Artistic Research Coaching:

Internationally renowned performer Barbara Lüneburg, Professor for Artistic Research and director of the doctoral programmes at Anton Bruckner Private University, will offer coaching in artistic research.
Artistic research is fundamentally research for the arts, through the arts, and using the means of the arts.

In her workshop Lüneburg will discuss your project while asking questions such as:
What are methods of artistic research?
How to develop research questions out of your arts practice?
How to answer your research questions from the perspective and out of your individual arts practice?
How to take into account the general knowledge and experience of yourself as artist and artistic researcher?
How to carry out your investigations with the means of art and through the artwork itself?
How to feed back your findings into your next emerging artwork, performance and arts practice in general?

The workshop is open for beginners and advanced artistic researchers of all arts practices.

Barbara Lüneburg

General Information for the Career Sessions

Nowadays a professional musician needs to be prepared for the music market: It is not possible anymore to only concentrate on practicing if somebody wants to have a career. A personal consultation on an individual base allows musicians to ask questions about the music business and about ways to optimize one’s own success.
- Artist materials such as CVs, Demo CDs, photos etc. will be analyzed together and the importance of self- management will be discussed. A good opportunity to get crucial input and impulses for individual career strategies. Please think about questions you would like to ask.
Every participant will have a one-on-one appointment with arts manager Andreas Vierziger, who worked internationally for highly renowned soloists and now focusses on concepts. He furthermore focuses on independdent projects, programming and branding, thus developing new synergies and shaping classical music in a contemporary way.
www.andreasvierziger.com

Discussed content is flexible but can focus on e.g.:
- career possibilities
- analyzing/ creating artist materials
- wording for e.g. biographies, letters, etc.
- recommendation letters, reviews, biographies
- repertoire for concerts, CDs, DVDs
- producing demo CDs, D VDs
- producing websites
- social media + information management
- collaborating with presenters or agencies
- right approach towards artist photos
- branding
- general questions about the music business
- of course you can speak about anything that you consider to be important for your individual career.

Andreas Vierziger

For many students, style is a frightening word. When they hear “you play not in the style of the composer”, they understand that they did something they were not supposed to: used too much rubato or too much pedal, for instance. Thus, the word “style” begins to signify a list of prohibitions, of things you must NOT do. In this lecture we’ll talk about things you CAN do, you should do, you are encouraged to do in the performance.

Boris Berman

In this master class, the renowned opera singer Laura Aikin will work with mdw students on Wiener Klassik and romantic repertoire:

Helene Franziska Feldbauer - mezzo-soprano
"Ah! scostati!...Smanie implacabile" - Così fan tutte, W. A. Mozart

Miriam Gadjieva - soprano
"Crudele! ...Non mi dir" - Don Giovanni, W. A. Mozart

Laura Aikin

Keynote

In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the #MeToo movement, classical musicians came forward to accuse conservatory teachers and conductors, who too often modeled themselves on autocratic despots, of sexual harassment and statutory rape. The heroes of yesteryear – James Levine, Charles Dutoit, and Placido Domingo – to name just the most famous ones, became symbols of what was rotten in the heart of classical music.
As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, it is imperative to question the legacy of heroism that has grown around the composer. The irascible creator of the Eroica Symphony, the hearing impaired author of soul-stirring music, a champion of individuality – Beethoven exemplified what heroism meant to the Romantics. Following the evolution of hero discourses in classical music and political life from Beethoven’s time to now, I question the viability of hero worship in this musical culture moving forward. During this pause in our concert life, I invite the audience to envision a different future for classical music, one that is inclusive rather than exclusive, that embraces equality rather than hierarchy, and that props up the community rather than the solitary hero.

Mina Yang

Lecture

with Stephan Picard - Professor for violin and especially expert for playing technique at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin

Stephan Picard

Lecture

Who sounds "right"? German system, Vienna oboe & clarinet - Tradition or Imagination? Lecture & discussion with Sharon Kam (clarinet) and Christian Wetzel (oboe).

Sharon Kam

Discussion

Chamber music, just like any other form of teamwork, is situated somewhere in that creative realm between the development and autonomy of individual personalities along with their ideas and the collective thought and action necessary to achieve the goal that has been set. The “complex system” of a chamber music group—with its various levels of interaction and communication among the members, between them and the work being performed, and between them and the audience—opens up an entire cosmos of possibilities.
Susanne Schäffer, Patrick Juedt, and Johannes Meissl talk about experiences, aspects, and perspectives—from the joy of collective flow to creative conflicts and on to strategies for overcoming difficulties.

Johannes Meissl

Lecture

To perform Beethoven’s music in a manner that approaches the spirit of its creator, it is necessary to decipher (to the extent that this is possible with the available evidence) the implicit messages that were embodied in his notation, which very often require a reading that is by no means literal.

Clive Brown

In specifically artistic training distance learning is about immediately responding to or implementing something you’ve just heard or been shown. So the important thing in such lessons is having a technical system that provides the best possible transmission of the sound and the fine points of artistic expressivity. Teachers need to be able to hear and see the students as clearly as possible via the audio and video system in order to be able to give them precise instructions and recommendations. And a special technical challenge comes in the form of concerts in which the musicians play together from different locations, connected via audio and video, with the audience seeing and hearing part of the ensemble via a technical medium.

Artel Quartet, Trio Bohémo, Vlastimil Mareš, Johannes Meissl

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio in B-flat Major K502
Clarinet Quintet in A K581

Johannes Meissl

Where to in the age of COVID 19? Numerous big questions are currently being faced by the entire international music scene, along with the world of elite-level training and—especially—young musicians just beginning their careers. Ulrike Sych, Johannes Fleischmann, Nora Schmid, and Matthias Naske discuss possible scenarios and perspectives with Johannes Meissl.

Johannes Fleischmann

Lecture

Presentation and instruction in contemporary playing techniques. Additionally, you get to know about contemporary pieces such as those required by international competitions. more

Thomas Frey

Lecture

Presentation and instruction in contemporary playing techniques. Additionally, you get to know about contemporary pieces such as those required by international competitions.

Richard Haynes

Lecture

Presentation and instruction in contemporary playing techniques. Additionally, you get to know about contemporary pieces such as those required by international competitions.

Barbara Lüneburg

Early Music Lecture Recital

“Handel is the greatest composer who ever lived. […]
I would uncover my head and kneel down before his tomb.”

Performance of his violin sonata with “heroic” elements:
Georg Friedrich HÄNDEL
Sonata D-Dur HWV 371 (ca. 1750)
Affettuoso – Allegro – Larghetto – Allegro

Stefan Gottfried

Lecture

The great French musician and longstanding Casals Festival artistic director Michel Lethiec will focus on Benny Goodman, legendary clarinettist and messenger between the worlds of classical music and jazz, and Pablo Casals, preeminent cellist and messenger of music and peace. Lecture and practical workshop; works dedicated to Goodman by Poulenc, Bartok and Copland.

Michel Lethiec

Talk

The two great teaching personalities Dora Schwarzberg and Hatto Beyerle both have many years of experience at isa, with Dora Schwarzberg having taught at the initial master class nearly 30 years ago. In their conversation, they address one of the central questions of life as an artist: “Why do we make music?”

Hatto Beyerle

Yoga Exercises

Gentle but also powerful flows as well as a precise alignment of the asanas characterize her yoga classes. Besides her artistic activities as an actress, singer and director, she shared her experience in the connection of breath, body, voice and self-expression at the music academies of Cologne, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and at the Department of Voice and Music Theatre of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. more

Marie Helle

Yoga Exercises

Gentle but also powerful flows as well as a precise alignment of the asanas characterize her yoga classes. Besides her artistic activities as an actress, singer and director, she shared her experience in the connection of breath, body, voice and self-expression at the music academies of Cologne, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and at the Department of Voice and Music Theatre of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Marie Helle

Yoga Exercises

Gentle but also powerful flows as well as a precise alignment of the asanas characterize her yoga classes. Besides her artistic activities as an actress, singer and director, she shared her experience in the connection of breath, body, voice and self-expression at the music academies of Cologne, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and at the Department of Voice and Music Theatre of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. more

Marie Helle

Injury Prevention and Practice Schedule

Tired of tendinitis and muscle pain after playing? In this lecture, hear about the anatomical and physiological background of overuse injuries and how to prevent them. Furthermore, you will learn how to design practice schedules that are easy on your muscles and effective for musical learning.

Alexandra Türk-Espitalier

Exercises for Back and Shoulders
You know this annoying back and shoulder/neck pain in long rehearsals? Get your exercise mat out and join this class for practical exercises to strengthen your back muscles! Also, get exercises for the neck and shoulder girdle to play free and without muscle pain.

Alexandra Türk-Espitalier

Yoga Exercises

Gentle but also powerful flows as well as a precise alignment of the asanas characterize her yoga classes. Besides her artistic activities as an actress, singer and director, she shared her experience in the connection of breath, body, voice and self-expression at the music academies of Cologne, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and at the Department of Voice and Music Theatre of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Marie Helle

Yoga Exercises

Gentle but also powerful flows as well as a precise alignment of the asanas characterize her yoga classes. Besides her artistic activities as an actress, singer and director, she shared her experience in the connection of breath, body, voice and self-expression at the music academies of Cologne, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and at the Department of Voice and Music Theatre of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Marie Helle

Yoga Exercises

Gentle but also powerful flows as well as a precise alignment of the asanas characterize her yoga classes. Besides her artistic activities as an actress, singer and director, she shared her experience in the connection of breath, body, voice and self-expression at the music academies of Cologne, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and at the Department of Voice and Music Theatre of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Marie Helle

Johannes Meissl, artistic director, isa
Ulrike Sych, rector of mdw
Arabella Fenyves, presentation more

Hyung-ki Joo, piano
Chaos String Quartet:
Susanne Schäffer, violin, Eszter Kruchió, violin, Sara Marzadori, viola, Bas Jongen, violoncello
Johannes Fleischmann, violin
Yu Horiuchi, piano
Aleksey Igudesman, violin
Lucy Landymore, percussion
Anna Mittermeier, double bass more

Hyung-ki Joo

Alfred Brendel
Simply Quartet:
Danfeng Shen, violin
Antonia Rankersberger, violin
Xiang Lu, viola
Ivan Valentin Hollup Roald, violoncello
Arabella Fenyves, presentation more

Alfred Brendel

Mission Moto, Lisa Hasenhütl, 30 min (Preview): Lisa Hasenhütl (Director), Clara König (Producer), Lukas Allmaier (Cinematographer), Julia Willi (Editor)
Da bin ich, Julia Reiter, 29 min (Preview): Julia Reiter (Director), Shoshana R. Stark (Producer), Marlene Hauser (Cast), Joseph Nikolussi (Sounddesign/Foley)
Ulla Pilz, presentation more

Das beste Orchester der Welt, Henning Backhaus, 13 min
Die Last der Erinnerung, Albert Meisl, 20 min
Fucking Drama, Michael Podogil, 17 min
ENE MENE, Raphaela Schmmid, 20 min
Schattenboxer, Jannis Lenz, 18 min
Entschuldigung, ich suche den Tischtennisraum und meine Freundin, Bernhard Wenger, 23 min
Voltage, Samira Ghahremani, 15 min
Wartezeit, Clara Stern, 10 min
Die Bewegung der Sterne, Jan Prazak, 13 min more

Georg Nussbaumer, composer
Soleil Fröhlich, piano
Daria Kovaleva, piano
Katja Limani, piano
Toranj Mashayekhi, piano
Ulla Pilz, presentation
Adele Thoma, piano more

Georg Nussbaumer

Vera Karner, clarinet
Philipp Scheucher, piano
Kiron Atom Tellian, piano
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, violin
Dominik Wagner, double bass more

Adelphi Quartett, Austria
Gallant Quartet, China
Marc Aurel Quartett, Austria
Meta Piano Trio, Lithuania
Trio Hélios, France
Trio Incendio, Czech Republic more

Ulla Pilz, presentation more

Webern Kammerphilharmonie
Vladimir Kiradjiev, conductor
Diana Danielian, oboe
Magdalena Pircher, bassoon
Silvia Rozas Ramallal, flute
Tomer Sharoni, clarinet
Yuval Nuri Shem-Tov, violin
Tonka Javorović, violoncello
Milena Damnjanović, soprano
Silvia-Alina Dragnea, mezzo soprano
Andrei Manea, tenor
Lorena Puican, soprano
Tianyou Ma, violin more