Presence Teaching University:

1)Academy of Music Krakow: MA for Viola da gamba or Violone

2)Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien: MA für historische Aufführungspraxis mit Hauptfach Viola da gamba

• Dauer: 4 Semester
• Abschluss: Master of Arts (MA)
• Voraussetzung: erfolgreiche Zulassungsprüfung, abgeschlossenes fachlich in Frage kommendes Bachelor- oder Diplomstudium, Nachweis der Deutschkenntnisse siehe „Informationen zur Zulassungsprüfung“
• Applications: Application at MDW (external link)

New sources with potentially ground-breaking material were discovered by Vittorio Ghielmi and Christoph Urbanetz, that give new insights on the French viol technique and on the French performing arts of the 17th-mid 18th century in general: Manuscript markings from the 18th century that derive from the school of Marin Marais or from the Master himself describe highly refined playing gestures and movements. Notated as an alphabet of codes, they are so detailed that one can imagine “seeing” a video of Marin Marais playing: a visionary system to show the process of playing in action and to describe the artistic process by observation, reflection and analysis note per note.

• Lesson 1: introduction to the secret alphabet and the results of my research
• Lesson 2: Performance of Marais´ music explaining the application of the secret alphabet
• Lesson 3: Students have the possibility to work with me on a piece by Marais or French baroque composer.

About the course:

A course to share secrets of Marais’ alphabet with you. It was developed to ensure that his music was played in the greatest detail with “the right taste”. It was long lost and re-constructed after the discoveries of new source by Vittorio Ghielmi and me.

New sources with potentially ground-breaking material were discovered by Vittorio Ghielmi and Christoph Urbanetz, that give new insights on the French viol technique and on the French performing arts of the 17th-mid 18th century in general: Manuscript markings from the 18th century that derive from the school of Marin Marais or from the Master himself describe highly refined playing gestures and movements. Notated as an alphabet of codes, they are so detailed that one can imagine “seeing” a video of Marin Marais playing: a visionary system to show the process of playing in action and to describe the artistic process by observation, reflection and analysis note per note.

New sources with potentially ground-breaking material were discovered by Vittorio Ghielmi and Christoph Urbanetz, that give new insights on the French viol technique and on the French performing arts of the 17th-mid 18th century in general: Manuscript markings from the 18th century that derive from the school of Marin Marais or from the Master himself describe highly refined playing gestures and movements. Notated as an alphabet of codes, they are so detailed that one can imagine “seeing” a video of Marin Marais playing: a visionary system to show the process of playing in action and to describe the artistic process by observation, reflection and analysis note per note.

• Session 1: introduction to the secret alphabet and demonstration of its application performance
• Sessions 2-3: Performance of Marais’ works and explanation of the