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The Pettman Junior Academy presents
The International
AKAROA
MUSIC
FESTIVAL
11 to 20th January 2013
Summer School
Masterclasses
Concerts
www.akaroafestival.org.nz
Summer School
11 – 20 January 2013
The International
AKAROA
MUSIC
FESTIVAL
11 to 20th January 2013
With thanks to our patron,
Dame Malvina Major
The International Akaroa Music
Violin Clarinet
Festival is designed to stimulate,
educate and enthuse advanced young Leo Phillips – UK John Robinson – New Zealand
musicians from all over New Zealand Stephen Larsen – New Zealand
and abroad. Donald Armstrong – New Zealand Voice and Choir
Susan Endres – New Zealand/UK
Rachel Doig – New Zealand
For the 6th time an array of Elizabeth Sellars – Australia/UK
distinguished international musicians
and tutors will provide inspiring daily
Viola Recorder Teaching
lessons, masterclasses and concerts
Serenity Thurlow – New Zealand Workshop
in the heart of the remarkable Banks
Frauke Tometten-Molino – Switzerland
Peninsula. Wolfgang Kraemer –
These intensive days of music Germany/New Zealand
Cello
making will also offer solo
Edith Salzmann Young Cellists
performances, chamber music and
Germany – New Zealand
a string orchestra in one of New
Matias de Oliveira Pinto – Brasil/Germany
Workshop
Zealand’s most breathtaking seaside Therese Ahlers –
towns where work is mixed with South Africa/New Zealand
pleasure. Piano
Caroline Almonte – Australia
Michael Endres – Germany/New Zealand
1
Summer School Concerts Performers
Programme Friday 11th George Gershwin Voice
Songbook Dame Malvina Major
Saturday 12th Ludwig van Beethoven Rachel Doig
8.30am Ensemble (orchestra, choir, cello ensembles) Ghost Trio Violin
10am – 1pm Lessons
Sunday 13th Franz Schubert Donald Armstrong
1 – 2pm Lunchtime concert
Arpeggione Stephen Larsen
2.30 – 3.30pm Masterclass Trout Leo Philips
4 – 5pm Choir Lieder Elizabeth Sellars
7pm Concert
Monday 14th Barrocco Celtico
Viola
Serenity Thurlow
The course fee includes: Tuesday 15th Johannes Brahms Frauke Tometten Molino
String quintet in F Major
Daily ensemble rehearsals Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4 lessons (45 minutes each) Piano quartet in g Minor Edith Salzmann
Masterclasses Claude Debussy Matias de Oliveira Pinto
Involvement in at least one lunchtime concert Cello Sonata in d Minor Hugo Zanker
Lessons with piano accompanist
Piano
Wednesday Richard Strauss Caroline Almonte
Afternoon activities 16th Metamorphosen Michael Endres
Johannes Brahms
There will be afternoon and evening activities available for students.
Piano trio in c Minor Canterbury
Trio
Monday 14 January Wednesday 16 January Saturday 19 January
Thursday 17th Franz Schubert Festival
Pizza BBQ Akaroa Fox Sail
Piano trio in Bb Major
www.akaroafoxsail.co.nz Johannes Brahms
Orchestra
Piano trio in B Major, op. 8 Lois Johnston, voice
Jonathan Le Cocq,
Friday 18th Prizewinners
Baroque guitar/guitar
Sophia Bidwell, accordion
Saturday 19th Dmitri Shostakovich Jeremy Bownbrooke, fiddle
Piano quintet
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence
Sunday 20th Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachiana
2 3Faculty
Violin
Leo Phillips Donald Armstrong Violin
Born in London, Leo Phillips studied the violin in both Europe, Donald Armstrong is Associate Concertmaster of the NZSO. He was
with David Takeno and Sandor Vegh, and the US, with Dorothy formerly Music Director of the NZ Chamber Orchestra, Principal
DeLay and Shmuel Ashkenasi. He has appeared as soloist with Second Violin of the Tivoli Sinfoniorkester in Denmark and Co-
many orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Manchester Concertmaster of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice. He studied
Camerata and L’Orchestre de Chambre de Geneve, and as Leader/ in New York and Boston with teachers including Josef Gingold and
Concertmaster with many more including The Chamber Orchestra Masuko Ushioda, and chamber music with Louis Krasner, Eugene
of Europe, the BBC Orchestras, The Halle Orchestra, The Hong Lehner and Laurence Lesser. He peforms regularly with his own
Kong Philharmonic and The National Symphony Orchestra of chamber group, the “Amici Ensemble”. Donald is an artist teacher
South Africa. at the New Zealand School of Music and plays a violin by Nicolo
Gagliano of 1754.
Violin
Stephen Larsen
Stephen Larsen is a well known New Zealand violin teacher. Since Susan Endres
Violin
his student days in Christchurch he has had a fascination with Susan Endres studied violin at both Canterbury and Auckland Universities.
violin pedagogy, something which he has studied intensively ever She was a member of NZSO for seven years during which time she
since. He maintains a busy teaching schedule, currently teaching continued studying with Carl Anthony Pini and Jan Tawroscewicz. Z
violin and chamber music at the University of Canterbury. His In Europe she freelanced with various orchestras including Munich
students have enjoyed success in numerous competitions, Residence Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Musica Viva, Ingolstadt
including winning the National Concerto Competition, the Chamber Orchestra under Colin Davis and worked in the Bournemouth
Rotorua Competitions and the New Zealand Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra for 10 years, continuing study with Barbara Kink
Chamber Music Contest. They have gone on to study and work all in Munich and attending master classes of Anna Chumachenko, Max Rostal,
over the world. Yehudi Menuhin, Chilingirian Quartet among others.
Elizabeth Sellars Serenity Thurlow
Violin Viola
Elizabeth Sellars is Co-ordinator of Strings at the Sir Zelman Cowan Serenity Thurlow (Ngai Tahu, Ngati Porou) of Maori and English
School of Music, Monash University. Born in Melbourne, Elizabeth descent, studied violin at the University of Canterbury with Jan
is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music in London where she Tawroscewicz followed by Masters study on viola with Peter
studied violin with David Takeno and chamber music with the Takacs Langgartner and post-graduate studies with Thomas Riebl at the
String Quartet. Elizabeth has been a multiple prize-winner in both Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. From 2006-2009 she lived in
the Royal Overseas League chamber music competition in London Salzburg where she was an active chamber and orchestral musician
and the “Concorso Internazionale Riviera del Conero” Competition playing regularly with orchestras from Austria and Germany
in Italy. Recent engagements have taken her to Italy, Canada and the including the Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Camerata Salzburg and the
US and she has performed in the Port Fairy, Huntington, Bangalow, Deutschekammerakademie Neuss. In 2010 she took up the position of
Castlemaine and Dunkeld Festivals. Elizabeth has recorded for Naxos Principal Violist in the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
and ABC Classics and is a member of Sutherland Trio with pianist Serenity plays a Derazey viola and Malo bow with the generous
Caroline Almonte and cellist Molly Kadarauch. support of Christopher Marshall.
4 5Viola
Frauke Tometten- Molino Caroline Almonte Piano
Frauke Tometten- Molino, studied in Detmold, Germany with Caroline has performed as soloist in Australia and internationally,
Nobuko Imai and at the Indiana University in Bloomington (USA) performing concerti ranging from Mozart and Beethoven, to
with Atar Arad. She was a member of the Tibor-Varga-Chamber- Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Bartok and Ginastera, with conductors
Orchestra, solo violist in the European Union Youth Orchestra Sir John Hopkins, Hiroyuki Iwaki, David Porcelijn, Brian Stacey
and at the Münster City Theatre. As a founding member of the and Markus Stenz. As a chamber musician she has worked with
Corda quartet she toured through Europe, USA, Australia, Canada many artists including the Fine Arts Quartet, the Flinders Quartet,
and Thailand. She has recorded several CDs for the Italian label Pro Arte chamber soloists, Prudence Davis, Alexander Ivashkin,
Stradivarius and other record companies. Since 1994 she holds the Sue Ellen Paulsen, Liwei Qin, Elise Milman and the Melbourne
position as assistant solo viola of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Symphony Chamber players.
Cello
Edith Salzmann Michael Endres
Piano
Edith Salzmann studied in Detmold (Germany) and Bloomington German pianist Michael Endres has an extensive prize-winning
(USA) with Irene Gudel and Janos Starker. As a soloist and discography and performs world wide as soloist and chamber music
chamber musician she has toured Europe, the United States, partner. He has a distinguished career as Professor for piano from
Canada, Australia, Thailand and Korea, recorded several CDs for the Cologne Hochschule für Musik (1993-2003) and renowned
the Italian label Stradivarius and has given recitals at important ”Hanns Eisler Hochschule” in Berlin (2003-2009). His 29 CDs cover
European festivals including the Orlando Festival, Prussia Cove, complete Mozart, Schubert and Carl Maria v. Weber’s sonatas,
d’Ile de France, Moulin d’Ande, and “The Sound of Israel”. plus Ravel’s and Gershwin’s complete works for piano. Endres
In 2001 she was appointed as senior lecturer at the University of accompanied the legendary baritone Hermann Prey for many years.
Canterbury. She is a recording artist for Concert FM radio and has His chamber music partners include Berlin Philharmonic soloists,
toured New Zealand with the Canterbury trio, the New Zealand Artemis Quartet, Fine Arts Quartet, Enso Quartet among others and
String Quartet and the Baroque ensemble “Il Raccolto”. he performs in festivals such as all over the world including Newport
USA, Beethoven festival Bonn, Salzburg festival. In 2009 he joined
the faculty at the University of Canterbury as Professor for Piano.
Cello
Matias de Oliveira Pinto
Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the cellist Matias de Oliveira Pinto
studied in Berlin and at the Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest. He John Robinson
Clarinet
was a scholarship recipient of the famous Karajan Stiftung. Since John Robinson studied clarinet at Victoria University, Wellington
2005 he has a Professorship at the HDK Berlin and chairs the cello and a number of scholarships and competition successes enabled
department at the Musikhochschule Münster He has recorded for him to continue his studies in London with John McCaw, at the
many labels such as Academy, Kreuzberg Records, Bella Musica time Principal Clarinet in the Philharmonia. After graduating
and Hungaraton Classics. He is the director of the Modern Arts from Goldsmiths College, John held the post of Sub-Principal
Sextet and the BICE (Berlin Improvising Composers Ensemble). At Clarinet in the Orchestra of Opera North, Leeds, for twenty years.
the Julius Stern Institut, a music school related to the Berlin Musik During that time John taught clarinet at Huddersfield University
Hochschule, he gives classes to young talents. Since 2006, he is and was involved in numerous education projects through Opera
the Artistic Director of Celloherbst Festival. North. John returned to New Zealand with his family in 2011 and is
currently playing with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and
teaching the clarinet.
6 7Modern Recorder Teaching Workshop
Recorder Wolfgang Kraemer Rachel Doig Voice and Choir
German recorder player Wolfgang Kraemer studied with Marion Rachel Doig has demonstrated an affinity for a wide range of
Michel at the Conservatory of Luxembourg. musical genres including opera, musical theatre, the stage and
His teachers also included Armgard Pudelko and Walter van the concert platform.
Hauwe. As a soloist and member of various baroque ensembles Rachel’s stage experiences with Showbiz include being a cast
Wolfgang has toured Germany and other European countries, member in the 1994 production of Les Miserables and in 1998
Korea and New Zealand. Before he moved to New Zealand he she performed the role of Maria in West Side Story. Rachel’s
was director of a music school for musically gifted children in main stage experience has been in opera productions with
Germany for 10 years. Canterbury opera and the newly formed Southern Opera. Her
In 2004 he became a part time lecturer for recorder and most recent appearances are in Mark Hadlow’s production of
chamber music at the University of Canterbury. In 2006 he Gianni Schicci in which she performed the role of Nella and
became the director of “The Pettman Junior Academy of Music” as second Lady in Southern Opera’s season of the Magic Flute
and and has been director of the International Akaroa Music last year.
Festival since 2007.
Iola Shelley Piano Accompanist
Welsh-born Iola Shelley was educated in the UK and enjoyed
Young Cellists Workshop a remarkable early career as a solo pianist, becoming the
Cello Therese Ahlers youngest student to be awarded Piano Performance Diplomas
at the Royal Academy & the Royal College of Music, London.
Therèse Ahlers has been teaching cello since 1977. After
completing a 4-year B-Mus in 1981 in South Africa, she continued In New Zealand, she changed her specialisation to chamber
her studies at the Sweelinck Conservatoire and lived in music and accompanying and became a founding member
Amsterdam, Holland for seven years. During this time she taught of the Camerata Chamber group. The Camerata went on to
cello privately and in various music schools. In 1984 she founded establish the Christchurch Conservatoire as its teaching base.
the Nederlands Jeugd Strijk Orkest (NJSO– Dutch Youth String She was appointed as Artistic Director of the Christchurch
Orchestra), which has since become a corner stone of Dutch Symphony Orchestra and a member of the inaugural board of
youth music of international acclaim. the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
In 1995 Therèse immigrated to New Zealand and settled in the
Bay of Plenty. She joined the New Zealand Suzuki Institute in
2000 and established a cello class in Tauranga.
8 9General Conditions
Masterclasses are open to University music
students and school students. Students
under the age of fourteen must be
accompanied by a parent/guardian. At the
discretion of the organisers, applicants may
be asked to audition, either taped or in
person. Passive participation as a listener
is possible.
The festival consists of masterclasses,
ensemble rehearsals (chamber orchestra,
choir, cello ensemble) and concerts.
The final concert will be performed by
the chamber orchestra, the choir and
The course fee includes Application Accommodation
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12 13The Pettman Junior Academy presents
The International
AKAROA
MUSIC
FESTIVAL
11 to 20th January 2013
Summer School
Masterclasses
Concerts
Patron – Dame Malvina Major
Director – Wolfgang Kraemer
Artistic Director – Edith Salzmann
For more information please contact:
Akaroa Information Centre
Akaroa Music Festival
120 Rue Jolie Akaroa
NEW ZEALAND
Email info@akaroafestival.org
Telephone +64 3 304 8600
www.akaroafestival.org.nz
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