Live flute masterclass with Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson & student Elza Heinsberga / RJAcademy 2020/21

Live flute masterclass of the Riga Jurmala Online Music Academy with Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, the principal flute of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson is the principal flutist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as a distinguished international soloist and chamber musician. He was appointed to the post in 2015 by Music Director Riccardo Muti. Prior to joining the CSO, he served as principal flute of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 2008-2016. A native of Iceland, Höskuldsson has been praised by The New York Times for his “agility and warmth of expression.”

His extensive solo performances include engagements with the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, concertos with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, recitals at the Sir James Galway International Flute Festival in Lucerne and a live radio broadcast with the BBC Radio 3 program “In Tune” in London.

More about the artist: https://cso.org/about/performers/chicago-symphony-orchestra/flute/Hoskuldsson/?fbclid=IwAR0jZlmP8rovRZLlWKYyEfUTOd5yYUCdWO5GYvHcwodryGnlfrXzt1mnTMU

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Student of the masterclass:
Elza Heinsberga, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (assoc.prof.I.Meija class)

Repertoire:
🎼 J.S.Bach - Flute Partita in A minor, BWV 1013: Allemande

Elza Heinsberga is currently studying at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music under assoc.prof. I.Meija.

She has supplemented her knowledge and skills in playing the flute and piccolo in masterclasses with Christina Fassbender (Germany), Natalie Schwaabe (Germany), Sharon Bezaly (Sweden), Agata Igra (Poland), and others.
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Видео Live flute masterclass with Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson & student Elza Heinsberga / RJAcademy 2020/21 канала Riga Jurmala Music Festival