Detailed Schedule Atlas Academy 2012
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Daily activities 10.00 - 18.00
Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Week 1 – Atlas laboratory  20-26 August
Focus on Middle Eastern and Asian instruments, demonstrations, lectures, workshops, composers’ workshops 

Monday Aug 20
9.00 Registration & introduction
Focus lutes – ud (Lebanon), pipa (China), tar (Azerbaijan), setar (Iran)
tutors: Charbel Rouhana, Lan Weiwei, Elchin Nagijev, Kiya Tabassian

Tuesday Aug 21
Focus bowed strings – kemençe (Turkey), sarangi (India), kamancha (Azerbaijan), erhu (China) 
tutors: Neva Özgen, Dhruba Ghosh, Elchan Mansurov, Yang Xue

Wednesday Aug 22
Ensemble day 1 – rehearsals & composers' workshops

Thursday Aug 23
Focus zithers – qanun (Middle East), santur (Iran), zheng (China), koto (Japan) 
tutors: Bassem Alkhouri, Kourosh Matin, Ding Xueer, Makiko Goto

Friday Aug 24
Focus winds – shakuhachi (Japan), duduk (Armenia), sheng (China), sho (Japan)
tutors: Harrie Starreveld, Gevorg Dabaghian/Raphaela Danksagmüller, Wu Wei, Naomi Sato

Saturday Aug 25
Ensemble day 2 – rehearsals & composers' workshops

Sunday Aug 26 
Concert Experimentalstudio
15.00 Conservatorium van Amsterdam - free admission - Haitink Hall

 

Week 2 – Atlas laboratory & Matrix 12  27-30 August
Atlas Academy & Experimentalstudio des SWR
The focus concentrated on Western and Asian instruments in interaction with live electronics. Masterclasses, lectures, spectral analysis, individual lessons, workshops, composers’ workshops, rehearsals

Monday Aug 27
laboratory 1 – composers and musicians

Tuesday Aug 28
laboratory 2 – composers and musicians 

Wednesday Aug 29
laboratory 3 – composers and musicians

Thursday Aug 30
laboratory 4 – composers and musicians

 

Atlas Festival   31 August-2 September >