Master class Chamber Music for string players & pianists

Evgenia Epshtein
Patrick Jüdt
Avedis Kouyoumdjian
Johannes Meissl
Minna Pensola
Peter Schuhmayer
Marianna Shirinyan
Vida Vujic

TARGET GROUP
Pre-existing ensembles only
Graduate and postgraduate students or highly advanced undergraduates with performing experience.

COURSE STRUCTURE
Arrival: 21 July
Departure: 3 August
Welcome meeting & Commencement of activities: 21 July

Each ensemble will, if possible, receive instruction from all of the chamber music professors present at the course.

REPERTOIRE
The master class repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary music. Previous years have always seen special attention paid to Viennese Classicism, to works by Central and Eastern European Composers, and to the music of the Second Viennese School. isa also encourages all students to bring along repertoire that has to do with the current year’s motto or is linked to it in terms of music history.
Learn about the background of your works, and use your power of imagination!

COURSE LANGUAGE
English

Alongside the master classes given by well-known, leading artistic personalities, isa also offers participants additional learning opportunities in the form of workshops, lectures, and coaching sessions.
All supplementary workshops and lectures are accessible only in combination with a master class and are included in the course fee.

The isaFestival is the presentation platform for all isa participants, providing the opportunity to perform in public as part of its concerts.
Exceptionally high artistic quality (soloist-level) is required.
Selection and final decisions regarding invitations to perform are made by isa’s artistic director.

A prerequisite for participation is having attained a high artistic level.

Following files are required:
Two demo recordings (video)
2 movements or pieces (one slow, one fast):
One from the context of Viennese Classicism (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven) or by a related composer
One from a stylistic era of your choice.
(Upload video links)

Application deadline: 2 January – 2 March, 2025

Application fee per ensemble: € 195
Course tuition fee per person: € 790

Master class including practice opportunities
Participation in workshops, lectures, and competitions
Free admission to all concerts of the isaFestival

The course fee is to be paid after confirmation of participation by July 1, 2025 at the latest.

From July 1, 2025, the course fee can only be reimbursed in proven cases of force majeure (e.g. illness, accident, death in the family, etc.).
In no case will the registration fee be refunded!

Participants are responsible for making and paying for their own travel arrangements.

Address of the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (course location):
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1
1030 Vienna
Austria