The New Virtuosi are back in Duino! From 10 to 20 August 2018 the International Community Music Academy at UWC Adriatic will host the eighth edition of the Violin Course of the London-based “New Virtuosi” Association.
For the first time the New Virtuosi is now also a partner in the ICMA concert season supported by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region “Note di Spezie. Tutti i sapori della musica” (in partnership with the Municipality of Duino-Aurisina, the Municipality of Povoletto, the Folk Group of Passons, the Choir Jacobus Gallus of Trieste, UWC Maastricht, the association Mondo 2000, the Associazione Culturale Musicale di Bertiolo “Filarmonica la prime lûs 1812 and ESYO, European Spirit of Youth Orchestra).
The concerts in this season will enable music lovers in the region to appreciate a diverse musical programme aimed at increasing public awareness of music as a vehicle for knowledge and for the understanding of a variety of cultures and historical backgrounds..
As for the New Virtuosi summer course in Duino, participants have passed a rigorous selection by the Artistic Director Ani Schnarch, professor at the Royal College of Music in London and founder of the “New Virtuosi”. In all the course will involve 21 performers – aged between 13 and 26 years of age – from China, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, Russia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Turkey.
During the course the young violinists will refine – in both individual and group lessons – their technical and interpretation skills by playing some of the most interesting and virtuosistic pages of the solo and chamber music repertoire. Schnarch will be assisted by internationally renowned violinists such as Luis Pares, Felix Andrievsky, Itzhak Rashkovsky from the Royal College of Music in London and Qian Zhou, Head of Strings at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. The course will also benefit from the collaboration of professional pianists – Irina Andrievsky, Ed Liddall, Evgenia Lakernik and Kumi Matsuo, as well as violist Shiry Rashkovsky and cellist Ben Shibolet.
The Opening Concert of the Violin Mastercourse will be held in an exceptional location: the Miramare Castle.The teachers of the course will perform on Sunday 12 August at 9.00 pm.
Other performances will be held as follows: on Monday, August 13 in Lignano Sabbiadoro, at Sala Darsena (9.00 pm) in collaboration with the cultural association Insieme per la Musica. On Wednesday, August 15 at 9.00 pm at the Auditorium of the Revoltella Museum in Trieste, on Thursday, August 16 in the UWC Adriatic Auditorium in Duino, on Friday, August 17 in Campolonghetto at the church of San Giacomo Apostolo in collaboration with the CCSR Campolonghetto Chiarmacis and the patronage of the municipality of Bagnaria Arsa. The two final performances wrapping up the concert programme will both be held in the UWC Adriatic Auditorium in Duino on Sunday 19: at 5.00 pm and 9.00 pm respectively.
Admission is free of charge for all concerts.
For further information contact ICMA – International Community Music Academy
