Mikowsky and piano course students

with

Piano Faculties
Manhattan School of Music
Chicago College of Performing Arts
Columbia University Teachers College


“ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SOUGHT-AFTER ARTIST TEACHERS” Clavier (USA)

“A MAGICAL ABILITY TO DEVELOP HIS PIANO STUDENTS INTO ARTISTS”Sur Exprès (France)

Solomon Mikowsky’s pupils have won over 100 top prizes in some of the most important international competitions, including first prizes in the Rubinstein (Tel-Aviv), Santander, Beethoven (Bonn), Iturbi (Valencia) and Maria Canals (Barcelona), and other top prizes in the Tchaikovsky, Dublin, Sviatoslav Richter (Moscow), Vianna da Motta (Lisbon), Cleveland and E-Competition (Minneapolis). They have performed as soloists with the Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Berlin, Budapest, Czech, Liverpool, Munich, St. Petersburg, Vancouver and Jerusalem symphony orchestras; the Berlin, London, Moscow, Rotterdam, Royal, Milan’s Scala and Israel philharmonic orchestras; the Zürich Tonhalle; the Dresden Staatskappelle Orchestra and the Orchestre National de France, with such noted conductors as Comissiona, Dutoit, Ehrling, Eschenbach, Fischer, Frübeck de Burgos, Gielen, Herbig, Macal, Masur, Semkow, Skrowaczewski and Zinman. He has served in the juries of numerous international competitions, and has given masterclasses at the leading conservatories in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Budapest, Salzburg, London, Paris, Münich, Tel-Aviv, throughout Australia and the Far East. A Juilliard graduate with a doctorate from Columbia University, he studied with Gorodnitzki, the foremost pupil of the legendary Russian virtuoso Josef Lhevinne.

TORRELODONES (MADRID), SPAIN

Date: July 13 (arrive at Madrid airport) through July 20 (depart from Madrid airport)

Location: Torrelodones is on the outskirts of Madrid

Application Fee: €35

Course Fee: €1,000
including shared double-room
accommodations for two
with private bathroom and buffet breakfast at the 3-star deluxe Torrelodones Hotel.

Airfare not included.

Auditors: €500

Course Includes:
• Three one-hour lessons
• Masterclasses
• Daily concerts
• Performance opportunities
• Practice facilities
• Time to explore Madrid and the magnificent Escorial  Palace nearby

For gifted piano major students and young professionals, 16 and older. No tapes required. Acceptance based on training and musical experience provided in the application.

No limit or requirements for Auditors

Conditions subject to change


PARIS, FRANCE

Date: July 20 (arrival) through July 28 (departure)

Location: YAMAHA ARTIST SERVICES EUROPE, next to the old Grand Opera House in the center of Paris

Application Fee: €35

Course Fee: €900
including individual room with private bathroom and breakfast at the College d’Espagne (Cité Universitaire de Paris).

Airfare not included.

Auditors: €500

Course Includes:
• Three lessons
• Masterclasses
• Practice facilities

For gifted piano major students and young professionals, 16 and older. No tapes required. Acceptance based on training and musical experience provided in the application.

No limit or requirements for Auditors

Conditions subject to change


Only 12 students accepted for each Course
Deadline June 1, 2010
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