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Sankt Goar International Music Academy

Am Hafen 12
Sankt Goar, 56329 Germany Get Directions
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The Sankt Goar International Music Academy, which is located at the Rhine river, on the foot of Castle Rheinfels and directly at the city port of Sankt Goar, is the ideal venue to study classical music.

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PIANO – Prof. Patrick O’Byrne (University of the Arts Bremen)

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Teacher:  © Artem Yasynskyy Pianist Patrick O'Byrne was appointed in 1985 to a professorship at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart, assuming later the senior chair at the Hochschule für Künste, Bremen. His concert performances worldwide have included appearances with renowned orchestras and illustrious conductors, among others the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, […]

VIOLIN – Prof. Marianne Boettcher (Berlin University of the Arts)/Kensei Yamaguchi

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Teacher:  Marianne Boettcher, violinist from the famous Berlin musician family, studied in Berlin under Professor Willy Kirch and Professor Michael Schwalbé, rounding off her studies in Geneva under Professor Henryk Szeryng. She teaches at the University of the Arts Berlin. She has gotten great recognition for playing classic and romantic music and has also become […]

PIANO – Prof. Gottlieb Wallisch (Berlin University of the Arts)

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© Uwe Nölke Born in Vienna, Gottlieb Wallisch first appeared on the concert platform when he was seven years old, and at the age of twelve made his debut in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. A concert directed by Yehudi Menuhin in 1996 launched Wallisch’s international career: accompanied by the Sinfonia Varsovia, the seventeen-year-old pianist performed Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ […]

PIANO – Tomoko Ogasawara (University of Music Freiburg)

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After studying at the State University of the Arts in Tokyo where she was born, the pianist Tomoko Ogasawara continued her studies in Germany at the University of the Arts in Berlin and the University of Music in Freiburg im Breisgau, where she received the solo diploma with honors and went on to win 1st […]

VOICE – Dr. Emilio Pons

Sankt Goar International Music Academy Am Hafen 12, Sankt Goar, Germany

  The career of tenor Emilio Pons has taken him across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Since his professional debut in 2006 at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia, he has performed internationally at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and Theater Sankt Gallen, Switzerland; the Royal Opera House, Copenhagen, Denmark; the […]

Triantafyllos Liotis

PIANO – Triantafyllos Liotis (Detmold University of Music)

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Teacher:  The celebrated Greek pianist Triantafyllos Liotis began his piano studies with a scholarship at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki and continued them in Germany with Alfredo Perl (Bachelor and Master Soloist) and Manuel Lange (Master Lieder accompaniment) and Kalle Randalu (Solistenexamen). He completed his studies with first class honors and distinction. Furthermore he gained […]

VIOLA – Prof. Piotr Szumieł (Rostock University of Music and Drama)

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Teacher:  Piotr Szumieł, born in Warsaw in 1977, belongs to the group of the most versatile violists of his generation. At a young age he was the recipient of numerous prestigious prizes at international competitions, including winning the Jan Rakowski Viola Competition in Poznan in 1998, the special prize at the 36th International Instrumental Competition […]

PIANO — Prof. Birgitta Wollenweber (Hanns Eisler College of Music Berlin)

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Teacher:  German pianist Birgitta Wollenweber, born near Cologne commencement of piano studies at the Music Academy of Detmold in 1982 under Prof. Renate Kretschmar-Fischer (student of Conrad Hansen) 1986 State piano teacher examination with distinction Award winner of the ”Federal German Chopin Competition Darmstadt“ 1987 Artistic diploma with distinction 1988 Promotion award by the Hannover Chopin Society […]

VIOLIN – Prof. Julia Schröder (University of Music Freiburg)

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Teacher:  "There's a musician at work who is in love with every note she plays and improvises, which leaves nothing routine, only experienced with her fellow musicians and acting technically and artistically at the highest level.", writes the Basler Zeitung about the violinist Julia Schröder. Her rousing way of playing also inspired soloists such as […]

VOICE AND PRESENTATION — Prof. Caroline Thomas, Prof. Fabio Vettraino (University of Music Detmold) and Peter Balint

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Tosca, Donna Anna and Brünnhilde are roles that belong to the repertoire of Atlanta-born Soprano Caroline Thomas. She was educated at Wesleyan College, UT-Knoxville, the Curtis Institute of Music and at the Juilliard School. Miss Thomas has settled in Münster, Germany where she was the Leading Lady of the City Theater of Münster until 2001. […]