{"id":2747,"date":"2023-11-07T13:41:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2023-11-07T13:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:52:24","slug":"my-erasmus-teaching-period-at-the-university-of-macedonia-thessaloniki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/2023\/11\/07\/my-erasmus-teaching-period-at-the-university-of-macedonia-thessaloniki\/","title":{"rendered":"My Erasmus teaching period at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dimitris Chandrakis, a professor at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uom.gr\/en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uom.gr\/en\" target=\"_blank\">University of Macedonia<\/a> who studied violin in Vienna with G\u00fcnter Pichler while I was a student as well, invited me for the second time to his home city of Thessaloniki. My reciprocal invitation to him to visit the mdw in 2020 unfortunately had to be cancelled due to Corona but was rescheduled for November 2023. In Thessaloniki (end of September 2023), I taught about twenty hours, instructing violin and viola students who were outstanding players. At the end of my stay, I had the privilege of playing a concert of chamber music in the university\u2019s concert hall, performing works by Mozart, Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, and Brahms with excellent colleagues from the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many conversations over wonderful meals, I was able to learn a great deal about the university as well as exchange artistic and pedagogical ideas with Dimitris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE_2-1024x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE_2-1024x417.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE_2-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE_2-768x313.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE_2.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">University of Macedonia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE_3.jpg 681w, https:\/\/mdw.ac.at\/internationalblog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE_3-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The university\u2019s concert hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimitris Chandrakis, a professor at the University of Macedonia who studied violin in Vienna with G\u00fcnter Pichler while I was a student as well, invited me for the second time to his home city of Thessaloniki. My reciprocal invitation to him to visit the mdw in 2020 unfortunately had to be cancelled due to Corona 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