Strings Program in Italy
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The Strings Program is extensive, intensive. and unique, with the idea of an immersive musical environment allowing for optimal focus on artistic and technical development, studying with an internationally-recognized Artist faculty, a the same time meeting musical colleagues from around the globe. It is designed with elements of the Russian school to boost students to the next level of playing. The beauty of their surroundings and cultural experience is ideal for artistic growth.
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After a much-lauded appearance at InterHarmony last year, virtuoso violinist and conductor (he will be doing both) Guy Braunstein will thrill audiences alongside pianist Alexei Volodin and cellist Misha Quint, presenting a concert of Schubert Piano Trio in B-Flat and with Quint, Volodin, and violist Basil Vendryes for the Dvorak Piano Quintet No.2. Then in a gala event, Braunstein will conduct the InterHarmony Festival Orchestra and perform the Brahms Double Concerto with Misha Quint. The second half of the concert will feature the Schubert C Major Quintet for full Orchestra. Braunstein’s Violin Master Class is sure to be one of the most talked about events of the festival season.Students at InterHarmony will not only get to watch Braunstein perform, but also perform with the master.
Israeli-born Guy Braunstein began playing the violin at the age of six and started touring as a soloist with orchestras such as the Boston Symphony, Israeli Philharmonic, and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich at a young age. Braunstein was the youngest person to be appointed concertmaster Berlin Philharmonic, a position he held for 13 years. In the last decade, Guy has also been working on a vast repertoire as a highly acclaimed guest conductor and principal guest with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. One of his greatest passions is transcribing, arranging, and orchestrating master works and then presenting them in a different formation; in 2019, Braunstein released a CD of his own Tchaikovsky arrangements alongside the violin concerto. From 2019-2020, Guy was the Artist in Residence with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Guy plays a rare violin made by Francesco Roggieri in 1679.
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One of the most successful and in-demand musicians of his generation, violinist Andrey Baranov’s debut cannot be a better inspiration for young talents attending InterHarmony International Music Festival. During Session I, Andrey Baranov will lead a violin Master Class, and perform in a chamber music concert joining pianist Antonio Di Cristofano and cellist Misha Quint for the Rachamaninoff: Trio elegiaque and joining Misha Quint and Caitlin Quinn McConnell (cellos), Leonid Yanovskiy (violin) in a performance of the Schubert String Quintet in C Major that should not be missed.
Baranov began playing violin at the age of five and launched his professional career in 2005 at the Saint-Petersburg Grand Hall under Vasily Petrenko, going on to perform with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic London, and many more. He was the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition of 2012, the Benjamin Britten and Henri Marteau International Violin Competitions, and prizewinner of more than twenty other international competitions.
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One of the world’s foremost violin pedagogues, Boris Kushnir, will conduct a Master Class during Session I of the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Acqui Terme. A student of Boris Belenky at the Moscow Conservatory, Kushnir has been described as “a modern-day Leopold Auer”.
Kushnir began his career in 1969, winning many international competitions including the Allunions-Competition in Leningrad. He founded the Moscow String Quartet and then became a Professor of Music in Austria, teaching such pupils as Julian Rachlin, Nikolaj Znaider, Alexandra Soumm, and Eugene Chepovetsky. In addition, Boris Kushnir serves as a jury member of numerous international music competitions including the Queen Elizabeth in Brussels, Tchaikovsky in Moscow, and the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. He is also well-known for his recordings made as a soloist and chamber musician such as those made with the Vienna Brahms Trio (which he founded in 1993), and Kopelman Quartet (which he co-founded in 2002). Boris Kushnir was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Arts, First Class in 2013. He plays on a the “La Rouse-Boughton" Stradivarius (1703), which has been loaned to him in recognition of his artistic performance and service rendered to music.
Boris Kushnir will present a violin Master Class which will reflect on the lasting influences various individuals and experiences have had upon his artistic development, lending his knowledge to a younger generation of musicians.
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A unique figure on the international scene both as soloist and chamber musician, the violist Anna Serova has several compositions dedicated to her in recent years by some of the most important contemporary composers. In fact, by writing for her they have created a new genre in composition uniting the form of the concert piece with the action of a theatre.
After studying with Vladimir Stopicev at the Conservatory of St Petersburg, with Bruno Giuranna at the Acacdemy of Cremona and with Juri Bashmet at the Acacdemy of Chigiana in Sienna, she began a brilliant career as a concert musician which saw her starring in some of the most important concert seasons and festivals in Italy and abroad.
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InterHarmony Festival Orchestra Program, TBA
Soloist: Misha Quint, cello
Eric Lederhandler, conductor
Belgian conductor Eric Lederhandler will be making his InterHarmony debut leading the Festival Orchestra during Session I. His extensive experience conducting the best European orchestras will give students a taste of detailed orchestra work in a real professional setting.
A sought after conductor, Maestro Eric Lederhandler was appointed as Principal Conductor at Teatro Goldoni Livorno and currently conducts symphonic orchestras in San Remo, Palermo,Bari,and Napoli. In 1992, Eric Lederhandler founded the orchestra Nuove Musiche, and as Music Director of this ensemble he conducts 40 concerts per season in Belgium and other European countries.
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With concerts almost every night, students will have an opportunity to perform and experience a high-level concerts from both from artist faculty and their colleagues.
What's new? After Concert Meet-and-Greets After concerts, there will be meet-and-greets for the Artist Faculty and audience members to have a chance to meet students and talk about the music! Students are encouraged to be prepared to talk about the history and composer of the piece they performed.
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After Concert Meet-and-Greets
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InterHarmony Concert Schedule Italy
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Excursions: Continuing its commitment to cross-cultural collaboration, students at InterHarmony will get to experience Italy with two excursions: one to the Italian Riviera, exploring towns from Savona to Finale Ligure, and another to Turin.
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Claudio Bianchini
Pizzeria Royal
Acqui Terme, Piedmont, Italy
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Each student receives two private lessons per week with an internationally-renowned artist faculty member, allowing for optimal focus on artistic and technical development with practice time between lessons.
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All participants are preselected into chamber groups and assigned to partners and repertoire according to level, matched well in advance with enough time to thoroughly practice their music. Instrumentalists receive two fourty-five minute chamber coachings per week with an artist faculty member with their chamber group(s). Chamber groups may also sign up to play in performance master classes.
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The orchestra rehearses for the duration of the festival, culminating in the final orchestra concert at the Basilica di San Pietro, built in the Roman era. Orchestra seating assignments will be given at the festival. Music will be provided in advance for students to practice. The conductor is TBA.
InterHarmony Concerts in Italy
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Each year, many of the artist faculty give Master Classes on subjects of their choice. The subjects of these Master Classes vary. In the past we have had lectures on Integrating the Musical and the Technical, Projection in Performance, Stage Presence, Jazz Improvisation, Orchestral Repertoire, Eurythmics, Yoga for String Players, and Alexander Technique. More info - List of Master Classes »
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Students have the opportunity to sign up to perform either as a soloist or with their chamber group in the performance master classes nearly every day of the festival. Master classes are open to all participants of the festival. Many of these Master Classes focus on specific composers or repertoire. 2021 Master Classes and Lectures TBA More info - List of Master Classes »
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Instrumentalists will have ample practice time each day.
Details
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Session I: July 1 - 13, 2025
Session II: July 15 - 27, 2025
