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Chamber Music Festival

Classical festival Concert Masterclass

Conservatorium Maastricht - Bonnefantenstraat 15

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- The festival is free of charge. Reservations are not required. -

Let’s learn, grow and move in music together! Experience concerts, masterclasses, lectures and more during the Chamber Music Festival!  

Chamber music ensembles will be treated to an intense series of masterclasses with internationally renowned artists Shunske Sato (violin), Shuann Chai (piano & fortepiano) and Philippe Castejon(clarinet & chalumeau) during the Chamber Music Festival at Conservatorium Maastricht on 11 – 14 April 2023.  

These experienced guest teachers and performers are versatile and can work on all style periods, but they will help the participating ensembles grow specifically in historical performance of Baroque and Classical style periods.  

There will be a harpsichord and a fortepiano, which will offer ensembles with piano the chance to experience (new) opportunities and will help them deal with the effects of playing on period instruments. 

Everybody is welcome to join the Chamber Music Festival and experience the students at work with these amazing guest teachers. 

With Masterclasses by Philippe Castejon, Shuann Chai and Shunske Sato.

Copyright Dr. Bernd Seydel

Photo: Copyright Dr. Bernd Seydel 

Philippe Castejon
Clarinet and basset horn

Since 1997 I have been working as a free-lance clarinettist in many European orchestras which are primarily devoted to historical performance practice. Among these are, for example, Concerto Köln, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Freiburger Barockorchester, Das Neue Orchester, die Cappella Coloniensis, Amsterdam Barok, Orchestre des Champs Elysées, and Anima Eterna Brugge. I have been on numerous concert tours of Europe, Japan, and the USA, and also participated in many radio and CD recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Harmonia Mundi, among others. As a soloist I have recorded the six „Concerti con molti Strumenti“ by Vivaldi for the label Disques Pierre Verany, and the „Sinfonia Concertante“ by Josef Myslivecek for Deutsche Grammophon. Since 2006 I am publisher and sole editor of Castejon Music Editions. In 2018 the ensemble Caf´Conc´ was founded together with Fabienne Carlier (singer and accordeon player).

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Shuann Chai
Piano & fortepiano

Shuann Chai is an active and engaging performer, recognised for her interpretations on a wide range of historical pianos as well as the modern piano.
She holds degrees from Oberlin College and the New England Conservatory (USA), while having the privilege of private studies with pianists such as Norma Fisher, Claus-Christian Schuster, and Anton Kuerti. As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed in the Kleine Zaal of the Concertgebouw, De Doelen, the Orlando Festival; Festival La Folle Journée, Suntory Hall (Japan); Bach en Combrailles, the American Church of Paris (France); Troldsalen (Norway), National Concert Hall (Taipei), St. Cecilia’s Hall (Edinburgh), Jordan Hall (Boston), and the Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing), to name but a few.

Future recording projects include a CD of songs by Schoenberg and Berg with contralto Noa Frenkel as well as a recording of Brahms's chamber music with violinist Shunske Sato and cellist Hidemi Suzuki. Among other things, Shuann Chai is grateful for having three inspiring musical companions: a concert grand Steinway signed by jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Ahmad Jamal; an original Érard piano (1861), and an original 1820 Rosenberger fortepiano, generously provided on permanent loan by the National Musical Instruments Foundation of the Netherlands (NMF).

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Shunske Sato
Violin

Shunske Sato is a violinist known for his distinctive and engaging performances on both modern and historical instruments. Resident in the Netherlands, Shunske assumes the double role of artistic leader and concertmaster of the Netherlands Bach Society, and as concertmaster of Concerto Köln. Since 2013 he has been a faculty member of the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he teaches violin in the context of historical performance practice of eras ranging from baroque to early 20th-century. He has performed as soloist with American and European orchestras such as the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bavarian Radio Philharmonic, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. His discography is extensive and most notably includes works for solo violin by Bach, Telemann, Paganini and Eugène Ysaÿe.

Born in Tokyo, Shunske immigrated to the US at the age of four.  He studied at the Juilliard School in New York, Conservatoire National de Région in Paris and Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich.  His teachers include Chin Kim, Dorothy DeLay, Masao Kawasaki, Gérard Poulet, Eiichi Chijiiwa and Mary Utiger.

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programme overview all days 

11 April 2023
13.30-14.00 Opening (Concert) 
14.00-15.00 Masterclass round 1
15.00-16.00 Masterclass round 2
16.00-17.00 Masterclass round 3
19.00-21.00 Shuann Chai and Shunske Sato - Lecture on historical recordings, the aesthetics of ‘old' playing, and an introduction in fortepiano playing. + Student Concert 1

12 April 2023
10.00-11.00 Masterclass round 4
11.30-12.30 Student Concert 2
14.00-15.00 Masterclass round 5
15.00-16.00 Masterclass round 6
19.00-21.00 Philippe Castejon - Lecture on history and development of chalumeau and clarinet. + Student Concert 3

13 April 2023
9.00-10.00 Open Rehearsal Guest Professors (Willem Hijstek Hall)
10.00-11.00 Masterclass round 7
11.30-12.30 Student Concert 4
14.00-15.00 Masterclass round 8 
15.00-16.00 Masterclass round 9
19.00-21.00 Top of the Props

14 April 2023
10.00-11.00 Masterclass round10 
11.30-12.30 Student Concert 5  
14.00-15.00 Masterclass round 11 
15.00-16.00 Masterclass round 12
19.00-20.00 Teachers' Concert 

Concert Shedule

 

Date Time Concert By Location
11 April 

13.30-14.00

Introduction and Opening Concert

Mühlfeld Trio:
Erika García Díaz - Clarinet, Giovanni Landini - Cello, Andrea Boga Sánchez - Piano

 Willem Hijstek Hall 
11 April

19.00-21.00

Lecture 1 + Student Concert 1

Lecture by Shuann Chai and Shunske Sato

Concert by:
Omnes Terminos
Irina Trajkovska - Violin, Margarita Dudčaka - Voice, Jeroen Pijpers - Organ and Piano

Doré Quartet
Ilaria Taioli - Violin, Samuele Di Gioia - Violin, José Manuel Muriel López - Viola, Caterina Vannoni - Cello

And Mühlfeld Trio:
Erika García Díaz - Clarinet, Giovanni Landini - Cello, Andrea Boga Sánchez - Piano

 Willem Hijstek Hall 
12 April

11.30-12.30

Student Concert 2

Soavi Accenti
Margarita Dudčaka - Soprano, Nima Pournaghshband - Contratenor, Valérie Stammet - Cello, Sepehr Keyhani - Harpsichord

Lumen Ensemble
Natalia Ramos - Flute, Chiel van der Wal - Oboe, Erika Garcia - Clarinet, Miguel Castro - Bassoon, Alessandro Alghisi - Horn, Alejandro Ruiz - Violin, Helena Camps - Viola, Maria Millán - Cello, Daniel Correa - Double Bass, Colin Crandal - Timpani

 Willem Hijstek Hall 
12 April

19.00-21.00

Lecture 2 + Student Concert 3

 Lecture by Philippe Castejon

Concert by:
Trio Elysian:
Fien Dedroog - Clarinet, Maria Alejandra Martínez - Viola, Asya Özkamali - Piano

Trombone Choir:
Héctor Gómez Sorrigueta - Trombone, Oscar Grande Herrera - Trombone, Pablo Peña Benítez - Trombone, Riko Takagi - Trombone, Izabela Dadasiewicz - Trombone, Michal Daszkiewicz - Trombone, Roque Cercós Maícas - Tuba, Wouter van de Vorst - Euphonium

Auca Quartet:
Gerard Romero Giralt - Bass clarinet, Nel Ferreiro Gómez - Clarinet, Juan Sebastián Ramírez Fajardo - Clarinet, Tania Haunzwickl - Clarinet

 Willem Hijstek Hall 
13 April

11.30-12.30

Student Concert 4

Doré Quartet
Ilaria Taioli - Violin, Samuele Di Gioia - Violin, José Manuel Muriel López - Viola, Caterina Vannoni - Cello

Bruma Trio
Maria Bel Serra Suñer - Saxophone, Ricard Martínez Bernadó - Saxophone, María del Mar Moreno Raya - Piano

 Willem Hijstek Hall 
13 April

19.00-21.00

Tops of the Props
  • Livija Tolpeznikova - Oboe, Stefanie Kindler - Oboe, Rozálie Stoklasová - Piano
  • Hannah Deppisch - Voice, Francisca Silva Djacabi - Voice, Zsofia Zsabo - Harp
  • Beatriz Da Guia Bôto - Voice, Hui Huang Qian Hui - Piano
  • Andreea Agiurgioaei - Voice, Petra Barisic - Harp
  • Zsofia Zsabo - Harp, Özgür Haran - Tuba
  • Danique Paffen - Voice, Hui Huang Qian Hui - Piano
  • Hubert Kociszewski - Violin, Uxue Medrano López - Violin, Ariadna Tirol Donat - Viola, Péter Massányi - Cello, Sofija Subbotina - Piano
  • Danique Paffen - Voice, Hui Huang Qian Hui - Piano
  • Liesl Vanoverberghe - Flute, Lance Weisen - Flute, Lexa Săndulescu - Piano
  • Mina Aoki Girardelli - Violin, Theodore Kim - Violin, Helena De Bruyn - Viola, Mathilde Heise - Cello
 Willem Hijstek Hall 
14 April

11.30-12.30

Student Concert 5

Meyer-Hoffmann-Vroemen
Sarah Meyer - Voice, Malena Hoffmann - Voice, Koen Vroemen - Piano

Øsimun Quartet
Ricard Martínez Bernadó - Baritone Saxophone, Inés González Gómez - Tenor Saxophone, Fátima Alcázar Rodríguez - Alto Saxophone, Maria Elisabet Serra Suñer - Soprano Saxophone

 Willem Hijstek Hall 
14 April

19.00-20.00

Teachers' Concert

 Shunske Sato - Violin and Viola
Philippe Castejon - Clarinet Shuann Chai – Piano		 Willem Hijstek Hall

 

Masterclass schedule

 

Date

Time

Masterclass Round

Willem Hijstek Hall

Matty Niël Hall

Jekerroom

Room 211

Room 318
11 April 

14.00-15.00

1

Shuann Chai -  Mühlfeld Trio

Philippe Castejon - Auca Quartet

Shunske Sato - Omnes Terminos

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11 April 

15.00-16.00

2

Shuann Chai - Soavi Accenti

Philippe Castejon - Meyer-Hoffmann-Vroemen

Shunske Sato - Doré Quartet

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11 April 

16.00-17.00

3

Shuann Chai - Omnes Terminos

Philippe Castejon - Trio Elysian

Shunske Sato - Mühlfeld Trio

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12 April 

10.00-11.00

4

Shunske Sato - Trombone Choir

Shuann Chai - Trio Elysian

Philippe Castejon - Boreal Quartet

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12 April

14.00-15.00

5

Philippe Castejon - Lumen Ensemble

Shunske Sato - Trio Elysian

Shuann Chai - Bruma Trio

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12 April

15.00-16.00

6

Philippe Castejon - Trombone Choir

Shunske Sato - Øsimun Quartet

Shuann Chai - Qianique + Lieder Duo

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13 April

10.00-11.00

7

Shuann Chai - Meyer-Hoffmann-Vroemen

Shunske Sato - Doré Quartet

Philippe Castejon - Boreal Quartet

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13 April

14.00-15.00

8

Shunske Sato - Trio Seia

Shuann Chai -  Himmel Quintet

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Philippe Castejon - Doré Quartet

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13 April

15.00-16.00

9

Shunske Sato - Lumen Ensemble

Shuann Chai - Trio Seia

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Philippe Castejon - Øsimun Quartet

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14 April

10.00-11.00

10

Shuann Chai - Meyer-Hoffmann-Vroemen

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Shunske Sato - Øsimun Quartet

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Philippe Castejon - Auca Quartet
14 April

14.00-15.00

11

Shunske Sato - Bruma Trio

Philippe Castejon - Mühlfeld Trio

Shuann Chai - Trio Seia

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14 April

15.00-16.00

12

Shuann Chai -  Mühlfeld Trio

Philippe Castejon - Bruma Trio

Shunske Sato - Auca Quartet

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