Master Classes | Musikfestspelen Korsholm

- Korsholm Music Master Classes 2022
  Welcome to participate in Master Classes!
  
  The Master Classes will continue in the summer 2022. This summer the festival is held between 27.7.–4.8. and the Master Classes will be held during the same time. This year the Master Classes are also open for spectators.
  
  The Master Classes are primarily intended for people studying at conservatories or institutes of higher education, who are aiming to become professional musicians. Other people are also welcome to apply and take part in masterclasses if space remains.
  
  Since the early years, there has been a tradition of arranging master classes during the festival. Many of the musicians are professors in their own genre and are giving master classes around the world.
  
  This year master classes will be held in violin by Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Cecilia Zilliacus, in viola by Vicki Powell, in cello by Marko Ylönen, Frans Helmerson and Kati Raitinen, in piano by Henri Sigfridsson, in clarinet by Robert Ek, in flute by Sara Hammarström, and in horn by Tero Toivonen. The Master Class Concert will be held on 31.7.2022, where the students have an opportunity to perform.
- The Masterclasses are being held in Festival Center, in Vaasa city center. Students receive individual tutoring in 3 sessions (à 60 minutes). One master class concert is scheduled in the Music Festival program. The schedules will be ready in June but can change.
  
  Master class fee: 350 € / pers.
  The fee includes free admission to the festival concerts, if there are seats available, and lunch on the teaching days.
- Apply for the Master Classes 30.6.2022 at the latest! --> Apply here!
- Violin
  
  Cecilia Zilliacus is professor in violin at the Royal Music College in Stockholm. She is also an aftersought soloist and interpreter of old and modern chamber music. She gives master classes regularly at festivals and is also a teacher within the Musethica organisation.
- Violin
  
  A renaissance man and a magnetic creative force, Dmitry Sitkovetsky is recognised throughout the world for his versatility - violinist, conductor, creator, recording artist, transcriber, and facilitator. He has made a considerable impact on musical society. His interests cover every aspect of musical life and he is seen as a giant personality and also a renowned educator.
- Viola
  
  Vicki Powell is passionate about using music to engage communities from diverse backgrounds in order to strengthen social ties, as well as to raise awareness for humanitarian efforts across the world. As Director of the Verbier Festival Academy's "Reaching Out" program, she helped enable musicians to harness and broaden their outreach, business, networking, and leadership skills in order to be innovative and active participants within their own communities.
- Cello
  
  Kati Raitinen has established herself as one of the leading musicians on the Swedish musical scene. Apart from her position as solo cellist at the Swedish Royal Opera she has long been a member of the renowned string trio ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen. Raitinen participates regularly in chamber music festivals around the world. She has played as soloist with most of the Swedish orchestras.
- Cello
  
  Marko Ylönen has played many roles during his career; soloist, orchestral solo cellist, quartet member, chamber musician in many duos and trios, artistic director of several festivals, and teacher. He has also succeeded in many national and international competitions, and recorded a great number of new and established cello literature. It is no suprise that his repertoire is very extensive. Ylönen has been professor of chamber music at the Sibelius Academy since 2009.
- Cello
  
  Frans Helmerson plays with many well-known orchestras and has received outstanding critical acclaim for his concerts and recordings. In addition to his career as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor, Frans Helmerson taught for several years as a professor at the conservatories in Cologne and in Madrid. Frans Helmerson has been teaching on the Kronberg Academy Study Programmes as a principal professor since 2006.
- Horn
  
  Tero Toivonen has worked as a French horn lecturer in the Sibelius-Academy since 2016. He gives masterclasses on a regular basis. He just visited The Hong Kong University of Performing Arts and recently gave masterclasses to students at the Manhattan School of Music and the Royal Danish School of Music.
- Clarinet
  
  As a clarinettist, Robert Ek specializes in contemporary music as a chamber musician and soloist. With great curiosity and commitment, together with composers, he tries to develop the repertoire for his instrument. He has recorded around twenty records and premiered a large number of works as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He likes to work within the boundaries between different arts. He is also a member in the chamber ensemble Norrbotten NEO since year 2007.
- Flute
  
  Sara Hammarström is one of Sweden’s most wanted flute players, with a versatile repertoire of solo and chamber works. She has worked with many composers and ensembles, both in Sweden and abroad, and her keen interest in contemporary music has resulted in more than 200 first performances.
- Piano
  
  Henri Sigfridsson had a professorship at the Graz University for Music and Dramatic Arts during 2008–2009. Since 2010 he is Professor at the Musikhochschule Hans Eisler in Berlin and now at the Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen.