FACULTY PRESENTATION DISTANCE LEARNING 2016/2017

FACULTY PRESENTATION DISTANCE LEARNING 2016/2017 November 2016

DISTANCE LEARNING AT RDAM In this publication, we are very happy to present the RDAM faculty members working with Distance Learning in 2016/2017. The Distance Learning project at RDAM is constantly seeking out new areas of interest. We enjoy the energy of international cooperation and have a still growing number of dedicated people around the world. This academic year we focus on both the national and international aspects of music cooperation. In comparing and combining learning experiences within and across borders we gain new perspectives broadening the learning potential of DL. We have established excellent cooperation with many important partners who work with us both on a regular basis and on exciting projects. RDAM also has some exciting news for the academic year 2016-2017. We are very happy to present our new Head of Voice voice professor Helen Gjerris. We hope that her broad artistic experience will inspire new voice related activities related to both music drama, contemporary music, classical opera and lied singing. Music Confucius Institute at RDAM, which was established in collaboration with the Central Conservatory of Music, allows us to bring forward new project ideas where we try to include different aspects of musicianship, cultural diversity, composition, instrumentation, and entrepreneurship. In the spring 2017 RDAM will host the NWPAP Conference (Network Performing Arts Production Workshop). We sincerely hope that all of our DL partners will come to Copenhagen to meet us and take an active part in the further development and exploration of Distance Learning related to music, teaching and performance. On behalf of the Distance Learning project group. Marianne Løkke Jakobsen Director of International Affairs and Guidance The Royal Danish Academy of Music 2

FACULTY MEMBERS The faculty members presented in this section are already scheduledd to work with distance learning in 2016/2017. SERGUEI AZIZIAN (b. 1957), Professor of violin at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Serguei Azizian comleted his studies at the Leningrad Conservatory (Skt Petersburg) graduating with an advanced postgraduate diploma. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Russia, Scandinavia, USA, Japan, Korea and China. Serguei Azizian has taught in St. Petersburg Conservatory (1990-1993) and in 2001 he was appointed professor in violin at The Royal Danish Academy of Music). Serguei Azizian has played in the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (1980-1993) and is former concert master in Copenhagen Phil (1993-2011). Serguei Azizian has recorded numerous CD's with the Copenhagen Phil. Among his recordings are of Britten and Walton's violin concertos and works by Schubert, Bach, Prokovieff, Schnittke, Ravel, Messiaen, Schønberg, Babadjanian Langgaard. In 2009, Serguei Azizian was awardedd the Carl Nielsen and Anne-Marie Carl Nielsen Award one of Denmarks most prestigious prizes. Sergui Azizian was awarded the prize for his ability to raise the standardss for future Danish violinists. Key Areas: Repertoiree in Violin and chamber music TIM FREDERIKSEN (b.1955) Head of Department for Strings and Professor in Viola and Chamber Music. Tim Frederiksen studied with Gunnar Frederiksen, Erling Bloch in Copenhagen and Professor Max Rostal, Konservatorium für Musik, Switzerland. In 1980 he was appointed Principal Viola in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra - from 1983 to 1996 as concert master. He has appeared as a soloist with most Danish symphony orchestras on both violin and viola. Tim Frederiksen is a much sought-after chambemusician. As primarius in the Danish String Quartet he has given a 3

great many recitals all over Europe and has recorded the collected string quartets by Brahms, Ib Nørholm, Carl Nielsen and Paul Hindemith - this last recording has been awarded with Deutsche Schallplatten Preis 1997. In 1995 Tim Frederiksen was appointed Professor of viola and chamber music at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. In his capacity as Head of Chamber Music Tim Frederiksen has coached award winning Danish ensembles, like The Danish String Quartet, Nightingale String Quartet, Trio Ismena and many more. Tim Frederiksen is highly in demand as a teacher at international and national master classes and is often invited as jury member in international music competitions, a.o the Max Rostal Competition in Berlin and Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition. Key Areas: Repertoiree in viola, Chamber music coach GEIR DRAUGSVOLL (b. 1967), Professor of Accordion at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Geir Draugsvoll earns worldwide recognition as one of the most important musicians on the classical accordion. Through collaborations with many composers, Geir Draugsvoll must also be characterized as one of the pioneers on this young instrument, and he has premiered a large number of works. He has performed as soloist all over the world in festivals and concert-halls like Concertgebouw (Holland), Alte Oper Frankfurt (Germany), Barbican Hall (London), Mariinsky Hall (Skt. Petersburg), Great Halll of Moscow Conservatory (Russia), Gasteig (Munich) and many others. As soloist with orchestra, he has performed with London Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Mariinsky Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra and collaborates frequently with conductors like Valery Gergiev, Vasily Petrenko, David Geringas and many others. Geir Draugsvoll is Norwegian, but now lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he is Professor and head of the accordion department at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Key areas: Repertoire in accordion 4

HELENE GJERRIS (b.1968) is Head of Vocal Department and Professor of Voice at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. She was trained at The Royal Danish Academy and graduated from the soloist class in 1997. Since then her education has been supplemented with a master's degree in Elite Voice Pedagogy, also from RDAM. Helene Gjerris is a highly appreciated and experienced teacher, besides being a prominent artist with a large experiencee within the fields of opera, lied and oratories. In addition, a substantial part of her career has been centered on contemporary music. She has performed as a soloist with all the Danish symphony orchestras and recorded a large number of CDs and over the years she has won and received numerous awards and honorary grants. She has carried out interesting projects in both artistic and educational development activities, including projects with studying of Per Nørgård's vocal music, studying of graphically recorded scoress and a 3-year educational development project on musical drama for singers and instrumentalists. Key Areas: : Vocal technique and interpretation in opera, oratorio, Lied and contemporary vocal music. JESPER SIVEBÆK (b. 1962), Ass. Professor (Guitar) at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Jesper Sivebak studied at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense in the class of Jørgen Bjørslev. Jesper Sivebæk completed further studies at the University of Quebec in Montreal with Prof. Alvaro Pierri. He made his debut from the soloist class at the Music Academy in Malmö with Professor Per-Olof Johnsson During the last years Jesper Sivebæk has been a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London (UK), Musikhögskolan in Malmö (SE), the Academy of Music in Tallinnn (EE)and at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. (US) He has been a soloist with a number of orchestras, among others Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Symphonyy Orchestra Kielce (Poland), Aarhus Sinfonietta, Randers Chamber Orchestra. He has had major solo engagements with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagenn Phil. and The Danish Royal Orchestra. As a soloist he has performed with conductors such as Jean Thorel, Søren K. Hansen, David Riddell, Paavo Järvi. Key Areas: Repertoiree in Guitar ensemble playing for guitarists 5

NIKLAS SIVELÖV (b. 1968) is Head of Piano Department and Professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. He has studied in Sweden, Germany and England (London) under Prof. Liisa Pohjola, Prof. Gabriel Amiras and Mariaa Curcio. Prof. Sivelöv is a very active and versatile pianist, dedicatedd professor and composer. He performs recitals at prestigious venues all around the world, has performed with leading orchestras in Scandinavia and Europe, and has around 50 pianoconcertos in his repertory, including 3 of his own. He has collaborated with conductors such as: Alan Gilbert, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paavo Berglund, Thomas Dausgaard, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Mario Venzago, Janos Fürst a.o. He gives recitals in prestigious venues all over the world such as Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Barbican Centre and has worked together with Mark Peskanov, Leonid Gorokhov, Martin Fröst, Patrick Gallois, Oystein Baadsvik and Szymon Krzesowiec a.o. He has released more than 25 recordings with music by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Skrjabin and himself, and has received many international awards, including The Diapason d Or, Independent Music Award, Vox Populis, CIEM in Geneva, World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, and the prestigious The Golden Apple. Key Areas: Repertoiree in piano JESPER JUUL WINDAHL (b. 1973) is Head of Brass Department and Professor (trombone) at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Jesper Juul Windahl was trained as a trombonist at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, followed by studies in Paris, Chicago and London and at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he made his debut concert in 1998. Jesper Juul Windahl was only 23 years old when he was appointed principal solo trombonist in The Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Jesper Juul Windahl is a significant performer with an extensivee experience as orchestral musician, soloist and chamber musician on an international level. Jesper Juul Windahl has won several international competitions and he has also been a soloist in many contexts, including concerts with internationally renowned orchestras such as Südwestrundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester, Bayerischer Rundfunk, and the Suisse Romande Orchestra. Finally, he has been very active in creating new Danish trombone literature and premiered a large number of works for trombone in Denmark. Prior to his nomination as professor of brass at The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Jesper Juul Windahl obtained extensive teaching experience from the music academies in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Malmö, all the while managing a 6

parallel career as a conductor. He has worked with leading Danish orchestras and ensembles such as the Danish National chamber Orchestra, Athelas Sinfonietta, Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the regional orchestras. Key Areas: Repertoire in trombone and brass ensemble/chamber music MORTEN ZEUTHEN (b.1951) is Professor in Cello at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Morten Zeuthen studied with Paul Tortelier (FR) and Asger Lund Christian (DK) and for a short period Mstislav Rostropovich and Arto Noras. He has worked as solo cellist in The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and as a member of the legendary Kontra String Quartet. As soloist, he has performed with all the Danish symphony orchestras. He often gives solo performances and has extensive duo activities with the acclaimed pianist Amalie Malling. Together they have played in Carnegie Hall, New York; Wigmore Hall, London; and Casals Hall, Tokyo.He has made many recordings. His recording of Bach s solo suites received a Danish Grammy for Classical Recording of 1994 and in 2006 the Suzuki Classical Review found Morten Zeuthen s recording the best out of the 110 recordings available. His CD, L Homme Armé with new Danish solo music was awarded the Classical Solo Recording of 2006. Among other awards is the prize given by the Danish Musicians Union. As chamber musician, Morten Zeuthen was a member of the legendary Kontra String Quartet from 1976 to 2000. The quartet toured Europe, Japan and the US during a time when they were an ensemble officially representing the Danish state. The Quartet have been awarded The Gramophone Record of the Year, have been twice nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize and they received the special prize for the year s new music recording at the MIDEM festival in Cannes, etc. As professor of cello at The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Morten Zeuthen has led a blooming, international class of cellists since his appointment in 1996. His students have won many prizes and positions in example his students have won first prize in The Danish String Competition three years in a row. Key Areas: Repertoire in cello. 7

FACULTY MEMBERS The faculty members in this section are interested in working with distance learning in 2016/2017 and may be available upon request. BINE BRYNDORF (b.1969) is Head of Organ Department and Professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Bine Bryndorf studied with Michael Radulescu, Daniel Roth and William Porter (organ) and with Gordon Murray (harpsichord). She was a teaching assistant to Prof. Radulescu in Vienna for five years before moving to Copenhagen. Bine Bryndorf has been prize winner in several competitions, among them Innsbruck, Brügge and Odense (organ) and Melk and Copenhagen (chamber music). She was Artist in Residence at the National Danish Radio in 1999/2000 Bine Bryndorf has given concerts and master classes all over Europe, in Japan and in USA. She has recorded the organ works of J.S.Bach, D. Buxtehude and contemporary composers for the Hänssler, Dacapo, and Classico lables. In 2007 she completed a prize-winning recording of all of Buxtehude s organ works for Dacapo Records (see www.dacapo-records.dk). She is President of the Jury for the Odense International Organ Competition and is regularly sought after as a member of international juries. In 2012-13 she is also Guest Professor at the Birmingham Conservatoire, UK. In 2015 she was appointed Visiting Professor at Royal Academy of Music in London, UK. Key Areas: Repertoire in organ including main chamber music repertoire and historical oriented improvisation. HANS DAVIDSSON (b.1958) is Professor of Organ at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Prior to his nomination at The Royal Danish Academy of Music Hans Davidsson was Professor of Organ at The Eastman School of Music and project director of the Eastman-Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI). Since 2007, he has served also as Professor of Organ at The Bremen Hochschule für Künste in Germany. 1987 2005, he served as Professor of Organ at The School of Music at Göteborg University, and 1994-2009 as The Artistic Director of the Göteborg International Organ Academy (GIOA), and he is also the founder of Göteborg Organ Art Center (GOArt). 8

He performs and teaches at major festivals and academies throughout the world. He has made many recordings, most recently the complete works of Dieterich Buxtehude on the Loft label. Key Areas: Repertoiree in organ. JØRGEN FUGLEBÆK (b. 1953) is part time Faculty (ensemble conducting) at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. Jørgen Fuglebæk is M.phil. in musicology from University of Copenhagenn in1985 and trained conductor from Royal Academy of Music, London in 1980. Awarded price winner at the Nordic Youth Conducting competition in Norrköping, SE and debut in Tivoli Concert Hall directing Copenhagen Phil in 1981. In 1982, he was rewarded with the Swedish Conductors Association's award and have also been engaged in numerous projects with both Swedish and Danish orchestras together with the Danish National Radio Choir. Furthermore, he has been performing in most parts of Europe. Key Areas: Conducting and working with orchestras/ensembles/choirs including conducting technique, score analysis and instructionn of ensemble. JOHN KRUSE (b.1963) is part time Faculty (clarinet) at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. He began his studies in 1980 at The Carl Nielsen Conservatory in Odense, Denmark. In 1984 he continued his studies on the Paris Conservatory with Professor Guy Deplus. From 1987 he began playing in The Royal Danish Orchestra and in 1989. In 2005 he was appointed as solo clarinettist in The Royal Danish Orchestra. John Kruse has recorded several CD s with works by Mozart for basset horn, Messiaen Quatour pour la Fin du Temps, and the clarinet concertos by Mozart and Carl Nielsen and latest the clarinet quintets of Mozart and Brahms. John Kruse awarded the Jacob Gade Award and the Holger Bruusgårds Legat. Key Areas: Repertoiree in clarinet. 9

CHRISTEN STUBBE TEGLBJÆRG (b. 1956), Associate Professor specialized in accompaniment and vocal coach at The Royal Danish Academy of Music and The Opera Academy. He has studied science and music theory at University of Copenhagen before starting his studies at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. He received his diploma from The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen in 1985. After this he continued his studies in Vienna and he had his debut as concert pianist in Copenhagen in 1987. He has attended master classes with Irwin Gage, Paul von Schilhawsky, Geoffrey Parsons and Roger Vignoles. He is the accompanist for a number of leading Scandinavian singers with frequent appearances on radio and television. Christen Stubbe Teglbjærg gives master classes on a regular basis for both singers and accompanists. Key Areas: Vocal coaching and accompaniment for pianists NIKOLAJ VILTOFT (b.1977) is part time Faculty (trumpet) at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. He studied at Cologne University of Music and The Royal Danish Academy of Music. In 2003 he won the position as principal trumpet at the Paris Opera becoming the first non-french wind player ever to hold this position. Since 2006, he has occupied the position of principal trumpet at the Royal Danish Orchestra. With the brass quintet Art of Brass Copenhagen he has won the International Brass Quintet Competition in Narbonne in 2000 and the International Jan Koetsier Wettbewerb in Munich in 1999. Key Areas: Repertoire in trumpet, trumpet technique, orchestral excerpts and audition preparations. 10

DISTANCE LEARNING OFFERED BY MUSIC CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE Music Confucius Institute at RDAM offers a number of Distance Dearning introductory courses to Chinese Music. The courses are available to students who major in composition, musicology, and instrumental performance, and are taught by MCI faculty comprised of teachers and teacher interns from Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM), Beijing. Composition students taking courses at MCI will learn about Chinese instruments, write short compositional pieces, and receive feedback regarding feasibility of performance and stylistic considerations. For musicologists, the course focuses on introducing students to the musical cultural background of Chinese instruments, and give students and opportunity to experience and discuss pieces from the instruments representative repertoire. Instrumental majors can take a course in Chinese music performance, where they will be presented with pieces of music written for Chinese instruments. In addition, when learning these pieces, students will also be guided in incorporating the performative elements of Chinese music into their own musical praxis. Any DL course module can be adjusted according to institutional needs. 11

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The Royal Danish Academy of Music features a dedicated 50 m2 studio for distance learning. The studio accommodates soloists with and without accompaniment as well as ensembles up to 8 players. There is also space for a small local audience. In the case of large scale masterclasses, we work from the new dedicated controlroom built in connection to our New Hall. Furthermore our equipment can be moved and connected in the Studio Hall, Concert Hall and Organ Hall. We have a 1Gbit/1Gbit dedicated fibre connection from our equipment via the Danish NREN, DeiC, through which we connect seamlessly to its equivalents all over the world. We can make connections over H.323 using a Polycom HDX 8000 with call speeds up to 6 Mbit/sec and using Siren22 Stereo with Music Mode, provided that the far end are using similar equipment. For connections within continental Europe, we are also working with a LOLA SD Color system, which has originally been developed for playing together over distance. Secondary to this aim RDAM are using the system for mediating teaching/coaching where simultaneousness is necessary, i.e. conduction and vocal coaching with accompaniment. The LOLA system requires a minimum network speed of 500 Mbit/sec. NETWORK PERFORMING ARTS PRODUCTION WORKSHOP APRIL 3-5, 2017 - INVITATION RDAM is proud to have been chosen to host the 9th annual Network Performing Arts Production Workshop. The central theme of the conference is how advanced technologies can mediate and distribute performing arts teaching, auditions and performances. Connecting performers across the globe through high speed network infrastructures is closely related to the network platform that has been the basis for synchronous distance learning in which RDAM has been active since 2010. At the workshop - to be held in in a recently rebuild hall at the conservatory - one can experience examples of both cyber performances and distance teaching demonstrations as well as take part in debates and hands-on sessions. We are working on a richly varied program addressed to both specialist and newcomers. We hope to see all of our Distance Learning partners on this special occasion. 12

CONTACT RDAM Distance Learning Project Group Thomas Solak, Educational Technology and Distance Learning (technical setup, initial test, new technologies, pedagogical connections between faculty) Email: Thomas.Solak@dkdm.dk Jesper Andersen, Sound Engeneering, Distance Learning Coordinator (planning, scheduling, booking and conducting of concrete sessions) Email: Jesper.Andersen@dkdm.dk Marianne Løkke Jakobsen Director of International Affairs Email: Marianne.Jakobsen@dkdm.dk IP Adress Ipv4 130.225.244.131/130.225.244.133 Ipv6 2001:878:912::2/ Ipv6 2001:878:912::3 International Relations Office Email: international@dkdm.dk The Royal Danish Academy of Music Rosenørns Allé 22 DK 1970 Frederiksberg Denmark E-mail: dkdm@dkdm.dk Phone: +45 72267226 (Mon-Fri 9:00-15:00) Fax: +4572267272 13

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