President of the Jury: Philippe Cuper (FR)
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Principal Clarinet of the Paris National Opera Orchestra (since 1984), Philippe Cuper was invited by the Berlin Philharmonic, « La Scala de Milano », Bavarian Radio Symphonic, Czech Philharmonic, Moscow Symphonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestre de Paris, National de France, Ensembles Contemporains in Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Belgique, Festival de Lucerne… under the direction of the maestros Sawallisch, Ozawa, Abbado, Maazel, Mehta, Boulez, Prêtre, Dohnanyi, Barenboim, Gergiev, Salonnen, Conlon, Chung, Jordan. Born in Lille, Philippe Cuper won many international rewards like Munich, Prague, Viotti, Slovak prize, medal in Geneva, Orvieto, Mravinsky medal in Saint Petersburg after his studies at the Sorbonne University and at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM) where he got a first prize with exceptionally high honours. His clarinet teachers were Gilbert Voisin (Cahuzac’s student), Guy Dangain, Guy Deplus, Henri Druart and he receive some advices from J. Lancelot, A. Boutard, S. Drucker (New York Philharmonic) and J. Hubeau, P. Pasquier (chamber music). Cuper taught at the CNSM : « Conservatorio Superior de Aragon » (Spain), he is now professor at the Versailles National Conservatory. www.philippecuper.com
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Barbara Borowicz (PO)
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Barbara Borowicz graduated with honors from the Academy of Music in Krakow (Poland) in the clarinet class of Professor Andrzej Godek. She continued her musical education at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Ceclia in Rome (Italy) with Alessandro Carbonare and at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna (Austria) in the chamber music class. In 2017 she received her PhD degree at the Academy of Music in Krakow. Since 2014 Barbara Borowicz is a clarinet lecturer at the Music Academy in Krakow. Since 2020 she is a country chair of Poland in the International Clarinet Association. As a soloist she made her debut with the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland and since then she has been regularly performing in Europe, North America, Australia, Africa and Asia in prestigious concert halls such as the Sydney Opera House, Royal Concertgebouw. She is a laureate of numerous solo and chamber music competitions in Poland, Germany, Luxembourg, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Ukraine. In 2019 was published her CD with world premieres pieces for clarinet and piano written by forgotten polish composer Witold Friemann, released by the DUX Recording Producers. In 2016 her CD Double Clarinet Concertos was recorded with works for 2 clarinets and orchestra with clarinetist Andrzej Godek. Barbara Borowicz is an Artist for Henri Selmer, Vandoren and Silverstein Works.
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Lara Diaz (ESP)
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Lara Díaz es una activa solista y profesora de clarinete y clarinete bajo. Ha actuado en importantes festivales y auditorios de Europa, América y Asia (EEUU, China, Austria, Hungría, Suiza, Bélgica, Portugal, Perú, Mongolia, Alemania, Corea, Canadá, Brasil, Italia, Eslovenia...). Con el Trío Contrastes desarrolla una importante labor de difusión de la música contemporánea, colaborando estrechamente con compositores españoles y extranjeros, y estrenando obras especialmente compuestas para el Trío y para ella. Con The Formica’s Age Duo contribuye a la expansión del repertorio para esta formación (violín y clarinete bajo) de una forma más dinámica, involucrándose en el proceso creativo mediante el contacto directo con los compositores, y grabando una serie de videos, lo que hace aún más especial e innovador a este proyecto. Es profesora en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Salamanca, y dirige la Sección de vientos de la Orquesta Sinfónica "Ciudad de Salamanca". Desde 2003 dirige e imparte el Curso de clarinete y música de cámara “Antonio Romero”. Estudió en el Conservatorio Superior de Música de Salamanca, donde posteriormente cursó estudios de posgrado, y en Italia, Suiza y Bélgica con clarinetistas como Antony Pay, W. Boeykens, Sabine Meyer o C. Riera. También ha realizado estudios de doctorado en Literatura Española e Hispanoamericana en la Universidad de Salamanca. Es artista de clarinetes Royal Global y abrazaderas Silverstein.
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Eloisa Gonzalez (ESP)
Eloísa González Flores Comienza sus estudios Musicales a la edad de 12 años en la academia de la Banda José Reyes Martín de Granadilla (Tenerife), posteriormente ingresa en el Conservatorio Superior de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife donde continúa con los estudios de clarinete con los profesores D. Sosa Montsalve, y D.Vicente Ferrer, paralelamente recibe clases en Valencia con D. Joan Enric Lluna y en Milan con D. Michele Carulli. En el Curso 1991-92 Finaliza sus Estudios Superiores Clarinetísticos obteniendo la Mención de Honor Final de Carrera. Eloísa ha recibió clases en numerosos cursos y master class nacionales e internacionales con reconocidos profesores que han marcado su estilo y su carrera como clarinetística y como docente entre los que destacan Thomas Friedly, Walter Boykens , Enric Lluna, Michele Carulli , Mark Withers, Andrew Marriner , Antony Pay, Roy Jowit, Larry Passin, José Luis Estellés. Ha desarrollado una amplia tarea como directora, profesora de clarinete, expresión corporal y miedo escénico, en las academias de las Bandas: José Reyes Martín de Granadilla de Abona, Banda Amigos del Arte de San Andrés, Agrupación Cultural San Sebastián de Tejina, Asociación Cultural Unión y Amistad del Llano del Moro (La Esperanza), Banda De Música de la Matanza, Patronato Musical Señora de Guadalupe de la Gomera, Banda de Música de Valle de Guerra, profesora y directora de la academia de la banda de música de Montanejos (Castellón), profesora, directora y fundadora de la academia de música de Cortes de Arenoso (Castellón), colaboradora del Conservatorio de Burriana y la Escuela de Música de Segorbe, Profesora en I y II Encuentro Musical Isla del Meridiano en el Hierro y en los cursos de la Federación Tinerfeña de Bandas en varias edicione en diferentes puntos de la Isla de Tenerife. Ha Impartido en el marco del Conservatorio Superior y Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, escuelas de música y academias de bandas de música, charlas, coloquios , cursos, master-class con diferentes puntos temáticos, Actividades y Juegos para Tocar, Improvisar, Crear y Escuchar Música, Conócete a ti mismo través de la Música, El Yoga y el Músico, La Expresión Corporal para el estudiante de Música, La Músico Terapia y el Músico, Expresión Músico Corporal como actividad complementaria para el estudiante de Música, La Educación Postural como Ciencia para la salud del Músico. o Fue Fundadora y directora del proyecto "Macrovida" ubicado en Castellón, donde durante 10 años desarrolló su labor docente impartiendo clases de clarinete, cursos, seminarios etc. centrando su interés en conseguir llegar a lo más profundo del Músico y en definitiva del ser Humano por medio del estudio y puesta en práctica de las diferentes técnicas posturales, mentales y medioambientales para conseguir el pleno disfrute del músico a la hora de interpretar su discurso musical. Se formó en Tenerife, Valencia, Madrid y Barcelona como Coach Nutricional, y terapeuta musical. Desde hace 20 años parte de su trabajo musical y docente se centra en la investigación, estudio y puesta en práctica de las Principales Técnicas Corporales Y Mentales que pueden aportar ayuda y soporte al clarinetista y al Músico en general. Actualmente Imparte clases de clarinete en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Santa Cruz de Tenerife desde el año 1995, así mismo fué fundadora y es actual directora de la Banda Infantil de enseñanzas elementales de dicho Conservatorio, labores que compagina desde hace 4 años con el cargo de Vicedirectora del mismo Conservatorio en donde realiza una amplia labor de difusión de las enseñanzas musicales.
Aleksander Tasic (SER)
Aleksandar Tasić, one of the most prominent clarinetists of his genera- tion graduated and postgraduated clarinet at The Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. He mastered his skills at the master classes directed by famous clar- inetists such as Ricardo Morales, Michel Arrignon and Jim Ognibene (bass clarinetist-Metropolitan Opera of New York). He won first prizes in the competition of Yugoslav pupils and students of music, but also I prize in the competition of Jeuness Musicale ’Laureats of Orpheus’ in 1998. The University in Novi Sad, Serbia awarded him ‘Exceptional Award’ for his artistic activities.
He performed as a soloist with Novosibirsk Philharmonic orchestra, Symphony orchestra of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Art ensemble Stanislav Binički, with Belgrade string orchestra Dušan Skovran, Novi Sad Chamber orchestra, Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, Isidora Žebel- jan Orchestra, string orchestra Camerata Panonnica, Montenegro Sym- phony Orchestra and had concerts in his home country and around Eu- rope.
He performed at some of the most important festivals in Serbia and abroad, such as NOMUS, BEMUS, NIMUS, International Tribune of Composers, Les Classiques de Villars (Switzerland), Verbier Festival & Academy (Switzerland), Y4Y - Bangkok (Thailand), Schloss Elmau (Ger- many), Kotor-Art (Montenegro), Ljubljana Festival (Slovenia), Granada Music Festival (Spain), Mostar Spring Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Siena Summer Session for Music (Italy), Bregenzer Fest- spiele (Austria), A-Tempo (Montenegro) Ohrid Summer Festival ( Mace- donija)...etc.
In the period between 2000 and 2006, Aleksandar Tasić performed as a clarinetist with Verbier Festival Orchestra (Switzerland) in numerous fa- mous concert halls with world known conductors such as James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Wolfgang Sawalisch, Valery Gergiev, Clau- dio Vandelli and many others. From 2006 onwards, he is a solo clarinetist of Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, lead by maestro Gabor Takacs-Nagy. He has been a coach for clarinet and woodwinds of Verbier Festival Ju- nior Orchestra since was launched in 2013 and this orchestra evolved into one of the most intensive artist training programmes available to young musicians today.
He made recordings for TV and radio stations both in the country and abroad (RTS, BBC, ART TV, RAI, Netherlands Radio 4, Mezzo and Medici TV). He serves as a Regular professor of Chamber music at the Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad, and Associate professor for clarinet at FILUM, University of Kragujevac, both in Serbia. He has been playing with a guitarist Zoran Krajišnik in chamber duo since 2007. and recorded a CD “Ben Ritmato et Deciso” with music for clarinet and guitar. Aleksandar Tasić is the artist of a famous clarinet brands “Vandoren” and “MARCA” from France, and since 2017. he become clarinet artist of “Royal musical” (www.royal-musical.com) playing on their top model Soloist model clarinets.
He performed as a soloist with Novosibirsk Philharmonic orchestra, Symphony orchestra of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Art ensemble Stanislav Binički, with Belgrade string orchestra Dušan Skovran, Novi Sad Chamber orchestra, Vojvodina Symphony Orchestra, Isidora Žebel- jan Orchestra, string orchestra Camerata Panonnica, Montenegro Sym- phony Orchestra and had concerts in his home country and around Eu- rope.
He performed at some of the most important festivals in Serbia and abroad, such as NOMUS, BEMUS, NIMUS, International Tribune of Composers, Les Classiques de Villars (Switzerland), Verbier Festival & Academy (Switzerland), Y4Y - Bangkok (Thailand), Schloss Elmau (Ger- many), Kotor-Art (Montenegro), Ljubljana Festival (Slovenia), Granada Music Festival (Spain), Mostar Spring Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Siena Summer Session for Music (Italy), Bregenzer Fest- spiele (Austria), A-Tempo (Montenegro) Ohrid Summer Festival ( Mace- donija)...etc.
In the period between 2000 and 2006, Aleksandar Tasić performed as a clarinetist with Verbier Festival Orchestra (Switzerland) in numerous fa- mous concert halls with world known conductors such as James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Wolfgang Sawalisch, Valery Gergiev, Clau- dio Vandelli and many others. From 2006 onwards, he is a solo clarinetist of Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, lead by maestro Gabor Takacs-Nagy. He has been a coach for clarinet and woodwinds of Verbier Festival Ju- nior Orchestra since was launched in 2013 and this orchestra evolved into one of the most intensive artist training programmes available to young musicians today.
He made recordings for TV and radio stations both in the country and abroad (RTS, BBC, ART TV, RAI, Netherlands Radio 4, Mezzo and Medici TV). He serves as a Regular professor of Chamber music at the Academy of Arts, University of Novi Sad, and Associate professor for clarinet at FILUM, University of Kragujevac, both in Serbia. He has been playing with a guitarist Zoran Krajišnik in chamber duo since 2007. and recorded a CD “Ben Ritmato et Deciso” with music for clarinet and guitar. Aleksandar Tasić is the artist of a famous clarinet brands “Vandoren” and “MARCA” from France, and since 2017. he become clarinet artist of “Royal musical” (www.royal-musical.com) playing on their top model Soloist model clarinets.
Slavko Kovacic (SLO)
SLAVKO KOVAČIČ studied at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana (Slovenia) in the class of Prof. Mihael Gunzek and Prof. Alojz Zupan and at the University of Music Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria) with Prof. Alois Brandhofer. He participated in masterclasses and workshops by Charles Neidich, Alois Brandhofer, Joszef Balogh, Bob Riseling and Robert Spring.
As a soloist he appeared with numerous orchestras, such as the Musica Camerata chamber orchestra, the Celje String Orchestra, the Academic Chamber Orchestra of Music Artists Society Maribor, the Celje Wind Orchestra, the big band "Extra Band" Celje and others. He was involved in many first performances of solo and chamber music works by Slovenian and foreign composers and is a welcome guest at numerous international music festivals.
He is often invited as a guest teacher for master-classes and workshops. In 2015 he gave a master-class at the Italian Clarinet University in Camerino, Italy in 2017 he gave a master-class at the ''The Dream Clarinet Academy, International Clarinet Summer Camp'' in Baoding, China and in 2018 he gave a master-class at the Cambridge Music Consortium with students from Longy School of Music of Bard College, Usa.
In recent years he performed at the World Clarinet Conference ICA ‘’Clarinetfest 2013’’ in Assisi (Italy), at the 4th European Clarinet Congress 2014 in Katowice (Poland) at the 5th European Clarinet Festival 2015 in Ghent (Belgium), at the 6th European Clarinet Festival 2016 in Camerino (Italy), at the 8th European Clarinet Festival 2018 in Györ (Hungary), at prestigious international festival Clar.Meet.Porto'16 in Portugal and again he was invited as a representative of Eastern Europe on ''The Dream Clarinet Academy, International Clarinet Summer Camp'' in Baoding, China. In year 2018 he performed at the 8th European Clarinet Festival in Györ (Hungary), at the ''American Single Reed Summit'' in Kirksville and in New York, New Paltz and Cambridge (Usa).
He served in various positions in the Pannonian Orchestra in Graz and in the Orchestra of Academia Ars Musicae (both in Austria), as well as Slovenian symphony orchestras: the Maribor Opera, the Ljubljana Opera, the Maribor Philharmonic, the RTV Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he held a permanent employment. His strong commitment to chamber music led him to be a member of many ensembles, such as Trio Musica Camerata, Arc-en-ciel ensemble, Trio Onix, Maister Trio, Trio Tanguango, PanArs Clarinet Sextet and Spiri Art Trio. He is a regular member of juries both in national and international competitions.
He is Silverstein Works Artist, D'Addario Woodwind Performing Artist and a Royal Global Artist and he is using the Hexa Ligature, Reserve reeds and the Clarinets and mouthpiece of the Royal Musical Collection company.
Slavko Kovačič is Associate Professor for clarinet and chamber music at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, where he was Head of the Music Department from 2010 to 2015. Since 2014-2018 he was a member of the Faculty Senate. In 2015 he was elected vice-dean for artistic activities. He dedicates part of his time to teaching clarinet at the elementary and high school level of the Music School in Celje.
As a soloist he appeared with numerous orchestras, such as the Musica Camerata chamber orchestra, the Celje String Orchestra, the Academic Chamber Orchestra of Music Artists Society Maribor, the Celje Wind Orchestra, the big band "Extra Band" Celje and others. He was involved in many first performances of solo and chamber music works by Slovenian and foreign composers and is a welcome guest at numerous international music festivals.
He is often invited as a guest teacher for master-classes and workshops. In 2015 he gave a master-class at the Italian Clarinet University in Camerino, Italy in 2017 he gave a master-class at the ''The Dream Clarinet Academy, International Clarinet Summer Camp'' in Baoding, China and in 2018 he gave a master-class at the Cambridge Music Consortium with students from Longy School of Music of Bard College, Usa.
In recent years he performed at the World Clarinet Conference ICA ‘’Clarinetfest 2013’’ in Assisi (Italy), at the 4th European Clarinet Congress 2014 in Katowice (Poland) at the 5th European Clarinet Festival 2015 in Ghent (Belgium), at the 6th European Clarinet Festival 2016 in Camerino (Italy), at the 8th European Clarinet Festival 2018 in Györ (Hungary), at prestigious international festival Clar.Meet.Porto'16 in Portugal and again he was invited as a representative of Eastern Europe on ''The Dream Clarinet Academy, International Clarinet Summer Camp'' in Baoding, China. In year 2018 he performed at the 8th European Clarinet Festival in Györ (Hungary), at the ''American Single Reed Summit'' in Kirksville and in New York, New Paltz and Cambridge (Usa).
He served in various positions in the Pannonian Orchestra in Graz and in the Orchestra of Academia Ars Musicae (both in Austria), as well as Slovenian symphony orchestras: the Maribor Opera, the Ljubljana Opera, the Maribor Philharmonic, the RTV Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he held a permanent employment. His strong commitment to chamber music led him to be a member of many ensembles, such as Trio Musica Camerata, Arc-en-ciel ensemble, Trio Onix, Maister Trio, Trio Tanguango, PanArs Clarinet Sextet and Spiri Art Trio. He is a regular member of juries both in national and international competitions.
He is Silverstein Works Artist, D'Addario Woodwind Performing Artist and a Royal Global Artist and he is using the Hexa Ligature, Reserve reeds and the Clarinets and mouthpiece of the Royal Musical Collection company.
Slavko Kovačič is Associate Professor for clarinet and chamber music at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, where he was Head of the Music Department from 2010 to 2015. Since 2014-2018 he was a member of the Faculty Senate. In 2015 he was elected vice-dean for artistic activities. He dedicates part of his time to teaching clarinet at the elementary and high school level of the Music School in Celje.
Shannon Kiewitt (EUA)
Javier Santos
