Faculty 2020
Adrian Oetiker (piano)
The Swiss pianist Adrian Oetiker is a successful soloist and chamber musician as well as a sought-after pedagogue. After studies with Homero Francesch in Zurich and Bella Davidovich at the Juilliard School New York, he won prizes at international competitions, including the ARD-Wettbewerb for piano in 1995. As a soloist he has performed with renowned orchestras in Europe, America and Australia. As a chamber musician he regularly plays in the piano duo Paola&Adrian Oetiker with his wife Paola De Piante Vicin and is a pianist in the Feininger Trio of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Several ballet productions at the Zurich Opera House, the Semperoper Dresden and the Bavarian State Opera, often with choreographer Christian Spuck, round off his varied activities. Since 1996 he has been professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel, and since 2010 artistic director of the International Summer academy in Lenk. In 2011 he was appointed to the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich.
Andrea Lieberknecht (flute)
During her studies in Munich, Andrea Lieberknecht won the international flute competitions “Prager Frühling” and Kobe/Japan and, as a member of the Arcis Quintet and as part of a duo with pianist Jan Philip Schulze, she was awarded prizes at the ARD Music Competition, the German Music Competition and the chamber music competitions in Colmar, Tokyo, Belgrade and Trapani. For 13 years she was a solo flutist, at first with the radio orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk and after that with the WDR Symphony Orchestra and at the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth. In 2002, Andrea Lieberknecht was appointed professor at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and in 2011, she started teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. Recitals, solo concerts and chamber music appearances with renowned musicians and ensembles take her all around the globe and numerous recordings, many of which have won awards, document her versatile artistic work.
Dag Jensen (bassoon)
The Norwegian bassoonist and two-time winner of the ARD Music Competition studied in Oslo and Hanover and was hired by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 16. Following this, he was the principal bassoonist of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Claudio Abbado and member of the Saito Kinen Festival Orchestra under the artistic direction of Seiji Ozawa. Chamber music is an important part of his work – Jensen is a member of the Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble and the Ensemble Villa Musica. He held a professorship at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and since 2011, has been professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. He is also professor of bassoon at the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo in Norway.
Ana Chumachenco (violin)
The violinist Ana Chumachenco, born in Padua and raised in Argentina, is professor for violin at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. Her class is one of the most prestigious in the world and has produced a number of acclaimed young soloists such as Julia Fischer and Veronika Eberle. Ana Chumachenco herself first began her career in Argentina, where she gave concerts at the age of nine. At the age of 17 she returned to Europe, where her musical career was accompanied by great personalities such as Sandor Vegh, Yehudi Menuhin and Joszef Szigeti. Besides her performances as a soloist, Ana Chumachenco devotes herself intensively to chamber music. For over 20 years she formed the internationally renowned Munich String Trio with violist Osca Lysy and cellist Walter Nothas and was artistic director of the Camerata Bern. She is a regular jury member at many prestigious violin competitions.
Hariolf Schlichtig (viola)
As a chamber musician, soloist and teacher, the violist Hariolf Schlichtig has made a name for himself in the world of music. For 19 years he was a member of the Cherubini Quartet and appeared at different venues all over the world. Since the break-up of the quartet, he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at internationally renowned festivals and orchestras and is solo violist with the Cappella Andrea Barca. For many years, he has been collaborating with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and with artists such as András Schiff and the Alban Berg Quartet. Schlichtig also regularly performs pieces by contemporary composers. His artistic work has been documented on numerous CDs and has been awarded the ECHO Klassik, Diapason d'Or, Choc de la Musique and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Hariolf Schlichtig is professor of viola and chamber music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
After early successes in competitions, Alban Gerhardt's international career began in 1991 with his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic under Semyon Bychkov. Since then he has performed with the world's leading orchestras and is considered a highly versatile cellist, celebrated for his interpretations of Bach, the classical and romantic repertoire and his collaborations with contemporary composers. In addition to his work as a soloist, Alban Gerhardt is a passionate chamber musician whose regular partners include Steven Osborne, Cecile Licad, Baiba Skride and Brett Dean. His CD recordings have won several awards, including three ECHO Klassik and the BBC Music Magazine Award. One of the cellist's major concerns is to break down listening and concert habits and to inspire new audiences for classical music, for example with performances and workshops in schools, hospitals or institutions for juvenile delinquents.
Artistic Directors 2018
Bernd Redmann
(artistic director)
The composer and musicologist studied music, composition, musical theory and musicology in Munich and Salzburg. After holding a professorship in Cologne, he became a professor for musical theory and ear training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich in 2005. He has published a monograph as well as numerous essays and was a board member of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie. As a composer, his oeuvre ranges from solo pieces to chamber music and pieces for ensembles to orchestral work. Several of his award-winning pieces are available on CD or as radio recordings. Since October 2014, Bernd Redmann has been President of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. Since 2015, he has been artistic director of the International Summer School.
Wen-Sinn Yang
(artistic director)
As a soloist and chamber musician, the cellist Wen-Sinn Yang, who was born in Berne, is a welcome guest in concert halls and at music festivals in Europe and Asia. As a soloist, he has played with orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, NHK Tokyo, Radio Suisse Romande and St. Paul’s Chamber Orchestra and worked with conductors such as Sir Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel and Mariss Jansons. In addition to the standard repertoire, such as the concerts of Boccherini, Haydn, and Dvorak, his wide-ranging repertoire also includes lesser-known and highly virtuosic cello music, which he also has done first recordings of, by François Servais, Carl Davidoff, Alfredo Piatti and Julius Klengel, Wen-Sinn Yang is a professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich and has been artistic director of the International Summer School since its beginnings in 2013.
Lancelot Fuhry (Conductor of the International Summer School)
The Berlin Lancelot Fuhry completed his conducting studies with Prof. Nicolás Pasquet at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. His career began in Great Britain, where he was assistant conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra after a fellowship at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester. Back in Germany, he embarked on a theatrical career, and since 2013 he has worked as 1st Kapellmeister and Deputy GMD at the Staatstheater Augsburg. He previously held the same position at the Dortmund and Görlitz theatres. At home both on the concert podium and in the orchestra pit, Lancelot Fuhry has made guest appearances with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the BBC Philharmonic and the philharmonic orchestras of Bucharest, Graz and Strasbourg. Since summer semester 2019 he holds a professorship for orchestra conducting at the Munich University of Music and Theatre.
Christian Simonis
(Conductor Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic)
Born in Vienna in 1956, Christian Simonis studied in his hometown after his time as a member of the Vienna Boys’ Choir. At 17 years of age, he founded the Jeunesse-Kammerorchester (1973-1980). Prof. Hans Swarowsky described him as being a "typical Viennese talent". He was chief conductor of the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic (1985-1990), the Göttinger Symphony Orchesta (1990-2005) and the Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie (2005-2013). Simonis is familiar with all epochs and genres of music, but the light muse has a special place in his musical life. This prompted the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic to appoint Christian Simonis as its chief conductor again in 2015.
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