Music festival “Riga Jurmala” announces the resumption of the festival’s educational program, “Riga Jurmala” academy. In online and face-to-face master classes, young talents from Latvia, the Baltic States and elsewhere in Europe will be able to participate in educational sessions with world-class musicians – artists who have already performed at the festival or plan to do so in the summer of 2021.
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According to the organizers of the festival, it has already been confirmed that in the first master classes, which will take place online from December this year, young talents will be able to participate with leading Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw orchestra renowned French violinist Reno Capison and mec Kutu.
“We are extremely happy to resume work this year, offering our new talents to meet, communicate and learn from the best musicians. We know from last summer’s experience that students appreciate these opportunities and the quality of online learning has significantly improved and continues to improve,” says Tom Ostrovskis. , Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Associate Professor of the Piano Department and Head of the “Riga Jurmala” Academy. “While nothing will replace the face-to-face learning experience we hope to provide in the summer as part of the festival, this time will allow us to purposefully build relationships with musicians, involving an increasing number of students.”
Upcoming master classes are planned with Omar Tomason (leading clarinetist, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, December 2), Lionel Cote (leading cellist, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, December 8) and French violinist Reno Capison (December 16). It will be possible to watch the master classes online at the Riga Jurmala Academy On the Facebook platform.
The master classes of the festival academy will be organized for orchestral instrument groups, pianists, young conductors and vocalists.
Zane Čulkstēna, Executive Director of the festival “Rīga Jūrmala”: “This initiative is a significant contribution to the development of new talents and we highly appreciate that despite the impact of the pandemic, we have received great response from artists to participate and take time to share their knowledge and experience. in conducting and organizing vocal master classes, taking into account the outstanding composition of singers in the program of this season’s festival. “
Applications for master classes are organized by individually evaluating students’ performance and applications.
In response to the events caused by the pandemic, the Riga Jurmala Academy changed the initially planned format in the 2020 season by organizing online master classes for students from Latvia and the Baltic States. Throughout the summer, 30 master classes took place with the participation of leading musicians from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Natalia Schwab (piccolo), Lionel Cote (cello), Julita Smolen (violin), Tobias Steiman (violin), Jihie Lee (violin), Bettin Fais. Ramona Ortega Kuero (oboe), Benedict Heims (viola) and world-class performers such as cellist Miša Maiskis, classical guitar virtuoso MILOŠ and Norwegian pianist Leif Ūve Andsness.
More information on the calendar of future master classes, artists and practical information is available www.riga-jurmala.com/academy.
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