Highlights of the 2012 Schlern Festival
Named among 10 tomorrow’s great pianists by the BBC Music Magazine, a special guest of the festival, Eduard Kunz, first prize winner of 13 major international competitions, will give a recital and master classes. Standing ovations arose in the filled to capacity concert hall of the Prösels Castle after the recital of Sergey Khachatryan at the 2011 Schlern Music Festival. The star violinist returns this year to the festival to perform all Brahms violin sonatas with pianist Lusine Khachatryan on July 20, 2012. The workshop “How to win an orchestra audition” will be...Review of the 2011 festival
“The 2011 edition was the most successful in the history of the Schlern International Music Festival. I found the 2011 festival to be a very high level event”, emphasized the Mayor of Völs am Schlern, Dr. Arno Kompatscher, who has greatly supported the festival throughout the years. Around 8000 enthusiastic concert goers gathered to listen to the 28 concerts of the 2011 Schlern Music Festival in the Sciliar region. Remarkable and vibrant events were the recitals and master classes of Sergey Khachatryan, Zakhar Bron, Stanislav Igolinsky and the eminent faculty...A unique and transforming experience
Imagine a place where students study and perform side-by-side with legendary musicians like Mischa Maisky, Zakhar Bron, Natalia Gutman, Vag Papian, Abbey Simon and others, all in the breathtaking beauty of the Italian Alps, and you have imagined the Schlern International Music Festival. The Schlern Festival, hosted by the town of Völs am Schlern, Italy, is unique not only because of its spectacular location, but also because it offers a three-week intense schedule of private lessons, chamber music coachings, and master classes combined with over 30 professional and...Competition winners 2011
From left to right: Jiaming Zhang, Sona Barseghyan, Hasmik Vardanyan, Benjamin Truchi, Sander Geerts, Sung Ah Kim, MinJi Kim, Anna Bulkina, Nozomi Iwai 1st prize in the category Piano Anna Bulkina (Russia/USA) 1st prize in the category Violin/Viola Sander Geerts (Belgium) 1st prize in the category Cello shared by Benjamin Truchi (France) and Hasmik Vardanyan (Armenia) Honorable Mention in the category Violin Sung Ah Kim (South Korea) Honorable Mention in the category Piano Nozomi Iwai (Japan/ USA) Special Michael Kugel Prize in ...Application
Step 1: Prepare the following items: Your recent photo (headshot) in jpg format (max. 1MB). A scan of the picture page of your passport in jpg format (max. 2MB). Make sure your data on the scan are readable. Upload a video recording of your performance (2 pieces of different styles with a total duration of at least 15 min. ) to YouTube or another storage site. You will be prompted to provide the Internet link. Please check the link and quality of your recording in advance. The admission committee will select participants based on submitted recordings. Step 2: Create...Dates
March 15, 2012: Application deadline, nonrefundable application/ competition fee due. After March 15, 2012, a late application fee of $185 applies. March 31, 2012: Notification of acceptance. Notification of competition first round results. April 15, 2012: Tuition due. Submission of your performance repertoire due. May 15, 2012: Notification of solo, chamber music and collaborative assignments. Second round competition repertoire due (only for participants selected for second round) June 20, 2012: Submission of arrival and departure information...Performance-repertoire
Submit only pieces that will be well prepared for the public performances at the festival. Solo pieces need to be memorized. The admission committee will select participants to perform a part of their submitted repertoire in festival recitals. Your repertoire preferences will be considered; however, the admission committee will make the final decisionregarding your public performances and repertoire. Participants accepted into the program need to submit their performance repertoire by April 15, 2012 using the Performance Repertoire form on the festival website under your...Policies
Visa Please contact your local Italian consulate for visa requirements! Depending on the country, the visa application process might take long time.If your local Italian consulate requires additional documentation besides an invitation letter, please inform us in advance so we can assist you with your visa application. Travel We require participants to stay at the Schlern Music Festival location for the whole period of the festival. If your travel arrangements do not allow you to use the festival shuttle bus from and to Milan/Malpensa and Munich airports on July 5th and...Video
Rachmaninov Vocalise – Khachatryan...
Sergey Khachatryan, violin, Vagram Saradjian, cello and Tatiana Gerasimova, piano perform Sergei Rachmaninov Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 at the 2011 Schlern Music FestivalUnesco
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Voels am Schlern
Comune di Fiè allo Sciliar
Gemeinde Völs am Schlern