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Trumpet Clinic By Gábor Tarkövi !

Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival has been passionate about teaching local school children who plays music as one of the open events "Instrumental Clinic". We are thrilled to announce that this year the world famous trumpet player Gábor Tarkövi will be having special Trumpet Clinic and Master Class in Matsumoto.

Mr. Tarkövi will teach selected local school children (elementary to high school students) the basic technique of trumpet which followed by a group lesson. At the later part of the day, Mr. Tarkovi teaches 2 trumpet members from Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra as master class. The trumpet clinic, group lesson and master class are all open to public for audit. It will be an amazing opportunity for anyone who plays and/or teaches brass instruments.


Trumpet Clinic & Master Class

Date:Aug 20 (Tue) 13:30 - 15:30
Contents:
① Trumpet Clinic and Group Lesson ※about 30 students (selected from elementary to high school students belongs to Matsumoto Wind Instrument Music Association)
②Master Class with Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra 2 trumpet players
Venue:The Harmony Hall
Fee:No charge. ① and ② are open to public to for audit


How to attend the audit:The venue will be open from 13:00. All seats are general seating. No need to reserve in advance.
Gábor Tarkövi
Gábor Tarkövi was born in Esztergom in 1969, descendant of a family of musicians. He started his career at the Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra as co-principal trumpet, then moved on to the Berlin Symphonie Orchestra (today Konzerthausorchester Berlin) as principal trumpet, and in 1999 to the Bayern Radio Symphony Orchestra as principal trumpet. Since 2004, he has been the principal trumpet player of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Besides his orchestral work, Gábor Tarkövi frequently plays chamber music in the Pro Brass and the Austrian Brass Connection, in the Wien-Berlin Brass Quintet and in the Berlin Philharmonic Brass Trio.
He plays at the festival from 2007. He performs in Orchestra Concert Program A at this year's Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival.
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