Maxim Tzekov has studied at the mdw with Lieke Te Winkel since 2015. His path took him from the Programme for Gifted Children to the Preparatory Programme and then finally to studying violin performance. Through the Young Masters Programme of the mdw talent lab and the Johann Sebastian Bach Musikschule, which supports talented young musicians in their career development, Maxim was given the opportunity to appear as a soloist at a concert in Santiago de Chile.…
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Category: Fritz Kreisler Department of String Instruments, Harp and Guitar
“It is impressive to gain an overview of the musical life of other students”
How one gathers international experience at the Global Conservatoire
Studying in London, New York, or Copenhagen from one’s base at the mdw: the Global Conservatoire opened its digital doors with a pilot course in the 2021 winter semester. The Manhattan School of Music (New York), the Royal College of Music (London), the Royal Danish Academy of Music (Copenhagen), and the mdw are cooperating in this multifaceted project in order to offer their music students a flexible online programme of courses with synchronous and asynchronous sessions.…
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“It is exciting to open up new perspectives for young people”
Ioana Cristina Goicea on her master class in Iași, Romania.
Ioana Cristina Goicea joined the Fritz Kreisler Department of String Instruments, Harp and Guitar in October 2020 as a professor of violin. In June 2021 she held a master class at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași, Romania’s fourth-largest city.…
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Tales from the Vienna Woods
Four International students discover Vienna through Chamber Music
The mdw is famous for its impeccable reputation, prestigious alumni and international student body. Moving to a new country to study music requires a firm determination. Classes, concerts & working with musicians from different countries … here is our story of a quartet`s first semester at mdw (in 2018/19).…
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Performing, travelling and teaching in India
Sharing my passion of music
Einleitung von Marialena Fernandes Drei Städte (Bangalore, Mangalore, Goa), die durch 400 Jahre portugiesischem Einfluss mit der europäischen Musik relativ vertraut sind. Die Menschen, die dort leben, versuchen sich zwischen der tausend Jahren alten Kultur, unterbrochen von den 450 Jahren europäischer Kultur, zurecht zu finden, wobei sie durchaus hoch musikalisch sind und bereit, jede Melodie aufzunehmen und nachzusingen.…
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Off to Salzburg and Vienna
A visit to “the Land of Mozart”
On my 10th birthday my parents offered me the choice of a visit to Disneyland Paris or to “the Land of Mozart”. Needless to say I didn’t give it a second thought and we were off to Salzburg and Vienna – little did I know that I would be back twelve years later staying in both cities so close to where Mozart and Beethoven once lived!…
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My wonderful time in Lyon
So many things to get to know, to learn, to experience
Whenever I remember my Erasmus year in Lyon, I get a big smile on my face… It was a very interesting year of mine! I had so many things to get to know, to learn, to experience. In Lyon studies normally start in September but since I had an important concert in Vienna I was a bit late to arrive there only in October.…
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