Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten

Ballroom of the Schloss Bückeburg

The Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten (International Academy for Soloists, IMAS) is a music school located in Hanover with master classes for highly talented young soloists who are aiming for an international career. It is one of the leading training centres for soloists in Germany .[1] The offered courses change annually in the fields of piano, violin, singing, violoncello, French horn and Chamber music.[2][3][4]

Activity and organisation

Professors of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and other experienced musicians teach the students at Schloss Bückeburg [de].[5] So far, IMAS has supported more than 1000 highly talented students from 35 nations (as of January 2014).[2]

The nine-day individual courses begin in autumn and end with a final concert in the castle's ballroom.[2] In order to keep the costs of participation low, the students live with citizens of Bückeburg during the course. The board of directors of the Trägerverein consists of Ulrike Fontaine (chairwoman), Peter Christoph Loewe (deputy chairman), Ines Gräfin von der Schulenburg (finances), Bernd Goetzke (artistic director) and Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (honorary chairman).[6] A seven-member board of trustees assists the board of directors. The pianist Boris Kuznetsov is responsible for project management.[5]

History

The non-profit association, "Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten",[7] was founded in 1978 by Reimar Dahlgrün, professor emeritus of the University of Music in Hannover, together with colleagues. During the first ten years, teaching was held in the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. In 1986 Alexander Fürst zu Schaumburg-Lippe brought the academy into the Schloss Bückeburg.[8] In 1982, Gotthard Kronstein took over as managing director.[9]

Karl-Heinz Kämmerling was responsible for the overall artistic direction for about three decades. At the end of 2010 Bernd Goetzke became his successor.[10]

Personalities

Docents

Source, if not stated otherwise:[11]

Piano

Violin

Violoncello

French Horn

Bassoon

Singing

Students

Source, if not stated otherwise:[14]

Piano

Violin

  • Ulrike-Anima Mathé

Violoncello

  • Marcio Carneiro
  • Manuel Fischer-Dieskau

Singing

References

  1. ^ Radiotipps für NDR 1 Niedersachsen ndr.de, 2 January 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, Booklet, (PDF).
  3. ^ on Schaumburger Nachrichten
  4. ^ "Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten"
  5. ^ a b Vorstand Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine imas-meisterkurse.de, retrieved 19 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Wie Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe Meisterpianisten fördert"
  7. ^ "statutes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  8. ^ Ein Schloss voller Töne, in nobilis 9/2011, S. 68–71 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (PDF).
  9. ^ Hugo Thielen: Kronstein, Gotthard. In Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon [de]. Von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart. Schlütersche, Hanover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9, p. 214.
  10. ^ Schaumburg-Lippische Landes-Zeitung [de] Prof. Bernd Goetzke leitet ab sofort die IMAS-Klavierkurse, 14 September 2010.
  11. ^ Ehemalige IMAS-Dozenten Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine imas-meisterkurse.de, retrieved 4 April 2019.
  12. ^ a b c d e Ein Schloss voller Töne, in: nobilis 9/2011, S. 68–71 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), hier S. 70.
  13. ^ a b c d Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, Booklet [o. D.] (PDF), S. 9.
  14. ^ Einige ehemalige IMAS-Teilnehmer Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine imas-meisterkurse.de, retrieved 19 August 2020.
  15. ^ Lehrende Archived 2018-10-23 at the Wayback Machine hfmt-koeln.de, retrieved 19 August 2020.
  16. ^ a b c d e Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, Booklet, (PDF), p. 6.
  17. ^ Star-Pianistin im Schloss Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Schaumburger Nachrichten [de], 1 December 2013.