Masterclass, Saturday 20 October 2012, 11:00-12:00
Location: Haitinkzaal, Amsterdam Conservatory

Jorge Isaac

Early Music, Contemporary Music, Electronics (solo and ensembles).

JORGE ISAAC
Jorge Isaac (b. 1974, Caracas) completed his professional training under the tutelage of Walter van Hauwe at the Amsterdam Conservatory in 2002. Soon after, in 2006, he was appointed as Recorder Professor at the Amsterdam Conservatory.

Jorge Isaac has been awarded several international prizes, such as the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition 2001 (including the special prize "best use of electronics") in The Netherlands and the Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition of Contemporary Music in Poland (2001). In 2004 he was awarded the first prize at the Jur Naessens Music Award in Amsterdam with his multimedia production "Mensa Secunda". In 2007 he received an Award of Distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica in Austria for his work "Marionette".

As a soloist, he has given a large number of performances and masterclasses over the globe. He is currently involved with concerts and recitals, early and new music projects, multimedia performances, his teaching activities at the Amsterdam Conservatory and large scale productions together with the Visisonor Foundation.

Jorge Isaac is artistic director of the Visisonor Foundation, the Catalogue of Recorder Repertory and the Instrumental Ways Project.

http://www.visisonor.com/

If you would like to receive a masterclass, please send an email as soon as possible to info[at]blockflutefestival.com with the following details:
1. Your biography
2. Links to your audio or video (websites, you tube, myspace, etc). Eventually you can send us your files via wetransfer.com or yousendit.com.
3. The piece(s) you would like to play
4. The teacher(s) you would like to work with (Jorge Isaac, Walter van Hauwe or Antonio Politano).

A selection of all candidates will be made, based on repertory choice, level and availability of the teachers. All candidates will be informed by the beginning of October about the selection. The masterclasses are free of charge!