| Workshop topics: 1. Organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach (e.g., Clavier-Übung III, Orgelbüchlein, Trio Sonatas, Preludes/Toccatas/Fantasias and Fugues) 2. South German Baroque music for organ and harpsichord with an emphasis on sources from Slovenia and Croatia (e.g., Georg Muffat: Apparatus musico-organisticus, Gottlieb Muffat: 72 Versetl, manuscript collections from the Franciscan monasteries in Novo Mesto and Klanjec) 3. Music for harpsichord by Georg Friedrich Händel and Johann Sebastian Bach (Suites, Inventions, Preludes and Fugues) The workshop is primarily intended for organists who wish to participate with one or more prepared works from each category. Depending on interest, pianists and other keyboard players may also participate, choosing repertoire that does not require the use of pedals (manualiter) from the categories listed above. The workshop is expected to take place at various locations featuring different (including historically significant) organs and a 16-foot German-style harpsichord by H. A. Hass (Hamburg, 1734). |
Biography:
| Slovenian organist and harpsichordist Tomaž Sevšek Šramel has distinguished himself as a thoughtful and powerful artist with an exceptionally broad repertoire encompassing solo and chamber music for keyboard instruments from the late Renaissance to the musical avant-garde of the 21st century. He regularly performs as a soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic and the Symphony Orchestra of Slovenian Radio and Television under conductors such as Ari Rasilainen, George Pehlivanian, Pavel Kogan, Hartmut Haenchen, Marko Letonja, and Grete Pedersen. He has given recitals in many European countries and in the United States, often on important historical instruments, such as the oldest surviving organ in the world in Sion (Switzerland), Renaissance organs in Valvasone and Mantua (Italy), and the Schnitger organ in Weener (Germany). More recently, he has also performed on the clavichord and on a forgotten 19th-century instrument – the French harmonium d’art. As a co-founder of the Slovenian early music ensemble Musica cubicularis, he has performed with leading international specialists such as María Cristina Kiehr, Manfredo Kraemer, William Dongois, Bojan Čičić, and Edoardo Torbianelli at early music festivals in Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Germany, Spain, and the Czech Republic. He has also participated in projects with numerous internationally renowned artists, including jazz saxophonist Vasko Atanasovski, mandolinist Avi Avital, violinist Richard Tognetti, and the world-famous oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros. He graduated from the Musikhochschule (University of Music) in Freiburg, Germany, where he studied organ with the renowned specialist in contemporary music Zsigmond Szathmáry and harpsichord with Robert Hill, one of the most inspiring figures in the field of early music. He later studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he studied organ with David Higgs and harpsichord with Arthur Haas. His interest in music from various styles of classical music is reflected in concert programs such as “Parisian Organ Music Between the World Wars,” “Romantic Bach: Organ Transcriptions of J. S. Bach’s Music by Late Romantic German Composers,” and “Music of Richard Wagner in Transcriptions by Sigfrid Karg-Elert.” Tomaž Sevšek Šramel has performed and recorded world premieres of works by composers such as Lojze Lebič (1934), Zsigmond Szathmáry (1939), Uroš Rojko (1954), and Vito Žuraj (1979). |
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