Arbo Valdma
Arbo Valdma (born February 20, 1942 in Pärnu ) is an Estonian pianist, music teacher , writer and director .
Life
Arbo Valdma received his musical training at the Estonian Academy of Music in Tallinn with Bruno Lukk , a student of Artur Schnabel and Paul Hindemith , and completed it with Nina Emelyanova , a student of Samuel Feinberg , at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with a master's and doctoral degree from.
As a soloist he has performed all over Europe and Australia with conductors such as Neeme Järvi , Kurt Sanderling , Eri Klas , Anton Nanut and others, as a chamber musician he has played with well-known musicians such as Mstislav Rostropovich , Walter Despalj and others and has made numerous records.
In 1970 he was appointed professor for advanced piano at the Estonian Music Academy and from 1979 he worked as a professor for piano at the Music Academy in Novi Sad , where from 1989 to 1992 he was also dean of the piano faculty at the Academy of Arts at the University was. From 1984 to 1992 he was professor of piano and piano pedagogy and head of the piano department at the University of Belgrade and visiting professor in all the republics of the former Yugoslavia . Since 1992 he has been professor of piano at the Cologne University of Music .
Since 1984 Valdma has been giving masterclasses around the world, for example in Moscow , Rome , Athens , Tokyo , Belgrade, Cologne, Tallinn , Las Vegas , Los Angeles , Atlanta or in “Haus Marteau” in Bayreuth . In 2000 he was invited to teach a master class at London's Guildhall School of Music . Since 2006 he has been working particularly intensively in Liechtenstein (music and youth), Geneva , Malaysia , South Korea and China . His students have won numerous prizes at renowned international piano competitions.
As an author and director, he has produced numerous television and radio programs in which he presented his students with high-quality music. He has written numerous articles on the subject of “piano pedagogy” and lectured on them at international symposia.
Awards
- 1991: Dr. hc from Tallinn University
Memberships
- Founding member of EPTA ( European Piano Teachers Association ) Yugoslavia founded in 1988
- Honorary President of EPTA Serbia
- Honorary member of EPTA in Estonia
Web links
- Arbo Valdma website accessed April 22, 2014
- Arbo Valdma on the website of the International Music Meeting Center "Haus Marteau" Bayreuth accessed on April 22, 2014
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valdma, Arbo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parnu |