VIOLA

Prof. Hans Peter Ochsenhofer (Wiener Philharmoniker a.D.)

Jul 22-28, 2024

Piano: Tomiko van den Hoek (Jul 25-28)

Fee
€ 470 (€ 120 application fee, € 350 course fee)

Optional supplementary package
€ 520
The spplementary package covers
1) Full board at Gasthaus Moser
2) accommodation at Gasthaus Moser or Frühstückspension Mariahilfberg 
3) transfer (Vienna Hilton or airport / Jul 21 to Gutenstein and back / Jul 29).
4) All shuttles and transports in and around Gutenstein will be provided for you! Please book the supplementary package till June 15!

The application-and course fee is NOT included in the package and must be payed EXTRA!

Teaching language
German, English

Application deadline
Jul 4, 2024

Program

  • First meeting: Monday, Jul 22, 11 a.m. at the Meierhof Gutenstein, Markt 2, 2770 Gutenstein (introducing of applicants, schedule of classes, house rules) All lessons for the Masterclass Viola will be generally held at the Refektorium Servitenkloster Mariahilfberg. Shuttles will be provided.

  • Thursday evening, Jul 25, 2024: Dinner invitation for all students of the Masterclass Viola, 6:30 p.m. at the Gasthaus Moser (changes will be announced in time!)

  • Prof. Ochsenhofer will work every day with every single applicant for about 45-50 minutes.  

  • Thursday 25 – Sunday 28: During class you will be accompanied by Tomiko van den Hoek

  • If you want to perform a trio (voice, piano and viola), please let us know: office@meisterklassen-gutenstein.at. We are very much interested in interactions between the voice and viola class!

  • Sunday, Jul 28, 2024:
    11:00 a.m.:     Sunday mass at Mariahilfberg: students of the Masterclass Viola will perform 2-3 pieces.
    At the stagepiano: Tomiko van den Hoek

  • Sunday, Jul 28, 2024:
    at about 1:30 p.m.:     General rehearsal for the viola class, Refektorium Servitenkloster Mariahilfberg (changes will be announced in time!)
    4 p.m.:     Concert of the viola class at the Refektorium Servitenkloster Mariahilfberg (Shuttles will be provided to and from Mariahilfberg!)
    After the concert drinks and snacks for everyone at the Servitenkloster.

About Prof. Hans Peter Ochsenhofer

Mr. Ochsenhofer was born on 13 January 1948 in Graz (Austria). 

He received his first musical education in Oberschützen (part of the University of Music in Graz - violin, trumpet). Then he studied violin with Prof. Franz Samohyl at the University of Music in Vienna.

1971 violinist in the VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

1975 changing to the viola section within the orchestra (2nd solo-viola)

1977 graduated with honours (viola) with Prof. Siegfried Führlinger

1977 successful audition for the orchestra of the VIENNA STATE OPERA

1978 leader of the viola-section

1980 member of the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

He was also a member of the WIENER VIRTUOSEN 1989-1999. 

Since 1999 he is member of the VIENNA STRING QUARTETT.

Many tours, TV-shows as well as CD-recordings with these ensembles made him well known in Europe and overseas.

 1983 he was invited to teach as professor at the Conservatory of Vienna.

1993 he became o. Univ. Prof. for viola at the University of Music in Vienna.

Many of his students succeeded in auditions for many renowned orchestras like the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (10 players), Vienna Symphony (7 players and solo viola), RSO (2) , NTO (5), Staatskapelle Dresden (1), Mozarteum Orchestra, Wiener Volksoper, Bruckner Orchester Linz (2 solo violas), Kopenhagen Radio, Oslo philharmonic, etc.

Encouraged by the acclaim of well known conductors as Michael Tilson Thomas he worked as a conductor and orchestra educator in USA (American Orchestra Institut, New World Symphony Orchestra), in Japan PMF (founded by Leonard Bernstein), in Austria  at the Attergau Institute, Gustav Mahler Orchestra, etc. 

His Vienna-debut as a conductor took place in December 2005. This concert was the opening event of the Mozart Year in the series “Zusammenklaenge“ with “WIENER MOZARTISTEN” (members of the Vienna Philharmonic), an orchestra he has founded one year before.

Concerts (also broadcasted on TV) in Austria (Vienna Musikverein), Greece, Germany and Japan.

3 CDs produced by Camerata Tokyo have been released.

Besides in concerts with Wiener Mozartisten Ochsenhofer appeared as conductor in Sofia at the SOFIA MUSIC FESTIVAL (including TV broadcast), repeatedly in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv with the YOUNG ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC (Haydn Symphony Nr. 83 and Tschaikovsky Symphony Nr. 5, Dvorak 7th Symphony and Hindemith Symphonische Metamorphosen), in several concerts with the "Orchestra Academy Ossiach" (a project supported by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) and concerts in Japan with Gunma Symphony and the Kusatsu Festival Orchestra.

About Nao Huang

Huang, Nao MA.
Piano, Chamber music, Accompaniment

Nao Huang received her first piano lesson at the age of three from her mother in Japan. She studied first at the music school of Osaka Music College and Kyoto Municipal Horikawa High School music department. She received university diploma in solo, pedagogical and chamber music from the Toho Gakuen School of Music performances and collected first until 2010 professional experience as a manager in the piano department and accompanist at the Takarazuka Music Research. In Japan she performed in chamber music ensembles and as a accompanist. She gave also concerts in Asia and Europe with the taiwanese cellist Hsin-Kang Huang as a duo since 2012. With the Concertmaster Koichi Hasegawa from Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra published her first CD in 2010. In the same year she came to Europe and started a studied in Vienna at the Prayner Conservatory with Prof. Elisabeth Bollmann. Nao Huang studied with Prof. Till Alexander Körber and Prof. Michael Korstick at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz for a master's degree Piano chamber music. In 2016 she completed her master's degree with distinction. She took the masterclasses of Peter Lang, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Miyoko Yamane Goldberg, Walter Fleischmann, Alejandro Geberovich, Laszlo Gereb, and Yoshie Kora. She often plays alongdifferent types of concerts (e.g.: chamber music, lieder recitals, new music, children's concerts and in the orchestra), as a accompanist for recording and final exams at Bruckner University, at competitions for instrumental and singing at many master classes in Austria and Germany. (Kepco masterclass coop. with Anton Bruckner University, Gutenstein masterclass, Erben music festival masterclass, La Cellissima etc...) From 2015 to 2017 she worked as accompanist at the Anton Bruckner University at the institute for singing, Voice and music theater. Since 2017 she plays as a temporary accompanist in the cello class of Prof. Pözlberger in Anton Bruckner University. She give the lessons at Gustav Mahler University (Carinthian State Conservatory) since 2018 for EF Piano, chamber music and accompaniment.

Über Nao Huang

Huang, Nao MA.
Klavier. Kammermusik. Korrepetition

Nao Huang erhielt im Alter von drei Jahren ersten Klavierunterricht von ihrer Mutter. Sie studierte in Japan am Music School of Osaka Music College und am Kyoto Municipal Horikawa High School Music Department. Ein Universitätsdiplom in Solo-, Pädagogik- und Kammermusik erhielt sie von der Toho Gakuen School of Music Performances und sammelte bis 2010 erste Berufserfahrungen als Managerin an der Klavierabteilung und Korrepetitorin am Takarazuka Music Research. In Japan trat sie in Kammermusik Ensembles und als Begleiterin auf. U.a. konzertierte sie in Asien und Europa mit dem taiwanesischen Cellisten Hsin-Kang Huang seit 2012 als Duo. Mit dem Konzertmeister Koichi Hasegawa aus Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra publizierte sie 2010 ihre erste CD. Im selben Jahr kam sie nach Europa und begann ein Studium in Wien am Prayner Konservatorium bei Prof. Elisabeth Bollmann. Nao Huang studierte an der Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz im Masterstudium Klavier-Kammermusik bei Prof. Till Alexander Körber und Prof. Michael Korstick. Im 2016 schloss sie ihr Masterstudium mit Auszeichnung ab.Kurse absolvierte sie bei Peter Lang, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Miyoko Yamane Goldberg, Walter Fleischmann, Alejandro Geberovich, Laszlo Gereb, Yoshie Kora. Sie spielt oft bei verschiedener Arten von Konzerten (z.B.: Kammermusik, Liederabend, Neue Musik, Kinderkonzert und im Orchester), als Korrepetitorin bei Aufnahme und Abschluss-Prüfungen an Bruckneruni, bei Wettbewerben für Instrumental und Gesang und bei vielen Meisterkursen in Österreich und Deutschland. (Kepco Masterclass Kooperation mit Anton Bruckner Universität, Gutenstein Masterclass, Erben Music festival Masterclass, La Cellissima usw...) Von 2015 bis 2017 arbeitete sie als Korrepetitorin am Institut für Gesang, Stimme und Musiktheater an Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität tätig. Seit 2017 spielt sie als aushilfliche Korrepetitorin in Celloklasse bei Prof. Pözlberger an Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität. Seit 2018 unterrichtet sie an Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität (Kärntner Landeskonservatorium) für EF Klavier, Kammermusik und Korrepetition.