July 19–31, 2026

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Biography
Winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition and prize winner at the Van Cliburn, Honens, Geza Anda, Dublin, Valencia, and Sendai competitions, Roberto Plano has embarked on an international career that has taken him to venues such as Lincoln Center and Steinway Hall (New York), Herculessaal and Gasteig (Munich), Wigmore Hall and St. John's Smith Square (London), Salle Cortot (Paris), National Concert Hall (Dublin), Sala Verdi, Teatro Dal Verme and Auditorium in Milan, Teatro Donizetti (Bergamo), Teatro Manzoni (Bologna), Parco della Musica (Rome), and prestigious festivals such as the Michelangeli Festival in Brescia and Bergamo, MusicaRivaFestival, Chopin Festival in Duszniki (Poland), Ravinia Festival, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Portland International Piano Festival (USA), Stellenbosch Piano Symposium (South Africa), and Bologna Festival – Grandi Interpreti.

He has performed as a soloist with prestigious orchestras including the Houston Symphony, the strings of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Kremerata Baltica, RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Konzertverein Orchestra, Festival Strings Luzern, Verdi Symphony Orchestra, with renowned conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Pinchas Zuckerman, James Conlon, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Gianluigi Gelmetti, and Donato Renzetti. The monthly magazine Amadeus has featured him on its cover three times (2013, 2015, 2023), including CDs in which he performs Luchesi's Sonatas Op. 1 in a world premiere recording, an anthology of Scriabin's music, and Schubert's last piano pieces. He has recorded more than 20 albums for Sipario, Azica, Arktos, Concerto, and Brilliant Classics, and his debut album for Decca was recently released with the complete recording of Liszt's Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses, a work that had been missing from the catalog of the great English record company for more than 50 years. He has collaborated with famous string quartets (Cremona, Takacs, Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Vogler, Henschel, Jupiter) and with soloists such as Enrico Bronzi, Ilya Grubert, Gabriele Cassone, Giovanni Scaglione, Paola Del Negro - with whom he has been playing in a piano duo for several years - and jazz pianist Paolo Paliaga, with whom he has recorded an album - Inspiration - dedicated to the fusion of classical music and jazz.

He also plays in a trio with L. Smukler and D. Adskins, violin and cello professors at the Juilliard School in New York, with whom he has performed in China and the USA. He has held masterclasses at major American universities, in Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore. For his artistic achievements, he was invited by Senator Thad Cochran to the U.S. Capitol in Washington and named an Honorary Member of the Lions Club Varese Prealpi, which had already awarded him the Lumen Claro Prize. He has been described by the Chronicle as the "Pavarotti of the piano" for his lyricism, called the heir to Rubinstein and Horowitz by Chicago radio commentator P. Harvey, and named one of the greatest interpreters of Scriabin by American critic John Bell Young.

The NY Times wrote about him: "This Italian pianist has shown an artistic maturity that goes far beyond his age; his performances are characterized by a wonderful purity and a mastery of the deepest emotions. Plano has demonstrated a virtuosity that is as polished at the competitive level as it is in terms of musical depth." In the fall of 2016, he became the first Italian pianist to be appointed to the position of Chair of Piano at Boston University, and in 2018 he was awarded the American Prize, again as the first Italian musician to receive this honor.

He quickly became one of the most sought-after teachers in the US, and from 2018 to 2023 he taught at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington. Since 2023, he has been Professor of Piano at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano and International Visiting Professor of Piano at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (UK). He also teaches piano at the Accademia di Musica in Pinerolo. Regularly invited to sit on international juries around the world (Cleveland, Seoul, Singapore...), in 2025 he was a member of the Screening Jury for the 2025 Van Cliburn Competition (Texas, USA), President of the Jury for the 34th Ettore Pozzoli Competition, and a member of the Final Jury for the Honens Competition (Calgary, Canada).

Date of the masterclass
July 19–31, 2026

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Biography
Swiss pianist Ulrich Koella is one of the leading chamber musicians and accompanists of his generation. He has worked with renowned artists such as J. Bálint, O. Bär, I. Bostridge, E. Brunner, T. Friedli, M. Fröst, W. Fuchs, J. Galway, P.L. Graf, W. Holzmair, S. Kam, R. Koelman, C. Moinet, R. Mühlemann, J. Petryka, L. Polgár, C. Prégardien, J. Prégardien, A. Schmidt, B. Skovhus, R. Wallfisch, S. Zgraggen, and ensembles including the Noûs Quartet, Orpheus Quartet, Stradivari Quartet, and Winterthur String Quartet. His concert activity has taken him across most European countries, as well as to the Middle East, Japan, Korea, China, Canada, Argentina, and the United States.

For many years, Koella has served as the preferred accompanist at numerous national and international music competitions. He is frequently invited by leading Swiss symphony and chamber orchestras as an orchestral pianist and audition accompanist. His collaborations have led to numerous chamber music recordings on labels such as Claves, Tudor, Centaur, Prospero Classical, Ars Musici, and China Record Corporation. Ulrich Koella is professor of chamber music and piano accompaniment at the Zurich University of the Arts and conducts masterclasses in Switzerland, Germany, the UK, Norway, Israel, China, Korea, and the United States.

July 19–28, 2026

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Biography
Born in Cagliari, Italy, he graduated from the Milan Conservatory under the guidance of Felice Cusano, and went on to specialise with Salvatore Accardo, Pavel Vernikov and Zina Gilels.

In 1986 he began a career both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, performing in prestigious concert halls such as the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo and the Lincoln Center in New York. In 1992, he was invited by Philippe Herreweghe to become concertmaster of the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, a position he still holds today, as well as collaborating as first violin with various orchestras: the WDR in Cologne, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and others. He was first violin in the Turner String Quartet, with which he carried out an intense concert and recording activity until 2005. Extremely passionate about music philology, he has always carried out a parallel activity between the modern violin and the ancient instrument, collaborating with great artists such as Frans Brüggen, Sigiswald Kujken, René Jacobs, Anner Bijlsma, Christophe Coin, Andreas Staier.In 1996, driven by his passion for pedagogy, he created the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique (JOA) together with Philippe Herreweghe. From 2004 to 2010 he taught at the Academie de Musique Française in Kyoto. Since 2011, he has been professor of violin at the Conservatorio Superiore di Gent in Belgium and since 2017 at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano.

Date of the masterclass
July 21–31, 2026

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Biography
As a soloist, Diyang Mei has performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the SWR Festival Schwetzingen, the Black Forest Music Festival, and the Mozartfest Würzburg. He has played with András Schiff, Vadim Gluzman, Günter Pichler, Gerhard Schulz, Ana Chumachenco, Sabine Meyer, Christoph Prégardien, and Frans Helmerson, among others. 

Diyang Mei has been the principal violist of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra since autumn 2019. In October 2022, he will assume the same position with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

They won first prize at the 52nd International Viola Competition in Markneukirchen (2017), the Max Rostal International Viola Competition in Berlin (2015), the Kulturkreis Gasteig Music Prize for String Instruments in Munich (2015), the IVC Young Artist Competition in Rochester (2012), the 19th International Johannes Brahms Viola Competition in Austria (2012), and the 10th International Viola and Cello Competition in Villa de Llanes, Spain (2008).

His first solo album, “Transforming Viola,” was released in 2019. His second album, “Viola à L'Ecole de Paris,” featuring German pianist Oliver Triendl, will be released in June 2022.

Diyang Mei has studied with Hariolf Schlichtig at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich since 2014 and as of October 2019, will continue his studies with Nobuko Imai at the Kronberg Academy. He is supported by both the Yu Art Foundation in China and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust and is also a Yehudi Menuhin LMN e.V. scholarship holder. He plays a Antonio Mariani viola from 1646, on generous loan by a private collection.

Date of the masterclass
July 19–31, 2026

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Biography
Considered by the specialist music press as one of the most important cellists of his generation, Asier Polo has worked with many of the major international orchestras, such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionalle della RAI, Dresdner Philharmonie, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Philharmonic, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Orquesta Nacional de México, Orquestra Sinfônica de São Paulo, Louisiana Philharmonic, Spanish National Orchestra and Basel Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of distinguished conductors such as John Axelrod, Pinchas Steinberg, Christian Badea, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Claus Peter Flor, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Günther Herbig, Juanjo Mena, Antoni Wit and Anne Manson.

He is a regular guest at prestigious festivals, such as those held in Schleswig-Holstein, Nantes, Ohrid, Biennale di Venezia, Rome, Lisbon, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Morelia, Granada and the Quincena Musical in San Sebastián.

He has appeared with great artists such as Silvia Marcovici, Nicolás Chumachenco, Sol Ga­betta, Maxim Rysanov, Isabelle van Keulen, Josep Colom, Eldar Nebolsin, Gerard Caussé, Cuarteto Janácek, Cuarteto Casals and Alfredo Kraus, who in the last years of his career invited him to perform as soloist at his concerts, with engagements at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, Tonhalle in Zurich and the prestigious Musikverein in Vienna, as well as a successful tour in the major concerts halls in Japan.

He is devoted to contemporary music, especially from his native country. Composers such as Gabriel Erkoreka, Jesús Torres, Luis de Pablo, Jesús Villa-Rojo, Fernando Velázquez and Antón García Abril have all dedicated their cello concertos to Asier Polo. He enjoys combining modern music with the great classical repertoire, covering everything from Bach’s Suites, classical and romantic concertos, to contemporary music such as Dutilleux, Cristobal Halffter and Sofia Gubaidulina.

He has recorded 19 albums for major record labels such as Naxos, Claves, RTVE, IBS Classical and Marco Polo, playing some of the major Spanish repertoire for cello, such as the concertos by José María Usandizaga, Joaquín Rodrigo, Francisco Escudero, Tomás Marco, Carmelo Bernaola and Jesús Rueda. Highlights include the nominated for the Gramophon Editor’s Choice Award CD dedicated to the work of the composer Sofia Gubaidulina (Et’cetera Records) and the recording of the Ecos y Sombras [Echoes and Shades] DVD dedicated to Cristóbal Halffter, performing his Cello Concerto no.2 with the Spanish National Orchestra (KP Music).

His latest CD releases -all them for IBS Classical- include Rachmaninov and César Frank’s sonatas for cello and piano with Marta Zabaleta and Brahms’ cello sonatas with the pianist Eldar Nebolsin, as well as Vivaldi, Boccherini and Haydn’s cello concertos together with the Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla and Andrés Gabetta, and the whole set of Cello Suites by J. S. Bach, his latest album.

Two new albums will soon be released with the Spanish National Orchestra, conducted by Juanjo Mena: Joaquín Rodrigo’s two cello concertos -Concierto como un Divertimento and Concierto in modo Galante, as well as Alberto Ginastera’s Cello Concerto no.2, Op.50 (1980).

Asier Polo studied in Bilbao, Madrid, Cologne and Basel with Elisa Pascu, Maria Kliegel and Ivan Monighetti, and also received guidance from János Starker, Natalia Gutman and Mstislav Rostropovich in various masterclasses. He soon stood out as a promising young musician, winning the first prizes in Cello and Chamber Music at the National Young Musicians Competition in Spain.

Asier Polo has been awarded numerous prizes, and amongst others, the Ojo Crítico by Radio Nacional de España (2002), the Fundación CEOE Prize for Musical Interpretation (2004) and the National Music Award by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Spain (2019). In 2009 he was appointed “Ilustre de Bilbao” (Bilbao being his native city).

He is regularly invited to be on the judging panel of international cello competitions, such as the Dotzauer Wettbewerb (Germany), Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition (Mexico), Benedetto Mazzacurati Competition (Italy) and the Manhattan International Music Competition (New York). He also gives masterclasses in many countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil.

Asier Polo plays a Francesco Ruggeri cello (Cremona, 1689) purchased in collaboration with the Fundación Banco Santander.

Date of the masterclass
July 19–31, 2026

The course program is as follows:
July 19-23: masterclass with Gloria JeeEun Park
July 24-31: masterclass with Pilipp Jundt

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Gloria JeeEun Park

Gloria JeeEun Park is one of Korea's most prominent flutists, known for her artistic expressiveness and commanding stage presence. She served as principal flutist of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra for 20 years, until 2024. During her tenure, she has collaborated with maestro Myung-Whun Chung, recording symphonies by Mahler and Beethoven for Deutsche Grammophon, and has performed under the baton of world-renowned conductors such as Jaap van Zweden, Christoph Eschenbach, Osmo Vänskä, Manfred Honeck, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and Charles Dutoit.

Park appeared as guest principal flutist with the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra and the Asian Philharmonic Orchestra, and participated in the prestigious Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy & Festival.

As a soloist, she has given recitals and chamber concerts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, China, and Korea. She regularly teaches and gives masterclasses at festivals such as the Shanghai Flute Festival and the Taiwan Dorian Flute Festival.

She is currently a Yamaha Woodwind Artist, a member of the flute faculty at Hanyang University, and the music director of the Flutistory Ensemble. Park earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the Manhattan School of Music and Yale University, where she studied on a scholarship.

Philipp Jundt has traveled throughout Asia, Europe, and America for over a decade. With his warm tone and dynamic expressiveness, the Swiss flutist inspires audiences around the world. He is passionately dedicated to historical performance practice, research, and contemporary music. In addition to his concert activities, Philipp Jundt is a professor in Korea and teaches at the Conservatory of Music in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 
Philipp Jundt performs as a soloist with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Camerata Zurich, the chamber orchestras of Bern, Basel, and Zurich, the Munich Camerata, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Berlin Baroque Soloists, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, and in Korea with the Korean Symphony and Chamber Orchestra and the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra.
Philipp Jundt is co-founder and artistic director of the Gonijam Music Festival. With Sir James Galway, the festival got off to a brilliant start in 2016. In no time at all, the Gonijam Music Festival has become the largest flute festival in Asia. Philipp Jundt was principal flute soloist with the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul, Korea's most important and oldest radio orchestra. He has also played as principal flutist with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and on several occasions with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Bavarian State Orchestra. Philipp Jundt received his first flute lessons from Doris Lüthi, Kiyoshi Kasai, and Aurèle Nicolet. He studied with András Adorján in Munich and with Jeanne Baxtresser in Pittsburgh and Boston. He completed his training with a master class podium in Munich. At the same time, he studied economics at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich and Harvard University in Boston, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree.
In addition to his concert activities, teaching has also been a central part of his career for many years. Since 2008, Philipp Jundt has held the chair of flute at the German Music School in Weimar, a faculty of the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, and at Kangnam University in Korea. Philipp Jundt's students win international competitions and hold important positions in orchestras around the world. Philipp Jundt is often invited to give masterclasses as a guest teacher, regularly in Greece, Korea, Italy, New York, China, Taipei, at the Barenboim-Said Foundation in Ramallah, Israel, and at the International Academy of the Bayreuth Youth Orchestra.
Philipp Jundt made his debut in 2002 with a recording of Swiss flute concertos for the British label Guild. The recording of Johannes Brahms' pieces for flute and piano, arranged by him, had been a major concern for Philipp Jundt for many years. In Freddy Kempf, his long-time musical partner on the piano, Philipp Jundt found a congenial collaborator for this recording. "Guardian Angel" was released by the Sony Classical Korea label. In May 2017, Berlin Classics also released a CD with works by Johann Sebastian Bach, including the Triple Concerto for flute, violin, piano, and strings with Daniel Hope, Sebastian Knauer, and the Züricher Kammerochester. Philipp Jundt has participated in numerous radio recordings and television productions around the world, most notably with the contemporary Ergo Ensemble Toronto on the Canadian television station CBC.
Philipp Jundt has recently released Shades of Love with Deutsche Grammophon, a collection of reworked themes from Korean drama soundtracks, arrangements, and new works by Marco Hertenstein. For this project, Philipp Jundt was able to count on the Züricher Kammerochester conducted by David Philip Hefti and world-renowned soloists such as Daniel Hope, Philipp Jundt, Albrecht Mayer, Richard Yongjae O'Neill, and Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway.
Philipp Jundt recently completed a major recording project of five CDs featuring solo flute concertos with the Berlin Baroque Soloists (BBS) of the Berlin Philharmonic. The recordings are dedicated to masterpieces from the Baroque and early Classical repertoire, including works by W.A. Mozart, J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Telemann, and Vivaldi, and are complemented by a selection of pieces commissioned especially for this project from David Philip Hefti. The recordings combine historically informed performance practice with a contemporary artistic perspective and highlight Jundt's longstanding commitment to stylistic clarity, rhetorical phrasing, and tonal refinement.

Date of the masterclass
July 19–31, 2026

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Biography
Born in Arkhangelsk, Russia, he commenced his musical education at the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow with Ivan Pushetchnikov. Since 2006 until 2011 Ivan has been studying with Maurice Bourgue at the Geneva Conservatory.

During his studies in Geneva, Ivan Podyomov has won a number of important oboe competitions: ARD International Competition in Munich in 2011, Geneva Competition and Markneukirchen Competition in 2010, the "Sony" Oboe Competition in Karuizawa Japan in 2009, the Prague Spring International Competition in 2008. 

These successes resulted numerous concerts at major venues around the world. In 2009 Ivan gave his solo debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall. He has made solo appearances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Academic Symphony Orchestra of Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Chamber Orchestra of Geneva, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, Manfred Honeck, Michael Sanderling, David Afkham, Trevor Pinnock, Leonardo García Alarcón and others.

Ivan has performed at the Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Festival, Prague Spring Festival, Festival of Radio France in Montpellier, Festival Mäcklenburg-Vorpommern. Among his chamber music partners were the Hagen Quartet, Trevor Pinnock, Lars Vogt, Yulianna Avdeeva, Sabine Meyer, Maurice Bourgue, Jacques Zoon, Leonardo García Alarcón, Dmitry Sinkovsky, Olga Paschenko and others.

​Ivan Podyomov is a principal oboist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam since 2016. He held the same positions earlier at the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the MusicAeterna. Ivan has been frequently playing as the guest principal Oboist with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Mozart Bologna, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Bernard Haitink, Richardo Chailly and Claudio Abbado.

Ivan Podyomov teaches at the Hochschule Luzern Musik.

Date of the masterclass
July 19–31, 2026

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Biography
Born in France into a family of five children and raised in the countryside near Fontainebleau, Romain Guyot discovered music at an early age, teaching himself music theory and the recorder before turning to the clarinet at the age of eight. At 17 he was noticed by Claudio Abbado while playing in the European Union Youth Orchestra, and soon afterwards won first prize at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York, launching an international career that has taken him throughout Europe, the United States, South America, Japan and Korea. He has served as principal clarinet of the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris from the age of 22, then of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and finally of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, establishing himself as one of the leading chamber musicians of his generation. His recording of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Quintet with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Mirare) bears witness to his artistic standards at the highest level.

Since 2009 he has been professor at the Haute école de musique de Genève, a former guest professor at Seoul National University and artistic adviser to Buffet-Crampon, combining instrumental practice, teaching and work on mental preparation in support of young artists and high level sport project.

Date of the masterclass
July 19–31, 2026

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Andrea Cellacchi is regarded as one of the most acclaimed bassoonists of his generation. Since 2022 he is Principal Bassoon of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, and since 2025 he is  Bassoon Professor at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano.

Already at a young age, he gained international recognition after winning the most important solo competitions for bassoon, including: 2nd Prize at the ARD Competition in Munich, 1st Prize at The Muri Competition, 1st Prize at the IDRS Fox-Gillet Competition, 1st Prize at the Aeolus Competition in Düsseldorf, 1st Prize at the “G. Rossini” Competition in Pesaro.

Besides his orchestra and teaching career, he engages in an intense activity of solo and chamber music concerts. Furthermore, in 2025 he founded BassoonLAB Amsterdam, an innovative bassoon academy which, since the very beginning, became an international meeting point for students from all over the world.

He previously held the Principal Bassoon positions with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai in Torino, Luzern Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, and he has been Bassoon Professor at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam from 2022 to 2025.

Born in Rome in a musician family, he began his studies at an early age and 16-year-old he graduated in bassoon at the Conservatorio di Musica in Latina. He then continued his path with Francesco Bossone at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and with Matthias Rácz at the Hochschule der Künste in Zurich, where he obtained a Master Konzert and a Specialized Master in soloism.

Andrea Cellacchi has received a Heckel bassoon from the Concertgebouworkest Foundation.

Date of the masterclass
July 19-24, 2026

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Biography
Prof. Christian Lampert received his musical training in horn from Francesco Raselli (Basel), Mahir Cakar (Stuttgart), and Prof. Erich Penzel (Cologne). At a young age, he was awarded a scholarship by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation) and won several national and international competitions, including the International Instrumental Competition in Markneukirchen and the German Music Competition in Bonn. 

Christian Lampert gained his first orchestral experience in the Bundesjugendorchester (Federal Youth Orchestra), the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (Young German Philharmonic), and the European Community Youth Orchestra.

He subsequently became principal horn player in the Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. 

In addition to his solo career, Christian Lampert is particularly dedicated to chamber music. He regularly collaborates with various renowned ensembles, including German Hornsound, HR-Brass, German Brass, Linos-Ensemble, Consortium Classicum, Antares Ensemble, and AVALON-Bläserquintett.

After successfully directing the horn classes at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart and the University of Music in Basel for many years, Christian Lampert moved from Stuttgart to Bern in 2022 and now teaches exclusively in Switzerland at the Bern University of the Arts and the University of Music in Basel.

Since 2018, Christian Lampert has also been president for wind instruments at the International Instrumental Competition in Markneukirchen.

Date of the masterclass
July 19-24, 2026

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Frits Damrow started his musical career as principal trumpet of the Radio Symphony Orchestra of the Netherlands when he was 21 and still had to finish his studies at the Maastrichts Conservatory. After 9 years he was appointed as principal trumpet of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam holding this position from 1991 until 2010. He was also active as a trumpet teacher at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam from 1993 until 2010.

As a chamber musician, Frits Damrow played in different groups like the Amsterdam Bach Soloists, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the Ebony Band, the Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Since 2009 he has been Professor of trumpet at the University of the Arts in Zürich, Switzerland (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste).

He is a regular teacher and soloist at many summer courses and festivals, like the Hamamatsu Summer Wind Academy and the Affinis Festival in Japan, Musica Verano in Mexico, Ionian Summer Academy in Greece, Cursu International de Musica in Spain, Blekinge Int. Brass Academy and the Aurora Festival in Sweden, the Tbilisi Wind Festival in Georgia and Sauerland Herbst in Germany. He also gave Masterclasses at institutions like North Western University in Chicago, the San Fransisco Conservatory, the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, the Hochschulen in Freiburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Cologne, the Tchaikowsky Conservatory and Gnesin Academy in Moscow, the State Conservatory in Athens, Greece, Shobi University in Tokyo, the National University in Seoul and several Universities in China.

As a soloist Frits Damrow played with orchestras like the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Symfonietta Amsterdam, Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra, Italian Chamber Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Lithuania, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Transilvania in Rumania, Slovak Symfonietta and the Symphony Orchestra of Seoul.

Date of the masterclass
July 19-24, 2026

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Biography
Vincent Lepape was born in Rouen, France, in 1972.
 
He began his musical training in this city with Gilbert Moisand and continued with Jacques Mauger before moving at the age of 16 to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. There he studied with Gilles Millière and won the First Prize for Trombone and two First Prizes for chamber music in Jean Douay's class. He perfected his training with Yves Demarle at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, obtaining the Premier Prix d'excellence in 1992.

He is currently Professor of Trombone at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, also teaches at the Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento in Saluzzo, and is principal trombone at the Teatro Regio in Turin. With this orchestra, he has made several recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Chandos

 He has collaborated with the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de Paris, the Paris Opera, the Opéra de Lyon, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Palau de les Arts (Valencia), the Moscow Orchestra, Orchestre de Lyon, Orchestre de Cluj (Romania), the Monte Carlo Orchestra, the Naples Opera,  and Capella Andrea Barca.

He has performed with his quintet Pentabrass in more than 300 concerts around the world, and together with Mnozil, Spanish Brass, Epsilon, and Belgian Brass, he founded the European Brass Orchestra, conducted by Sylvain Cambreling and chaired by Pierre Boulez.

In 2012, he founded the "Quartetto Italiano di Tromboni" (Italian Trombone Quartet), with whom he performs in Europe and the US. 
He has held several master classes at the Juilliard School of New York, Conservatoire Royal de Liege, Lille Trombone Festival, Festival Internacional de Pasto (Colombia), Ticino Musica (Switzerland), Maiori Music Festival (Italy), Alessi Seminar (Italy), International Belgian Brass Academy, Jura Brass (France), Baceno Brass Festival (Italy), Festival de Trombone D'alsace, Melvin Culberson Festival Pereira (Colombia), 33Åã Curso de Verao (Brazil), Festival Brassurround (Valencia), St. Mary's College of Maryland USA Public Honors College, Festival de Cuivres de Limoges (France), Spanish Brass Academie, HEM de Genève, Lausanne, Fribourg (Switzerland), Athens University of Georgia (USA), Harford University, Michigan University

He has recorded countless CDs in various formations and in 2006 his first solo CD for Summit Records "Like Me " 
  
An internationally renowned teacher, he also taught for 10 years at the Conservatory of Valle d'Aosta, training students from all over Italy and abroad, many of whom are now teachers and orchestral musicians in the most important Italian and foreign institutions .
 
Vincent Lepape was artistic director of the Masterbrass Palazzolo sull'Oglio festival from 2012 to 2014, and since 2017 he has been artistic director of the European Trombone Academy. From 2005 to 2011 he was the organizer of the Pentabrass Festival.
 
He is regularly invited to serve on numerous international juries and as a teacher and soloist at symposiums and conferences such as Trombonanza (Argentina), the International Trombone Festival (Paris), Slider Asia (Hong Kong), Festival Mediterraneen del Trombone (Marseille), Festival Europeen du Trombone (Strasbourg).

Date of the masterclass
July 19-24, 2026

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February 28, 2026: 20%
March 31, 2026: 15%
April 30, 2026: 10%

Biography
Portuguese musician Ricardo Carvalhoso has been principal tuba player with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra for several years. Through his artistic work, Ricardo Carvalhoso has given new impetus to the modern tuba.

Between 2012 and 2014, Ricardo Carvalhoso was principal tuba player with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, and from 2014 to 2017 he held the same position with the Zurich Opera Orchestra.

One of the most sought-after tuba teachers of his generation, he taught at the renowned Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar between 2021 and 2023 and is currently a professor at the Haute École de Musique de Genève.

Date of the masterclass
July 19–31, 2026

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February 28, 2026: 20%
March 31, 2026: 15%
April 30, 2026: 10%

Biography
Born into a family with a long musical tradition, he studied at the University School of Music in Winterthur with his father Janos Meszaros, who was himself a student of the legendary Karel Pivonka.

He furthered his musical knowledge in various advanced courses with personalities such as Milan Turkovic, Frantisek Hermann, Werner Seltmann, Knut Sönstevold, and Karl Leister. At the age of 26, he won the position of principal bassoonist with the Balearic Symphony Orchestra. He has also collaborated with various symphony orchestras in Switzerland, Spain, and Germany, where he has also performed as a soloist with conductors such as Arpad Joo, Víctor Pablo Pérez, Anthony Wit, Franz-Paul Decker, Philippe Bender, Johannes Goritzki, Lü Jia, Odón Alonso, Cristian Mandeal, and Gilbert Varga. He is regularly invited to serve as a member of juries for national and international competitions.

Since 1998, he has been teaching at the University School of Music of the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, where he carries out his teaching activities. Some of his students have achieved success in national and international competitions and hold positions in symphony orchestras. An important part of his work at the University School includes concerts by the wind ensemble he conducts, in which he passes on his extensive experience in chamber music to the younger generation.

He also holds masterclasses in Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, China, Korea, and Switzerland, and regularly performs as a bassoon soloist with orchestras such as the Festival Orchester Basel, the Mendelssohn Philharmonie Düsseldorf, and the National Orchestra of the Basque Country in San Sebastian. In 2000, he was invited to participate as principal bassoonist in the Millennium Gala Concert of the Nations, held at Lincoln Center in New York and sponsored by UNESCO.

Chamber music occupies an important place in his artistic activity. He is a member of the Swiss Nonet, the Ensemble Varié, the Trio Insolito, and the Ensemble Ticino Musica, and has also collaborated with the Ensemble Villa Musica.

As a soloist, Gabor Meszaros has performed in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. Concerts and recitals in numerous important music centers in Zurich, Bern, Berlin, Cologne, Madrid, Barcelona, Shanghai, Seoul, New York, etc., as well as radio and television recordings confirm his reputation as an extraordinary performer on his instrument. In 2002, his CD Musica per fagotto e pianoforte – “Francia” (Music for Bassoon and Piano – “France”) was released by the Milan-based record label “La bottega discantica” and received excellent reviews.

Since 2009, Gabor Meszaros has been artistic director of the Ticino Musica International Festival.

Date of the masterclass
July 19–23, 2026

Discount
February 28, 2026: 20%
March 31, 2026: 15%
April 30, 2026: 10%

Biography
Organist, musicologist, harpsichordist, and conductor from Cremona, he owes his musical training to leading figures on the world stage such as E. Viccardi, D. Costantini, E. Kooiman, C. Stembridge, H. Vogel, L. F. Tagliavini and, in particular, Michael Radulescu, with whom he studied at the Hochschule für Musik (now Musikuniversität) in Vienna and collaborated as a basso continuo player at the Académie Bach in Porrentruy (Switzerland).

He has won numerous national and international organ competitions, including Pasian di Prato (UD) in 1998, Viterbo (1996 edition), Brugge, and the Paul Hofhaimer in Innsbruck. He has embarked on a brilliant career as a soloist and chamber ensemble performer, playing extensively in major festivals in Italy, Europe, Brazil, and the USA, performing in the world's most prestigious concert halls, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Sala Sao Paulo in Brazil, the Musikverein in Vienna, Carnegie Hall in New York, and Jordan Hall in Boston. the USA, playing in the world's most prestigious venues, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Sala Sao Paulo in Brazil, the Musikverein in Vienna, Carnegie Hall in New York, Jordan Hall in Boston, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the La Fenice theater in Venice, etc.

As an organist, he is invited to give concerts and masterclasses at prestigious festivals in Italy, Europe, the USA, and Japan. In 2009, he performed the complete organ works of F. Liszt and C. Franck in Lugano.

He holds the chair of organ at the Conservatory (University School of Music) of Italian Switzerland in Lugano and at the Conservatory of La Spezia. 

He has recorded for Tactus, Christophorus, and Deutsch Grammophon. From 2003 to 2010, he recorded for the Swiss record label Divox, both as a soloist (four CDs dedicated to the organ music of Claudio Merulo) and as conductor of the baroque orchestra I Virtuosi delle Muse, which he conducted from 2005 to 2013 and with which he achieved numerous critical successes (Amadeus, Early Music, Crescendo) and important international awards (5 Diapasons awarded by the French magazine of the same name, 5 stars from Goldberg, 5 stars and CD of the month on Amadeus). He has also recorded for SWR in Germany, MEZZO in France, Radio France, and Radio Suisse Romande.

As a conductor, he has performed in numerous instrumental and vocal concerts in Italy, Hungary, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, and the USA, including Bach's St. Matthew Passion (Ferrara, Church of St. Christopher at Certosa), Bach's St. John Passion and Magnificat (Ferrara), Mozart's Requiem (Festival dell'Aurora in Crotone), Lucchesi's 1784 opera Ademira (Teatro Dovizi in Bibbiena), Porpora's Mitridate from 1730-36 (Teatro Caldéron in Valladolid), Vivaldi's Farnace and Il Giustino (Vienna, Theater an der Wien, Theatre des Champs-Elysées, Paris); concerts in Bilbao, Oldenburg, Rheingau, Cremona (Monteverdi Festival), Paris, Nantes, Munich, Innsbruck, London, Montpellier, Schwetzingen, Dachau, Miami, Istanbul, Valencia, etc.

Since 2013, he has been director of the Accademia Barocca Italiana, an orchestra that carries on the legacy of the Virtuosi delle Muse.

In 2013, he recorded J. S. Bach's complete works for organ on 15 CDs for the Brilliant-Classics record label, receiving major international acclaim, including 5 stars from Musica magazine and BBC Music Magazine in London.

In 2015, again for Brilliant Classics, he recorded the complete organ works of J. Kuhnau, and in 2017 the complete works of J. Michael Bach and J. Christoph Bach, receiving the "Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik" for both recordings.

Since 2018, he has been collaborating with violinist Gian Andrea Guerra, performing literature for violin and organ/harpsichord from the 17th and 18th centuries (Duo Seraphim).

As a conductor, he has performed in numerous instrumental and vocal concerts in Italy, Hungary, France, Germany, Austria, and Spain, including Bach's St. Matthew Passion (Ferrara, Church of St. Christopher at Certosa), Bach's St. John Passion and Magnificat (Ferrara), Mozart's Requiem (Festival dell'Aurora in Crotone), Lucchesi's 1784 opera Ademira (Teatro Dovizi in Bibbiena), Porpora's Mitridate from 1730-36 (Teatro Caldéron in Valladolid), Vivaldi's Farnace and Il Giustino (Vienna, Theater an der Wien, Theatre des Champs-Elysées, Paris); concerts in Bilbao, Oldenburg, Rheingau, Cremona (Monteverdi Festival), Paris, Nantes, Munich, Innsbruck, London, Montpellier, Schwetzingen, Dachau, etc.