London Master Class

Saturday, 31 March 2012 10am-2pm at the flute shop
All Flutes Plus.
£35 performer, £20 audience

Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez

Back by popular request after her courses at Flute School London, international soloist Camilla Hoitenga returns for a workshop and master class on Saturday, 31 March 2012 10am-2pm at one of our favourite flute shops,

All Flutes Plus.

Performance Practice in the 20th/21st Centuries or "How to make old pieces sound brand new, and how to make brand new pieces sound convincing!"

A look at flute repertoire from Debussy to Saariaho, and from Varèse to Stockhausen and beyond....All pieces welcome. Performers are encouraged to bring not only repertoire they know but also a piece or two that is "brand new". Along the way we'll discuss techniques for deciphering scores, for using the breath in interpretation and for "dividing and conquering".

The globe-trotting flutist, known in particular for her recordings of the flute music of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, has been on the front cover of all international Flute Magazines, and has premiered many flute concertos throughout the world, including Sariaaho's Flute Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic in the UK.

"charismatic and exciting playing…all flautists should hear Hoitenga play." (Pan magazine)

"Camilla's teaching is warm and friendly, but focussed and to the point." (A.M., student)

"I found Camilla very “user-friendly”, wonderful teacher." (K.S, student)

"Inspiring! She really helped me to develop my my own ideas as well as to clarify the composer's intention." (S.G., student)

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Concert March 18 in Cologne, 8 pm, Maison Belge

Program:
Airscope I - Isao Matsushita
Manto - Scelsi
Density 21.5 - Varèse
Musik über die Callot Figuren - Pèter Köszeghy
(German Premiere)
Syrinx - Debussy
Lunar Phases (Premiere) - Miyuki Ito
Pieces for harp solo - Gordon Sherwood
Venus - Miquel Lorca (Premiere)


with Xenia Narati, harp, and Vincent Royer, viola

Das Konzert findet im Rahmen der Reihe Schlüsselwerke der Neuen Musik von
ON - Neue Musik Köln statt.

ON - Neue Musik Köln wird gefördert durch das Netzwerk Neue Musik, ein
Förderprojekt der Kulturstiftung des Bundes, sowie durch die Stadt Köln und
die RheinEnergieStiftung Kultur.

More here:
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or here:
Kulturkenner - Camilla Hoitenga in Köln

Concert in London

Camilla's Solo Recital in the context of "Flute School London"

TONIGHT 6.00 p.m. Hall School, 23 Crossfield Street, Swiss Cottage, LONDON

Program:

Stockhausen - Harmonies from the 5th hour of KLANG
Svoboda - Music for Piccolo
Eötvös - Kadenz from SHADOWS
Stockhausen - from AMOUR
Kobayashi - Reibo from TENTATIO 1 & 2
Minamikawa - The Secret of the Sky

Concert in Clermont Ferrand, March 23, 2010

mardi 23 mars à 20:30
Polydôme

avec Camilla Hoitenga (flûte)
et Norbert Krämer (percussions)

Kaija Saariaho Six Japanese Gardens
Jovanka Trbojevic, Wounded Angel
Noriko Nakamura Navi

Kaija Saariaho Couleurs du vent
Kaija Saariaho Trois rivières : delta
Yoshihiro Kanno Deep-Sea Maze

régie son et informatique Franck Rossi

HAPPY 2009!!

Without having made any resolutions toward improving my "web presence" this year, I will at least begin with announcing the next musical activities:

Ultraschall Festival in Berlin

31 January 2009 -- 19:00 Sophiensaal Concert with Hèloïse Dautry, harp
Music by Ton That Tîet, Pèter Koeszeghy, Kaija Saariaho, and Orjan Sandred

The piece by Sandred (a world premiere) is called "Whirl of Leaves" and is the most virtuosic work that we have tackled for a long time: whirls of notes, weeks and weeks of rehearsal....stay tuned!




1 February 2009 -- Haus des Rundfunks Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Wolfgang Lischke, conductor

Although this will be about my 17th performance of Saariaho's Aile du songe, it will my first with this conductor and orchestra. Also on the program are works by Saed Haddad, Malika Kishino & Fabian Panisell.

Preview: After the festival I'll begin preparing my own pieces, inspired by the ideas, procedures and paintings of the Finnish artist Raija Malka, all to be presented at her art opening:

7 March 2009 -- Helsinki

from Camilla...

Well, obviously my web-site issues are not yet sorted out, so here is some news:
December 6--last concert of season, in a series in Pforzheim (a city in southern Germany known for centuries for their production of fine jewelry). under the title of "fantasies and journeys", I'll be alternating Telemann Fantasias with modern music for flute and CD/live electronic (this part handled by composer and sound-projectionist Bryan Wolf) by some of my favorite composers: Anne LeBaron, Pèter Köszeghy, Bryan Wolf and Kaija Saariaho. I've had a special request from the producers to end with Debussy's Syrinx--gladly!

For more information, also about the program, check out this web address:
http://www.pz-news.de/kultur/konzerte/97193/

The first concert of 2008 will be another appearance at the festival "Music in the Houses of the City". This time I'll be cooking up something with the dancer/choreographer Rick Kam. The word "house" is used more to describe the ambience of the concerts rather than the venues. We, for example, will be performing in the not-yet-completed new space being built for Microsoft near the Rhine river. (January 20, 2 p.m.).

All for now--Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Concerts 2007

2007
* January 19 - Moscow (Russia) International Music Festival "Christma at the Kremlin"
Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, Micha Rachlevsky, conductor
Arvydas Malcys, Vox Clamantis in Deserto, for flute and Chamber Orchestra (1995)

* February 3 – Cologne (Germany) Musik in den Häusern der Stadt: Hotel “The New Yorker”
The Soul of the Flute
Works by Telemann, Stamitz, Karg-Elert, Malcys (premiere), Hoitenga, Saariaho, Stockhausen

* February 24 – Vilnius (Lithuania)
National Symphony Orchestra, Robertas Servenikas, conductor
Arvydas Malcys, Vox Clamantis in Deserto, for flute and Chamber Orchestra (1995)

* March 8 - Helsinki (Finland)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam, conductor
Pèter Köszeghy, Soulflight for flute and orchestra World premiere

* March 12 - Bergen (Norway) Borealis Festival
Kaija Saariaho, Noa Noa, Laconisme de l’aile, Couleurs du vent, Dolce Tormento

* May 1 - 16 Tour (Japan)
2-6 Biwako Competiton
9 Recital, Create Center, Ibaraki, with Shigenori and Yoko Takahashi
16 Recital, Waseda University, Tokyo, with Yoshihiro Kanno, piano
works by Jakub Sarwas, Pèter Koeszeghy, Karg-Elert, Quantz, Stockhausen, Mario
Lavista

* May 21 & 22 - Marseilles (France)
Festival "Les Musiques Marseilles"
Jean-Baptiste Barriere, "Deux songes de Maeterlicnk d'après Brugel" Premiere

* May 26 - Wroslaw (Poland) Musica Electronica Nova 2007
with Anssi Karttunen, cello, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Wladimir Kiradijew, cond.
Kaija Saariaho, ... à la fumée

* June 26 - – Cologne (Germany), Japanese Cultural Institute
with Norbert Krämer, percussion
SOUNDS OF TIME
Works by Noriko Nakamura, Miyuki Ito, Shoko Shida, Claude Lenners, Teppo Hauta-Aho, Michio Kitazume

* July 23-27 Pärnu (Estonia) Oistrakh Festival
July 23 Kuldar Sink, Concerto, St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra , Alexander Mayer, conductor
July 24 Galina Grigoryeva, quasi niente for flute and percussion, with Madis Metsamart (Estonia)
July 25 Borne, Carmen Fantasie, St. Petersburg and Pärnu Philharmonic orchestras, Erki Pehk, conductor
July 26 Mozart D-major Quartet, with the Collegium String Quartet (Ukraine)

* August 18 Münster (Germany) Lange Nacht der Musik
Improvisation with Erhard Hirt, electric guitar

* August 25 Münster (Germany) Black Box series
Music for flute and electronic CD by Anne LeBaron, Pèter Koeszeghy, Takahiko Suzuki, Zack Browning

* September 23 Warsaw (Poland) Warsaw Fall Festival
Concert playing solo flute in the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

* October 19 Donaueschingen (Germany)
Concert playing solo flute in the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Works by Klaus Huber, Younghi Pagh Paan, Helmut Oehring, Makiko Nishikaze

* November 22 Vilnius (Lithuania)
St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatus Katkus, conductor
Concertos by Quantz, Raminta Serksnyte World premiere, Malika Kishino World
premiere, C.P.E.Bach