Summer Festival Antwerp 2024
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Locations and contact details
- Schedule
- Masterclass professors
- Masterclasses
- International Young Talent Music Competition
- How to subscribe
Introduction
The 2024 edition of our Summer Festival runs from August 1 through August 9 at the MA'GO Music Academy, at the Love²Arts Gallery and at St. Paul's Church in Antwerp.
This year, we are also participating in the 18th edition of "Museum Night", which is an initiative of the city of Antwerp aiming to promote art, heritage and culture. Our involvement comprises of three consecutive performances at St. Paul's Church on August 3 by some of our masterclass students and professors.
Music director: Dirk Verelst
Locations and contact details
Organization:
Seungyun Jin (Jinny Jin)
+32 473 40 69 11
MA'GO Music Academy
Mechelsesteenweg 125 – 2018 Antwerpen
Love²Arts Gallery
Desguinlei 90 – 2018 Antwerpen
St. Paul's Church
Sint-Paulusstraat 22 – 2000 Antwerpen
Schedule
MC = masterclass(es)
PT = practice time
| Date | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| August 1 | MC+PT 8am-8:30pm | MA'GO |
| August 2 | MC+PT 8am-8:30pm | MA'GO |
| August 3 | MC+PT 8am-6pm | MA'GO |
| Museum Night Concert 8pm-8:50pm 9pm-9:50pm 10pm-10:50pm | St. Paul's | |
| August 4 | MC+PT 8am-8:30pm | MA'GO |
| August 5 | MC+PT 8am-6pm | MA'GO |
| Concert MC students 8pm | Love²Arts | |
| August 6 | MC+PT 8am-3pm | MA'GO |
| IYT Music Competition 3pm | MA'GO | |
| MC+PT 5pm-8:30pm | MA'GO | |
| August 7 | MC+PT 8am-1pm | MA'GO |
| Concert 3pm-5pm | St. Paul's | |
| MC+PT 6pm-8:30pm | MA'GO | |
| August 8 | MC+PT 8am-8:30pm | MA'GO |
| August 9 | MC+PT 8am-4pm | MA'GO |
| Final concert 7pm Reception 8:15pm | Love²Arts |
Masterclass professors
Accompanist
Masterclasses
The masterclasses are scheduled to run from August 1 through August 8.
International Young Talent Music Competition
The International Young Talent Music Competition will take place on August 6 at 3pm. The candidates are rated individually, not by instrument. The jury is composed of the masterclass professors, Dirk Verelst (chairman) and Seungyun Jin (secretary).
The following prizes will be awarded:
Category A:
Young Talent prize: 100€
Category B:
Special prize "Dimitri Musafia" for the best violinist: violin case
1st prize: 500€
2nd prize: 300€
3rd prize: 200€
Program Category A (under 12 years):
Applicants under the age of 12 at the time of subscription choose their own program (maximum duration 10 minutes).
Program Category B (12 years and over):
Violin
- Niccolò Paganini — 1 caprice (free choice)
- Johann Sebastian Bach — 1 movement from Solo Sonatas & Partitas (free choice)
Viola
- Johann Sebastian Bach — 1 movement from Solo Sonatas & Partitas (free choice)
- 1 caprice by Hoffmeister, Campagnoli or Paganini, or the same level of difficulty
Cello
- Johann Sebastian Bach — 1 movement from the Suites for solo cello (free choice)
- Carlo Alfredo Piatti — 1 of the 12 Caprices for solo cello, op. 25 (free choice)
- Luigi Legnani — 1 caprice (free choice)
or Fernando Sor — 1 étude (free choice) - n/a
- Leo Brouwer or Wim Henderickx — 2 pieces or 1 movement (free choice)
- Johann Kaspar Mertz or Manuel María Ponce — 2 pieces or 1 movement (free choice)
Piano
- 1st movement from a sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven
- 1 etude by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff or Scriabin
- Ludwig Albert — Feel the sunlight
or Keiko Abe — Variations on Dowland's Lachrimae Pavane
or Paul Smadbeck — Virginia Tate - Markus Halt — Marimbics
or Joz Metzger — Spiral Passages
or Anna Ignatowicz — Toccata
or Eric Sammut — Caméléon
or Chin Cheng Lin — Kaleidoscope
or L. H. Stevens — Rhythmic Caprice
or N. J. Zivkovic — Ultimatum
Harp
- Carlo Pässler — Rondo (arrangement by Marcel Grandjany)
- Linda Wood — Two Guitars (Harp Solos Vol. 4)
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