Master Classes for String Soloists

Violin
Tanja Becker-Bender (1st week) / Dalibor Karvay (2nd week)
Hagai Shaham (both weeks)
Dora Schwarzberg (both weeks)
Ulf Wallin (both weeks)

Viola
Lars Anders Tomter (1st week) / Nobuko Imai (2nd week)

Violoncello
Emmanuelle Bertrand (1st week) / Torleif Thedeen (2nd week)
Amit Peled (1st week) / Xenia Jankovic (2nd week)

Double Bass
Dorin Marc (both weeks)

Target group
Graduate and postgraduate students or highly advanced undergraduates with performing experience.

Course structure
Arrival: 20 July / Departure: 3 August
Welcome meeting & Commencement of activities: 21 July
Every participant will receive three lessons per week of 45 minutes each.

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 theme or is linked to it in terms of music history.
Learn about the background of your works, and use the power of your 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.

Application deadline: January 2- March 2, 2025

Requirements:

• A high artistic level is a prerequisite for participation.
• Two demo recordings (video): One slow and one fast piece:

– One of the pieces must be from the Viennese Classical period (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven).
– The other piece can be from any stylistic era.

(Upload as video links)

Application fee: € 195
Course tuition fee:
one week € 430
two weeks € 790

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

The application fee must be paid online or via bank transfer no later than March 2, 2025.
The course fee must be paid by July 1, 2025, after receiving confirmation of participation.

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 travel arrangements.

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