Welcome to Wieland WELZEL's class
Wieland Welzel
»Belonging to the Berliner Philharmoniker for me means an obligation to continue its legacy and to preserve its special sound, something that must never be allowed to disappear. I am proud to have been chosen by this orchestra and grateful for the intense concert experiences, including tours, during which I’ve been able to see much of the world. I also love giving pleasure to people through our playing.«It all began with a radio antenna broken in two and a sofa cushion, on which Wieland Welzel drummed out pop music. Before long the sofa cushion was replaced by washing powder tubs until, for his ninth birthday, he was given a drum set. Having played piano since the age of five, Wieland Welzel began percussion lessons at the age of nine. In 1986 he received a first prize in the German national competition “Jugend musiziert”. After five years of membership in the Bundesjugendorchester, the German national youth orchestra, he studied from 1993 to 1997 with Peter Sewe (timpani) and Peter Wulfert (percussion) at the Musikhochschule in his native Lübeck. During that period he was a member of the European Community Youth Orchestra and took up his first appointment in 1995 as principal timpanist of Mecklenburg Staatskapelle in Schwerin.
In 1997, Wieland Welzel became a timpanist with the Berliner Philharmoniker, with whom he was a soloist in three performances of Toru Takemitsuʼs Concerto for five percussionists From me flows what you call time at the end of May 2011. He has also appeared as a soloist on timpani and marimba with, among others, the Ensemble Oriol, the Schweriner Kammerorchester and the Magdeburgische Philharmonie with which he performed Darius Milhaudʼs Concerto for marimba and vibraphone. His great interest in jazz (he is also an accomplished jazz vibraphonist and drummer) led him, together with four of his colleagues, to found the Berlin Philharmonic Jazz Group in 1999 with which he toured Japan and Hong Kong.
His interest in jazz continues, and he regularly performs with his colleagues from the Philharmoniker on both drums and on vibraphone, for example, in a concert in the Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic series, founded at the end of 2012, under the direction of trombonist Nils Landgren. He is also a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Percussion Ensemble. Wieland Welzel, whose passion also extends to the development of musical instruments, taught as a guest lecturer at the Royal Danish Music Conservatory in Copenhagen for 10 years and regularly gives master classes in Europe, Asia and South America.He likes to cook and most enjoys spending his free time with his daughters.
MASTER CLASS SCHEDULE
Interested parties should send their own video containing one of the following studies:
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Kruger, Etude n. 45
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Bayer, Pflichtsuck Op. 5
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Delecluse, Etude n. 29
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Knauer, Etude n. 70.
The video must be uploaded to your YouTube channel and the link must be sent to us by email - no later than August 15th - at the following address: worldpercussionmovement@gmail.com The candidate must send the video file to be nominated with the following information: name, last name, mobile number and e-mail address.
The Timpani Master Class is one of the master classes within the World Percussion Movement, Academy 2021, which combines individual and group lectures. The program of the master class can be partly chosen by participants, soloist repertoire and also music for ensembles or orchestral excerpts, which are part of each audition. There is a huge emphasis on the technique, sound and interpretation. Participants and professor discuss various traditions and styles of playing timpani, acoustics, as well as the importance of tempering and tuning.
Date: September 8 to 10
MASTER CLASS FEE:
ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS €300,00
PASSIVE PARTICIPANTS €130,00
Schedule: 9:30-13:30, 15:00-17:00
LOCATION: Repubblica di San Marino
APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 31th
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worldpercussionmovement@gmail.com
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