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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March in New York

March 12, 7:30 pm at The TANK, 151 w. 46th st, NY, NY 10036

Ear Heart Music presents
More Music from the Other Side
--New York Premieres and European Classics for Solo Flute

Link to venue HERE.

I'm really excited about this concert--an intense mix of pieces by some of my favorite composers: Peter Eötvös, Miyuki Ito, Pèter Koeszeghy, Georg Kroell, Kaija Saariaho, and Mike Svoboda.

House of Arts Concert, January 19, 2012

With House of Arts founder, director and mezzo-soprano (!) Gabriele Malzahn at the concert for the 5th anniversary celebration. A great evening enjoyed by all colleagues and a huge audience! Congratulations to Gabriele and team!!

Off to the Emirates!

Looking forward to finding this old friend--as well as playing some concerts with mezzo-soprano Gabriele Malzahn. She's invited me to help celebrate the 5th anniversary of the "House of Arts", the music, dance & arts institute school she founded in Al Ain (Abu Dhabi Emirate).

More later--I still have to pack....

November, December....

Besides masterclasses and some teaching and smaller concerts here and there, I've enjoyed quite a variety of projects in the past months:
Completing a pamphlet on the flute music of Kaija Saariaho (look here) took priority (and involved a nice weekend in Bruges
to meet the composer for her final comments).

Plus trips to Bad Ems to celebrate with the winners of the Azumi Flute competition; to Paris for various meetings and exhibits; not to mention teaching, practicing and planning, as well as trying to bring order to my still-new-for-me apartment! Interesting times!!


Paris

October 2011

FLUTE SCHOOL LONDON
Congratulations to flutist/organizers Janna Hüneke & Kate Grace who successfully launched Flute School London for the 2nd year. It was great to be part of it all! This year's tutors were Rachel Brown, Andy Findon, Mike Mower, Camilla Hoitenga, Simon Gilliver, Abigail Burrows, Jean-Paul Wright and Jaqueline Vann.



The team l.to r.: Kate, Ian, Simon, Gareth, Abigail, with Janna & Camilla kneeling.

September 2011: Concerts

ROULETTE, New York City
The first concert was on the 15th of September, at the GRAND OPENING. I was honored to be asked to play again at the space where I had played what turned out to be my New York debut some years ago. I opened with Kaija Saariaho's Dolce Tormento for piccolo solo, followed by the version with video of NoaNoa (with Kaija mixing the electronics and Jean-Baptiste Barriere managing the video with his team). See here the The New York Times report...
Guests of honor...

Director Jim Staley

Five days later I was back again with the New York premiere of Stockhausen's Harmonies--the 5th Hour of Klang for solo flute, Shoko Shida's Fukura semé for solo flute and nohkan, and the world premiere of Jean-Baptiste Barrière's Crossing the Blind Forest for bass flute, live electronics and live video.

COLOGNE, Germany
Before New York was the premiere of Toward the Silence, composed by myself (music for voice, bass and concert flutes) and Claudia Robles (voice, video, live electronics). No press, no pictures yet...another time, perhaps....