​Michel BEROFF, France

Special Guest

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Michel Béroff was born in France in 1950.

After graduating from the Paris Conservatoire in 1966, he won the following year the first prize at the first international Olivier Messiaen Piano Competition. He has been since considered one of the most outstanding interpreters of Messiaen's music.
During the next years he played with the most prestigious orchestras around the world under the direction of such conductors as Abbado, Barenboim, Bernstein, Boulez, Dohnanyi, Dorati, Dutoit, Eschenbach, Gielen, Inbal, Jochum, Leinsdorf, Masur, Ozawa, Previn, Rostropovitch, Sinopoli, Solti, Tennsted, Tilson-Thomas, Zinman.

As a chamber music partner, he has been very active playing with Martha Argerich, Barbara Hendricks Jean-Philippe Collard, Augustin Dumay, Pierre Amoyal, Lynn Harrell. During the past years, Michel Beroff has been developing a conducting career. He has been teaching at the Paris Conservatoire.

Exclusive EMI artist for over 20 years, Michel Beroff has published more than 50 recordings; among them, the complete works for piano and orchestra from Liszt, Prokofieff and Stravinsky, conducted by Seiji Ozawa and Kurt Masur. For Deutsche Grammophon, he has recorded Ravel's left hand concerto with the LSO and Claudio Abbado. His latest recordings include the complete piano music from Debussy for the Japanese label Denon.

Michel Beroff has been awarded five times the "Grand Prix du Disque". As a publisher, he participated, for Wiener Urtext, to a new edition of Debussy's piano music. For the Japanese network NHK, he realized, in 2006, a series of fifteen master-classes on French music. During the last seasons, Michel Beroff played with the LSO under Pierre Boulez, the New-York Philharmonic and Kurt Masur, as well as the London Philharmonic for an extensive tour of England and Spain. He undertook three Japanese tours, including one with the Philarmonia with Esa-Peka Salonen, played in concert in Paris the complete works for piano from Debussy and Janacek, and two Prokofieff concerti with the Orchestre de Paris and Christophe Eschenbach.

He also toured extensively in Germany, Holland, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Greece, Brazil, Korea and China.

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Marie-Josèphe JUDE, France

Special Guest

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Marie-Josèphe Jude was born in Nice from a French father and a sino-Vietnamese mother.  She started to learn piano and harp in her home city before joining the Conservatoire de Paris encouraged by G. Cziffra. She worked with Aldo Ciccolini (piano) and Jean Hubeau (chamber music) and was awarded a first prize in Piano and a concert licence in harp at the Ecole Normale in Paris. She then entered the third cycle  in Jean-Claude Pennetier’s class.

 At that time, she regularly attended Maria Curcio-Diamand’s lessons in London. In 1986, she met the composer Maurice Ohana and became one of her favourite performers. She was a finalist at the Clara Haskil Competition in 1989 and won the Victoire de la Musique  in the category « New Talent » in 1995.

This is when her carreer developped internationally; she has appeared in halls and festivals all over the world: from Montpellier to bath, from the Roque d’Anthéron to Kuhmo, from Bagatelle to Locarno, from Colmar to Québec, from Nantes to Tokyo  (Folle Journée)….

She  has played as a soloist under the conducting of Frans Brüggen, Charles Dutoit, Emmanuel Krivine, François-Xavier Roth,  Jean-Yves Ossonce, Arturo Tamayo, Klaus Weise… with orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Bordeaux, the Orchestre National d’Ile de France,  les Siècles, the BBC Scottish Orchestra, Basel Symphonic Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Luxembourg, the Brussels Philharmonic and the MDR in Leipzig.

Marie-Josèphe Jude is also a fine chamber musician who plays with Henri Demarquette and Xavier Phillips (cello), Philippe Graffin and Jean-Marc Phillips (violin), Pascal Moraguès and Michel Portal (clarinet). In 1997 she founded a piano duo with Jean-François Heisser but she also plays with Michel Béroff or Claire Désert.

She has recorded many Cds for the label Lyrinx: Brahms, Mendelssohn, Jolivet (Diapason d’Or), Clara Schumann, Dutilleux-Ohana, Beethoven, Chopin and Ravel-Debussy with Michel Béroff. In 2020, was released a CD “Flute Transcriptions”, recorded with Raquele Magalhãe for Nomad Music. After 4 years of teaching at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Lyon (2012-2016), she is now a teacher at the CNSM in Paris.

 In October 2017, she was appointed President and artistic director of the Nice International Summer Academy.

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Paula DEL GIUDICE, Italy

Conservatorio di musica "G. Nicolini", Piacenza

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Pianist and harpsichordist, she graduated top marks at the "G. Nicolini" Conservatorium in Piacenza under the guide of Olga Scevkenova for the piano studies and of Mariolina Porrà for the harpsichord studies.
She then perfectioned with the maestros V. Vitale, M.Tipo, A. Ballista, B. Canino, concerning chamber music. She studied with the maestro Piero Guarino and at the Chigiana Academy in Siena with the duo Gulli-Cavallo, obtaining the certificate of merit.

Winner of many national and international Competitions (Winner of the "Schubert" competition in 1994), she has been intensely active in her concert carreer in various formations alongside illustrious artists at important italian and foreign halls and theatres: Valli Theatre in Reggio Emilia, Municipal Theatre in Piacenza, Bonci Theatre in Cesena, Regio Theatre in Parma, "Rosetum" Theatre in Milano, Stadttheater in Konstanz, Concert Hall in Lausanne…
As a pianist and harpsichordist she collaborated with Symphonic Orchestras such as "Toscanini" Foundation Symphonic Orchestra in Parma, the "OFI" in Piacenza, the "Barocco Veneziano" ensemble and the Camerata Opera Ensemble, always obtaining the best encouragements by the various directors (M° Neuhold, M° Garbarino e M° Gavazzeni, from whom she received a hand written praise).
With the above mentioned orchestras she went on tournées in Germany, Austria, Sweden, France and Japan at prestigious halls such as the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Konzerthaus in Vienna and many others.
She has been an accompanist pianist and teaching assistent at numerous high level courses.
She performed, as a soloist, contemporary music in first execution (some of them dedicated to her) and recorded with Fonit Cetra, Rusty Records and Mondo Musica.

A CD with works by Antionio Lolli for violin and harpsichord with his recording company DYNAMIC (at the violin: Luca Fanfoni) was recently launched.

For a few years now she dedicated herself to the fortepiano repertoire both as a solist and in chamber formations.

Alongside her concert activity she has an intense didactic activity and many of her students won national and international competitions. She teaches piano at the "Nicolini" Conservatorium in Piacenza.

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Piotr FOLKERT, Poland/USA

Chopin Society, Atlanta

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Piotr Folkert received his Master's degree from The Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland.
After winning several competitions for young pianists, he continued his studies at Yale University in New Haven, Indiana University in Bloomington and The Mannes College of Music in New York City. Mr. Folkert has worked with such distinguished musicians as Professor Andrzej Jasinski, Grant Johannesen, Richard Goode, Oxana Yablonskaya, Murray Perahia.

He is widely regarded as one of the most gifted and sensitive pianists performing today. His "stellar technique and insightful interpretations" have won him consistent critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences worldwide, whether for his solo recitals, his orchestral engagements or his growing catalogue of recordings.
His broad repertoire ranges from music of the Baroque period to new works of contemporary composers, with some especially commissioned and written for him. His performing schedule regularly takes him to the great concert stages of North America and has been highlighted by frequent engagements at the Carnegie Hall.
Internationally, he has appeared in cultural capitols of Europe, Australia, Americas and Far East.
Mr. Folkert is a winner of The Annual Young Artist International Piano Award in New York (1995), The International Chamber Music Competition in Caltanisetta, Italy (1990) among others. He has participated in numerous festivals including The Flaine Music Festival (France), The Summit Music Festival (New York), The Guelph Spring Festival (Canada), Burg Music Festival (Berlin), The Music Festival of Baltic Countries (Poland), Kun-Ming Festival (China).

He was bestowed the honor of performing a special recital for the King of Malaysia at the Royal Palace in Kuala Lumpur. During the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta his performance and musical tribute to Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and the Olympic Committee at Spivey Hall was broadcast nationwide on NPR's "Performance Today".
Concert tours including recitals and concert appearances with orchestras brought Piotr Folkert to the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, New Zealand, Russia, UAE, Turkey, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.

Mr.Folkert has recorded many recitals for radio and television around the world. In addition, Mr. Folkert has recorded solo and chamber music for European and American labels including: Arti, Zuk, Sanibel and Dux. Upcoming releases include solo album with music of Fr. Chopin (Ballades) and "Piano Concertos" with String Orchestra (Henryk M. Gorecki, Morton Gould and Malcolm Williamson).
Mr. Folkert is on the International Roster of Steinway Artists.

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Rosella CLINI, Belgium/Italy

Conservatoire Royal de Mons-Arts²

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Noted from a very young age, the pianist Rosella Clini began her career very early, in Belgium, then in France (Paris, Cannes, Le Touquet, Flaine, etc.), in Italy (Siena, Trieste, Rome, Livorno, ...) in Germany (Cologne, Düsseldorf, Mannheim) and in Spain.

She has given numerous concerts as part of “Live Music Now” initiated by Sir Yehudi Menuhin as well as at the “Les Quatre Saisons” Festival (Théâtre des Martyrs in Brussels). As a soloist, she has played with the ONB under the direction of Georges Octors, with the Orchestra del Piemonte for a concert tour throughout Italy (Mozart concertos) and recently with the Young Belgian strings.

Her chamber music partners include – among others – the violinist Zoria Chikhourzaeva, the cellist David Cohen, Augustin Dumay and the soloists of the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia.

Rosella Clini is a piano teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Mons (Arts² - Ecole Supérieure des Arts de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles). She is regularly invited for international master classes (Paris, Flaine, Dinant, Trieste and Aquila in Italy, University of Ottawa - Canada and University of Medellin - Colombia).

 

Kyung-Ah KIM, South Korea

Sejong University-Seoul National University

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Kyung-Ah, praised for her " a part of the wave of new pianists ,with an ability to act the part of a star" (Suburban Chicago News), has won numerous competition awards, including the USA Beethoven competition, the Leos Janacek International Competition, the Sorantin International Competition and the St. Charles International Competition, among others.

Since having been selected as the 2013 Artist in the Seoul Arts Center, she has concertized extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
She has collaboration with leading conductors including John Williams, James Orent, Petr Atrichter, and has performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Nec Philharmonic Orchestrea, Bu Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and Kyunggi Philharmonic Orchestra.

She recevied the Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory, DMA from the Boston University, where she studied with Russell Sherman, Wha Kyung Byun and Boaz Sharon. She currently teaches at Sejong University and Seoul National University in South Korea.
Kyung-Ah Kim has been an ICPA artist since 2016, representing the ICPA program in South-Korea.

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Chiara CIPELLI, Italy

Conservatorio Superior "G. Nicolini", Piacenza

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Chiara Cipelli holds graduate degree with Highest Honours from the Conservatory G. Nicolini, Piacenza, under the guidance of Lucia Romanini. In 2002, she received Postgraduate Diploma with excellent distinction at Musikhochschule Freiburg i. Br. where she studied with James Avery and Chamber Music with Felix Gottlieb. She continued her studies with Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri at Ecole Normale Alfred Cortot (Paris), where she awarded the scholarship of the Fondation A. Roussel and she holds Diplome Supérieur de Piano.

Chiara Cipelli was prize winner of numerous national and international competitions.

Ms. Cipelli was invited to perform  in many concert halls in Italy and abroad (Teatro Municipale, Palazzo Farnese Piacenza, Piccolo Teatro di Milano,Teatro di Marcello, Roma, Auditorium del Carmine, Parma, Darmstadt Theater, Steinway Haus Duesseldorf Auditorium Haydn, Bolzano, Salle Cortot, Schola Cantorum Paris, Taichung Chung Hsin Concert Hall, Taiwan,etc.) receiving outstanding reviews.

She also play on occasion of many musical events, Schlern International Music Festival, Alto Adige, Festival Europeo of Atri, Settimana Organistica Internazionale,Bibiena Arts Festival, Piacenza "Mito" Festival di Milano, Thueringen Chamber Music Festival,Banff International Music Festival in Canada, Palm Beach Piano Festival, Florida,Taiwan International Piano Festival, Manila International Piano Festival (Filippine).

As solo she has performed with the Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra and the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra and she has collaborated with the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Orchestra Pomeriggi Musicali of Milano and Gruppo Strumentale Ciampi.

She has recorded a cd dedicated to Bruno Bettinelli Piano works produced by Brilliant Classics which already received many enthusiastic reviews and she recently released for Piano Classics Label a cd dedicated to Olivier Messiaen.

Chiara Cipelli is currently Professor of Piano at the conservatory of Piacenza.

Ms.Cipelli is a faculty member of ICPA (International Certificate for Piano Artists),an artistic carreer development project by the Fondation Bell'Arte (Belgium).

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​Nelson DELLE-VIGNE FABBRI, Italy

Artistic Director

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The Italian virtuoso Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri was born in Argentina. He was instructed by Magda Tagliaferro, Gyorgy Cziffra and Claudio Arrau.
In addition to his performing and recording career that took him to several continents, Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri is also a famed international piano pedagogue.
Teaching at the Ecole Normale "Alfred Cortot" in Paris during 40 years, Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri was also appointed professor extraordinaire at the Chapelle Musicale "Reine Elisabeth" in Belgium and Honorary Professor at the Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida, USA.
He gives regularly master classes in France, China, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, USA, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, South Korea, etc.
Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri collaborated to the festivities of the European Union Day in Seoul, South Korea, by special invitation of the European amabassador.
Cultural and pedagogical broadening is an important goal of his duties as general director of the Bell'Arte Foundation.
Mr. Delle-Vigne Fabbri, as founder and president of the Fondation Bell'Arte, is the artistic director of MusicA Braine l'Alleud, the Paris International Summer Sessions, LyricA Braine l'Alleud and of the EMS Music Group, a record company and record studio.

He's the founder and artistic director of The International Certificate for Piano Artists, a pedagogical programme in collaboration with many international institutions with sessions in the U.S., Russia, Italy, Lithuania, Taiwan, Spain, Poland, the Philippines, etc. 
After Philippe Entremont's 10-years' presidency, this programme is currently placed under the presidency of Belgian composer Jean Kluger. Jerome Lowenthal and Michel Béroff are its vice-president, preceeded by France Clidat and Lazar Berman.

Nelson Delle-Vigne is the artistic director of the present course.