PRAESENZ
«that present moment, that connects past and future with one another»
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
PRAESENZ
«that present moment, that connects past and future with one another»
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
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Tzlil Meudcan Festival and Summer Course:
In Summer 2010, PRAESENZ | aer members will be teaching at the Tzlil Meudcan Summer Course in Israel. The Tzlil Meudcan Festival and Summer Course aims to host each summer a small select group of young composers and performers working closely and intensely with our guest faculty in the beautiful surroundings of Kibbutz Ein HaShofet and Kibbutz Dalia, located in the north of Israel.
Composers Chaya Czernowin and Steven Takasugi from Harvard University will be directing the composition class, while the performance class will have varied team including soloists from Ictus (Belgium), PRAESENZ (Germany/Switzerland), and Ensemble Nikel (Israel).
Participants can expect a joyful summer stay with full accommodation covered, double-room occupancy, three meals per day, and most importantly, close, personal interaction with the faculty. Each performance teacher will be associated with not more then two students in order to give maximum attention to the participants, whose work will focus closely on the acquisition of new technical and interpretative knowledge and skills for the performance of the contemporary repertoire. The composition students will have individual lessons, group meetings, sessions for musical analysis, as well as one-on-one exchanges with the other participants. Moreover, they will work with the above mentioned ensembles, both pedagogically and practically as they prepare their pieces for performance during the final stage of the festival.
At this conclusion, all participants will head south to Tel Aviv, take in some sun on the beautiful sandy beaches of the Mediterranean sea, and attend three intensive days of concerts, performances, workshops, presentations, and other various activities presenting the fruits of their work prepared at the pedagogical stage of the course alongside the general festival program.
This year's course will focus on music by Helmut Lachenmann.
For more information visit www.ensemblenikel.com or email tzlilmeudcan.festival@gmail.com