{"id":10081,"date":"2015-02-09T15:09:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T15:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.germanmasterclasses.com\/?page_id=10081"},"modified":"2023-03-13T09:35:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:35:29","slug":"horn-teachers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.germanmasterclasses.com\/en\/masterclass-french-horn\/horn-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;eye-horn-top&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;eye-horn-side&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Teachers&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>The organization is happy to present the following teachers:<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_accordion active_tab=&#8221;false&#8221; collapsible=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Fr\u00f8ydis Ree Wekre &#8211; Norwegian Academy of Music Oslo&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Fr\u00f8ydis Ree Wekre was born in Oslo, Norway. Her mother was a pianist and her father an amateur violin player. She started very early to learn piano and violin, and then turned to horn at the age of 17. Outside of Oslo, her studies have taken place in Sweden, Russia and USA.<\/p>\n<p>After being a prize winner in a national competition for wind players she was offered the position of co-principal horn of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in 1965, a position she left in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>From 1991 until this year Ms. Wekre was Professor of Horn and Chamber Music at the Norwegian Academy of Music. In addition, she has had an active career worldwide giving master classes, performing, lecturing and adjudicating international competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Her book, \u201cThoughts on Playing the Horn well\u201d has been translated into several languages. Numerous composers have written works for her, some of which have been recorded on the labels of SIMAX, CRYSTAL and 2L.<\/p>\n<p>Fr\u00f8ydis Ree Wekre is an Honorary Member of the International Horn Society since 1994, and she has been associated with the Sarasota Music Festival, USA, Banff Festival of the Arts and Domaine Forget, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Froydis will be a jury member of the Aeolus Horncompetition in D\u00fcsseldorf.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11062&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Prof. Sybille Mahni &#8211; Musikhochschule Hanns Eisler Berlin&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Sibylle Mahni studied at the Frankfurt State Academy of Music and the Performing Arts (Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main) under Professor Marie-Luise Neunecker. During this time she was artist of the \u201cVilla Musica\u201d foundation, as well as being a scholarship holder from the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes). Sibylle Mahni has had outstanding success at several highly renowned international competitions including the ARD International Music Competition of the German national broadcaster in Munich (Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD). In 2002 she graduated with the post-graduate performance degree \u201cKonzertexamen\u201d. From 1997 till 2016 Sibylle was solo-hornist in the opera orchestra in Frankfurt.<\/p>\n<p>Beside the work as principal horn in the orchestra she started to teach first at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, then at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Mainz, Saarbr\u00fccken and W\u00fcrzburg. Since 2020 she teaches at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik \u201eHanns Eisler\u201c Berlin. In addition she lectures at numerous international master classes including the International Horn Symposium in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Jerusalem Music Academy, the Villa musica, Mainz, the Forum artium, Georgsmarienh\u00fctte.<\/p>\n<p>Following these achievements she has appeared as soloist with many leading orchestras including the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the International Bach Academy Stuttgart, the W\u00fcrttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn and the Britten Sinfonia. Sibylle has worked with leading conductors such as Oleg Caetani, Toshiyuki Kamioka and Helmuth Rilling. As an internationally recognized soloist she has appeared in Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Croatia, China and the USA to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Chamber music is an important passion of Sibylle Mahni which has led her to perform at such festivals as the chamber music festival \u2018Spannungen\u2019 in Heimbach, the Moritzburg Festival near Dresden, the Hitzacker Summer Music Festival and the Freiburg \u2018Albert Konzerte\u2019. Amongst Sibylle\u2019s chamber music partners are prominent musicians such as Christian Tetzlaff, Isabelle van Keulen, Kirill Gerstein, Lars Vogt and Sharon Kam. She has taken part in the premiere of chamber works from J\u00f6rg Widmann, Brett Dean, Detlev Glanert and others. In 2014 Sibylle Mahni joined the Ma\u2019alot- Quintett, one of the leading wind-ensembles in the world.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11636&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Prof. Christian Lampert &#8211; Musikhochschule Basel &amp; Hochschule der K\u00fcnste Bern&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Christian Lampert erhielt seine musikalische Ausbildung im Fach Horn bei Francesco Raselli in Basel, Mahir Cakar in Stuttgart und Prof. Erich Penzel in K\u00f6ln. Bereits in jungen Jahren wurde er Stipendiat der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes und Preistr\u00e4ger verschiedener nationaler und internationaler Wettbewerbe; darunter der Deutsche Musikwettbewerb in Bonn und der Internationale Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen, zu dessen Pr\u00e4sidenten er im Jahr 2018 ernannt worden ist.<\/p>\n<p>Er war Solohornist des Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchesters, des Radio-Sinfonie-Orchesters Frankfurt und des Orchesters der Bayreuther Festspiele.<\/p>\n<p>Neben seinen solistischen T\u00e4tigkeiten widmet sich Christian Lampert besonders der Kammermusik und wirkte in verschiedenen namenhaften Ensembles mit, darunter German Hornsound, City-Brass Stuttgart, HR-Brass, German Brass, Linos-Ensemble, Ensemble Villa Musica, Consortium Classicum und das Avalon-Bl\u00e4serquintett.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Lampert begann seine p\u00e4dagogische Karriere im Jahr 1996 mit einem Lehrauftrag an der Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt. 2001 wechselte er an die Musikhochschule Basel und wurde 2004 zus\u00e4tzlich als Professor an die Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart berufen. Im Jahr 2022 \u00fcbernahm Christian Lampert die Hornklasse der Hochschule der K\u00fcnste in Bern und verlegte seine Unterrichtst\u00e4tigkeit somit komplett in die Schweiz an die Hochschulen in Basel und Bern.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;10093&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Prof. Markus Maskuniitty &#8211; Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Finnish born Markus Maskuniitty studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and played principal French horn with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1994 he became principal French horn with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin and held the same position at the Berliner Philharmoniker from 1997 to 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Markus Maskuniitty was voted \u201cBrass player of the year\u201d in Finland in 1992. He has won prizes at several international soloist competitions, including the international French horn competition in Markneukirchen in 1991 and the ARD-Wettbewerb in Munich in 1994. Markus Maskuniitty is a Solo-Hornplayer at the the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra abd has held a professorship in the French horn at the Academy of Music in Hannover, Germany since 2000.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11640&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Prof. Paul van Zelm &#8211; Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Tanz K\u00f6ln&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Paul van Zelm<\/strong> studied horn and natural horn with Adriaan van Woudenberg in Amsterdam and with Hermann Baumann in Essen, Germany. Even before he finished his studies, he played in several orchestras under conductors such as Eugen Jochum, Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein. His first engagement was with the WDR Symphoy Orchestra. In 1993, he became first solo horn with the D\u00fcsseldorf Symphonic. In 1994 he was appointed first solo horn with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. In 2007, he returned to the WDR Symphony Orchestra, where he is now principal horn.<\/p>\n<p>Paul van Zelm was a long-time member of the Amsterdam Bach Soloists and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble. He appeared as a soloist with some of the leading Dutch symphony orchestras as well as the WDR Symphony Orchestra. He is often invited to play in other European countries and in the U.S.A., South America and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>In 1999, Paul van Zelm was appointed Professor at the Musikhochschule in Cologne.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;10967&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Ralph Ficker &#8211; Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg\/ Musikhochschule K\u00f6ln &amp; Hannover&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Ralph Ficker was born in 1984 in the Netherlands. He completed his studies at the Maastricht Academy of Music under Will Sanders and Willy Bessems. In addition, he had lessons with Professor Markus Maskunity in Hannover. During his studies, he was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Following an internship with the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, and a fixed-term contract with the Lower Rhine Symphony Orchestra of M\u00f6nchengladbach-Krefeld, he was awarded a tenured position as 2nd horn player in the Lower Saxony State Orchestra of Hannover. Since 2011 he is 2nd Horn player in the State Opera of Hamburg\/Philharmonic State Orchestra of Hamburg. He also teaches Horn at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Theater und Medien in Hannover. In addition, he has participated in projects with the NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Hannover, the Bavarian State Orchestra Munich, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>Since October 2016 Ralph Ficker is a french horn teacher at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Tanz in Aachen, in collaboration with Professor Paul van Zelm and the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Tanz K\u00f6ln.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11702&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Ikuko Odai &#8211; Piano accompaniment&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Ikuko Odai begann ihr Klavierstudium an der Toho-Gakuen Musikhochschule. Danach absolvierte sie ein k\u00fcnstlerlisches Aufbaustudium in den F\u00e4chern Klavier, Klavierduo, sowie Liedbegleitung an der Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart bei Prof. Konrad Richter und Hans-Peter Stenzl.<\/p>\n<p>Sie gewann mehrfach Preise bei Internationalen Wettbewerben im Fach Klavierduo, z. B. einen 1. Preis beim 11. Internationalen Kammermusikwettbewerb\u00a0\u201cProvincia di Caltanisetta\u201d in Italien und den Schubertpreis beim 19. Internationalen Schubertwettbewerb\u00a0Jesenik in Tschechien. Au\u00dferdem wurde Sie als \u201cbeste Klavieregleiterin\u201d beim Internationalen Musikwettbewerb in Markneukirchen und beim Kurpinski-Klarinettenwettbewerb in Polen ausgezeichnet.<\/p>\n<p>Seit 1992 ist sie Instrumental-Korrepetitorin an der Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik \u201dHanns-Eisler\u201d in Berlin. Daneben ist Ikuko Odai auch regelm\u00e4\u00dfig als Klavierbegleiterin\u00a0bei gro\u00dfen internationalen Wettbewerbne, wie dem\u00a0ARD Wettbewerb M\u00fcnchen, dem Instrumentalwettbewerb Markneukirchen und dem Deutschen Musikwettbewerb t\u00e4tig.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11070&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Maria Ollikainen &#8211; Psychologic advisor\/stage coaching&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Maria Ollikainen ist Pianistin, Psychologische Beraterin, Yogalehrerin und Mentalcoachin.<\/p>\n<p>Schon als als Jungstudentin am Klavier an der Sibelius-Akademie Helsinki besch\u00e4ftigte Maria Ollikainen sich mit dem Mentaltraining, welches dort schon in den 1990-Jahren studienbegleitend angeboten wurde.<\/p>\n<p>Durch ihre 2019 abgeschlossene Ausbildungen zur Yogalehrerin vertiefte sie ihr Wissen zu Arbeit mit K\u00f6rper und Geist.<\/p>\n<p>2020 begann Maria Ollikainen ihre Ausbildung in der Heilpraktiker-Psychotherapie und absolvierte Ihre Pr\u00fcfung zur Psychologischen Beraterin 2022. (Naturopath-Zentrum Darmstadt, Ausbilder Michael Walkenhorst und Didier Repp).<\/p>\n<p>Maria Ollikainen arbeitet als psychologische Beraterin an den Akademien des Hessischen Rundfunks und des Frankfurter Museumsorchester und betreut zudem Mitarbeiter*innen der KfW-Bank, Studierenden der Musikhochschulen Basel und Bern.<\/p>\n<p>Mit steter Begeisterung verfolgt sie dar\u00fcber hinaus ihre Arbeit als Yogalehrerin an der Oper Frankfurt, auf zahlreichen Meisterkursen und Festivals, so wie auch an der Musikhochschule Basel.<\/p>\n<p>Als Pianistin trat Maria Ollikainen in als Solistin mit Orchestern wie NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin und dem Chamber Brass Frankfurt auf.<br \/>\nAls Kammermusikerin, Liedpianistin und Solistin tritt sie regelm\u00e4\u00dfig mit K\u00fcnstler*innen wie Louise Alder, Paula Murrihy, Claudia Mahnke, Konstanze von Gutzeit, Stefan Heinemayer, Gabriel Adorjan, Lena Neudauer, Julian Steckel, Johannes Hinterholzer, Christian Lampert, Clara Andrada de Calle auf, um nur einige zu erw\u00e4hnen.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Ollikainen produzierte in Konzerten sowie in Livestreams \u00fcber 200 Tontr\u00e4ger f\u00fcr den Hessischen Rundfunk, und nahm auch f\u00fcr den SWR, NDR, WDR, wie auch die ARD-Mediathek auf.<\/p>\n<p>Zudem ist Maria Ollikainen eine gefragte \u00dcbersetzerin f\u00fcr den 3sat und f\u00fcr den Hessischen Rundfunk, um Finnisches ins Deutsche zu \u00fcbertragen.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Ollikainen liebt ihren Beruf auf und abseits der B\u00fchne, und gibt ihr vielf\u00e4ltiges Wissen mit viel Enthusiasmus weiter.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11668&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_accordion_tab][\/vc_accordion][vc_separator style=&#8221;dashed&#8221;][vc_row_inner content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1678181628295{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;no-mb&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11763&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.die-braunschweigische.de\/&#8221; el_class=&#8221;logo-margin&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11798&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.braunschweigische-sparkassenstiftung.de\/&#8221; el_class=&#8221;logo-margin&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11747&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nsks.de\/&#8221; el_class=&#8221;logo-margin&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Die Norddeutschen Horntage 2023 werden durch die Nieders\u00e4chsische Sparkassenstiftung und Die Braunschweigische Stiftung erm\u00f6glicht. Wir danken herzlich f\u00fcr die gro\u00dfz\u00fcgige F\u00f6rderung unserer verl\u00e4sslichen Partner!<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;eye-horn-top&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;eye-horn-side&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Teachers&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text] The organization is happy to present the following teachers: [\/vc_column_text][vc_accordion active_tab=&#8221;false&#8221; collapsible=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_accordion_tab title=&#8221;Fr\u00f8ydis Ree Wekre &#8211; Norwegian Academy of Music Oslo&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Fr\u00f8ydis Ree Wekre was born in Oslo, Norway. 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