piano Masterclasses - pianon mestarikurssit
Mantovassa syntynyt Leonardo Zunica valmistui Veronan konservatoriosta vuonna 1996 Renato Bonizzaton johdolla parhain mahdollisin arvosanoin. Samana vuonna hän voitti Veronan "Accademia Filarmonica"-palkinnon ja soitti orkesterin solistina. Hän jatkoi on syventänyt taitojaan korkeatasoisissa laitoksissa, kuten Wienin musiikkikorkeakoulussa vuosina 1999-2000 ja Moskovan “Tchaikovsky”-konservatoriossa Lev Naumovin johdolla. Leonardo ottanut osaa mm.Aldo Ciccolinin, Jerome Rosen, Alfredo Speranzan ja erityisesti Konstantin Boginon ja Virgilio Pavaranan mestarikursseille, joista viimeisen johdolla hän suoritti maisteritutkinnon vuonna 2006.
Leonardo on esiintynyt solistina ja kamarimuusikkona eri puolilla Italiaa sekä Euroopan maissa. Leonardon yhteistyökumppaneihin kuuluu mm.Theodora Gheorghiu, il Quartetto di Fiesole, il Quartetto Sinopoli, il Quartetto Amati, Sandro Cappelletto, Volodimir Syrenko, Jukka Iisakkila, l’Ensemble dell’Arena di Verona, l’Orchestra Nazionale Ucraina, Icarus Ensemble, I Virtuosi Italiani, Maria Ala-Hannula. Leonardo on kulttuuriyhdistys Diabolus in Musican puheenjohtaja ja Musiikkiyhdistys Suonala ry:n varapuheenjohtaja. Hän on myös musiikkifestivaalin "Eterotopie - Altri luoghi" perustaja ja konserttikausien "Ti Porto Via" ja "Viaggio d'inverno" taiteellinen johtaja. Teaching languages: Italian, English, German, French. 
Nato a Mantova, Leonardo Zunica si è diplomato presso il Conservatorio di Verona sotto la guida del M° Renzo Bonizzato conseguendo la lode e la menzione speciale. Ottiene nello stesso anno il premio “Accademia Filarmonica” di Verona. Nel 1994 entra presso l’Hochschule fur Musik di Vienna e segue le lezioni del M. Jurg von Vintschger. Nel 1999 decide di conoscere il Maestro di fama mondiale Lev Nicolajevic Naumov, grande erede della scuola interpretativa di Heinrich Neuhaus. Al ritorno da Mosca segue i preziosi insegnamenti di Kostantin Bogino e di Virginio Pavarana, con cui ottiene poi la specializzazione solistica al Conservatorio di Verona con 110 e lode. Segue anche i consigli pianistici nelle masterclass di Aldo Ciccolini, Alfredo Speranza. Appassionato di musica da camera e di tutto ciò che riguarda la musica e il rapporto con le arti e la cultura ha intrapreso una attività concertistica che lo ha visto esibirsi come solista e in formazioni da camera in diverse sale in Italia ed in Europa fra le quali Sala Maffeiana di Verona, Sala dei Cavalli di Palazzo Te, Sala di Manto di Palazzo Ducale e Teatro Bibiena a Mantova, Musikhochschule di Vienna, Rachmaninovsaal del Conservatorio “Tchaikovsky” a Mosca, Casa Museo Stanislavski e Casa Museo Chekov a Mosca, Teatro Romano a Fiesole e Auditorium “Cherubini” del Conservatorio di Firenze, Academy Concert Hall – Glasgow (Scozia). E’ ospite presso rassegne come Amici della Musica di Verona, Festival Internazionale di Porec (Croazia), Festival Galuppi di Venezia, Società Umanitaria di Milano e di Napoli, Società della Musica di Mantova, Società dei Concerti di Milano, il Kiev Summer Music Festival, VeronaContemporanea – Fondazione Arena, Spazio Novecento di Cremona, Festival Cinque Giornate per la Musica Contemporanea di Milano, Steinway Society – Verona, Sulle Ali del Nocevento Brescia, Festival internazionale di Gubbio, Festival Suomitaly (Finlandia), Stagione concertistica delll’Accademia Incontri con il Maestro di Imola e moltissime altre. Ha collaborato con artisti e formazioni di fama internazionale come Theodora Gheorghiu, il Quartetto di Fiesole, il Quartetto Sinopoli, il Quartetto Amati, Quartetto dellìArena di Verona, Sandro Cappelletto, Volodimir Syrenko e l’Orchestra Nazionale ucraina, Jukka Isakkila e l’Ensemble dell’Arena di Verona, Icarus Ensemble.Dal 2004 inizia il sodalizio con il violinista ucraino Oles Semchuk, con il quale ha affrontato le pagine più importanti del repertorio per violino e pianoforte e con il quale intraprende nel 2008 con grande successo una tournée presso i teatri e le sale più importanti ucraine. Dal 2012, con la compagna e pianista finlandese Maria Ala-Hannula esplora il repertorio per pianoforte a quattro mani e due pianoforti ed ha già al suo attivo l’integrale delle opere di Debussy per pianoforte a quattro mani nonché l’integrale delle trascrizioni per due pianoforti dei celebri tango di Astor Piazzolla. Gli ultimi importanti impegni concertistici lo hanno visto esibirsi come solista presso il prestigioso Festival Aperto di Reggio Emilia con un omaggio a Pierre Boulez; ha eseguito la Rhapsody in Blue di Gershwin con I Virtuosi Italiani e con Oles Semchuk si è esibito all’International Music Festival di Lugano (Svizzera). Il suo repertorio spazia da Bach alle opere di compositori dell’oggi.
Si dedica con grande passione all’insegnamento del pianoforte con la sua Accademia del Pianoforte con sede nei pressi di Mantova. |
Adriano Ambrosini graduated at Conservatorio “Dall’ Abaco” in Verona with M.° R.Bonizzato, and then he studied with B.Canino, M.Damerini e P.L. Aimard. He was suddendly invited by important italian and foreign Music Association, like IRCAM in Paris, International Computer Music Conference, Contemporary Music Festival in L’Avana, Holland Festival in Amsterdam, Camden Festival in London, WissenshaftsKolleg in Berlin, Catalan Composers Association in Barcelona, Festival “Eco e Narciso”, Aterforum, Festival “Venezia Opera prima” at “Teatro La Fenice” in Venice, Biennale Musica 1982, 1985 and 1990, Festival “Nuova Consonanza”, Musica Verticale, “Autunno Musicale” in Como, Amici della Musica di Verona, Vicenza e del Veneto, “Festival Musica ‘900” in Trento, “Società del Quartetto” in Vicenza, “Settimana Musicale Chigiana”, “Spazio Musica” in Cagliari, “Cantiere Internazionale di Montepulciano”, “Sonopolis”, Contemporary Music Festival in Bozen, ecc.
In 1983 he received the prize for the best performance of works by Dutch Composers at the International Competition “Gaudeamus” in Rotterdam. He usually plays with the violinist Enzo Porta and the flautist Anna Maria Morini, recording a CD dedicated to the italian composers Manzoni, Maderna, Guarnieri (Limen Classic). With the Tammittam Percussion Ensemble, he has recorded, first world recording, some pieces by the american composer L.Harrison (Dynamic CDS 401). His performance of Cage Sonatas and Interludes can be found on the website www.limenmusic.com He has played some first performances, like Traiettoria by M.Stroppa for piano and electronic sounds. His performances were broadcasted by RAI (Italian RadioTelevision), Radio France, Holland Radio e Radio of Italian Switzerland. He is piano Professor at the Music Conservatory in Verona and gave master classes in Bruxelles, Glasgow, Helsinki, Tampere, Tallinn, La Coruña. Teaching languages: Italian, English. |
INSTRUMENT COURSEs - soitinkurssit
piano
Maria Ala-Hannula opiskeli pianonsoittoa Kankaanpään musiikkiopistossa Siiri Raikin oppilaana, kunnes tie vei Kaustisen musiikkilukioon, jossa hänen pianonopettajanaan toimi Outi Kangas. Keväällä 2006 Maria valmistui Pirkanmaan Ammattikorkeakoulusta säestäjä/korrepetiittoriksi opettajanaan Lauri Väinmaa Tallinnan musiikkiakatemiasta sekä Collin Hansen Sibelius-akatemiasta (Lied). Maria suoritti solistiset erikoistumisopinnot Firenzen musiikkiakatemialla 07-09 opettajanaan Pier Narciso Masi. Syksyllä 2010 hän suoritti maisterin tutkinnon Veronan konservatoriossa, erikoistuen kamarimusiikkiin opettajinaan Adriano Ambrosini ja Stefano Gentilini.
Opettamisen ohella hän konsertoi aktiivisesti sekä solistina, että kamarimuusikkona, erityisesti pianisti Leonardo Zunican kanssa Ebony piano duona. Maria on ottanut osaa mm. German Danileikon, Katariina Liimataisen, Huy-Jing Liu-Tawaststjernan, Franco Scalan, Leonid Margariuksen, Anna Kravchenkon, Boris Petrushanskyn, Konstantin Boginon sekä Ilmo Rannan (Lied) mestarikursseille. Maria on Musiikkiyhdistys Suonala ry:n puheenjohtaja, Suomitaly- musiikkitapahtuman Taiteellinan johtaja ja toimii pianonsoiton opettajana Mantovassa, Veronassa ja Suzzarassa, Italiassa. 
Maria Ala-Hannula born in Finland, started her piano studies with prof. Siiri Raik (Estonia). She graduated from the Pirkanmaa University of Applied Sciences in Tampere, Finland in 2006 (Bachelor of music) with professors Kristiina Kask-Valve (Finland) and prof. Lauri Väinmaa (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). In 2009 she finished the two-year master class at the Musical Academy of Florence (Accademia musicale di Firenze) with prof. Pier Narciso Masi after which she got her Master’s Degree in chamber music at the Verona Conservatoire “E. F. dall’Abaco”. Maria Ala-Hannula has a deep interest for chamber music. She plays in piano duo with the Italian pianist Leonardo Zunica in Ebony piano duo. They have been invited to perform in music festivals and halls such as Sala Maffeiana (Verona), “Festival Mondi Sonori” (Trento), “Rassegna In Canto”(Bologna), “Festival internazionale” (Bellagio), “Ti porto via”(Porto Mantovano), Festival “Eterotopie altri luoghi” (Mantua) and Sibelius Museum of Turku (Finland). Maria has performed numerous premieres of contemporary music both as a soloist as in chamber music ensembles. Maria specializes also in vocal chamber music, which she has studied with professors Collin Hansen (Sibelius Academy) and Ilmo Ranta (Sibelius Academy). In 2008 she gained recognition with soprano Jenni Kuronen by winning the 2nd prize and a special mention reward at the Kangasniemi Lied-pianist Competition in 2008. The duo won also the 3rd prize at the Lied-competition “Riviera Etrusca” in Piombino, Italy in 2009.
She has attended solistic master classes by professors such as Huy-Jing Liu-Tawaststjerna, German Danileiko, Balázs Szokolay, Franco Scala, Leonid Margarius, Anna Kravchenko, Boris Petrushansky, Konstantin Bogino and Grzegorz Kurzynski. Currently she teaches at Accademia del pianoforte in Mantua/Curtatone, C.E.A. (Center of Artistic Education) of Verona and at the Suzzara Comunal Music School. Maria is the artistic director of the festival Suomitaly -International Music Meeting. Teaching languages: Finnish, Italian, English. |
The Finnish pianist Ritva Koistinen (born in 1981) started her musical studies in the Conservatory of Joensuu, North-Carelia with Tuulikki Lehtinen and Janne Mertanen as teachers. In Sibelius Academy she studied with Juhani Lagerspetz, Ilmo Ranta and Hanna Aho graduating as Master of Music in the year 2009. Besides classical piano, Ritva has also studied the harpsichord and baroque organ with Elina Mustonen and Petri Vuorio.
Ritva Koistinen feels that it’s vital to maintain a versatile approach to music making: her career so far includes not only concerts as a solo pianist, chamber musician and a lied pianist but also performing with theater groups. She has also composed music for cross-genre performances. Since August 2011 Ritva has worked in Palmgren Conservatory in Pori, West-Finland, as a teacher and accompanist. HUILU - FLUTE
Born in Bologna (Italy) in 1991, began studing flute at twelve and graduated at eighteen at Conservatory “E. F. Dall’Abaco” in Verona achieveing the highest honors. After his diploma he won the XV Rassegna “Migliori Diplomati d’Italia” in Castrocaro getting a special prize. Winner of scholarship from french foundation “Zygmunt Zaleski” and studied at Ecole Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot” in Paris with Pierre-Yves Artaud. He also got his master diplome achieveing the highest marks at Conservatory “C. Pollini” in Padova, after that he grauated form the Lugano University of Music (Switzerland) and got the “Master in Advanced Studies” with the internationally renowned soloist Mario Caroli. As a soloist he has won a lot of national and international music competitions, as start of a career that brought him to perform in all the main italian stages and abroad in France, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Ingland and Malta. From the baroque repertoire to contemporary music Tommaso Benciolini collaborated with Orchestra da camera “I Musici Scaligeri” di Verona, Orchestra Sinfonica “I Musici di Santa Cecilia”, “Ned Ensemble”, Orchestra d’archi Asolana “Malipiero”, “Orchestre de Flûtes Français” and he’s member of the FortePiano Trio with Ludovico e Leonora Armellini, and they have an intense and enthusiastic concert activity. Tommaso Benciolini is also teacher and founding member of Orchestra Giovanile Veronese, and since 2012 he teaches in the youth department of Verona Conservatory. He is currently principal flute of Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi of Como, and collaborates with Hulencourt Soloist Chamber Orchestra of Bruxelles and Filarmonica Internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo. In 2014 Tommaso has been invited as guest artist in Cuba at l’Avana International Music Festival in duo with pianist Adriano Ambrosini.
Teaching languages: Italian, English, French |
viulu - violin / alttoviulu - viola
Lisäksi Honkanen suoritti ammatillisia jatko-opintoja Lahden konservatoriossa vuosina 2009 -2011. Opinnot päätti resitaalikonsertti Lahdessa syksyllä 2011. Hän on täydentänyt opintojaan myös useilla mestarikursseilla esim. Kuhmon kamarimusiikissa. Tärkeimpinä opettajinaan hänellä on ollut Mervi Kyrki, Tapani Yrjölä ja Juhani Palola.
Eveliina Honkanen opettaa Kankaanpään musiikkiopistossa viulunsoittoa ja toimii orkesterinjohtajana. Opetustyön ohella hän opiskelee alttoviulunsoittoa ja esiintyy säännöllisesti kamarimuusikkona. 
Eveliina Honkanen studied violin in the Music institute of Liminka and she gratuated (Bachelor) from the University of Pohjois-Karjala in 2007. She then specialized in Lahti Conservatoire 2009-2011. She has attented masterclasses in the Kuhmo Chamber Music festival. Her most important professors include Mervi Kyrki, Tapani Yrjölä and Juhani Palola. Eveliina Honkanen teaches violin and conducts the school orchestras in the Music Institute of Kankaanpää, Finland. She also studies the viola and performs regularly in chamber music ensembles.
Teaching languages: Finnish, English. |
Viulunsoitonopettajaksi ja musiikkipedagogiksi hän valmistui vuonna 2008. Tällä hetkellä Hanna Raiskio toimii kolmatta vuotta viulunsoiton lehtorina Porin Palmgren-konservatoriossa. Hän on soittanut aktiivisesti erilaisissa orkestereissa ja kamarimusiikkikokoonpanoissa ja esiintynyt useasti sekä Suomessa että ulkomailla. Erityisesti kamarimusiikki on Raiskion sydäntä lähellä, ja hän on mm. soitinyhtye Baroccon jäsen.
Hanna Raiskio started playing the violin at the Music Institute of Kankaanpää, Natalia Vainonen as her teacher at first. Raiskiocontinued her studies at the Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia (current Metropolia) where her teachers were Janne Malmi vaara andKatinka Korkeala. She graduated in 2008 and became violin teacher. Currently, Hanna Raiskio works the third year as a lecturer of violin playing at Pori Palmgren Conservatory. She has played actively in various orchestras and chamber music ensembles, and performed several times, both in Finland and abroad. In particular, the chamber music is close to her heart, and she is among others the player of the ensemle Barocco.
Teaching languages: Finnish, English. |
