Thursday, February 29, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Tickets
$40 for General Admission
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Solo Recital
7:30 pm
Doors open at 7 pm
Christ & St Stephen's Church
120 W 69th St, New York, NY 10023 (map)
Program
Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps
Chaminade - Sérénade aux étoiles, Op. 142 and Concertino, Op. 107
Mouquet - La Flute de Pan, Op. 15
JS Bach - Sonata in Eb Major, BWV 1031
Prokofiev - Sonata
Master Class
2-4 pm
Charles McKay Studio
National Opera Center
330 7th Ave 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001 (map)
Six performers will be selected to perform in the class, each receiving a 20-minute session with Karl-Heinz Schütz. The pianist for the class will be Eliko Akahori.
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Complete the application form by providing the necessary information and uploading appropriate links. Please submit the application fee only at this stage. The performer fee will be due upon receiving an invitation to perform.
Eligibility: Open to advanced flutists without any age restrictions.
Deadline: February 14th (EST)
Announcement: February 19th (EST)
Application Fee: $10 (This amount will be credited towards your admission, whether as a performer or auditor, should you choose to enroll after the results are announced. A discount code will be provided.)
Karl-Heinz Schütz Bio
Karl-Heinz Schütz is principal flute of the Vienna Philharmonic. He studied with Eva Amsler, Aurèle Nicolet and Philippe Bernold in France, graduating in 2000 from the Lyon Conservatory (CNSMD de Lyon). Prior to graduation he won first prizes in the Carl Nielsen International Competition in 1998 and the 1st International Flute Competition in Kraków in 1999. Since 2011 Karl-Heinz Schütz has been a member of the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, and since 2015 a member of the Vienna Philharmonic.
As a soloist he has performed with prestigious ensembles such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields under noted conductors including Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Neville Marriner and Fabio Luisi. With his own Ensemble Wien – Berlin and with other chamber groups he has appeared at festivals such as the Salzburg and the Bregenz Festivals, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, the Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier and the Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival.
His discography covers a wide repertoire, recorded for Camerata Tokyo, Chandos Records and Naxos. Plans for 2023 include a recording of Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto with Fabio Luisi and the Danish National Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon.
Karl-Heinz Schütz is a professor at the Music and Arts Private University of Vienna, gives regular international masterclasses and teaches at the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Academy. In 2019 and 2022 he was chair of the jury for the flute competition at the Carl Nielsen International Competition. In his home town of Landeck, in Tyrol, he is the artistic director of the Horizonte Landeck Festival.
Collaborator: Eliko Akahori
Eliko Akahori has appeared as a recitalist, chamber musician, and collaborative pianist in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Recent performances include recitals with Mai Motobuchi, violist of the Borromeo Quartet, and Karl-Heinz Schütz , principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic. Collaboration with Karl-Heinz Schütz included the recording and release of two CDs. Ms. Akahori has also appeared in concerts with A Far Cry, Winsor Music, Community MusicWorks, Cantata Singers, and Music at Eden’s Edge.
Eliko received the first prize, Coleman-Barstow Award, in the 57th Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition. Past collaborators in recitals, chamber music concerts, recordings, and radio and television broadcasts have included members of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Chicago, Montreal, Boston and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, among others. Ms. Akahori has performed in many festivals including the Banff Centre in Canada, IMAI in Maine, and the Pacific Music Festival in Japan.
Ms. Akahori holds a Doctorate of Music in Collaborative Piano and Master’s degree in Music Theory, both from the New England Conservatory of Music. She is currently senior performance faculty and director of the music performance program at Wellesley College.