Masterclasses with renowned professors are aimed at national and international musicians who would like to intensify their studies at a university or music school during the summer break (semester break) or who are specifically preparing for upcoming events such as competitions, examinations and important performances. There are individual lessons, group seminars (improvisation, music performance) and class lessons (internal auditions). At the end of the Academy week, the young talents present their work in a public final concert.
2024 masterclasses are aimed at students of piano and violin and will take place from 4 - 11 August 2024 at Villa Mettlen in Muri bei Bern, Switzerland.
Schedule for participants of the Summer Music Academy Bern 2024:
4 August 2024: Arrival / Opening
5 - 10 August 2024: Masterclasses
10 August 2024: Final concert of the participants
11 August 2024: Departure
Masterclasses Piano
Ivan Donchev
Professor at State Conservatory in Cosenza (Italy)
Specialisation areas: Beethoven, Liszt
Tomasz Herbut
Professor at Bern University of the Arts (Switzerland)
Specialisation areas: Viennese Classicism, Romanticism and Classical Modernism
Chika Matsushima
Representative Director and Professor for Piano Shoko Sugitani Piano Academy (Japan)
Specialisation areas: Bach, Mozart, Chopin
Pawel Mazurkiewicz
Professor at Bern University of the Arts (Switzerland)
Specialisation areas: Liszt, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Chopin, Crossover Classical/Jazz
Michal Sobkowiak
Professor at Showa University of Music, Tokyo (Japan)
Specialisation: areas: Classical and jazz improvisation, Chopin
Masterclasses Violin
Amelia Maszonska
Orchestra Tonhalle Zurich, Assistant at Bern University of the Arts (Switzerland)
Specialisation areas: Development of playing techniques in relation to the orchestral and solo repertoire
Monika Urbaniak
Professor at Bern University of the Arts (Switzerland)
Specialisation areas: Interpretation of works from all eras and development of the most important elements of violin techniques. Special knowledge of the repertoire of Polish music
We were delighted to organise the first edition of the Summer Music Academy Bern with a full class of 16 young talents from Switzerland and abroad!
In the music rooms of the Villa Mettlen, the young musicians aged between 10 and 31 attended masterclasses with the lecturers of their choice as well as group seminars on improvisation and mental coaching/performance skills.
On 10 August at 17:00, the young talents presented works they had been working on in the masterclasses to the audience in a public concert.
Participants of the Summer Music Academy Bern 2024
Piano:
Jessica Fung (Canada)
Charlotte Giraudeau (Canada)
Georgii Gritsenko (Schweiz)
Leon Le Kuai (Schweiz)
Elia Limarzo (Schweiz)
Pola Lipinska (Polen)
Lucas Pescia Duverne (Schweiz)
Helena Trautmann (Schweiz)
Linda Türler (Schweiz)
Violin:
Miriam Bögli (Schweiz)
Julia Gantenbein (Schweiz)
Vitalii Lieiko (Schweiz)
Estelle Presler (Schweiz)
Naomi Spicher (Schweiz)
Leon Lenny Wagner (Schweiz)
Yuliia Zaiets (Schweiz)
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Summer Music Academy Bern 2025
Information and registration for the Summer Music Academy Bern 2025 will be published on this page towards the end of the year.
SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY EYWALD 2023
PROFESSORS
PIANO
Jan Krzysztof Broja (Polen/Deutschland)
Pawel Mazurkiewicz (Polen/Schweiz)
Patricia Pagny (Frankreich/Schweiz)
Michał Sobkowiak (Polen/Japan), Klavierimprovisation
PARTICIPANTS
PIANO
Serena Bläsi (Schweiz)
Ilan Bui (Russland/Vietnam)
Maude Bürgi (Schweiz)
Leo Cudré-Mauroux (Schweiz)
Yoko Ito (Japan)
Satoko Iyama (Japan)
Elia Limarzo (Schweiz)
Leïla Aruna Man (Schweiz)
Simea Schwab (Schweiz)
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PROFESSORS
PIANO
Jan Krzysztof Broja (Polen/Deutschland)
Michał Drewnowski (Polen/Italien/USA)
Pawel Mazurkiewicz (Polen/Schweiz)
Patricia Pagny (Frankreich/Schweiz)
Michał Sobkowiak (Polen/Japan), Klavierimprovisation
PROFESSORS
VIOLIN
Monika Urbaniak (Polen/Schweiz)
PARTICIPANTS
PIANO
Maude Bürgi (Schweiz)
Natalia Elias (Russland/Schweiz)
Eva Eggli (Schweiz)
Luca Galbiatti (Schweiz)
Marion Gross (Schweiz)
Silja Hofmann (Deutschland)
Caroline Komor (Schweiz)
Elia Limarzo (Schweiz)
Gabriel Madej (Polen)
Liam McGillivray (Schweiz)
Piotr Musiatowicz (Polen)
Łukasz Napiórkowski (Polen)
Maksymilian Piasecki (Polen)
Linda Türler (Schweiz)
PARTICIPANTS
VIOLIN
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Wojciech Chmielewski (Polen)
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PROFESSORS
PIANO
Jan Krzysztof Broja (Polen/Deutschland)
Tomasz Herbut (Polen/Schweiz)
Pawel Mazurkiewicz (Polen/Schweiz)
Patricia Pagny (Frankreich/Schweiz)
Dave Scherler (Schweiz), Klavierimprovisation
Michał Sobkowiak (Polen/Japan)
PROFESSORS
VIOLIN
Monika Urbaniak (Polen/Schweiz)
PARTICIPANTS
PIANO
Erich Baur (Schweiz)
Maude Bürgi (Schweiz)
Nadja Coquoz (Schweiz)
Stefan Franz (Schweiz)
Caroline Komor (Schweiz)
Katharina Kreutz (Deutschland)
Leana Krummenacher (Schweiz)
Elia Limarzo (Schweiz)
Liam McGillivray (Schweiz)
Fabienne Mittaz (Schweiz)
Jan Müller (Schweiz)
Tove Soiland (Schweiz)
Linda Türler (Schweiz)
Sari Weber (Schweiz)
PARTICIPANTS
VIOLIN
Sonia Chappuis (Schweiz)
Alice Fassone (Schweiz)
Kathrin Friedrich (Deutschland)
SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY EYWALD 2020
PROFESSORS
PIANO
Pawel Mazurkiewicz (Polen/Schweiz)
Aki Hoffmann (Deutschland/Schweiz), Klavierimprovisation
PROFESSORS
VOCALS
Paweł Grzyb (Polen/Schweiz)
PARTICIPANTS
PIANO
Stefan Franz (Schweiz)
Elia Limarzo (Schweiz)
Leana Krummenacher (Schweiz)
Jan Müller (Schweiz)
Simon Rapp (Schweiz)
Linda Türler (Schweiz)
PARTICIPANTS
VOCALS
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