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Four categories of members - Institutional members: conservatories and other schools or institutions which have pedagogical instruction as the primary activity. - Individual members: teachers and musicians exercising a significant pedagogical activity. - Ensemble members: professional ensembles with 2 -5 members with a legal identity exercising a significant pedagogical activity. - Contributing members: individuals, institutions, or other structures wishing to support the association without voting rights.

Membership • In 2009: 44 members 27 institutional members and 17 individual members • In 2016: 80 members from 21 countries 36 institutional members, 33 individual members, 8 ensemble members, 3 contributing members, two free members (webmaster Matti Kettunen and financial assessor Hannu Ikonen)

History of the Association • In 2001 -2004 teachers of six European music institutes worked under a Socrates Program Project: Chamber Music Curriculum Profile. The original Partner Institutes were Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Debrecen University, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences/ Music Department, Estonian Music Academy, Hochschule für Musik, “Franz Liszt”, Weimar and Universität für Music und Darstellende Kunst, Wien. • Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences/ Music Department and its partner schools organized a Pedagogic Chamber Music Conference in cooperation with the AEC and its ERASMUS Thematic Network for Music Polifonia 4 th – 6 th May 2007. There were practical workshops lead by professors from several European Music Academies, Pedagogic Chamber Music Material was presented and important issues on Chamber Music education were touched in several panel discussions. The main event of the Conference was the forming of the ECMTA.

Objectives of the Association • § 2 The mission of the Association shall be the non -profit promotion of chamber music activity and education in Europe. For this purpose, the Association shall organize activities related to chamber music, for example, courses, educational events and conferences, as well as editing pedagogical materials and cooperating with music institutes and actors of the music industry, whenever possible. The Association shall make proposals and initiatives to enhance the position of chamber music activity.

Key events of the Association 2013 -16 Autumn Gatherings and General meetings in Nicosia, Savonlinna, Cremona, Dublin, Riga, Tartu and Warsaw

Key actions of the Board 2013 -16 • Acceptance of application of membership to the European Music Council (EMC), with automatic acceptance to the International Music Council • Inclusion of ECMTA in EMC mobility project proposal • Redesign of the Website • Transition of former thematic committees into participatory Workgroups led by Board members at each meeting • Contracting of Tili & Talous Oy accounting firm • Member survey in Riga (organization of meetings) and Dublin (festival activity) • Member survey of summer workshops (EUC project)

Guest Speakers and Panels Nicosia Keynote speaker: Jeremy Cox, Chief Executive, Association européenne des conservatoires (AEC) Enlightening conversations: how chamber music instruction can serve as a paradigm for student-centred learning The Future of Chamber Music Practice. Interdisciplinary perspectives • • Monika Henschel (Verband Deutscher Streichquartette; Henschel Quartet), Dominic Sewell (Composer, Pro Corda, UK) Sean Gregory (Director of Creative Learning, Barbican Centre and Guildhall School of Music & Drama) Catherine Le. Bris (Director, CLB Concert Management, Paris and London) Guest Lecture: Faidros Kavallaris, composer

Guest Speakers and Lecturers Savonlinna Keynote Speaker: Professor Kari Uusikylä, Professor of Education, University of Helsinki Talent and Behaviour in Groups Quartet-in-Residence: Henschel Quartet Timo-Juhani Kyllönen, composer Finnish Composers’ Projects in Schools Filippo Faes, Conservatorio di Castelfranco Veneto Scintille: a series of interdisciplinary lecture/concerts David Dolan, Guildhall School of Music & Drama Ensemble Improvisation as a Tool of Learning Chamber Music Repertoire Carsten Dürer, Staccato-Verlag Playing the Instrument is not enough - How an instrumentalist or an ensemble maintains his hold on the Market

Guest Speakers and Panels Cremona Keynote Speaker: Alessandro CASAROTTI, CEO at Empleko
Security, Analyst, Researcher for Wikistrat and The International Security Observer Harmony after Bombs: music as part of post-conflict reconstruction Quartet-in-Residence: Quartetto di Cremona We Are Stronger Together: Chamber Music and Institutional Collaboration • • Simone GRAMAGLIA (Quartetto di Cremona) Vittoria FONTANA (Artistic Dep. Teatro Ponchielli and Didactic Coordinator Accademia Stauffer) Paulo Rossini (Professor, Conservatorio ISSM “C. Monteverdi”) Matteo HEILIGERS (Consortium of Violinmakers "Antonio Stradivari" Cremona)

Guest Speakers and Panels Dublin Keynote speaker: Raymond Deane, composer Seachanges, a set-work of chamber music in the Leaving Certificate Music Examinations (final high school diploma qualification in Ireland) Ensemble-in-Residence: Fidelio Trio Chamber Music Instruction and Performance in Ireland • • • Miriam Roycroft – Head of Strings Royal Irish Academy of Music Dr. John O’Flynn - Head of Music Department, St. Patrick’s College Gregory Ellis – 1 st Violinist, Vanbrugh String Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence Dublin Institute of Technology Sharon Rollston – Chief Executive Music Network John O'Kane, Executive Director of RTE Orchestras, Quartet and Choirs

Guest Speakers and Panels Riga Keynote: Francesca Zini, International Consultant, Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition Recent Developments in Chamber Music Competitions Chamber Music Instruction and Performance in Latvia • • Aldis Liepiņš Latvian contemporary chamber music Indriķis Veitners Interpretation of jazz compositions in chamber music Karlīne Īvāne Intonation in chamber ensemble: strings/winds and piano Herta Hansena Pedagogical Practices in Chamber Ensemble Education David Dolan, Guildhall School of Music & Drama Ensemble Improvisation as a Tool of Learning Chamber Music Repertoire

Panel and Guest Speakers Tartu Music and Neuronal Networks of the Brain: Mechanisms of Musical Sensitivity, Learning, and Creativity • Prof Pille Taba MD, Ph. D, Department of Neurology, University of Tartu, Estonia • Prof Sulev Kõks, MD, Ph. D, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Tartu, Estonia

Members Forum Nicosia • • • Yiannis Miralis, European University Cyprus Saxophone chamber music by Greek and Cypriot composers • • Annini Tsiouti, European University Cyprus The chamber music of Nikos Skalkottas : presentation and • categorization Dalia Balsyte, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Activity of LAMT in European Chamber Music Academy Dr. Francis- Nectarios Guy, Kinyras Cultural Organization • (European University of Cyprus collaborator) • Chamber Music of Yorgos Sicilianos José Manuel Gil de Gálvez, Concerto Málaga - FIAPMSE Chamber Music As The Main Line Of A XXI Century Multidisciplinary Project Blandine Côte, Quatuor Debussy Pedagogical actions of the Quatuor Debussy Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska, Fr. Chopin University of Music Warsaw Poland The idea of songs masterclasses at FCUM • • Petras Kunca, Academia String Quartet, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union The chamber music activities in Lithuania today Liesbeth Kok, Netherlands String Quartet Academy (NSKA) String Quartet education, from Bachelor to Post-academic • life • Maja Nosowska, F. Chopin University of Music, Warsaw The European Liedforum Ksenia Bonduryanskaya Chamber Competitions in Russia Michael Tsalka, Lilla Akademien, Stockholm The 2 nd Nordic Historical Keyboard Festival • •

Members Forum Savonlinna • Piret Väinmaa, Estonian Chamber Music Teacher´s association In Corpore, Tallinn: Chamber Music of Estonian Composer Eduard Tubin (1905 -1982) • Evan Rothstein, Guildhall School of Music&Drama London • Alexander Bonduryansky, Chamber Music Association of the International Union of Musicians, Moscow: Chamber Music teaching in Russia • Matti Makkonen, Savonlinna Music Academy • Michael Tsalka, Lilla Akademien Stockholm • Jose Manuel Gil de Galvez, Concerto Malaga- Fundation Hispania Musica • Yiannis Miralis, European University Cyprus • Dinara Galeeva, Kazan State conservatoire: Ensemble Repertoire for Music College • Roberto Galletto, Conservatorio "Santa Cecilia", Rome • Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Musician´s Union • Juan Pablo Gamarro Martinéz, Concerto Malaga- Fundation Hispania Musica

Members Forum Cremona • • • Simone Gramaglia, Quartetto di Cremona The Italian situation of chamber music and in particular of the string quartet: pedagogy and concert performances • • Daiva Stulgyte-Povilaitiene, Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium: Past, Present and Future Dalia Balsyte, Lithuanian Academy of Music and • Theatre The history of the International student chamber • music festival and Festival Vilnius 2014 Marje Lohuaru, Estonian Academy of Music, Estonian Music Development Center Changes in the Concept of ‘Chamberness’: Examples of New Estonian Chamber Music Paulo Pacheco, Music Academy of Lisbon, Superior School of Music of Lisbon Gunta Sproge, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music Academic Innovations - Joint Chamber Ensemble Master's at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music Piret Vaïnmaa, Jana Peäske, Estonian Chamber Music Teachers’ Association The International Youth Chamber Music Festival "In Corpore" - Tallinn, Estonia Carmen Mayo, Conservatorio Superior de Valencia Fundación Monteleón Chamber Music Festival: An opportunity for young ensembles. • • • Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union and Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre

Members Forum Dublin • • Katariina Liimatainen, Principal Lecturer in Piano, Kuopio Conservatory, Finland Chamber Music activities at Kuopio Conservatory • Dr Michael Tsalka Chamber Music Performances at the Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival (Amsterdam, Oct. 2014): Challenges and Rewards of working with Historical Keyboards • • • Sampsa Konttinen, Rector, Tampere Conservatoire, Finland • Tampere Music Academy - a Unique Co-operation Between University and Pre-College Levels • Piret Vainmaa, Estonian Chamber Music Teachers • Association « In Corpore » « The IN CORPORE Chamber Music Summer Courses in • Estonia » • Dinara Galeeva, Kazan State Conservatory Chamber ensemble music and practice in the Republic of Tatarstan Prof. Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union Activities of the Lithuanian members of ECMTA in 2014 Ilona Klusaite, Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium, Lithuania Chamber music projects and programmes at the Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium Kadri Leivategija, Director, H. Eller Music College, Tartu, Estonia "Chamber music and international co-operation at the Heino Eller Tartu Music College": the new International Chamber Music Festival 'Winter Academy of Chamber Music’ Yiannis Miralis, European University of Cyprus, Nicosia Trio for Saxophone, Violin and Piano: A promising new medium of chamber music

Members Forum Riga • • • Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Academy of Music and • Theatre, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union About chamber music activities of Lithuanian • Musicians’ Union and music schools in Lithuania Piret Väinmaa, Estonian Chamber Music Teachers Association “In Corpore” Estonian Chamber Music Competition "IN CORPORE” • Tero-Pekka Henell, Helsinki Am I good or Am I Good Enough ? A Course about • Career planning for young musicians and ensembles INDRĖ BAIKŠTYTĖ, National M. K. Čiurlionis school of Art Chamber ensemble methodical group at the National M. K. Čiurlionis school of Art – history and activity Ksenia Bonduryanskaya, Moscow State Conservatory Chamber music festivals and competitions in Russia Rea Efstathiou and Andri Hadjievangelou, European University of Cyprus, Nicosia Chamber music for violin and piano by Cypriot Composers • • • Improvisation for Interpretation Workshop/Demonstration (Special Session, Saturday 14. 30) Dr David Dolan, Volta Quartet, Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Volta Quartet Improvisational Concept Applied to Chamber Music Teaching, Learning and Practice.

Members Forum Tartu • Emlyn Stam, Artistic Director, New European Ensemble – Activities of the New European Ensemble • Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union About chamber music activities in Lithuania • • • Simone Gramaglia, Quartetto di Cremona A New Life For String Quartets in Italy: Master 4 Strings & Stauffer Academy - Young String Quartet Competition Daiva Stulgytė-Povilaitienė , Head of the Chamber music, Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium 70 th Anniversary of the Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium Evan Rothstein, Guildhall School of Music & Drama Two interesting tools for chamber music instruction: Hans Keller’s Functional Analysis and Liz Lehrman’s Critical Response Process

Student Ensembles Tartu • • • • • • Espoo Music Institut • 1. Zechen Ma (guitar), Aron Siket- Szasz ( guitar) • 2. Johannes Elfing (cello), Kiku Kämäläinen (piano) • • H. Eller Tartu Music College • 1. Saskia Kitting ( guitar), Priit Peterson ( guitar) • 2. Arno Gabriel Humal (piano), Ranno Tamm (violin), Armas Riives ( cello) • 3. Elina Tšertšel (piano), Carolin Karo ( piano) • 4. Erki Lillemets (bariton), Olga Oja (piano) • 5. Eva-Lotta Lepp (piano), Eva-Maria Marrandi (piano) • Tallinn Music High School ensembles: • 1. Kerstin Laanemets (flute), Mari Koldits (guitar) • 2. Hanna Taube (saxophone), Enri Remmelgas (tuba), Eleri-Kristel • Kuimet (piano) 3. Brita Post (violin), Hanna Taube (saxophone), Reene Pehka (piano) • 4. Valeri Trahhatsjov (clarinet), Jakob Peäske (bassoon), Mihhail Kriiva • (piano) • 5. Birgit Katriin Born (violin), Kristjan Lume (flute), Reene Pehka (piano) • 6. Anette Celine Peri (violin), Aleksandra Serebrjakova (piano) • 7. Marta Madleen Tamm (clarinet), Aleksandra Serebrjakova (violin), Reene Pehka (piano) 8. Marta Mutso (violin), Maria Mutso (cello), reene Pehka (piano) • Tallinn G. Ots Music High School: Olga Kreiter (piano), Ilona Dudnik (piano) Kuopio Conservatory Piano Trio : Pekka Mehtonen (piano), Maria Turunen (violin), Juho Niskanen (violoncello) Schumann Piano trio no 1 op. 63 d minor I and II movement Jāzeps Mediņš Riga 1 st Music School 1. Anna Šuvajeva (violin), Arta Lipora (violin), Madara Tupiņa (viola), Dita Raimonda Pūce (cello) Sergei Rachmaninoff: String quartet No. 1 (Romance, Scherzo) Juta Bērziņa: 3 latviešu šūpuļdziesmas/3 Latvian lullabies 2. Patrīcija Bartuseviča (flute), Arta Lipora (violin), Marta Kalniņa (cello), Gabriela Goldmane (piano) Antonio Bertali: Sonata d moll Juta Bērziņa: Gleznošana ar ūdenskrāsām/Painting with watercolors 3. Justina Indreze (cello), Jurgis Indrezeris (piano) 4. Gabriela Goldmane (piano), Jurgis Indzeris (piano) 5. Davids Pikšis (clarinet), Paulis Dzenis ( cello), Kristians Pinnis ( piano) Vilnius Naujoji Vilnia Music School Tutors: Anna Kijevič, Vitalija Pilkauskienė, Agata Ursul, Ingrida Milašiūtė (piano). Students (violinists): Marija Berezina, Evelina Romanovska, Maria Grigorovič, Daniel Ilkevič, Monika Petrulevič, Severija Banaitytė, David Kijevič, Sabina Komoliubio, Emilija Ponomariovaitė, Rasa Petrošiūtė, Gabija Aliukonytė B. Figotin. Merry trip. K. Karajev. Pavane. K. Karajev. Dance. E. Derbenko. Romantic prelude. Zh. Metallidi. Elegia

Student ensembles Riga • • • • • • Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre • Rūta Mažolytė (I violin), Minadora Šernaitė (II violin), Vita Bartušytė • (viola), Evaldas Petkus (cello) • Vytautas Bacevičius String quartet • Edward Elgar String guartet • • Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre • Johan-Eerik Kõlar (piano), Peeter Margus (violin), Edward Soon • (violoncello) • Haydn Piano Trio No. 39 • Trio by Ma. Le. Ra Ka. Su. Ku: A collaborative composition by Mati Kuulbert, • Lep Sumera and Raimo Kangro (1977) • Moscow Conservatory Polina Kulikova, Ekaterina Zemaitis, piano • Taneev Prelude and Fugue, Brahms Variations on Haydn’s Theme, Stravinskiy Concerto for two pianos • • Guildhall School of Music & Drama • Volta Quartet: Venetia Jollands, Oliver Cave, violins, Luba Tunnicliffe, viola, Thomas Marlin, cello • Simon Holt, Two Movements for String Quartet • Beethoven Opus 59, 1 Chopin University of Music, Warsaw Mercury Trio: Igor Kret- piano, Aleksandra Szlaga- violin, Katarzyna Stasiewicz-cello W. Lutosławski- Grave D. Schostakowitch- Piano Trio e-minor op. 67 European University of Cyprus, Nicosia Rea Efstathiou, piano, Andri Hadjievangelou, violin Α. Gretchaninoff / F. Willms „In aller Fruhe” op. 126 a Ch. Georgiades „Serbian Dance” Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music Duo Madara Liepina (violin), Daumants Liepins (piano) Santa Bukovska (saxophone) Linda Laduse (piano) Helēna Zukule (voice) Evija Auziņa (piano) Laura Grecka, (voice) Aija Bērziņa (piano) Agnese Folkberga (violin) Margarita Ogibalova (cello) Nadežda Bardjuka (piano) Trio Vīzija Sintija Šteikopfa (violin), Kristiāna Ozoliņa (cello) Dārta Svētiņa (piano) A. Raspopova (violin) I. Tomaševska (viola) P. Pāvulēna (cello) M. Viļenskis (piano) Haralds Klips (clarinet) Raimonds Golubkovs (viola) Evija Auziņa (piano) Anna Berklāva (violin) Katrīna Auziņa, (cello) Justīne Bauliņa (piano) Leila Hairova (violin) Līva. Tomiņa (violin) Ginta Laura Zariņa (viola) Emma Bandeniece (cello) Ieva Pudāne (flute) Lelde Cīmure (violin) Marija Truhanova (piano) Madara Liepiņa (violin) Ilze Tomaševska (violin) Jūlija Makarina (viola) Estere Lūsis-Grīnberga (cello)

Student Ensembles Dublin • • • Kazan State Conservatoire, Russia • Dina Bikghanova (violin), Madina Nabiullina (piano) • Ravel Sonata, A. Babadjanyn Sonata • H. Eller School of Music, Tartu, Estonia • Helis Oidekivi (flute), Jaan Kapp (piano) • F. Martin Ballad ; O. Messiaen La Merle Noir P. Hindemith Sonate, I Satz) • Dublin Institute of Technology • Clodagh Curran, flute & Sophie Harrison, flute Beethoven flute duo op 26 • • Jennifer O'Donovan (flute), Katie Kelly (flute), Robyn Kehoe-Roche (flute), and Liam Lonergan • (alto flute) Gaelic Offering movements 1 and 4 by • Catherine Mc. Michael. • Katie Hyland, Marie-Claire Brodie, Sophia Lyons, • Moya Gorman Mozart Flute quartet K 285 Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) Richard Thomas, violin, Cormac Ó Briain, cello, Adam Collins, piano Mendelssohn Piano Trio in d minor, 1 st movement. Amy Gillen, flute, Gabriele Dikciute, cello. Villa-Lobos, The Jet Whistle Mercedes Trinchero, violin, Berginald Rash, clarinet, Veronika Phung, piano. Mihaud Trio for clarinet, violin and piano St Patrick’s College Bach Concerto for Two Violins, First movement Deirdre O Hare, Helen Mc Ardle Irish World Academy Beethoven Duo No. 1 in C major for violin and cello Denise and David Doyle

Student Ensembles Cremona • • • • • Master 4 Strings Duo M 4 S, Robert Schumann Märchenbilder op. 113 Accademia Walter Stauffer di Cremona Quartetto Guadagnini, Joseph Haydn Quartetto in mi bemol maggiore op. 33 n. 2 “The Joke” (Hob. III. 38) Quartetto Taag Beethoven Quartetto per archi in fa Op. 18 n. 1 Conservatorio Monteverdi (Cremona) Anastasiya Petryshak, violino, Lorenza Baldo, violoncello, Axel Trolese, pianoforte, Brahms Trio in si maggiore n. 1 op. 8 Anastasiya Petryshak, violino, Andrea Nocerino, violoncello, Yevheniya Lysohor, pianoforte Ludwig van Beethoven Trio op. 70 n. 1 "Gli Spettri” • • • • • Conservatorio Martucci (Salerno) • Campania String Quartet, Beethoven Quartetto Op. 95 “Serioso” • • • Anastasiya Petryshak, violino, Alessandro Ceravolo, violino, Amira Awajan, viola, Lorenza Baldo, violoncello Cajkovskij Quartetto n. 2 in fa minore op. 22 Conservatorio Arrigo Boito (Parma) Tommaso Binini, flauto, Leonardo Spadaro, pianoforte Schubert Introduzione e variazioni per flauto e pianoforte, op. 160, D. 802 sul tema del Lied “Trockne Blumen” da “Die schöne Müllerin” Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Valencia Quartetto ‘Nel Cuore’, Schubert String quartet D minor D. 810 « Death and the Maiden » Musikhochschule Köln-Aachen Intima Quartet, Edvard Grieg Quartetto in sol maggiore op. 27 Tartu Heino Eller Music High School Erle Kont (clarinet), Taavi Orro (clarinet), Jaan Kapp (piano) Nino Rota - Sonata D-dur; Malcolm Arnold - Sonatina op. 29; Mendelssohn - 2 Kontzertstücken op. 113, op. 114 Other schools Quartetto Januensis Joseph Haydn Quartetto Op. 77 n. 1 Trio Zart Astor Piazzolla Estaciones Portenas Invierno Porteno Primavera Portena

Student Ensembles Savonlinna • • Kazan State Conservatory Anastasia Lapteva, violin, Lilia Husnullina, piano Shostakovich; Sonata for vilon and • piano op. 134, A. Monasipov: Sonata for violin and piano • Moscow State Conservatory Mikhail Kalashkov, cello, Roman Filipov, violin Rahmaninov: Piano Trio Elegiaque in d- moll • Op. 9 (No. 2) • Arensky: Piano Trio in d- moll Op. 32 No. 1 • • Mikkeli, Finland Juha Jolkkonen, cl, , Matias Penttinen, piano, • Mikkeli, C. Saint-Saëns Sonata for clarinet and piano op. 167 • Ellen Simos, piano, Emilia Simos, viulu, • Olli Heikkilä, viulu, Elsa Heikkilä, cello, J. B. Vanhal: Trio F, Al+legeretto, Andante • F. Pacius: Balladi • Tallinn Music High School Robert Traksmann, violin, Katariina Maria Kits, violin, Mart Kuusma, viola, Marcel Johannes Kits, cello, Beethoven: String Quartet op. 18 No. 1 in F Robert Traksman, violin, Marcel Johannes Kitsw, cello, Rasmus Andreas Raide, piano, Beethoven: Archduke trio op. 97 in B- flat major 1. Allegro Moderato 2. Scherzo (Allegro) 3. Andante Cantabile ma peró con moto. Poco piu adagio 4. Allegro Moderato- Presto Sibelius-Academy, Helsinki Kasmir Uusitupa, viulu, Tami Pohjola, viulu Aino Räsänen, alttoviulu, Senja Rummukainen, sello Piano trio Sunide Marjatta Ilomäki, violino, Kristiina Hirvonen, violoncello, Ayane Matsuura, piano Mendelssohn: Pianotrio no 1. Paul Schoenfield: Café Music. • • • • H. Eller Music College Tartu, Estonia • Taavi Orro, clarinet, Jaan Kapp, piano C. Saint-Saéns - Sonata for clarinet and piano • op 167 • J. Horowitz - Sonatina for clarinet and piano • • • Kuopio, Finland String Quartet Nuori Kuopio, • • • Joonas Pekonen I vl, , Marleena Antikainen II vl, , Uti Koistinen vla, Laura Muona vcl, Moxart: String Quartet KV 156 (whole piece) Dvorak: String Quartet op. 96 (parts) Savonlinna, Finland Perttu Hanhisalo (viulu), Martti Hanhisalo (sello) Leevi Räsänen (piano) Erkki Melartin: Six Easy Pieces: . Pianoduo (fourhands) Leevi Räsänen NN Percussions- Ensemble Outi Karhu, Akseli Kärkkäinen, Lassi Saksa, Juho Rasimus Gaetano, Mario A. ; Four Studies for Young Percussion Ensemble 1. Membranes 2. Wood 3. Metal 4. Fugue Gottry, Josh: Wood, Metal, Skin

Student Ensembles Nicosia European University of Cyprus Nektaria Stasopoulou, Stalo Savva &Nicoletta Pagouna, Christodoulos Georgiades, Lykion Romp • (piano 6 hands) • Maria Avraam, flute, Marilena Iacovou, piano/xylophone, Christodoulos Christodoulou, violin/percussion, Nicos Kkoushi, • violin/percussion VERCKEN, François, Aux quatre cents coups Six • pièces en récréation pour percussionistes. . . et autres Marilena Vanezou & Kyriaki Venizelou (Voice), • • Annini Tsiouti (piano). GRETCHANINOV, "Bayou, bay” • Chopin University of Music, Warsaw • Tomasz Kumięga, (baritone) & Misha Kozlowski (piano) • W. A. Mozart – Recitative and aria of Count from the 1 st act of opera "Le nozze di Figaro" ("Hai gia • vinta la causa. . . ") 2. Mieczyslaw Karlowicz - "Pamiętam ciche, jasne, • złote dnie" (sł. K. Przerwa-Tetmajer) (I remember • silent, bright, golden days) • 3. Witold Lutosławski – Tarantella • 4. F. Christis – Antipolemiko 5. J. Petridis - Le Rayon • 6. Andreas Orphanides – Common Roots • 7. D. Shostakovich - Spanish Songs (I. Adios, Granada II. Mozuca III. En Samir IV. Ronda V. • Morena Salada) 8. P. Tchaikovsky - Onegin's aria from the 1 st act • of opera "Eugene Onegin" ("Vy mne pisali. . . ") • 9. Richard Strauss - "Zueignung" op. 10 Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra Anastasia Motiti (flute), Vukan Zarkovic (clarinet), Kriniο Troullou (oboe), Vangelis Patsalidis (bassoon), Lambis Pavlou (French horn). Franz Danzi, Quintett op. 56 No. 2 in g-Moll. I. Allegretto George & Frosss Guitar Duo, Slawomir Wishiewski (Arr), Danza Cubana Al Di Meola, Mediterranean sun dance Andreas Zenonos (violin) Demetris Antoniades • (violin) Nefeli Karageorgi (cello), Haydn Divertimento op. 100 • • Lithuanian Academy of Music • Katažyna Narkevič , Violin & Kristina Jaskytė Šliapikienė, Piano • Karol Szymanowski (1882 -1937) Sonata for violin • and piano in D minor, op. 9 1 st movement: Allegro moderato (Patetico) • Stasys Vainiūnas (1909 -1982) Sonata for violin and piano op. 38 • 2 nd movement: Andante. Poco piu mosso • 3 rd movement: Presto Sergei Prokofiev (1891 -1953) Sonata for violin and • piano No. 2 in D major op. • 94, I. Moderato II. Scherzo III. Andante IV. Allegro con brio • Latvian Academy of Music Jana Klevicka- oboe, Mara Botmane- cello and Roksana Kenzejeva- piano. Benjamin Britten “Temporal variations” for Oboe and Piano Theme. Andante rubato, Oration. Lento quasi recitativo, March. Alla marcia, Exercises. Allegro molto e fuoco, Commination. Adagio con fuoco, Chorale. Molto lento, Waltz. Allegretto rubato, Polka. Tempo di Polka – Allegro, Resolution. Maestoso (ma non troppo lento) Tālivaldis Ķeniņš “Colloquens Patriae” for Cello and Piano Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc Trio for Oboe, Basson and Piano (arrangement for Oboe, Cello and Piano) Lent – Presto; Andante con moto; Rondo. Trés vif Estonian Academy of Music Kaia Voitka (violin), Johannes Välja (cello), Grete Jädal (piano) Jaan Rääts (1932) - Trio no 2 (1962) (10 minutes) I Allegro; II Vivo; III Andantino; IV Vivo; V Allegro Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Trio no 1 D Minor op 49 (30 minutes) I Molto allegro e agitato; II Andante con moto tranquillo; III Scherzo; IV Finale Faidros Kavallaris, Trilogy of Lapithos. Nicosia Music High School Andreas Papdopoulos, Elena Karapataki (piano 4 hands), Brahms Hungarian Dansce No. 5, Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King from ‘Peer Gynt’ Mikaela Theodorou (voice), Elena karapataki (piano), Schubert An die Musik, Lied der Mignon, Dowland, Flow my tears

Masterclass Teachers Nicosia • • • • Natalia Sakkos, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Estonian Chamber Music Teachers Association Janis Maleckis, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music Gunta Sproge, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music Petras Kunca, String. Quartet“Academia”, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union Alexander Bonduryansky, Moscow State Conservatory Sampsa Konttinen, Savonlinna Music Institute Roberto Galletto, Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome Faidros Kavallaris Borzykowski Michał ; Szymanowski School of Music (ZPSM no 4) Warsaw Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska, F. Chopin University of Music Warsaw Michael Tsalka, Lilla Akademien, Stockholm Maja Nosowska, F. Chopin University of Music Warsaw Dalia Balsyte, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Keijo Aho, Vice Chairman & Treasurer ECMTA

Masterclass Teachers Savonlinna • • • Marje Lohuaru, Estonian Academy of • Music and Theatre • Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre • Roberto Galletto, Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia • Alexander Bonduryansky, Moscow State Conservatory • Krzysztof Sperski, Academy of Music Gdansk • Filippo Faes, Conservatorio di • Castelfranco-Veneto Michael Tsalka, Valencia Evan Rothstein, Guildhall School of Music & Drama Yiannis Miralis, European University of Cyprus Natalia Sakkos, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Anna Prabucka-Firlej, Academy of Music Gdansk Henschel Quartet David Dolan, Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Masterclass Teachers, Cremona • • • • Dalia Balsyte, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Pekka Helasvuo, Helsinki Maja Nosowska, F. Chopin University of Music, Warsaw Paulo Pacheco, Music Academy of Lisbon and Superior School of Music of Lisbon/ Portugal Massimo Paris, Rome Marje Lohuaru, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Michael Flaksman, Hochschule für Musik, Mannheim Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union Anna Serova Robert Irvine, Royal Scottish Conservatoire, Glasgow Quartetto di Cremona Leszek Brodowski Filippo Faes, Conservatorio di Castelfranco-Veneto

Masterclass Teachers Dublin • • Marje Lohuaru, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Ilona Klusaite, Kaunas J. Naujalis Music Gymnasium Evan Rothstein, Guildhall School of Music & Drama Dinara Galeeva, Kazan State Conservatory Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union Michael Tsalka, Valencia Yiannis Miralis, European University Cyprus Paulo Pacheco, Music Academy of Lisbon and Superior School of Music of Lisbon/ Portugal • Pekka Helasvuo, Helsinki • Natalia Sakkos, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre

Masterclass Teachers Riga • David Dolan, Guildhall School of Music & Drama • Alexander Bonduryansky, Moscow State Conservatoire • Paulo Pacheco, Music Academy of Lisbon and Superior School of Music of Lisbon/ Portugal • Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska, Chopin University of Music, Warsaw • Anna Prabucka-Firlej and Krzysztof Sperski, St. Miniuszko Academy of Music, Gdansk • Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuanian Musician’s Union • Ilona Klusaite, Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium • Maja Nosowska, Chopin University of Music Warsaw • Marje Lohuaru, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre • Evan Rothstein, Guildhall School of Music & Drama • Dalia Balsyte, Lithuanian Academy of Music • Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union • Indré BAIKŠTYTĖ, National M. K. Čiurlionis school of Art, Lituanian Academy of Music and Theatre

Masterclass Teachers Tartu • Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska [Erasmus], Chopin University of Music, Warsaw • Michał Borzykowski, Karol Szymanowski’s ZPSM nr 4, Warsaw • Marje Lohuaru, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre • Evan Rothstein, Guildhall School of Music & Drama • Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union • Simone Gramaglia - Quartetto di Cremona • Dinara Galeeva Kazan State Konservatoire • Pekka Helasvuo, Helsinki • Emlyn Stam, Artistic Director, New European Ensemble • Natalia Sakkos, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre

Annual Meeting in Warsaw Keynote Speaker: Professor Eugenijus Laurinaitis Chamber Ensemble as a Group: Personalities, Characters, Relationship, Creativity Workshop: Relationship, Emotions and Values in Group Dynamic - Implications for Teaching Panel: Polish Culture and Chamber Music • • Robert Morawski, pianist: Polish Chamber Ensembles and literature Alicja Gronau- Osińska, composer: Polish Contemporary Music Prof. Krystyna Borucińska, Ryszard Romanowski: Innovative Polish educational – programs Stanislaw Leszczynski- Director of Festival Chopin and his Europe: Chopin Institut’s program about recordings on the original pianos from XVIII- XIXth century

Masterclass Teachers Warsaw • • • • • Dalia Balsyte, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Alessandra Giura Longo, Professor of Chamber Music, Conservatorio “G. P. da Palestrina” Cagliari (Italy) Irina Grayfer, Ippolitov-Ivanov SMPI Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska, Chopin University of Music, Warsaw Marje Lohuaru, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Gunta Rasa, J. Vitols Latvian Academy of Music Miriam Roycroft, Royal Irish Academy of Music Natalia Sakkos, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Elizabeth Wilson, Xenia Chamber Music Course, Italy Keijo Aho, Helsinki Michał Borzykowski, Karol Szymanowski’s ZPSM nr 4, Warsaw Petras Kunca, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Lithuanian Musicians’ Union Roberto Galletto, Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome Pekka Helasvuo, Helsinki Paulo Pacheco, Chamber Music Faculty Member of Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra Evan Rothstein, Guildhall School of Music & Drama Krzysztof Sperski/Anna Prabucka-Firlej, Academy of Music, Gdansk Jakub Tchorzewski, Conservatorio di Venezia Duo García Esteban (FUNDACIÓN GARCÍA-ESTEBAN) Martins Zilberts , āzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of music

Members Forum Warsaw • • • • • • Katariina Liimatainen, Principal lecturer in piano, Kuopio Conservatory Chamber music projects for children at an early age in Kuopio Conservatory Dinara Galeeva, Kazan State Konservatoire Chamber music department of Kazan Conservatoire Paulo Pacheco, Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra In the group: a distinctive case of teaching chamber music? Sampsa Konttinen, Tampere Music Academy – Developing Arts Education within the Tampere 3 Process Duo Garcia – Esteban Duo García Esteban: Presentation and activities through its Foundation Piret Vainmaa and Jana Peäske, In Corpore and Yxus Ensemble Chamber Music in Estonia: New Music and its Interpreters, YXUS ENSEMBLE Association Musica Vitale (Lithuania) 8 th International Youth Music Festival “Le strade d’Europa” Lithuania-Italy 2016 and Early music in ECMTA Jakub Tchorzewski, Conservatorio di Venezia Rarely performed composers (S. Veress, G. Gorini, R. Palester) and their chamber music output

Student Ensembles Warsaw Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre Rene Laur (saxophone), Joonatan Jürgenson (piano) Eduard Tubin (1905 -1982) Sonata for alto saxophone and piano (1951) Mari-Liis Urb (violin), Kristian Plink (cello), Joonatan Jürgenson (piano) Jean Sibelius (1865 -1957) Trio fortepianowe C-dur "Lovisa Trio" (1888) Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Piano Trio „ 30 Fingers” Marta Finkelštein (piano), Lora Kmieliauskaitė (violin), Arnas Kmieliauskas (cello) Bronius Kutavičius (1932) Osiem miniatur według Stasysa for piano trio (2002) Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) Piano Trio in c-moll op. 101 (1886) • • • Academy of Music, Gdansk • Karolina Gustaw (violin), Jan Lewandowski (cello), Daniel • Ziomko (piano) • F. Schubert – Trio Es-dur, A. Panufnik – Trio Jazep Vitols Latvian Academy of Music Madara Liepina (violin), Daumants Liepins (piano) Witold Lutosławski (1913 -1994) Subito na skrzypce i fortepian (1993) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Sonata na skrzypce i fortepian G-dur, KV. 379 (1781) Talivaldis Kenins (1919 -2008) I Sonata na skrzypce i fortepian (1955) • • • • Moscow State Conservatory • • Elena Dovgan (piano), Polina Shtykova (violin), Ekatierina Goriunova (cello) • Borys Czajkowski (1925 – 1996), Piano Trio (1953) Felix Mendelsohn – Bartholdy (1809 – 1847), Piano Trio • in c-moll op 66 (1845) • Fryderyk Chopin (1810 – 1849), Piano Trio in g-moll op. 8 • (1829) • • UMFC, Warsaw • "Muscosi Piano Quintet": Piotr Bajak(piano), Julia Wrońska (violin), Judyta Kluza (violin), Mateusz Doniec • • (viola), Filip Sporniak (cello) • Juliusz Zarębski (1854 - 1885) • Piano Quintet g-moll, op. 34 (1885) Paweł Popko (piano), Ada Dobrowolska (violin), Krystyna • Wiśniewska (cello) Artur Malawski (1904 – 1957), Trio fortepianowe (1953) • • Jacek Dziołak (clarinet), Mateusz Stankiewicz • (accordeon) • Witold Lutosławski (1913 - 1994) • Preludia taneczne (1954) (wersja na klarnet i akordeon) • Wojciech Kostrzewa (ur. 1991), Mashopi • Aleksandra Płaczek (piano), Dominika Wojcieszek • (violin), Anna Baran (horn) • Aleksandra Chmielewska (ur. 1993) • Trio for piano, violin and horn Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London Endräkt String Quartet Timothy Chua (violin), William Newell (violin), Tim Hansson (viola), Thomas Vidal (cello) Ludwig van Beethoven (1779 - 1827) String Quartet in F-dur op. 59 nr 1 (1806) Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933 - 2010) "Już się zmierzcha" muzyka na kwartet myczkowy op. 62 (1988) Tampere Conservatory Johanna Toivanen, Maria Kujanpää, Tiia Toivanen, Touko Leinonen (percussion) Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 - 2002) Cinco Canciónes Negras (1945) Zbigniew Wiszniewski (1922 - 1999) Nokturn Mark Ford (ur. 1958) Stubernic na 3 perkusistów (1988) John Cage (1912 - 1992) Trio dla trzech perkusistów (1936) Ippolitov-Ivanov SMPI E. Dovgan (piano), P. Shtykova (violin), E. Goriunova (cello) F. Mendelssohn Trio с moll op. 66 L. Beethoven Trio d dur op. 70 Boris Tchaikovsky trio (1953), 1 st mvmt H. Eller Tartu Music College Karl Allikvee (violin), Karen Kriit (viola), Sven-Sander Šestakov (piano) Max Bruch 8 pieces op 83 I, II, VI Karmen Urb (violin), Olga Oja (piano) : J. Brahms Sonate für Klavier und Violine G-dur Op. 78 I Toomas Hendrik Ellervee (violin), Gerda Klemm (piano) W. A. Mozart Sonate für Klavier und Violine A-dur KV 305 I, II

Next Year in Kuopio! ECMTA 10 th Anniversary Celebrations Zusammen aber frei !