“Trondheim has cracked a problem that the rest of classical music has yet to face up to: half the faces in the audience are under 20. What can we learn from them? ”
The Independent
Record-high number of applicants for Trondheim International Chamber Music Academy 2010
Trondheim International Chamber Music Academy is this year more international than ever. Among the 24 ensembles applying for the academy in September, there were musicians from 24 countries altogether. These are the chosen ensembles for the 2010 Academy.
Because of the high number of applicants the election of the four trios chosen to participate in the September Academy was a difficult task. The fact that there also were several previous prizewinners among the trios didn’t make it any easier - the level of all the applicants has been extremely high!
The election is now ready, and we look forward to welcome the following trios to Trondheim International Chamber Music Academy in September:
Dali Piano Trio (Frankrike/Latvia)
Trio L (Frankrike/Bulgaria)
Lichtental Trio (Østerrike)
Fournier Trio (Australia/Taiwan/UK/Korea)
In addition to these, Duo Nessuno, prizewinners from the Norwegian “Ungdommens Musikkmesterskap” will take part in the Academy.
The ensembles will receive coaching and Master classes as well as playing chamber music together with the instructors, who are:
Leif Ove Andsnes
Daniel Hope
Lawrence Power
Knut-Erik Sundquist
The Academy takes part as Trondheim Chamber Music Festival 2010, and the Academy’s showcase concert on Sunday 26 September is part of the festival’s programme.
One of the groups will be chosen to go straight on to the following years Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, where they will be competing for attractive prizes and concert engagements.
We congratulate the chosen ensembles, and look forward to be able to follow their development through the Academy!
Festival 2010 - programme released
Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Hope, Håkan Hardenberger and Oslo String Quartet are some of the artists at Trondheim Chamber Music Festival 2010. The festival takes place 20-26 September.
The British magazine Musical Opinion gives enthusiastic critics in the January 2010 issue:
“Clearly, the Trondheim Chamber Music Festival is not only one of Norway's best and most successful, but also one of the most interesting in Europe”.
“The Trondheim Chamber Music Festival makes the perfect holiday for any music enthusiast.”
“The Trondheim Chamber Music Festival is ahead of the game, its priority is to increase the number of young (under 20) members of the audience, and to give the audience more than they might reasonably expect, by dint of imaginative programming and venues.”
The Strad, world leading magazine for string music, gives an detailed review of the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition: The Strad: Girls on top in Norway
Praise for the festival also from the French magazine Diapason: Diapason november 2009 (NB - french only).
HK Gruber is Festival Composer 2010
Composer, conductor, chansonnier and double bass player HK Gruber is one of the most well-known and well-loved figures in contemporary music. HK Gruber is this year's festival composer at Trondheim Chamber Music Festival.
HK Gruber was born in Vienna 1943 and is a leading figure of the so-called 'Third Viennese School'. He is the composer of the celebrated 'pandemonium' Frankenstein!!, based on gruesome children’s rhymes by H.C. Artmann, which has received hundreds of performances and broadcasts worldwide. His music refracts the great Viennese tradition, both classical and popular, through contemporary lens, and draws on the cabaret style of the Weimar Republic, often combined with irreverent black humour. He is much admired for concertos including two violin concertos for Ernst Kovacic, a Cello Concerto for Yo-Yo Ma and a trumpet concerto Aerial for Håkan Hardenberger. Future works also include a new percussion concerto for Martin Grubinger (2010).
HK Gruber has appeared at many international festivals as featured composer, conductor, chansonnier, and music-theatre performer, including the 2006 Lucerne Festival. His works is recorded on the BIS, Chandos and Largo labels. HK Gruber is composer/conductor with BBC Philharmonic from Feb 2010.
HK Gruber will be present during the festival, and several of his works will be on the fesival programme. HK Gruber will also take part in the festival as conductor for Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and as performer of his own works.
Works by HK Gruber include:
Frankenstein!! (1977/79) for chansonnier and orchestra or ensemble
Cello Concerto (1989) for cello and ensemble (or small orchestra)
Aerial (1998-99) Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
"...the nostalgic frisson and the ironic surprise are technical means used by Gruber with absolute authority to create forthright masterpieces." — Sunday Times
Piano trios from all over the world are welcome to apply for the academy which focuses especially on advanced student trios and young professional trios. The academy offers a unique opportunity with a combination of both master classes in the ensembles’ chosen repertoire and chamber music together with some of the instructors.
The Academy takes place 22-26 September 2010, during Trondheim Chamber Music Festival.
The instructors are:
Daniel Hope, violin, Academy Chairman
Lawrence Power, viola
Knut Erik Sundquist, double bass
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano, guest instructor
The instructors will also be festival artists at Trondheim Chamber Music Festival.
As a part of the TICC springboard model the winners of the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2009, the Quatuor Tercea was awarded with a number of concert and festival engagements. Here is an updated concert diary.
Several previous winners of Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition have made international break-through after the competition. With attractive prizes; both cash prizes and festival engagements, we hope that the competition will act as a springboard to the ensembles’ careers.
As a part of the TICC springboard model, the winners of the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2009, the Quatuor Tercea, was awarded with a number of concert and festival engagements.
Here is an updated concert diary of the first prize winners concert engagements 2010:
1 February 2010: Nordysfestivalen, Sparebankens festsal – Tromsø (Norge) nordlysfestivalen.no
- All six participants played at a very high level, but the selected four stood out positively, says producer Marianne Baudouin Lie. The four groups selected for tomorrows semifinals are:
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