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Autumn Meeting in Malaga, 24.10. – 26.10.2025, organized by Concerto Malaga

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On behalf of the organizing team, I want to send a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for being a part of the ECMTA Autumn Meeting in Gothenburg. Your presence, insights, and enthusiasm truly made the event a special experience, and we are so grateful for your contributions.

The Members’ Forum, master classes, and Key Speakers’ presentations were wonderful opportunities for meaningful conversations and the exchange of ideas, helping to advance the goals of our community. It’s through these kinds of interactions that we continue to grow and collaborate, and your active participation played a key role in that.

A special thank you goes out to Tobias Granmo for his outstanding contributions, which were instrumental in shaping the success of the event. We also extend our deepest appreciation to all the Key Speakers from the Gothenburg Academy of Music and Drama. Their expertise and thought-provoking presentations added so much value and enriched the discussions for all of us.

You are all an essential part of the ECMTA family, and we are excited to continue working together to support the mission and goals of our organization.

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Thank you once again for your involvement, and we look forward to seeing you at future events!

Warmest regards,

Maila Laidna

Dear members of the ECMTA!

I have the pleasure to invite you to our 2023 Autumn Meeting which will take place on October 13-15, 2023 in Tampere.

For registration, please fill in the inscription form attached and return it to the email address info@ecmta.eu. The registration deadline is September 1.

Please find attached a detailed programme in Tampere and an accommodation list for the Autumn Meeting.

Attached please find the invitation letter for Erasmus+ guests.

Please fill in the information NAME, TITLE, INSTITUTION (ADDRESS & RELEVANT CONTACT INFORMATION) and send the form to sampsa.konttinen@tampereenkonservatorio.fi AND a copy to mia.muona@tampereenkonservatorio.fi

Tampere Conservatoire has the Erasmus+ accreditation of vocational education (Tampereen Musiikkiopiston Säätiö sr / Tampereen konservatorio OID Number E10119572).

Best Regards

Maila Laidna

Accommodation, Cultural offers in Tampere

Autumn Meeting in Tampere 2023 inscription form

Agenda Autumn Meeting in Tampere

Invitation-Letter-Model

Dear ECMTA members,

The ECMTA wishes to express its deepest gratitude to the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and Kaunas Juozas Naujalis Music Gymnasium for hosting the ECMTA Meeting!

Members’ Forum participants were:

Audronė Nekrošienė – Petras Kunca – Rimvydas Savickas

“Presentation of clarinetist Rimvydas Savickas as the new representative of the Lithuanian Musicians’ Union in the ECMTA”

Rimvydas Savickas

“Participation in the organization of ECMTA, representing the educational aspects of Lithuanian wind instruments in chamber music”

Evan Rothstein

“Learning through teaching: several case studies”

Grzegorz Mania

“Sight-reading as an essential skill for any chamber musician – a presentation of the complete set of handbooks for intermediate and advanced pianists”

Ewa Leszczyńska

“Some aspects of self-partenring as a specific way of chamber music making”

Piotr Rozanski

“Sonatas for violin and piano by Mieczyslaw Wajnberg (Weinberg) – pianist’s perspective”

Joanna Maklakiewicz

“Duos for piano and violin-Piotr Janowski arrangements”

Pekka Helasvuo

“The recently published Chamber Music volumes of JSW and practical editions”

Piret Väinmaa

“Piano and percussion ensemble: finding original repertoire for younger performers”

Yiannis Miralis

“Saxophone chamber music by Dimitri Nicolaou”

We would also like to especially thank our excellent Key Speakers:

Prof. Mindaugas Urbaitis (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre)
“Classical music in contemporary chamber works of Lithuanian composers“

Marta Finkelštein (LMTA Chamber Ensemble Department doctoral student)

“Playing in contemporaneity. The curatorial approach to concert design”

Gretchen Amussen

“Understanding Power Relations and Hierarchies of Power: What might this suggest for chamber musicians and for teaching chamber music?”

The ECMTA chair would like to sincerely thank everyone for their efforts in making our Spring meeting a resounding success.

Sincerely,

Marje Lohuaru

We look forward to our next meeting in Tampere, (Finland) on October 13-15, 2023.

Dear members of the European Chamber Music Teachers’ Association,

On behalf of the ECMTA chairwoman Marje Lohuaru, I have the pleasure to invite you to the 2022 Autumn Meeting of members of the European Chamber Music Teachers’ Association that will take place on 28-30 October 2022 in Turin, Italy.

For registration, please fill in the inscription form attached and return it to the email address info@ecmta.eu.
The registration deadline is September 26!

The registration fee is included for ECMTA members. Non-members are required to pay a registration fee of 25 EUR to the following bank account:

Luminor Bank AS

EE621700017004017862

BIC CODE: RIKOEE22

This year’s programme includes keynote lectures by:

Marco Zuccarini

“Reflections on teaching chamber music – Repertoire, how to study the score, rehearsals organization”

Erik Battaglia

“Chamber Music with Voice. Singing Instruments and Obbligato Singing”

Francesco Dillon

“Playing while listening, listening while playing”

Please find attached a detailed programme and accommodation list for the Autumn Meeting.

I would appreciate it if all interested in making a short presentation of around 10 minutes in the Members’ Forum could let me know the topic of your presentation by October 1, 2022.

The ECMTA wishes to express its deepest gratitude to The State Conservatory “Giuseppe Verdi” of Turin for hosting our event and for its ongoing support!

I very much look forward to meeting you in Turin. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Maila Laidna

Secretary of the ECMTA

+3725257935

info@ecmta.eu

Autumn Gathering in Turin 2022 inscription form

Accommodation in Turin

Agenda of the Turin meeting

Members’ Forum

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Dear ECMTA members,

 
We at the ECMTA would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Torino Conservatory for planning, hosting and executing such a successful ECMTA Autumn Meeting.
 
The Members’ Forum presentations demonstrated the vast area of expertise of our members:
  • Tiiu Sisask – Maila Laidna
    “Piano duo specifics through the example of Rachmaninoff and Lutoslawski pieces”

  • Emlyn Stam
    “Update on ensemble academy activities”

  • Evan Rothstein
    “Repertoire planning in a chamber music class: developing long-term skills with short-term goals”

  • Indrė Baikštytė
    “Physical Disorders of Performers and Their Prevention”

  • Pekka Helasvuo
    “Publication of practical editions of Jean Sibelius’ Works”

  • Piotr Rozanski
    “Chamber music in piano left-hand repertoire “

  • Petras Kunca
    “Chamber music novelties from Lithuania”

We would also like to especially thank our excellent Key Speakers:
 

Marco Zuccarini
“Reflections on teaching chamber music –  Repertoire, how to study the score, rehearsals organization”

Erik Battaglia
“Chamber Music with Voice. Singing Instruments and Obbligato Singing”

Francesco Dillon
“Playing while listening, listening while playing”

 
We thank all the ECMTA members for making it such a memorable time for all participants.
 

We are looking forward to our ECMTA Spring Meeting on 21–23 April in Vilnius.

Sincerely,
Maila Laidna
Secretary of the ECMTA

The ECMTA Annual Spring Meeting in the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre was filled with seminars, workshops and concerts from April 29 – May 1, 2022

The ECMTA wishes to express its deepest gratitude to the host of the meeting – the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre for their tremendous support and cooperation!

NB! RESULTS of the election:

Election of the Chairperson:
Marje Lohuaru

Members of the Board:
Carlo Bertola
Eilis Cranitch
Katarzyna Jankowska-Borzykowska
Petras Kunca
Katariina Liimatainen
Paulo Pacheco
Piret Väinmaa
Deputy members:
Yiannis Miralis
Tuomas Untamala

NB! Save the dates!

The next meeting of the European Chamber Music Teachers’ Association will take place in Turin, Italy on October 28-30, 2022.

Registration available soon at www.ecmta.eu.

NB! The meeting will be held online.

Dear all,
Our premiere online General Assembly meeting was organised on September 6 and I would like to thank all of you who could join us!
I would like to invite you to the online ECMTA Autumn meeting on Saturday October 24, 2020 from 10:00 – 13.00 CET.

Agenda for the meeting:
– Official Welcome
– Keynote speakers: Emlyn Stam (the New European Ensemble) “In Search of a Lost Language: Performing in Early-Recorded Style in String Quartet Repertoires”

Graham Oppenheimer (Chetham’s School of Music) “Running an educational chamber music programme remotely”

Mindaugas Urbaitis (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre) “Classical music in contemporary chamber works of Lithuanian composers”

– Members’ Forum: Presentations by Evan Rothstein “Chamber music activities under covid at the Guildhall School” and Michael Tsalka “Beethoven’s Works for Mandolin and Fortepiano. A new recording for Naxos, by Alon Sariel and Michael Tsalka”
– the ECMTA Spring Meeting April 16-18, 2021 in Vilnius
– the ECMTA Autumn Gathering in Torino 2021
– Short announcement on Website
– Q&A

I would appreciate it if all interested in making a short presentation of around 10 minutes in the Members’ Forum could let me know the topic of your presentation by October 20.

We would like to give you the opportunity to participate in the preliminary events of the meeting: Please find the link to a concert of Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür’s music below, which took place in Estonian Theatre and Music Academy
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2bUQi4JuR5T6A6oyczIYJQnpcH46tajY

The Guildhall Chamber Orchestra presents a truly delightful programme on Friday evening, conducted by a remarkable rising star.
You can watch free online!
https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/view_all_events/?tx_julleevents_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=6757

I sincerely hope that many of you will be able to join us for the ECMTA autumn online gathering!
Looking forward to meeting you online,

With kind regards,
Maila Laidna