NEW HOMEPAGE

Dear friends of music,

We have just created a new homepage at:

www.classicindonesia.multiply.com

From 2009 onward we will be leaving this page and all our announcement on concerts, recitals as well as educational projects can be found on our new homepage.

We will also activate a new e-mail account at classic.indonesia@gmail.com. Should you wish to obtain information about our activities, please drop us a line.

Visit our new page and come to our events!

We wish you all merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous New Year.

All the very best,

Classicorp Indonesia

NEWS

2008 seems to be the year for Doric String Quartet. After winning first-prize at the 5th Osaka Chamber Music Competition and second-prize at the 2nd Premio Borciani Competition, they recently were awarded the Ensemble Prize at the prestigious 2008 Meckenburg-Vorpommern Festival in Germany. This is one of the biggest and most important yearly event in Germany and last for three months every summer. With this they have reserved an invitation to perform at the festival for the rest of their career.

Doric is on their way to Japan for a concert tour which will take place for a month. Classicorp, who will be running the next season of Chamber Music Series, is on the final process of bringing the 4 young musicians to Indonesia. Let's hope that they will return and continue to perform to their loyal audience here!

Some other artists to appear next year are the Aquinas Piano Trio and the T'ang Quartet from our neighboring country, Singapore. Old friends like the cellist Damien Ventula and Sam Haywood will return and perform some trio with the clarinettist Katherine Ann Spencer. Classicorp will also do more educational projects and have prepared some chamber music concerts by local musicians.

Check back this page for some more news. We look forward to receiving you at our events!

PIANO RECITAL - ADHI JACINTH TANUMIHARDJA

Program: Bach - Beethoven - Chopin - Ravel - Bartok

Sunday, 14 September 2008 - 19.30

Gedung Indonesia Menggugat (GIM)

(Behind Bethel Church, Wastukencana)

Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan 5 Bandung

The 23-year old Adhi Jacinth Tanumihadja graduated from Music Pedagogy Department of Musikhochschule Freiburg, Germany where he was studying with the late Hansjoerg Koch and Prof. Pi-Hsien Chen. He is now a student of Artist Diploma programme at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart and continuing his studies with Prof. Nicolas Hodges. Adhi was the 3rd winner of Cipta Award Piano Competition in 2001 and in 2004 represented Freiburg in German Liedforum in Berlin. He has performed in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Ireland and France.

Ticket Rp 20,000 available at Studio Musik Melodia, Jl. Kyai Luhur No. 5, tel. 2501784

or at the door. Information & reservation: Mutia, tel. 70021446

VISITING MASTER CLASS - PIANO

ADHI JACINTH TANUMIHARDJA

1-10 September 2008
Visiting master class available with minimum 5 students.

To book dates, please contact Mutia, 700 21 446.
To receive complete information per e-mail, write to classicorp@yahoo.com

Indonesia's own talented pianist, Adhi Jacinth Tanumihardja, was born in Bandung. In Indonesia he took lessons among others from Yazeed Djamin and Iswargia R. Sudarno. In 2001 he won 3rd prize at the Cipta Award Piano Competition and afterward he went to Musikhochschule Freiburg and received tuition from the late Hansjoerg Koch and Prof. Pi-Hsien Chen. Last year he graduated with a diploma in music pedagogy and now he is continuing his studies in the artist diploma program with Prof. Nicolas Hodges at Musikhochschule Stuttgart.

Adhi is active both as performer as well as teachers. He has been appearing in concerts in Germany, Switzerland, France, Ireland, Austria and Spain. In 2004 he was sent to attend Liedforum in Berlin as a representative from Musikhochschule Freiburg where he gave recitals and received tuition from many professors. Adhi has also performed with Holst Sinfonietta and played harpsichord with Freiburg Orchestra.

BANDUNG MUSIC CAMP

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WORKSHOP FOR BRASS PLAYERS

"FANFARE"
(workshop for brass instruments from Guillaume Dutrieux)
Monday-Tuesday, 23-24 June 2008
CCF Auditorium
12.00-15.00

Free admission

Registration for active participants:
Send your name & your instrument to classicorp@yahoo.com before June 20, 2008.

Active participants will have a chance to perform at the opening of:
“Contigo” by Cie O Ultimo Momento Circus Company
Tuesday, 24 June 2008 – 19.30 onward
Taman Budaya, Jl. Bukit Dago Selatan 53 A Bandung

Guillaume Dutrieux was born in 1973 in Paris from musicians parents. He fell in love with trumpet at the age of 9 and obtained some courses in classical trumpet and jazz piano. At 15 he studied at the American School of Modern Music where he began to meet many musicians and deepened his understanding in jazz. Afterward he entered the Paris Conservatory, majoring in jazz. There he met P. Moutal, a professor of Indian music, participated in numerous master classes from Wynton Marsalis, Steve Coleman, Daniel Humair, and collaborated with different musicians of his generations such as Pierre Bertrand and Fred Pallem.
Festivities, pleasure, diversity and curiosity are the motivations that took him all over the world to work with different types of stage like theater, fashion, studios, as well as with many kinds of music like reggae, jazz, varieties, funk, salsa, rap, and many more.
He was involved in many projects, among others Alpha Blondy, Cartier, E. Baer, Le Sacre du Tympan, Maltax, Sergent Garcia, Y. Noah, Saïan Supa Crew, “L’auberge espagnole” (the movie), le Cie du Soleil Bleu, while having a busy life as interpreter, arranger, and composer.
Today, accompanied by his mobile home-studio, he tours with la Cie Cheptel Aleïkoum in the world of contemporary circus and continues to work with his group, les Hornflakes, with which he shares his musical passion since ten years.

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - LAST CONCERT

Tuesday, 6 May 2008
Auditorium CCF - 19.30

Piano Trio by Ravel and Schubert
Paul Janes, piano
Shirly Laub, violin
Rebecca Gilliver, cello

Tickets Rp 20,000
Pre-concert ticket sales: Aquarius Music Shop, tel. 4241433
Reservation: Mutia, tel. 70021446

Paul Janes ranks as one of the finest and most versatile pianists of his generation. Besides spending a formative period at the Academie Maurice Ravel in France, he studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and is now a senior lecturer in keyboard studies there. Appointed as ABRSM examiner in 2005, Paul has a busy career as soloist, chamber musician an teacher. He was the winner of many international competition. (For complete biography, visit www.paul-janes.co.uk. / Belgian violinist Shirly Laub has won numerous competitions for young musicians before she went to study with W. Liberman at Utrecht Conservatory. She has worked with many prominent conductors such as Ashkenazy, Giulini and Haitink, recorded for several broadcasting radios. Currently she is a member of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London. / Success in competitions in the UK and US led Rebecca Gilliver to critically acclaimed debuts at the Wigmore Hall, London and Carnegie Hall, New York. She studied at the Menuhin School, RNCM and Basel. Currently the co-principal at the London Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca also works with orchestras abroad and has toured the world.

MASTERCLASS & WORKSHOP IN PIANO, VIOLIN AND CELLO
Wednesday, 7 May 2008 - 10.00 onward
Studio Musik Melodia, Jl. Kyai Luhur no. 5 Bandung
Information: 2501784

DUO RECITAL

Stephan Imorde, piano
Paulus Yusuf, piano
Liszt, Schumann, Mozart, Debussy, Chopin

Tuesday, 25 March 2007
Srimanganti Room, Santika Hotel
Jl. Sumatera 52-54 Bandung
7.30 pm (please be seated by 7.15)

Tickets available at the door.
Price: VIP Rp 50,000 Regular Rp 20,000
(Limited seats, kindly make reservation through 022-70021446)

Paulus Yusuf is a student of Stephan Imorde at the Music Academy Kassel, Germany, where he now takes his degree for Artist Diploma. Previously he completed his Pre-Diploma program at the Music Academy Frankfurt. In Indonesia Paulus studied with Iswargia Sudarno in the Young Talented Artist Program at the Jakarta Conservatory of Music. Recently he accompanied a lecture of the commemoration of 150 years Robert Schumann.

Stephan Imorde is the Director of Piano and Chamber Music Department at the Music Academy Kassel, Germany while being a faculty member at the Conservatory of Music Rostock. He studied in Detmold, Indiana (USA) and was the assistant of the renowned Russian pianist, Prof. Anatol Ugorsky. As solist and chamber musician, he has played in Europe, South Africa, the US and Central America and has won various awards in international competition. Recently he recorded a CD with the violinist Ulf Schneider.

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - CONCERT 5

Sunday, 10 February 2008

Auditorium CCF - 19.30

Doric String Quartet

Haydn, Shostakovich, Beethoven

Tickets Rp 20,000

Pre-concert ticket sales: Aquarius Music Shop, tel. 4241433

Reservation: Mutia, tel. 70021446

The young Doric String Quartet from England is back! Introducing their new viola player, Simon Tandree, the quartet will perform to their already impatient fans in Bandung. This high-profile young musicians received their education in England and has received many trainings from the members of the world's most prominent quartets such as Alban Berg, Artemis and the Hagen Quartets. In 2000 they won the Bristol Millenium Chamber Music Competition and since then has been concertizing in many major concert venues and festivals.

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - CONCERT 4

Friday, 25 January 2008
Auditorium CCF - 19.30
Ruth Rogers (violin) & Martin Cousin (piano)
Mozart, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Messiaen, Franck

Tickets Rp 20,000
Pre-concert ticket sales: Aquarius Dago, tel. 4241433
Reservation: Mutia, tel. 700 21 446


The British violinist, Ruth Rogers received a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, London where she graduated with first class honors and awarded the Tagore Gold Medal. At this moment she stages concerts around the world as soloist as well as chamber musician and has worked with, among others, Lorin Maazel and Sir Colin Davis. Her compatriot at the piano, the scottish Martin Cousin, has established himself as one of the leading pianists of his generation. Winner of the Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition and Overseas League Music Competition, he has performed in world's most prestigious concert venues both as soloist and chamber musician. He has released 3 CDs which has received many appraisals from critics.

JOIN BANDUNG MUSIC CAMP 2008!

Are you a classical musicians craving for every opportunity to improve your skills and broadened your horizon?

If so, join our 2008 educational program with our 4 young faculty members from Europe! Here you'll be experiencing excellent music making and see how music could change your life and yourself!

Log in to www.bandung-music-camp.blogspot.com for complete info.

A PIANO RECITAL

AEMILIA B. TEGUH, piano

Friday, 21 December 2007
Auditorium CCF - 19.30

Programs: Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, Villa-Lobos

Tickets: Rp 20,000 (adult) & Rp 10,000 (student), available at the door.

Information & reservation: Mutia, tel. 70021446

A Doctorate of Musical Arts candidate in piano performance at Arizona State University, the Indonesian pianist Aemil B. Teguh will perform works stretched from the early to post Romantic period. She has collected many experiences both in performing and teaching in the USA and has worked with, among others, Claude Franck, Gabriel Chodos and Maria Joao Pires. Often acted as a cultural ambassador of Indonesia on the classical music platform, she was recently awarded the "2007 Circle fo Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution of the Arts" by the Arizona Asian-American Association.

PIANO MASTER CLASS BY AEMIL B. TEGUH

Masterclass schedule: December 10-15, 2007.

To obtain information on the venue, please contact Mutia, tel. 70021446.

AEMILIA B. TEGUH

Aemilia Teguh was recently awarded the “2007 Circle of Excellence Award For Outstanding Contribution of the Arts” by the Arizona Asian American Association. She received piano instructions from Els Wiharja, CL Tobing, John Gobee, Stephen Tamadji and Oerip S. Santoso. She performed her first piano debut at age eight, and in 1989 was a winner of the West Java Region of Yamaha Piano Competition.
Ms. Teguh earned both a Master of Music in Piano Performance and a Graduate Performance Certificate from the Boston Conservatory. While studying under the guidance of Janice Weber, Ms. Teguh was the orchestral pianist for the Boston Conservatory Symphony for several performances. Her studies have taken her around the world, among others with Claude Frank of Yale University; Gabriel Chodos of New England Conservatory; and the great Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires at her center for Music Development in Belgais, Portugal. She is presently entering the final stage of pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance at the School of Music of Arizona State University under the tutelage of the famous Brazilian pianist Dr. Caio Pagano. Outside her performing activities, she has been teaching piano for more than twenty years.

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - CONCERT 3

Monday, 17 December 2007
Auditorium CCF - 19.30

Damien Ventula (violoncello) & Sam Haywood (piano)
Schubert, Chopin, Martinu

Tickets Rp 20.000
Pre-concert ticket sales: Aquarius Music Shop Dago, tel. 4241433
Reservation: Mutia, tel. 70021446

Sam Haywood studied in Vienna with Paul Badura-Skoda and in London with Maria Curcio. Now based in Berlin, he has already performed in many of the major concert series and venues in Europe. He has also written music and given recitals using both period and modern instruments. Damien Ventula has studied with the renowned cellists Louis Claret in Toulouse, Bernard Greenhouse and Laurence Lesser in Boston, and Boris Pergamenschikow in Berlin. He has performed at international festivals throughout the world. Last December 2005 he was nominated for the "Victoires de la Musique" award.

MASTERCLASS FOR PIANO & CELLO

Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 14.00 onward

Studio Musik Melodia, Jl. Kyai Luhur no. 5 Bandung

Fee for active participants: Rp 250,000/45 minutes

Fee for passive participants: Rp 50,000

Registration: Studio Musik Melodia, tel. 2501784

GRIEG-SIBELIUS FESTIVAL

A 3-SESSION CONCERT

presenting works for solo piano, violin, piano trio and voice

Sunday, December 2, 2007

CCF Auditorium - 15.30 onward

Tickets Rp 20,000 (adults) and Rp 10,000 (students) available at the door.

Information & reservation: Mutia, tel. 700 21 446

The world commemorates the 100th and 50th years of the death of two Scandinavian composers known for their remarkably romantic and poetic works, Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius. These two giants of the Romantic period from the northern land have written many beautiful works for solo instrument as well as for chamber music. Young and talented artists from Bandung, Jakarta and Yogyakarta will be staging this concert.

Featuring:
Alfred Young Sugiri (piano)/Andrew Sujana (piano)/Antonius Dody Soetanto (bass-baritone)/ Audrey Sarasvathi (piano)/Eya Grimonia (violin)/Marsella (piano)/Muhammad Affan (cello)/ Randy Ryan (piano)/Rita Victoria (soprano)/Saptadi Kristiawan (violin)/

Yohanes Siem (piano)

WHAT'S AN ARPEGINA?

In 1996, Jean-Paul Minali-Bella conceived in collaboration with Bernard Sabatier a new instrument called L’Arpegina. This “Large Alto” gave him a new interpretive possibilities and extended his repertoire, not least because of the instrument’s fifth string, a mi-grave or "low E" that gives him the possibility to explore new harmonies. The instrument's unique shape allows it to produce a lower and more vibrated sound. Jean-Paul has recorded several pieces with this one and only instrument.

The instrument’s arrival was celebrated on radio with France-Inter and France-Musique, in magazine with “Le Monde de la Musique” and at the Musicora convention.

Photo of Arpegina (below) : courtesy of Jean-Paul Minali-Bella

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - CONCERT 2

Thursday, 15 November 2007

Auditorium CCF, 19.30

Jean-Paul Minali-Bella (arpegina) &

Dana Ciocarlie (piano)
Bach, Guedon, Schumann, Glazunov, Piazolla

Tickets: Rp 20,000
Pre-concert ticket sales:

Aquarius Music Shop Dago, tel. 4241433
Reservation: Mutia, tel. 70021446

Trained at the source of the Romanian school of piano, Dana Ciocarlie also studied in Paris under Victoria Melki and in the classes of Dominique Merlet and Georges Pludermacher. Her experience and her talent have been rewarded with numerous prizes during prestigious international competitions. She is also prizewinners of many foundations and a sought-after performer in the chamber music field. Her multiple activities around the world include performances in major concert venues and different festivals.

Jean-Paul Minali-Bella won 1st prize unanimously from the CNSM for the viola in Serge Collot’s class at age 20. He perfected himself in string quartets with Jean Mouillere before he left for Yale University in the USA. His repertoire grew with the Tokyo Quartet and with Jesse Levine. Master classes with Walter Trampler enabled him to master the viola. He completed his musical training with Bruno Pasquier and for sonatas with Jean Mouillere.

MASTERCLASSES FOR PIANO, VIOLIN & VIOLA

Wednesday, 14 November 2007 - 14.00 onward

Studio Musik Melodia, Jl. Kyai Luhur No. 5 Bandung

Fee for active participants: Rp 200,000/30 minutes

Fee for passive participants: Rp 50,000

Registration: Studio Musik Melodia, tel. 2501784

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - CONCERT 1

Friday, October 26, 2007 - Auditorium CCF, 19.30

Marcel Becker (double bass) & Ary Suteja (piano)
Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Eccles, Thoene

Tickets: Rp 20,000, available at the door.
Pre-concert ticket sales: Aquarius Music Shop Dago, tel. 4241433
Reservation: Mutia, tel. 70021446

Marcel Becker (double-bass) was born in Germany and studied with Josef Tottzer (Philharmonia Hungarica), Prof. Rolf Heister and Prof. Wolfgang Guettler and won first prize with honours in his final exam. He was winner of the German National Youth Competition “Jugend musiziert” and was Principal Bass of the German National and the European Community Youth Orchestra from 1987-1991. He currently holds the position of Assistent Principal Bass of the Royal Liverpool Philarmonic Orchestra.

Ary Sutedja (piano) studied with Iravati Sudiarso, Reynaldo Reyes at Towson State University in Baltimore, Maryland and with Sofia Vakman, Sergey Uryvaev and Valery Vishneshy at St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia. Now she is active as a leading accompanist, chamber musician, teacher and adjudicator.

MASTERCLASSES FOR DOUBLE BASS & PIANO

Saturday, October 26, 2007 - 13.00 onward

Studio Musik Melodia, Jl. Kyai Luhur No. 5 Bandung

Fee for individual participants: Rp 200,000/30 minutes.

Workshop for string ensembles: Rp 400,000/60 minutes/group.

Registration: Studio Musik Melodia, tel. 2501784

CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES 2007/2008

The 2nd concert series of CMS in Bandung will begin soon. Check out the dates below and make sure they’re on your agenda.

1st concert: Friday, October 26, 2007
Marcel Becker (double-bass) & Ary Suteja (piano)

2nd concert: Thursday, November 15, 2007
Jean-Paul Minali-Bella (arpegina) & Dana Ciocarlié (piano)

3rd concert: Monday, December 17, 2007
Damien Ventula (cello) & Sam Haywood (piano)

4th concert: Friday, January 25, 2007
Ruth Rogers (violin) & Martin Cousin (piano)

5th concert: Sunday, February 10, 2007
Doric String Quartet

6th concert: Tuesday, May 6, 2007
Shirly Laub (violin), Rebecca Gilliver (cello) & Paul Janes (piano)

Tickets for each concert: Rp 20,000
Pre-concert ticket sales: Aquarius Music Shop Dago, tel. 022-4241433
(available on sale from October 1, 2007)
Tickets will also be sold at the door.
Information : Mutia, tel. 70021446

For more information on programming & artists, visit http://www.chambermusic.or.id/.
For more information on masterclasses in Bandung, visit our site again next month!

ALPIN LIMANDO PIANO RECITAL

Bandung : Saturday, 1 September 2007
Auditorium CCF - 19.30

Jakarta : Wednesday, 5 September 2007
Erasmus Huis - 19.30

Program : Beethoven - Chopin - Liszt - Ravel

Born and raised in Bandung, Alpin Limando, winner of Yamaha National Piano Competition, Samick Piano Competition, and Cipta Award Piano Competition obtained his first music education at the age of 5. In Indonesia, he received lessons from, among other, Stephen Sulungan, the late Yazeed Djamin and lastly from Iswargia Sudarno before he continued his music education at the prestigious Jacob School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA with Reiko Shigeoka-Neriki, Prof. Evelyn Brancart and Karen Taylor in music pedagogy. He was graduated with Bachelor of Science in Music in 2006.

Recital tickets are available at the door.
Price: Bandung Rp 20,000 (adults) & Rp 10,000 (students)
Jakarta Rp 40,000 (adults) & Rp 20,000 (students)
Information & reservation: Mutia 022.70021446 / 0812.2379243