Summer Festival Cremona 2015

Highlights

From July 23 through July 28, 2015
@Camera Di Commercio
@Chiesa Santa Maria Maddalena
@Museo del Violino

· Masterclasses for violin, viola, cello, flute and chamber music
· 2nd EuroAsia Italy Competition for violin, viola, cello and flute
· Concerts by masterclass students

Hosted by the Camera di Commercio in Cremona

Artistic director: Dirk Verelst
Organization: Seungyun Jin (Jinny Jin)

Masterclass professors

Marianne Chen
cello & chamber music
Berten D'Hollander
flute
Anna Kandinskaya
violin
Sung-Ju Lee
violin
Tatiana Samouil
violin
Máté Szücs
viola
Dirk Verelst
violin & chamber music

Accompanist

Mari Fujino
piano accompaniment

EuroAsia Italy Competition

Jury: all professors, Dirk Verelst (chairman) and Frederic Blockx (secretary)

Prize winners
1st prize: Francesco Stefanelli (Italy)
2nd prize: Hahyun Kang (Korea)
3rd prize: Xiwen Li (China)
Young talent prize: Dohyun Kim (Korea)

Program for violin

  1. Niccolò Paganini — 1 caprice (free choice)
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach — 1 movement from Solo Sonatas & Partitas (free choice)

Program for viola

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach — 1 movement from Solo Sonatas & Partitas (free choice)
  2. 1 caprice by Hoffmeister, Campagnoli or Paganini, or the same level of difficulty

Program for cello

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach — 1 movement from the Suites for solo cello (free choice)
  2. Carlo Alfredo Piatti — 1 of the 12 Caprices for solo cello, op. 25 (free choice)

Program for flute

  1. Georg Philipp Telemann — 1 of the Fantasias for solo flute (free choice)
  2. Niccolò Paganini — 1 of the 24 Caprices for solo flute (free choice)

International Solo Violin Competition

An International Solo Violin Competition was originally planned for this Summer Festival, but was canceled.