Masterclass, Saturday 20 October 2012, 14:00-15:00
Location: Ensemblezaal, Amsterdam Conservatory

Antonio Politano

Contemporary Music (solo and ensembles).

ANTONIO POLITANO was born in Catania (Sicily) in 1969.
Since 1997 he is professor for recorder and chamber music in the « Haute Ecole de Musique-Lausanne » - Switzerland. He gave lectures and master classes in Berlin (Universitat der Kunste), Leipzig (Hochschule F. Mendelssohn), Paris (Ircam), Urbino (International early music courses).
He collaborated as soloist with Ictus Ensemble (Bruxelles), Ensemble L’Itinéraire (Paris), Ensemble Recherche (Freiburg), Chamber Orchestra of Potsdam. He gave the first performances of solo pieces by Oscar Bianchi, Emanuele Casale, Pasquale Corrado, Agostino Di Scipio, Franco Donatoni, Aaron Einbond, Nicola Evangelisti, Ivan Fedele, Stefano Gervasoni, Adriano Guarnieri, Francesco La Licata, Junghae Lee, Gabriele Manca, Giorgio Netti, Francois Paris, Paolo Perezzani, Maurizio Pisati, Fausto Romitelli, Horacio Vaggione, most of which are dedicated to him.
He played in Berlin (Konzerthaus), Bonn (Beethoven Saal), Bourges (Festival Synthese), Bruxelles (Ars Musica), Darmstadt (Ferienkursen), Paris (Ircam, Cité de la Musique), Helsinki (Sibelius Akademie), Rome (Villa Medici), Siena (Accademia Chigiana), Venice (Biennale Musica) etc.

In 1993, together with Kees Boeke, he created DUIX, a duo specializing in contemporary music for bass recorders and electronics. In 2006, with the basson player Sergio Azzolini, he did the world premiere of the double concerto « Les microbes de dieu-Conduites d’approche IV » by Gabriele Manca. In 2008 he created the PRIME Recorder Ensemble. Together with the violin player Haesung Choe, he formed the duo OCTOPUS.
His recordings are released by RCA-BMG Ariola, Stradivarius, Nuova Era, Edipan, Olive Music, Ricordi-BMG.

http://www.politanorecorder.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!