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Join Us in Beijing July 2016!
08. Januar 2016
Great Wall International Music Academy announces 12th season from July 20 to August 10, 2016 in Beijing.

Welcome to the 12th season of the Great Wall International Music Academy. We have enjoyed more than a decade of cultural exchange; we have been surrounded by fabulous talents and played excellent concerts in Beijing's most prestigious concert halls. Many young artists from the US, from Europe, and from Australia have made music with their Chinese friends, and many superb Chinese string players have joined us at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and other major music schools in the Western Hemisphere.  We have watched many of our young artists mature into excellent professional positions in China and around the globe. This is truly a moment to be grateful for all the generous help that was given to us over the years and to reflect on our work of the past decade. It is also a good time to contemplate and plan how to go forward with the most promising design of our Academy.

The world and China was a different place a 12 years ago. Frequency and opportunity to travel has increased, the Chinese Yuan has become a strong international currency, and China has lived through a historically unprecedented rate of growth and opportunity. China has become the world's showcase for architecture, city planning, and public transportation. Commensurate with this progress, the cost of living in important Chinese cities has become equal to other urban centers around the world. All these changes have an impact on our mission and organization.

This year, several young artists will again receive the distinction of being named "Great Wall Scholars". These prestigious fellowships will include a full tuition scholarship, teaching and coaching instruction and responsibilities, as well as opportunities to rehearse and perform chamber music in concerts with our world-class faculty. In addition, our chamber orchestra, the Great Wall Soloists, will perform in concerts on other continents in future seasons.

In January of 2016 Kurt Sassmannshaus, founder and president of the Great Wall International Music Academy will travel to the best conservatories in China, including Beijing, Wuhan, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu, to personally audition young artists for next summer's Academy. Online applications are available now at www.greatwallacademy.org.

Faculty 2016

Violin
GAO Can
Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
HUANG Chen Xing
Shanghai Conservatory
LIN Xin
Xinghai Conservatory, Guangzhou
Kurt SASSMANNSHAUS
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Eva-Christina SCHOENWEISS
Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler", Berlin
WANG Hong
Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
Viola
Paul COLETTI
Colburn School, Los Angeles
HO Wing
Associate Dean, Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
WANG Shao Wu
Associate Principal, Middle School, Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
Cello
CHU Yi Bing
Chairman, Cello department, Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
LI Jiwu
Chairman, String department, Shanghai Conservatory
Wayne Foster SMITH
Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler", Berlin
Chamber Music
Ariel String Quartet
Quartet in Residence, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Christoph SASSMANNSHAUS
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Gyuhyun HAN
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Piano
Rohan DeSilva
The Juilliard School
HAI Jin
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
SHI Yuqing
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Live Auditions 2016:
Taiyuan      January 2
Beijing        January 4
Shanghai    January 8
Guangzhou January 9
Chengdu     January 10
Wuhan        January 12
Cincinnati    January 20
For the latest up-to-date information visit greatwallacademy.org

 
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