Masterclass for singers with Bernarda and Marcos Fink

The Bildungshaus Sodalitas is once again hosting a singing master class from Monday, August 12 to Saturday, August 17, 2024 with mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink and bass-baritone Marcos Fink.
This intensive, one-week training masterclass provides an excellent opportunity to learn under the auspices of two world-famous singers and outstanding music educators, whose help will prepare you for the new academic year, auditions, concerts, competitions, entrance exams, or simply an individualized program of study. The master class is geared towards singing students enrolled at universities and colleges, high school students at music conservatories, and other experienced singers whose prerequisites qualify them for a degree at a professional level.

The master class provides answers to questions about all facets of the art of music, such as the training of the voice and its meaning, musical style and interpretation, and the art of performing. Singers select their repertoire themselves which can be comprised of songs, cantatas, oratorios and operas.

The 45-minute lessons take place one-on-one; however, they are accessible to others who, as passive participants, are able to be a part of the lessons without their own direct one-on-one instruction.

MENTORS:

MEZZO-SOPRANO
BERNARDA FINK
The mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Slovenian parents. Her singing and music training took place at the Insituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón, where she has also regularly performed since the beginning of her career. Her repertoire is extremely broad and encompasses older music to works from contemporary composers. She has been invited to perform as lead singer by some of the most significant orchestras, such as the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, the State Orchestras of Berlin and Dresden, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as from leading Baroque orchestras; she has sung under such notable conductors as Barenboim, Blomstedt, Bychkow, Chailly, Gardiner, Gergiev, Jacobs, Jansons, Muti, Norrington, Pinnock, Prêtre, Rattle, Saraste, and Welser-Möst, among others. Bernarda was awarded the Austrian Honor for Science and Art and also holds the honorary title of Kammersängerin. In 2013 she received, together with Marcos Fink, the Prešeren Award - Slovenia's highest cultural honor.

BASS BARITONE
MARCOS FINK
The bass baritone Marcos Fink was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as the son of Slovenian parents. His singing training was with Ivan Ivanov and Victor Srugo and he participated in master classes with Philippe Huttenlocker, Wolfgang Schöne, Erik Werba, and Aldo Baldin. Engagements brought him to renowned operas and concert houses all over the world: in Paris, Bordeaux, Basel, Berlin, Frankfurt, Vienna, Madrid, Barcelona, Geneva, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Tokyo, Osaka, Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo, Calgary, and Houston, among others. There he worked together with conductors such as Michel Corboz, Hans Graf, Leopold Hager, Alain Lombard, Semyon Bychkow, Uwe Mund, Milan Horvat, Pinchas Steinberg, Anton Nanut, Lior Shambadal, and René Jacobs. The CD Canciones argentinas (2007), recorded with his sister Bernarda Fink and the pianist Carmen Piazzini, was nominated for both a Grammy Award (Best Classical Vocal Performance) and a BBC Music Award. The album Slovenija! (with Bernarda Fink) with Slovenian art songs was released in March 2011 on Harmonia mundi. He recorded three song cycles for Radio Slovenija's CD productions which were recognized in 1998 with the Orphée d'Or by the Academie du disque lyrique as the best interpretation (for the Winterreise) and won the Prešeren Foundation Slovenian cultural award in 1999 and 2013.

For further information to Marcos Fink see: http://marcosfink.si/

ACCOMPANISTS
IRINA MILIVOJEVIC is one of the most sought-after chamber musicians of her generation. At 17 years old, she studied at the Belgrade Music Academy. Upon completion of her studies in Belgrade, she enrolled in the Music Academy in Ljubljana for post-graduate studies with Aci Bertoncelj. After Bertoncelj's premature death, she finished her studies with Professor Tatjana Ognjanivic. Irina Milivojevic is a member of the Slowenian Chamber Music Theater and works as accompanist at the Vic-Rudnik Ljubljana Music School and the Slovenian National Theater for Opera and Ballet in Ljubljana. Irina Milivojevic was also an accompanist at the Belvedere Singing Competition in 2019.

VLADIMIR MLINARIC studied in Ljublana with Zdenka Novak and perfected his abilities in Vienna under L. Brumberg while participating in master classes with A. Valdmi, K. Boginu, and L. Hallmann-Russell, among others. As a member of various chamber music groups and as a soloist, he performed in concerts in virtually every European country. He has been a professor for the piano at the Ljubjana Music Academy since 2002, and he also taught from 2009 to 2011 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg as accompanist for solo singing. Vladimir Mliniaric is a full jury member at piano competitions in Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, and in Bosnia Herzegovina. He regularly leads seminars in Slovenia, Austria, and Croatia.

DATE:
from Monday, August 12, 2023, 10:00 a.m.
until Saturday, August 17, 2023, 9.00 p.m.

Maximum number of participants: 12

Language of instruction:
Slovenian, German, English, Italian, French, Spanish

Price for the Masterclass: Euro 470,--
Price for the passive participation: Euro 95,--

Costs for accommodation in the educational establishment Sodalitas (optional): Euro 71,-- full board in a single room (with minimum two-night stay)

Additional offer (included in the price): Feldenkrais - group lessons (one hour per day)

Further information and registration:
www.sodalitas.at

FINAL CONCERT of the participants

August 17, 2023, 7:30 p.m. in the parish church Tainach/Tinje

REGISTRATION: Registration for the master class is only available through the electronic forms (see "www.sodalitas.at"). In addition to the class registration, it is necessary to send the organizers via email the particular pieces which the participant wishes to concentrate on during the master class along with a current audio recording of the participant's choice. The recording is to be sent via WeTransfer, Dropbox, or similar media to the email address sturm@sodalitas.at or via regular mail (for CDs, DVDs, etc.) to Katholische Bildungshaus Sodalitas by the registration closing date.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: July 1, 2024

NOTE! ACCEPTANCE INTO THE MASTER CLASS WILL BE DECIDED BY BERNARDA FINK AND MARCOS FINK BASED UPON THE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS AND THE AUDIO RECORDINGS.

CANCELLATION:
Cancellations prior to registration closing date will result in the retention of 25 Euros from the already submitted course fees as a handling charge. The remainder will be refunded. For cancellations after registration closing, the entire course fee will be retained unless the spot can be filled by another participant. In this case, only the 25 Euro handling fee will be retained. If the course is cancelled by the organizer, then the entire course fee will be refunded.


ORGANIZER:
Catholic Bildungshaus SODALITAS
Propsteiweg / Proštijska cesta 1
9121 Tainach/Tinje, Austria
T: 0043 (0) 4239 2642
E: office@sodalitas.at
I: www.sodalitas.at

Christian Cultural Association
Viktringer Ring 26/III
9020 Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
T: 0043 (0) 463 516243
E: office@kkz.at
I: www.kkz.at


EVENT LOCATION:
Catholic Bildungshaus SODALITAS
Propsteiweg / Proštijska cesta 1
9121 Tainach/Tinje, Austria
T: 0043 (0) 4239 2642
E: office@sodalitas.at
I: www.sodalitas.at

Katoliški dom prosvete - Katholisches Bildungshaus A-9121 Tainach/Tinje Probsteiweg/Proštijska pot 1

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