Announcement of 2012 course

1 – 6 July 2012, Corfu – Greece

 

Thomas Indermühle and Spyros Kontos will present

the 7th International Oboe Course of Corfu this summer, focusing on solo performance including the fundamentals of oboe-playing and reed-making skills.

Participants will have intensive oboe instruction for six days. They are asked to bring their choice of Oboe literature, 3-4 pieces of diverse epochs.

Mr. Indermühle works intensively one-on-one with each person in half-hour segments, carefully assessing each oboist’s strengths and needs to improve performance skills. Mr Kontos works in the same way on alternate days.

After the individual-lesson sessions, there will be daily group lessons focusing on problems of breathing, embouchure, tuning control, register changes, articulation etc. Mr. Indermühle gives original exercises (watch videos of past years), which suit to all levels.

There will be also a reed-making session, and possibly orchestral excerpts lesson (if desired), given by Mr. Kontos.

Students will give a concert with works for Oboe ensembles; the concert is open to the public. There is no piano accompanist at the course.

For inquiries, please call +30-6937150849 or email at oboecoursecorfu@hotmail.gr

Schedule

• Sunday 1^rst

09:30 – 11:00

Registration, pay fees

Orientation, introduce yourself, make schedule for the week

11:00 – 18:00 Lessons

Make up the repertory and working plan for each student

• Daily schedule (Monday 2^nd through Friday 6^th)

09:00 – 15:00 Individual lessons (alternately with Thomas – Spyros)

15:00 – 17:00 Group lessons

Fees

Tuition 260 €

Accommodation 140 € (7 nights in Hotel, double rooms, on request)

A deposit of 100 € (or the whole fee) will be required upon confirmation of a place. Payment in full on begging of the course

Participation

The number of active participants can not be over 20. Music students and young professionals can apply. Talented amateurs are also welcome, according to availability.

At the conclusion of the master class, each participant will receive a certificate.

Application

Ask for the application form per email.

Then fill it and send it back as attachment.

Address: oboecoursecorfu@hotmail.gr

Closing date for applications is the 24 June 2012, unless there are still free places.

Accommodation

Hotel Arion at Mon Repo, 2 km far away from city centre

Arrival: 30 June

Departure: 7 July (also later on request)

The Hotel is situated near to the sea, 5 min on foot to the beach.

Course location

Corfu Island, Greece

Mantzaros Philharmonic Society, Old town

Photos 2011 a

Group lesson with water and tubes.

Photos 2011 b

Concert of Oboe ensembles

St George church, Old Fortress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos 2011 c

Class 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos 2011 d

Lessons

 

 

 

 

 

Videos 2011

Videos of the concert in St. Gerorge church (Old Fortress), 8th July 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corfu photos 2011

 

 

 

 

 

THOMAS INDERMÜHLE

Born in Bern in 1951, he is the scion of a Swiss family of Musicians. He studied with Heinz Holliger at the Staatliche Musik-hochschule in Freiburg in Breisgau, and with Maurice Bourgue in Paris. Afterwards, he spent several years as solo oboist in the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1974 he was awarded a prize at the International Competition in Prague, and in 1976 he won he International ARD Competition in Munich.

Since then, he has appeared as a soloist in almost all European countries, in the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea and Australia. Of great importance to him are his “Ensemble Couperin”, his activity as a conductor, and his work with his students. He has been responsible for an oboe class at the Zurich Conservatory since 1984, and in 1989 he was appointed professor at the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik in Karlsruhe.

Spyros Kontos

Spyros Kontos

was born in Corfu (Greece) in 1974, where he first began learning music. He studied oboe inAthens at the Nakas Conservatory and graduated with the highest degree and distinction. Various scholarships supported him to study with Thomas Indermühle at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe (Germany) and continuously with Maurice Bourgue at the Conservatoire Supérieure de Musique de Genève (Switzerland). In 1997 he was appointed solo oboist of the Radio Symphony Orchestra inAthens, place he still holds. He collaborates with major orchestras and appears regularly as soloist and chamber musician, including recordings for radio and television channels. His repertoire is of a large range, with a research interest on the repertory of Greek composers, having performed the world premier of various such works. He recorded the world premier of the Concerto for Oboe and strings by Dimitris Dragatakis, in the frame of the Cultural Olympiad (label: Universal Music). Since 2002, he is responsible for the oboe class at the Music Department of the Ionian University (Corfu) and at the Hellenic Conservatory (Athens). Every year in July, he organizes and teaches at the “International Oboe Course of Corfu”.

www.spyroskontos.info

Please visit also the website of Spyros’ new CD release,

   Metamorphosis

   works by contemporary Greek composers for Oboe and Piano

http://oboemetamorphosis.wordpress.com/

Videos 2010

These links show videos from the 2010 students concert. Enjoy!

Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin

Mozart: Serenade

Bach: Ricercare