Austria International Piano Competition
Prof. Andreas Weber (Jury representative)
Andreas Weber studied piano with Prof. Karin Merle at the Musikhochschule Köln/Germany and Prof. Hans Leygraf/Mozarteum Salzburg Austria, and further with E. Leonskaja, B.Seidlhofer and V.Margulis.
Diploma in the international piano competition Tomassoni. He performs as a soloist and chamber musician throughout in Europe and Asia, especially with Trio Cartellieri and as partner with the violinist Albert Fischer. He holds master classes on music in music universities in Cincinnati/United States, Belgium, Seoul, Gwangju/Korea,Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Yamaha Center, Tokio, Beijing, Great Wall Academy at the National Academy of Music in Hanoi/Vietnam and is also jury member in national and international competitions in Germany, Austria, Japan, China and Australia.
CD productions with the Austrian cellist Hanna Spielbüchler (Brahms, Schubert, Franck) and Trio Cartellieri (Turina, Takacs, Piazzolla) and with Austrian violinist Albert Fischer (Mozart, Schubert and Brahms).
Since 2002, Andreas Weber is professor for piano in the university “Mozarteum” in Salzburg, Austria. Many of his students won first prizes in the national youth competitions of Germany and Austria and also won many prizes in renowned international piano competitions.
Since 2005, he is head of the Leopold Mozart Institute, University Mozarteum Salzburg, and the representative for furthers exceptionally talented young musicians in their artistic development especially through international concert engagements.
Since 2009 he is also professor at the International Summer Academy Mozarteum.
Nelly Banova-Kostner
Nelly Banova-Kostner trat sowohl solistisch als auch in verschiedenen Kammermusikformationen unter anderem mit ihrem Klaviertrio mit Mitgliedern der Wiener Philharmoniker in Europa, Asien und Amerika (Concertgebouw, Wiener Konzerthaus, Wiener Staatsoper, Bösendorfer Saal, Kulturpalast Sofia, Schloss Mirabell Salzburg, Bolshoi Theater Moskau usw.) auf. Zu ihren Partnern zählten unter anderem Rainer Küchl, Volkhard Steude, Clemens Hellsberg, Günter Seifert, Martin Kubik, Csaba Bornemisza, Johannes Kostner, Laura Vikman, Georgy Goryunov.Sie war bei zahlreichen Festivals zu hören: Internationales Kammermusikfestival in Plovdiv, Märzmusiktage in Rousse, Festival der Neuen Musik in Sofia, Klangbogen Wien, Wiener Bezirksfestwochen, Riista Wessi in Kuopio, Holland Music Session in Bergen, Pablo Casals in Prades, Shanghai International Arts Festival, Österreichische Kulturtage in Ulan Bator (Mongolei), Österreichisches Kulturforum in Peking.
Sie erhielt ihre Ausbildung an der Universität für Musik in Wien bei Prof. Noel Flores (Mag. Art. in Klavier Konzertfach und Bakk. in Instrumentalpädagogik) und Prof. Avo Kouyomdjian (Kammermusik) sowie an der Nationalen Akademie für Musik in Sofia bei Prof. Milena Mollova (Schülerin von Emil Gilels). Künstlerische Einflüsse erhielt sie zusätzlich durch Lasar Berman, Leon Fleisher, Vladimir Krainev, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Boris Bloch und John O’Conor, bei denen sie auch Unterricht nahm.
2012 gründete sie ihr Kammermusikensemble Wiener Artists sowie die „Hietzinger Kammerkonzerte“, bei denen unter anderem auch jungen KünstlerInnen eine Bühne geboten wird. Im gleichen Jahr wurde sie Professorin für Klavier im Gustav Mahler Konservatorium Wien.
Derzeit ist sie Professorin für Klavier im Richard Wagner Konservatorium. Darüber hinaus erstreckt sich ihre Unterrichtstätigkeit auf internationale Meisterklassen für Klavier und Kammermusik.
Zhe Tang
The renowned pianist Zhe Tang is now a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Chairman of the Shanghai Professional Pianists Society of Shanghai Musicians’ Association. Chief professors of Double world-class project He obtained the Doctor of Musical Arts at the Eastman School of Music in the US. As the first doctor of piano invited to Shanghai from abroad, Tang has since worked as Dean of Piano at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Director of the Piano Department of the Middle School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music,.
He has won awards in international competitions, and collaborated with famous conductors and orchestras. He has also been interviewed and reported on by international media and news agencies from Poland, Norway, BBC of UK, NBC of America, CCTV, OTV, as well as People’s Daily.
A frequent adjudicator of international piano competitions, he has served on the juries of the Gina Bachauer, Bösendorfer, Hilton Head, Cleveland and major Chinese national competitions.
He has visited and performed in more than 20 countries. He has been appointed guest artist or guest professor at International Music Festivals (e.g. Prague and Tanglewood), and by more than 10 Chinese or international schools. His series activities, including performances, lectures and master classes, in China, Europe, America and Asia have received critical acclaim. In recent years, he has devoted himself to teaching, and tutored quite a number of students who have won awards at national or international music competitions.
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