim)
MAINZER VIRTUOSI
Guest artists and assistants:
MIH SEON BAHK, violino
PATRICK CARR, pianoforte, University of North Texas
HANS KUNSTOVNY, Bass
ENRICO PACE, pianoforte, Accademia Pianistica di Imola
CHI SANG PARK, Violino e Viola
JOSEPH ROSEN, Clarinet
FARSHID SAMANDARI, compositore
JACK JIN ZHANG, compositore, Direttore della New Westminster Symphony Orchestra
Italian Language:
PAOLA BORGHESI – Casalmaggiore (CR)
Collaborative Pianists:
CAMILLA BARALDI – Conservatory of Bolzano
NICOLA MOTTARAN – Conservatory of Parma, Scuola Comunale di Musica “G.Verdi” di Prato
GIACOMO BATTARINO – Conservatory “G. Verdi”, Milan
JULIA OKRUASHVILI – Conservatory “Tchaikovsky”, Moskow
VIRGINIA PUTILINA – Rimsky Korsakov State College of Music, Krasnodar
ROBERTA ROPA – Conservatory “A. Boito”, Parma
CONNIE SHIH – Hochschule für Musik Rheinland – Pfalz, Mainz
The previous internationally acclaimed faculty include:
Piano: Giacomo Battarino (University of Milan), Roberto Cappello (Parma Conservatory), Jeffrey Cohen (Manhattan School, New York), Jane Coop (University of British Columbia), Marilyn Engle (University of Calgary), Lee Kum Sing (Vancouver Academy of Music), Vassily Lobanov (Hochschule fuer Musik Koeln), Megumi Masaki (Brandon University), Boris Petrushansky (Moscow Conservatory), Mario dell Ponti (University of Milan), Sedmara Rutstein (Oberlin Conservatory), Connie Shih (International Soloist and Chamber Musician), Mikhail Voskresensky (Moscow Conservatory)
Violin: Zakhar Bron (Hochschule für Musik Hannover), Fang Yuan (China Conservatory), Taras Gabora (Oberlin Conservatory), Lucia Hall (Universitaet fuer Musik Wien), Nai Yuan Hu (International Soloist), Nam Yun Kim (Seoul University), Denise Lupien (McGill University), Bettina Mussumeli (San Francisco Conservatory), Lucie Robert (Manhatten School of Music), Dora Schwarzberg (Universitaet fuer Musik Wien), Anne Shih (Hochschule fuer Musik Mainz)
Viola: Roger Chase (Roosevelt University, Chicago), Jody Levitz (San Francisco Conservatory), Rennie Regehr (Royal Consrvatory, Toronto), Andre Roy (McGill University)
Cello: Myung – Wha Chung (Seoul University), Jean-Michel Fonteneau (San Francisco Conservatory), Simon Fryer (University of Toronto), Antonio Lysy (UCLA, Los Angeles), Paul Marleyn (University of Ottawa), Stefan Popov (Guildhall School of Music), Emil Rovner (Hochschule fuer Musik Dresden), Vagram Saradjian (University of Houston), Andor Toth (Oberlin Conservatory), Raphael Wallfisch (Zuerich Winterthur Conservatory and RCNM, Manchester), Tilmann Wick (Hochschule fuer Musik Hannover), Sung – Won Yang (Royal Academy of Music, Yonsei University)
Voice: Elly Ameling (International Soloist), Lelio Capilupi (Parma Conservatory), Claudia Eder (Hochschule fuer Musik Mainz), Linda di Fiore (University of North Texas), Gaelyne Gabora (International Soloist), Brahm Goldhamer (University of Toronto), Lorrain Manz (Oberlin Conservatory), David Meek (Vancouver Academy of Music), Jean MacPhail (University of Toronto), Lucia Rizzi (Parma Conservatory), Donatella Saccardi (Parma Conservatory), Nando Schellen (N. Arizona University)
Composers in Residence: Patrick Carrabre (University of Manitoba), Lutz Dreyer (Hochschule fuer Musik Mainz), Brent Lee (University of Windsor), Sylvia Rickard (Victoria, Canada), Peter Seabourne (Lincolnshire, UK)
Visual Artist in Residence: Sigi Torinus (University of Windsor)
Quartets in Residence: Borealis Quartet, Penderecki Quartet
Conductors in Residence: Phillip Mann (Arkansas Symphony, San Diego Symphony), Gaetano Nenna (Adrian Ensemble), Ondrejs Vrabec (Czech Philharmonic)