DUBLIN BRASS WEEK 24-27 JUNE 2019
FESTIVAL BROCHURE €2
Now in its sixth edition, Dublin Brass Week was founded in 2013 by Irish trumpeter, David Collins and his wife, renowned violinist Sarah Sew. Previously 2nd Trumpet & Principal Cornet of the Ulster Orchestra, David has recently been appointed Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion and Professor of Trumpet at the Royal Irish Academy of Music beginning in September 2019. David and Sarah were joined by trombonist and Captain in Defence Forces School of Music, Thomas Kelly, in 2016. Dublin Brass Week was founded with the aim of linking the Irish brass music scene to like-minded musicians from the international brass community. As of 2019 we have welcomed over 200 brass players, representing full orchestral brass, from throughout the world to participate in the festival. Dublin Brass Week Alumni now hold orchestral positions in orchestras such as Staatskapelle Berlin, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Hallé Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Odense Symphony Orchestra amongst others. Our DBW Academy programme, launched in 2014, selects young brass players resident on the island of Ireland to participate in Dublin Brass Week and this year features seven of Ireland’s most promising young musicians. Since its inaugural year, Dublin Brass Week has been based at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin City Centre. The RIAM and its Director, Deborah Kelleher, have provided unwavering support as Dublin Brass Week's main partner throughout the last seven years. Astonishingly, Dublin Brass Week survives without any public funding. Our corporate sponsors have been essential in the continuation of Dublin Brass Week – you will see their adverts placed throughout the brochure and this year we have representatives from Weimann, Yamaha and Lotus Trumpets in person and they will see fantastic playing from both faculty and students during the week. We are delighted to present three concerts in addition to the masterclasses and DBW19 Concerto Competition Final. At this year's festival, there is something for everyone: Berlin Philharmonic Brass Trio performing iconic works for brass at the National Concert Hall, Adam Rapa and Luca Dell'Anna wowing audiences with their combination of jazz, tango and traditional folk music at The Sugar Club, and our grand finale which includes an eclectic mix of faculty solos and massed DBW19 ensembles at the Pepper Canister Church. We wish you all a great week of learning, inspiration and collaboration at DBW19!
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Mark O'Keeffe Creative Scotland winner 2003, Mark O’Keeffe has held the post of principal trumpet with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra since December 1996. He is a native of County Cork, Ireland, where he began his musical studies at the age of seven. After playing in the local brass band and receiving trumpet lessons from his father, his love of the trumpet developed. In 1992, after studying at the Cork School of Music and Royal Northern College of Music, Mark was chosen as the winner of the RTÉ Musician of the Future competition. On his return to Ireland later that year, he was appointed Associate Principal Trumpet of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, a post he held for four years. Over the past twelve years he has appeared as soloist with the BBCSSO performing new works by Judith Bingham, Mark Anthony Turnage, Thea Musgrave and Tansy Davies, as well as concertos by Telemann, Hummel and Shostakovich. He records solo repertoire on the Delphian label. In addition to his career with the BBCSSO, he is a committed chamber musician playing with ensembles which share his passion for new music, including guest Principal Trumpet with London Sinfonietta, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Hallé Orchestra. His teachers include Murray Greig, John Wallace, Bo Nilsson and Fritz Damrow. Mark O’Keeffe teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he has completed, with distinction, a Masters Degree in trumpet performance.
Pasi Pirinen Trumpeter Pasi Pirinen started his instrumental studies in Tornio in northern Finland, and later attended the junior department of Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He studied with John Miller, Paul Cosh and Stephen Keavy at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London from where he graduated in 1992. Additional studies took him to Cleveland, US with Michael Sachs and to Paris with Antoine Curé. In 1998 Pirinen won 1st Prize in the ITG Ellsworth Smith Trumpet Competition in the US and in 1987 2nd Prize in the Concertino Praga Competition. He was chosen 'Brass Player of the Year' by Lieksa Brass Festival in Finland in 1999. In 2015 Pirinen was appointed Professor of Brass Instruments at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He is also Artistic Director of the Brass @ Sibelius Academy Festival. Since 2005 Pirinen is Principal Trumpet of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and serves in in same position with the Avanti! contemporary music ensemble.
From 1995 until 2005 he was Principal Trumpet of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Pirinen frequently teaches masterclasses in major music institutions internationally and has served as a member of jury in international trumpet competitions including Theo Charlier in Brussels, Città di Porcia in Italy and the ITG competitions. In 2017 Pirinen was appointed Visiting Professor of Trumpet at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Pirinen has appeared as guest Principal Trumpet with a wide range of orchestras, notably with groups such as Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and also on period instruments with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra. As an active orchestral soloist and recitalist Pirinen has played first performances of several contemporary works, including the concertos by composers Erik Bergman, Jouni Kaipainen and Harri Wessman. These works amongst others have been dedicated to him. Performances in the contemporary genre also include the trumpet concerto by Peter Maxwell-Davies, Requiem by Hans Werner Henze and Luciano Berio´s Sequenza X. Pirinen´s first solo album "Heptade" which includes music by Jolivet, Hindemith, Wessman, Sermilä and Jokinen was released in 2001. An album of trumpet concertos by Haydn, Kaipainen and Tomasi with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Hannu Lintu was released in 2014 on the Alba label. Pirinen has appeared as soloist with conductors such as Okko Kamu, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Gennadi Roshdestvensky, Sakari Oramo, John Storgårds, Hannu Lintu, Roberto Minchzuk and Grant Llewellyn. Pasi Pirinen is a Yamaha Artist.
Adam Rapa Word of Adam Rapa's trumpet playing has spread like wild fire around the globe in recent years. He's become recognized internationally as a star on the rise, possessing both blazing technical skills and great emotional depth. A featured guest artist and master-clinician at the 2008 International Trumpet Guild conference and the 2007 & 2008 National Trumpet Competition, and many other international festivals, Rapa has also established himself as a world-class educator who brings as much excitement and inspiration to the classroom as he does the stage. Adam is grateful to have shared the stage and/or recorded with Grammy Award winners Nicholas Payton & Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Doc Severinsen, Mnozil Brass, Soulive, The New Life Jazz Orchestra, Wycliffe Gordon, Eric Reed, Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, Cyrus Chestnut, Academy Award winning composer A.R. Rahman, and many other great artists over the years. He also spent seven years starring in the Tony & Emmy Award winning Broadway show, "Blast!", performing over 2000 shows across the US, the UK and Japan. Adam looks forward to a long career of producing innovative and inspiring musical and theatrical experiences, and contributing to the greater good through the medium of art.
Gábor Tarkövi Gábor Tarkövi was born in Esztergom in 1969 into a family of musicians. At the age of nine, he received his very first trumpet lesson from his father, István Tarkövi. Raised in Csolnok, absorbing the local “Schwab” brass music substantially influenced his musical career. After graduating from the Richter János Conservatory in Győr, Gábor became a student of György Geiger at the Liszt Ferenc Teacher Training College. Gábor continued his studies under Frigyes Varasdy at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. After studying in Budapest, he absorbed important musical influences from György Kurtág and Hans Gansch. He started his career at the Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra as co-principal trumpet, then moved on to the Berlin Symphonie Orchestra (today Konzerthausorchester Berlin) as principal trumpet, and in 1999 to the Bayern Radio Symphony Orchestra as principal trumpet. Since 2004, he has been the principal trumpet of the Berliner Philharmoniker. Besides his orchestral work, Gábor Tarkövi frequently plays chamber music in the Pro Brass and the Austrian Brass Connection, in the Wien-Berlin Brass Quintet and in the Berlin Philharmonic Brass Trio. Regularly performing in Europe, the USA and Asia, he is a renowned soloist worldwide, presenting concerts with major orchestras as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra, China National Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra. Under an exclusive contract with the Swiss Tudor Classics label since 2008, four CD’s have been produced. These are the Italian Trumpet Concertos with Mojca Erdmann, Classical Trumpet Concertos with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by KarlHeinz Steffens, Arioso & Brillante Concerto for Trumpet and Organ with Peter Kofler, and the Brilliant Brass recording with the Wien-Berlin Brass Quintett. He lectures at the Herbert von Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic and presents master courses all over the world. Since 2018 Gábor Tarkövi is Professor for Trumpet at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Alan Thomas Alan Thomas is Principal Trumpet of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, having been a member from 2004–2013 and again since 2018. Previously, Alan was Principal Trumpet of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 2013 - 2018. Alan is Associate Head of Brass at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and a professor of Trumpet at the Royal College of Music, London. He is an alumnus of both institutions. Alan is also a member of both Onyx Brass and Septura. In any spare time Alan enjoys running, adventure races, going to British Military Fitness classes, holidays and spending time with his wife and children. You can follow Alan on Twitter @noteblower
Annamia Larsson Annamia Larsson was born in Sweden, and is since 2010 the principal Horn of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra in Sweden. She started her orchestral career in the Verbier Festival Orchestra and after that she was appointed as coprincipal of the Royal Opera in Stockholm at the age of 21. Annamia studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Dick Gustavsson and Markus Maskuniitty, and also at Universität für Darstellende Kunst und Musik Wien with Roland Berger. Annamia is frequently performing as a soloist with orchestras in Scandinavia, and since 2010 Annamia is a member of the award winning quintet Stockholm Chamber Brass. She is also a member of the Stockholm Sinfonietta and the contemporary ensemble KammarensembleN in Stockholm. Annamia graduated from the soloist diploma class of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 2008 and that same year she filled the position as horn teacher of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
Katy Woolley Katy Woolley was appointed principal horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra at age 22, having previously been awarded the third horn position while she was still a student. She will take up her new position as principal horn of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam later in 2019. Having first appeared as a soloist with the Philharmonia while still studying at the Royal College of Music, she now enjoys a blossoming solo career, performing works by the likes of Richard Strauss, Mozart, and Britten. Most recently with the Philharmonia in London, she has performed Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 2 led by Tugan Sokhiev and the Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings with tenor Mark Padmore, led by Vasily Petrenko. Born in Exeter, Katy Woolley began playing horn at age ten and studied with Sue Dent and, later, Simon Rayner of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Ms. Woolley graduated from the Royal College of Music with a first class degree and was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal by HRH The Prince of Wales. She served as principal horn in the European Union Youth Orchestra for two years and undertook further study at Universität der Künste in Berlin with Christian-Friedrich Dallmann. Katy Woolley is a professor of horn at both the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Andrej Žust Andrej Žust was born in 1984 in Logatec, Slovenia, where he had his first horn lessons with Janez Polanc. Later he went to Boštjan Lipovšek at the Ljubljana Music Academy. The young horn player also received artistic encouragement from such renowned musicians as Hermann Baumann, Frøydis Ree Wekre, Viktor Malisch and Radovan Vlatkovič. While still a student he received the Lucijan-Marija-Škerjanc and Prešeren prizes for his artistic abilities. He then went on to win the first prize at numerous national and international competitions, including Povoletto (Italy) in 2001 and the Young Musicians Competition in Slovenia in 2002. In May 2004 he was appointed principal horn in the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra in Ljubljana. Žust has also been a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and Pacific Music Festival Orchestra. An active chamber-music player, he belongs to the Ariart Wind Quintet, the Soloists of the Ljubljana Chamber Orchestra and the Trio Triumvirat. From February 2009 to January 2011 he was a scholar of the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra Academy. At the beginning of the 2011/2012 season, Andrej Žust joined the orchestra’s horn section.
Jesper Busk Sørensen Jesper Busk Sørensen (born 1980) has been a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker since 2009. He studied with Niels-Ole Bo Johansen, Rolf Sandmark and Jesper Juul Windahl at the Royal Music Academy of Music in Aarhus. His first professional engagement was in 2002 as second trombone – later becoming first – of the Aarhus Symfoniorkester. In addition, he undertook further training with Chicago Symphony Orchestra trombonist Michael Mulcahy at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. As a chamber player, Jesper Busk Sørensen is a member of The Danish Trombone Quartet, which has given the world premiere of several contemporary works. He is also a member of Berlin Philharmonic Brass. Jesper Busk Sørensen was appointed Honorary Professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in 2015.
Katy Jones Katy Jones has been Principal Trombone of the Hallé Orchestra since 2012, having previously been the first female in a Principal position in the brass section of the London Symphony Orchestra. Katy is Senior Tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music, and is a coach for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. She is a member of both Fine Arts Brass and Hallé Brass. Katy recently performed the world premiere of a Concerto (The Madonna of Silence) with the Hallé, written for her by John Casken, and recorded by BBC Radio 3. Having a Masters of Pharmacy degree, Katy has maintained an active interest in health education and injury prevention throughout her career. Any time off is spent with her young family, enjoying the hills of the Peak District!
David Rejano David Rejano is the Principal Trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra since 2016. Before that, he served as Principal Trombone with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Navarra from 2002 to 2007, Principal Trombone with the Orquestra del Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona (Barcelona Opera House) from 2007 to 2010, and Principal Trombone with the Münchner Philharmoniker from 2010 to 2016. He has also performed as a guest with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, Seoul Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks or the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris. David Rejano appears frequently as a soloist at the Sapporo Festival, Summer Brass Festival, or the International Trombone Festival, as well as with top orchestras. He frequently works together with Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev and Zubin Mehta. His new solo Album "Everything but Trombone" has been recently launched in 2018. As a sought-after teacher, David gives masterclasses and coaches youth orchestras all over the world in Austria, China, France, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, South Korea, Spain and USA. David Rejano was born in Badajoz, Spain, and initially studied music at the Conservatory in Madrid. He then moved to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he graduated with the maximum qualifications "Mention très bien à l'unanimité" and the "Prix Spécial du Jury". He was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (with Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez). David Rejano is a Bach Performing Artist.
Roland Szentpáli Roland Szentpáli, born 1977 in Nyíregyháza (Hungary). Roland began playing the euphonium at the age of twelve, moving on to the tuba in the following year under the guidance of Sandor Lukács. He was a student at the Béla Bartok Academy in Budapest from 1991-1995, studying with Joseph Baszinka and Gábor Adamik. Roland continued his studies with Lászlò Szabò at the F. Liszt Academy. On the international scene, Roland has attended courses held by Roger Bobo, Mel Culbertson, Manfred Hoppert, and Sam Pilafian and has been the recipient of numerous scholarships for study abroad. Among his numerous successes in solo competitions, the most notable are his first prizes at the Lahti International Brass Competition in Finland (2001), the International Performer‘s Competition in Brno, Czech Republic (2000), and the International Tuba Competition in Cheju, Korea (2000). He was also awarded second prize at the prestigious Markneukirchen International Tuba Competition in 2000, and has also been a prize winner at other competitions, including TubaMania (Australia, 1999), Guebwiller International Tuba Competition (France, 1998). Roland is also very active as a composer, having written many works for tuba, chamber ensemble and orchestra in a broad variety of styles. In February of 1994, he performed his own Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra in Budapest for live television broadcast. His music has been played and recorded by the Hungarian Radio Orchestra and the Orchestra Hungarian Music Academy Bela Bartok. His last solo CD “I killed my lips” includes four of his own compositions. Aside from his busy solo and composition schedule, Roland is actually principal tuba with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Roland has also given several master classes in the United States, Japan and many European countries.
David Adams has been a prize-winning performer on both organ and harpsichord since becoming the first winner of the Dublin International Organ Competition in 1986. Adams has released a solo organ CD as well as recordings on Naxos, Black Box and EZM. Adams has taught at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Trinity College Dublin, conservatories in Freiburg, Berlin, The Hague, and currently lectures at the RIAM. Edward Holly studied piano with Frank Heneghan and Christopher Elton and graduated from Trinity College Dublin and DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. He has broadcast on RTÉ Television and Radio and given recitals in the Moscow Conservatory and Moscow State University. Highlights include accompanying Bryn Terfel in the National Concert Hall and featuring as soloist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Edward lectures at TU Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama. Vincent Lynch studied at Trinity College Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy of Music, DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama and UCLA. He freelances with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and has toured around Europe, the US, China, UAE and Australia. His work encompasses a broad range of genres between classical, musical theatre, opera and sacred music.
Angus Butt (bass trombone)
Glen Carr (trumpet)
Aled Meredith-Barrett (tuba)
Will Thomas (trumpet)
ZoĂŤ Tweed (French Horn)
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B E RL I N P HI L HARMONI C B RASS
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Neruda Schumann Schumann Dukas Poulenc Allegro Moderato – Andante – Rondeau Vaclav Nelhybel Leggiero marcato – Andante moderato – Molto vivo Jean-Francois Michel Overture – Nocturne – Allegro
ADAM RAPA & LUCA DELL'ANNA
Luca Dell’Anna
DBW19 CLOSING CONCERT
Rose Connolly Bach Gabrieli Bruckner Handel James Naigus Mahler Jensen Maxwell Geddes
Rose Connolly
Julia Gåsvær Linkola Bruckner Lady Gregory’s Wake,
Roland Szentpáli DBW19 Concerto Competition Winner Elmer Bernstein Trad. Piazzolla
Jennifer Boase England
Glen Carr Ireland
Andrew Christofides Ireland
Eoghan Cooke Ireland
David Cumming Scotland
Julia Gåsvær Norway
Sean Heary Ireland
Mark James Scotland
John Kerr Northern Ireland
Nathan McDonnell Ireland
Orlaith O'Driscoll Ireland
Niall O'Leary Ireland
Paul Pfeiffer Germany
Andrea Rodaro Italy
Gregory Rose Scotland
Will Thomas England
Tom Thornton England
Christopher Woodruff USA
Elizabeth Baumberg England
Tabitha Bolter England
Seamus Bradbury England
Ollie De Carteret England
Frances Gordon England
Niamh Huethorst Ireland
Peter Mullen Ireland
Marianna Pallas USA
Lene Skomedal Norway
ZoĂŤ Tweed England
Peter Ryan Ireland
Alex Barker Scotland
Lewis Bettles Scotland
Chris Brewster England
Angus Butt Scotland
EĂłin Leahy Ireland
Jack Mahony Ireland
Ross McDonnell Ireland
Oran O'Neill Ireland
Samantha Oliver Scotland
Kieran Sharkey Ireland
Davis Zamboanga USA
Christopher Barron England
Peter Cowlishaw Wales
Jack Cullen Ireland
Jack Doherty Ireland
Benjamin Keay Scotland
Aled MeredithBarrett Wales
Leo Brychta Trumpet Co. Kildare
Patrick Creagh Trombone Co. Antrim
Eileen Curran French Horn Co. Dublin
Colm Hogan French Horn Co. Dublin
Cecily O'Brien French Horn Co. Dublin
Andrew Milligan Tuba Co. Antrim
Niamh Walsh Trumpet Co. Dublin
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