Watch for details about two courses:
July 2-10 in Savonlinna, Finland
A summer camp on the lake for flutists of all ages and levels, with opportunities for chamber music with strings and piano, and flute ensemble sessions together with the class of my flutist colleague Ilari Lehtinen.
July 17-21 in Montepulciano, Italy
A masterclass for flutists age 16 and above in a charming town in the Toscana...
exploring performance practices from the 17th c. to the present....preparing for final concert...
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Master class Helsinki
At long last--a note on our November master class in Espoo (Helsinki). Organized by the Finnish Flute Association (special thanks to flutist/president Asa Gustavson, as well as flutist/photographer Heli Talvitie!!), this weekend included everything from visits to the "Animal Farm" (see the "cute puppies" practicing their panting!!) to premieres of four (4!) new solo flute pieces, written especially for this occasion.
Highly recommended:
Vellu Halkosalmi: Choro
Lauri Toivio: Marching Piper
Jukka-Pekka Lehto: Gedichte für Flöte
And the fourth one, for which I don't have the exact name & title with me...later.....
All the composers were present, lots of the flute teachers as well, and the students played WONDERFULLY!!!
Am already looking forward to my next Finland visits!!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
London report
Lots to catch up on. A week of London, teaching and performing with a great British team: Wissam Boustany, Mike Mower, Jennifer Hutchinson, Alex Murray. Ian Mullin, Abigail Burrows, Simon Gilliver, and the founding tutors and incredible organizers Janna Hüneke and Kate Grace. Alex Murray, who at an intellectually and physically lively 81 is perhaps the best "advertisement" for Alexander Technique one can find, inspired us with new warm-ups based on Mozart's vocalise for Constanza and inspired me personally with his insights to and performance tips for Stockhausen's HARMONIEN.
Wissam Boustany inspired not only with his warm personality and informed playing (his Mozart sonate was exquisite!), but with the fact that he plays EVERYTHING, even pieces like the Hindemith Sonate, from memory. AS did his pianist as well!
And after my own program of "serious new music" ;) it was exhilarating a couple of days later to revel in Mike Mower's jazz/rock-influenced quartet FICTIONS--with Mike Mower himself leading the way and setting the (extremely virtuousic) standard.
Then there were all the new games I learned from Abigail Burrows: she had kids clamouring for more scales with her methods. She also writes regularly in the British Flute Society magazine Pan. I had let my subscription lapse some years ago, but I'm definitely signing up again. The British flute world is active, diverse, and FUN, and I'm glad to be in touch again!
Friday, October 29, 2010
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
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
Saturday, August 14, 2010
The review...
I really enjoyed playing this concert: both the space and Young-Jae Lee's ceramics in dialogue with paintings were inspiring, and an extremely attentive, packed-in audience brought a lot of energy to the evening as well. Thanks to everyone, including the team of Sinclair-Haus and Altana Stiftung, and the photographer Michael Habe!
Click HERE for the review (in German).
P.S. The blue shawl I put on for Stockhausen's piece HARMONIEN (Harmonies), which he wrote for the 5th hour of the day, designating the corresponding color "HKS 50 blue" to be worn in performance!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Concert in Bad Homburg (near Frankfurt) August 11, 7 p.m.
One last concert before taking a break:
In the context of an exhibit of wonderful ceramics by the amazing potter Young-Jae Lee, I will offer music for solo flute. When I was first asked by the venue for program suggestions, I thought mainly of pieces by Korean composers as well as Korean- or at least Asian-influenced music. However, after actually experiencing the exhibit, reading interesting commentary, and (very important) meeting Ms. Lee herself, I was moved to make some program changes to reflect her philosophy, her working processes, and of course the atmosphere of the current exhibit.
The final version:
Works by Younghi Pagh Paan, Kaija Saariaho, Eiko Tsukamoto, J.S. Bach, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Meanwhile here is the basic information:
ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus
Löwengasse 15/Eingang Dorotheenstraße
61348 Bad Homburg
Telefon: 06172/1712120
Telefax: 06172/1712130
E-Mail: info@altana-kulturstiftung.de
Internet: http://www.altana-kulturstiftung.de
Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel von Frankfurt
S5 Bad Homburg Bahnhof
See also Frankfurt-Live.com
In the context of an exhibit of wonderful ceramics by the amazing potter Young-Jae Lee, I will offer music for solo flute. When I was first asked by the venue for program suggestions, I thought mainly of pieces by Korean composers as well as Korean- or at least Asian-influenced music. However, after actually experiencing the exhibit, reading interesting commentary, and (very important) meeting Ms. Lee herself, I was moved to make some program changes to reflect her philosophy, her working processes, and of course the atmosphere of the current exhibit.
The final version:
Works by Younghi Pagh Paan, Kaija Saariaho, Eiko Tsukamoto, J.S. Bach, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Meanwhile here is the basic information:
ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus
Löwengasse 15/Eingang Dorotheenstraße
61348 Bad Homburg
Telefon: 06172/1712120
Telefax: 06172/1712130
E-Mail: info@altana-kulturstiftung.de
Internet: http://www.altana-kulturstiftung.de
Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel von Frankfurt
S5 Bad Homburg Bahnhof
See also Frankfurt-Live.com
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Summer news....
Time for a little update.
Of the months that I've missed, there's too much to report: the last concerts and celebrations in Clermont Ferrand, for example, really deserve their own chapter, complete with illustrations by the brilliant photographer Jean-Louis Fernandez! Maybe someday. Meanwhile, I want to jump right in to NOW.
Last night my students played a great recital. (Another future blog could be to report on this wonderful class at the Rochus Music School....) I forgot to mention to them that June 30 was the date I came to Germany--exactly 30 years ago!! Amazing--three decades based in Europe already!(Not to mention the rest of the world--or the other decades experienced, for that matter ;)!)
Tomorrow I pick up my 32-year-old (!) flute (Jack Moore #42) which has been newly overhauled by Christoph Siewers. Had been thinking of getting a new, "fresh" flute, but I'm so attached to MY flute, with the still-unique innovations Jack put on for me.
In two days I fly to Savonlinna, Finland to teach at a summer camp there. It's a lovely place, with great colleagues teaching and playing, a campus on the lake, and a town geared up for the opera festival, with the operas being performed in the courtyard of the old castle. Inspiring!
After that I'm back in Germany to play music by Kaija Saariaho at the Rheingau Festival in Germany: Cendres for flute, cello, piano with Anssi Karttunen and David Lively on the 22nd, the concerto Aile du songe with the Southwest German Radio Orchestra conducted by Susanna Mälkki.
More later--I promise!
Of the months that I've missed, there's too much to report: the last concerts and celebrations in Clermont Ferrand, for example, really deserve their own chapter, complete with illustrations by the brilliant photographer Jean-Louis Fernandez! Maybe someday. Meanwhile, I want to jump right in to NOW.
Last night my students played a great recital. (Another future blog could be to report on this wonderful class at the Rochus Music School....) I forgot to mention to them that June 30 was the date I came to Germany--exactly 30 years ago!! Amazing--three decades based in Europe already!(Not to mention the rest of the world--or the other decades experienced, for that matter ;)!)
Tomorrow I pick up my 32-year-old (!) flute (Jack Moore #42) which has been newly overhauled by Christoph Siewers. Had been thinking of getting a new, "fresh" flute, but I'm so attached to MY flute, with the still-unique innovations Jack put on for me.
In two days I fly to Savonlinna, Finland to teach at a summer camp there. It's a lovely place, with great colleagues teaching and playing, a campus on the lake, and a town geared up for the opera festival, with the operas being performed in the courtyard of the old castle. Inspiring!
After that I'm back in Germany to play music by Kaija Saariaho at the Rheingau Festival in Germany: Cendres for flute, cello, piano with Anssi Karttunen and David Lively on the 22nd, the concerto Aile du songe with the Southwest German Radio Orchestra conducted by Susanna Mälkki.
More later--I promise!
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