INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASS OF BANDONEON
The Bandoneόn International Masterclass is the only intensive course dedicated to the bandoneόn that takes place continuously on the national territory. Headquarters of the initiative is Sardinia where every year, on the occasion of the ARTango & Jazz Festival event , during the last week of August bandoneonists from all over Europe come to follow the lessons and seminars of the great masters hosted from time to time. At the end of the course the musicians perform in a final concert resulting from the work done during the days of the masterclass.
From 2015 to today, dozens and dozens of students from all over Europe have reached Sardinia to participate in the masterclass which, year after year, offers the opportunity to attend individual and group lessons with the best bandoneόn masters in the world. Among the masters of past editions, some of the greatest bandoneonists in the world such as Victor Villena , former teacher of bandoneόn at the Codarts Conservatory in Rotterdam, Juanjo Mosalini, founder of the European School of Bandoneon, considered one of the greatest contemporary bandoneonists, Daniel Binelli, composer and arranger of international fame and Juan Josè Mosalini, defined as "one of the most important apostles of tango" and Per Arne Glorvigen, mentioned (by the Times) as one of the world’s leading contemporary bandoneon players and “button wizard”, who will lead the edition 2022 .
INTERNATIONAL MASTERCLASS OF BANDONEON
VIII ED. 2022
From August 24th to 27th 2022, at the Teatro Electra in Iglesias, the Bandoneón International Masterclass, now in its 8th edition, will start again.
The event, organized by the Anton Stadler Association and the Italian Bandoneon Academy, in collaboration with the Conservatoire du Grand Avignon, the Codarts University of Rotterdam and the G.P. da Palestrina di Cagliari, is made as part of the XII edition of ARTango & Jazz Festival.
The Masterclass will host five exceptional teachers: Per Arne Glorvigen, Argentine bandoneonist and composer of international fame; M° Yvonne Hahn, teacher of bandoneon at the Conservatoire du Grand Avignon; M° Santiago Cimadevilla, teacher of bandoneon at Codarts University in Rotterdam, M° Fabio Furia, teacher of bandoneon at the G.P. from Palestrina di Cagliari and Director of the Italian Bandoneon Academy and Gianmaria Melis, First Shoulder Violin at the Teatro Lirico of Cagliari.
Four intense days dedicated to the study and deepening of the bandoneon for different levels: basic-intermediate and advanced. It will pass, through orchestral and individual lessons, from basic techniques to those of tango, up to extemporaneous execution workshops.
This year, on the evening of August 24th, the final phase of the “Heinrich Band” International Competition will also take place. The winner will win an AA 142 bandoneón worth € 7.949,00 offered by the Bandonion4Friends Association and the Bandonion & Concertina Fabrik of Klingental.
As always, the Masterclass will end with the final concert on August 27th!
Registrations will expire on June 30, 2022.
THE MASTERCLASS WILL TAKE PLACE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS IN FORCE REGARDING THE PREVENTION OF CONTAGION FROM COVID-19.