The organizer of this event was the Flute Art Cultural Society and it took place under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and County, in collaboration with Charta Cultural Association and Music Conservatory from Larissa. The responsible person this year was Katrin Zens, the flute teacher at the Music Academy in Salonica.
International exchange of flute teachers, concerts and workshops during the festival with different topics and for the purpose of improving knowledge on the flute playing, as well as the exchange of teaching achievements in the field of interpretation, flute playing techniques – were the assigned topics at this festival.
Lectures and workshops were taking place during daytime. Ten a different participating country representatives gave a concert every evening.
The festival participants were the flutists and teachers and their students from France, Greece, New Zealand, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovenia and Croatia.
One of the ideas of Flutemeeting 2008 was forming of a group of flutists at random from completely different environments and from all participating countries. During three festival days these groups spent time together working with guest professors, preparing compositions for the closing gala concert of the participants, in pleasant work atmosphere of the Conservatory in Larissa. During these preparations each professor had an opportunity to present his/her method of work, the speed and skill of the preparation in such a short time with flutists of different level of knowledge and ability, which called for an accurate estimate as well as fast and effective solving of problems regarding intonation, tone, technical and style.
The topics of the workshops were the following: First encounter with the flute and how to fall in love with the flute at first sight. The art of rehearsing, interpretation, contemporary music, ways of everyday warming-up, ascending force being created at breathing out, technically demanding places – how to easily and efficiently solve them, interpretation of baroque music, creation of a new ensemble and how to search for adequate repertory, labyrinth – making of accidental sound -landscapes.

Presented were a large number of chamber music pieces for the flute as well as first performances-pieces commissioned especially for this festival.
Special delicacy for the flutists were video projections of very rare films with lectures by James Galway, Peter-Lukas Graf and by Marcel Moyse who we consider the father of modern flute-playing technique and interpretation. For this reason these projections were very interesting and well attended.

The concert of Croatian representatives took place on the second day of the festival. A flute teacher, Marina Novak, headed the team. After an introductory lecture on the Music Academy of Zagreb, Croatian composers and their works for the flute, she led us through the program in which the Music Academy of Zagreb flute students presented themselves: Maja Šišeta, Ilijana Korać, Lucija Zovko, Ana Batinica, Andrea Jelavić, Vanja Markesina, Dora Weiss and Jelena Geček.
The versatile, well rehearsed and coordinated flute ensemble left an extraordinary impression on the audience. The Zagreb ensemble presented chamber music for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 flutes, promoting in a very successful manner our Croatian heritage and Croatia through elements of folklore and works by F. Lhotka, I. Kuljeric, B. Magdic, as well as by younger generation of composers: F. Djurovic, V. Lisjak and M. Rabadan.

The topic of my lecture was Interpretation of baroque music, which I gave
the last day of the festival, on 2nd of April. My idea was to explain the very essence and the thought that will lead flutists when performing baroque music, including the way of thinking to be followed, as well as giving the sense of freedom, safety and relaxation in the interpretation of the 17th and 18th century music for which there are no recordings. Musicians are left to try to reconstruct from written scores the manner in which it used to be performed.
All concerts and lectures were well attended. The media have also followed the whole project in a good way. I can really say that the 6th International Flutemeeting 2008 achieved its goal and was a great success.

I am also glad to say that Croatia again actively and successfully participated in another international project. Therefore, I would like to wholeheartedly thank, on behalf of the representatives of Croatia and my own, for the confidence given to us, as well as for the financial support from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia and from the City of Zagreb Office for Culture.


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6. MEĐUNARODNI FLAUTISTIČKI FESTIVAL-FLUTEMEETING 2008.

Organizator cijelog događanja bio je FluteArt Cultural Society pod pokroviteljstvom grckog Ministarstva kulture i Županije, u suradnji s kulturnim društvom-Charta i Glazbenim konzervatorijem iz Larisse. Glavna i odgovorna osoba ove godine bila je flautistica Katrin Zenz, profesorica flaute na Muzickoj akademiji u Solunu.
Međunarodna razmjena profesora flaute, koncerti te radionice tijekom održavanja festivala s različitim temama a u svrhu unaprjeđivanja znanja o flauti kao i razmjene pedagoških dostignuća na polju interpretacije, ali i flautisticke tehnike opcenito, bile su zadane teme ovog festivala.
Predavanja i radionice održavale su se tijekom dana, dok je svaku vecer bio predviđen koncert predstavnika država sudionica festivala.
Na festivalu su sudjelovali flautisti i pedagozi te njihovi studenti i učenici iz Francuske, Grcke, Novog Zelanda, Luxembourga, Nizozemske, Njemačke, Slovenije i Hrvatske.

Jedna od ideja Flutemeetinga 2008. bila je nasumce stvaranje grupa flautista iz potpuno različitih okruženja i zemalja koje su se tijekom tri dana trajanja festivala družile i radile s gostima profesorima te pripremali u zaista ugodnom radnom okruženju Konzervatorija u Larissi skladbe za završni svečani koncert profesora i sudionika festivala. Tijekom tih priprema svaki profesor je imao priliku predstaviti svoj način rada, brzinu i vještinu pripreme u tako kratkom vremenu s flautistima različitog stupnja znanja i spremnosti, sto je iziskivalo pažljivu procjenu te brzo i efikasno rješavanje problema; intonativnih, tonskih, tehničkih i stilskih.

Teme radionica bile su: Prvi susret s flautom ili kako se zaljubiti u flautu na prvi pogled, Umjetnost vježbanja, interpretacija suvremene glazbe, Načini svakodnevnog ugrijavanja na flauti, uzlazna snaga koja nastaje prilikom izdaha, Tehnički zahtjevna mjesta-kako ih lako i efikasno rijesiti, interpretacija barokne glazbe, stvaranje novog ansambla i kako pronaći odgovarajući repertoar, labyrinth - stvaranje slučajnih zvučnih pejzaža.

Predstavljen je velik broj komornih skladba za flautu i praizvedba naručenih posebno za ovaj festival.
Posebna poslastica za flautiste bile su video projekcije vrlo rijetkih filmova s predavanjima Jamesa Galwaya, Petera-Lukasa Grafa te Marcela Moysea kojeg smatramo ocem moderne flautističke tehnike i interpretacije. M. Moyse bio je poznati francuski pedagog koji je napisao brojna djela za flautu, etide, tehničke vježbe, knjige s uputama o interpretaciji. Stoga su ove video projekcije bile vrlo zanimljiv i vrlo dobro posjećen dio festivala.

Koncert predstavnika flautista iz Hrvatske održao se drugog dana trajanja festivala. Profesorica flaute s Muzičke akademije u Zagrebu Marina Novak bila je voditeljica nastupa. Uz uvodno predavanje o Muzičkoj akademiji u Zagrebu, hrvatskim skladateljima i njihovim djelima za flautu zanimljivo je vodila kroz program kojim su se predstavile studentice flaute naše Muzičke akademije: Maja Šišeta, Ilijana Korać, Lucija Zovko, Ana Batinica, Andrea Jelavić, Vanja Markesina, Dora Weiss i Jelena Geček.
Raznovrstan, dobro uvježban i usklađen ansambl flauta ostavio je izvrstan dojam na publiku.
Ansambl flauta MA iz Zagreba predstavio je komornu glazbu za 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6 i 8 flauta te na taj nacin vrlo uspješno promovirao hrvatsku glazbenu baštinu i Hrvatsku kroz elemente folklora u djelima F.Lhotke i I. Kuljerica, B. Magdica te mlađe generacije skladatelja djelima F.Đurovica, V.Lisjaka i M.Rabadana.
Interpretacija barokne glazbe bila je tema mojeg predavanja koje sam održala zadnjeg dana festivala, 2. travnja. Moja je zamisao bila prije svega približiti samu bit, ideju, misao koja će flautiste voditi prilikom interperetacije baroknih skladba. Pojasniti način razmišljanja koji trebaju pritom slijediti kao i pružiti osjećaj slobode, sigurnosti i opuštenosti u interpretaciji glazbe 17. i 18.stoljeća za koju ne postoje zvučni zapisi već glazbenici iz pisanih ostavština pokušavaju rekonstruirati njezin način izvođenja.

Svi koncerti i predavanja bili su odlično posjećeni. Medijiski je cijeli projekt takođjer bio vrlo dobro praćen, tako da mogu reći kako je 6. Međunarodni flautistički festival, Flutemeeting 2008. postigao svoj cilj i odličan uspjeh.

Drago mi je da se Hrvatska opet aktivno i uspješno uključila u još jedan međunarodni projekt, stoga od srca zahvaljujem u svoje i u ime svih predstavnika iz Hrvatske na ukazanom povjerenju i financijskoj potpori u realizaciji cijelog projekta Ministarstvu kulture RH i Gradskom uredu za kulturu.
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Drago mi je što se suradnja sa grčkim flautistima nastavlja. Nakon posjeta Solunu i Ateni na redu je Larissa.Ansambl flauta Muzičke akademije u Zagrebu predstavit će komorne skladbe za flautu hrvatskih skladatelja.

Ansambl flauta Muzičke akademije u Zagrebu sudjelovati će na međunarodnom flautsitičkom festivalu Flutemeeting 2008 koje će se ove godine održati od 30.04.-02.05. u Larissi.
Nastupaju Ilijana Korać, Vanja Markesina, Jelena Geček, Ana Batinica, Andreja Jelavić, Maja Šišeta, Dora Weiss i Lucija Zovko.
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Za vrijeme boravka u Japanu upoznala sam divne ljude i vrsne umjetnike, flautisticu, gospođu Yoshiko Ohta i fagotistu, gospodina Shigeru Ohta;
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Razmjena kultura i informacija, zajedničko muziciranje i prijateljstvo koje neminovno proizlazi iz zajedničkog stvaranja glazbe i uživanja u njoj potaknula me je na poziv gospođi i gospodinu Ohti u posjet Hrvatskoj.
Za vrijeme boravka u Hrvatskoj nastupit će 10.04. u Dubrovniku uz pratnju Dubrovačkog simfonijskog orkestra te 13.04. u Ilirskoj dvorani u Zagrebu održati recital.
Planirane su radionice za đake i studente MA u Zagrebu.
Gospodin i gospođa Ohta biti će također počasni članovi žirija na 46. Državnom natjecanju učenika i studenata Hrvatske koje će se održati u Varaždinu u organizaciji Hdgpp-a.
Među gostima iz Japana biti će i moj dobar prijatelj, gospodin Shoichi Hasegawa.
Veselim se ponovnom susretu, ovog puta u Hrvatskoj.

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Teme:

-zadane skladbe za 45. hrvatsko natjecanje ucenika i studenata glazbe i plesa
-individualni rad s polaznicima seminara 

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	During my stay in Japan, after my participation in the 13th International Flutists Festival & 1st World Flute Congress in Tokyo, i also visited the company where my favorite flutes are manufactured.

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Many thanks to my friend Shoichi Hasegawa who helped me with the logistics and made my life easier during the whole stay.

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	The entire event was organized by the Japanese flutist society in cooperation with the following institutions: Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music, Ueno-Gakuen University, Kyu-Sougakudou, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and Tokyo National Museum & Kaneiji Temple

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The Japanese flutist society was founded in 1966, it has 11 000 members, 2500 active. There is a festival every two years, including competitions and summer schools. The society also publishes its own newspaper every two months. Flute players from Europe, America and Asia featured at the festival and the congress. A remarkably large number of flute pieces were performed.

There were numerous recitals, workshops, flute orchestra concerts, lectures, a competition with the following award winners: Mayu Izumi (1st prize), Riria Niimura (tied at 2nd prize), Seiya Ueno (tied at 2nd prize) and of course, an exposition of instruments and accessories.

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The Japanese audience was very interested in all of the programs, so that all of the concert and lecture halls were full, despite the fact that several events took place at the same time.
It was really fascinating to see so many flutists together!
The organizers had a great idea to include chamber pieces in the concert programs, featuring both Japanese and guest flutists. This allowed us to know each other better and form friendships and professional liaison.

The festival was made especially significant by the long awaited 1st flutist world congress which was very carefully prepared by the Japanese flutists society.
The theme of the congress was: For all the music and flute lovers, all over the world.
Many artists took part in the discussion: Andras Adorjan, Jongbea Ahn, Robert Aitken, Petri Alanko, Akira Aoki, William Bennett, Janet Ferguson, Pascal Gresset, Yoon Hyeri, Jeffrey Khaner, Chang-Kook Kim, Maxence Larrieu, Shoichi Minegishi, Renata Penezic, Felix Renggli, Chen Sanqing, Yasukazu Uemura and Henrik Wiese.
The Japanese flutist society sent a questionnaire to many flutists' organizations and societies, with inquiries concerning organization and structure, and also their problems and/or successes. They focused especially on the proposals about the improvement and development of each of the societies. All the flutists' organizations that took part in the poll, expressed a wish for a better connection to all similar institutions around the world. It was, therefore, concluded that a world flutist society should be founded with the following objectives:

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1. Improving the quality and speed of information exchange
2. Including more active young members
3. Organizing workshops, concerts, and meetings of flutists
4. Finding ways to finance international projects
5. Making flute more popular
6. Creating a web platform


Participation in such a great event was very inspiring for me and it enabled Croatia to take an active part from the very beginning of the formation of the world flutist organization. I am therefore very grateful to the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, The City Culture Department, The Ministry of Culture and The Ministry of Science, Education and Sports for their trust and financial support in the entire project.

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Tokyo, August 2007

Renata Penezić, flute / Darko Petrinjak, guitar (Croatia)

Program:
Antonio Vivaldi (1680-1734) : Sonata in g-minor RV 58
Vivace, Alla breve, Largo, Allegro ma non presto

Francesco Molino (1768-1847) :
Duetto Op. 61 No. 2 Andante, Polonaise-Allegretto vivace
Duetto Op. 61 No. 3 Cantabile sostenuto, Ecossais-Allegretto ben marcato

Mario Nardelli (1927-1993) :
Allegro giocoso & Two Old Dances from Dubrovnik

Ravi Shankar (b.1920) : L' aube enchantée sur le Raga "Todi"

For the concert of Eastern European music:
Boris Papandopulo (1906-1991) : Three Dialogues

The final concert:
Francesco Molino (1768-1847) :
Duetto Op. 61 No. 3 Cantabile sostenuto, Ecossais-Allegretto ben marcato

Gioaccino Rossini (1792-1868) : La danza, Tarentelle Napolitaine

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Flirty flutes : 30 July - 09 August

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July 30th - August 9th
Arrival July 30th; in the same day we will be starting with the chamber music lessons.
There will be a concert with music written by Croatian composers, so please contact me to get your sheet-music before the workshop is started.
Also, I would prefer to have a list with your prepared pieces for the workshop, to give our piano player Ms. Petra Greiner , a chance to prepare in time.
The final concert will be on the August 8th, with different pieces and I hope in collaboration with other instrument players who will be attending other workshops.

I am looking forward to see you in Pucisca.

Greetings.


Na hrvatskom:
30.srpnja- 9.kolovoza

Vas dolazak ocekuje se 30.srpnja, isti dan pocinjemo sa uvjezbavanjem komornih skladbi.
Tijekom seminara planiran je koncert sa skladbama hrvatskih skladatelja, stoga molim da me kontaktirate kako biste note dobili na vrijeme, prije pocetka seminara.
Takodjer unaprijed molim listu sa pripremljenim kompozicijama za seminar kako bih svojoj umjetnickoj suradnici, gospodji Petri Greiner olaksala pripreme za seminar.
Zakljucni koncert odrzat ce se 8. kolovoza, sa razlicitim skladbama (solistickim i komornim) te uz sudjelovanje nadam se i ostalih instrumentalista koji u to vrijeme uz Flirty Flutes imaju seminar u Puciscima.

Veselim se nasem radu i druzenju.

Lijepi pozdrav.

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ZAGREB-THESSALONIKI WITH A FLUTE

4.-6. SVIBNJA 2007.
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DVORANA MATICE HRVATSKE, ul.MATICE HRVATSKE 2
10.00-14.30 WORKSHOP

19.30. KONCERT - KATRIN ZENZ , flauta
"The sound of the flute in the 21st century"

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DVORANA MATICE HRVATSKE, ul.MATICE HRVATSKE 2
10.00-14.30 WORKSHOP

19.30. KONCERT - KATRIN ZENZ & RENATA PENEZIC-flaute,
ZRINKA IVANCIC-klavir

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MA u ZAGREBU-DVORANA F5, FRANKOPANSKA 22
10.00-14.30 WORKSHOP

19.30. KONCERT POLAZNIKA WORKSHOPA

Ulaz slobodan

Koncerti ostvareni uz pomoc Zagrebacke filharmonije,
Matice Hrvatske i MA u Zagrebu

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FLIRTY FLUTES - Sjecanje na Brac
Bozicni koncert - Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, 19.prosinca 2006.

FLIRTY FLUTES - Sjecanje na Brac
Karnevalski koncert - Samobor, Galerija "Prica", 13.veljace 2007.
Karnevalski koncert - Varazdin, Srednja glazbena skola, 16.veljace 2007.
specijalni gost - Matej Zupan, izv. prof. na Muzickoj akademiji u Ljubljani

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Marija Esih: Dojmovi sa puta

U subotu 26.11.2006. na put u Grcku, tocnije Solun, krenuo je flautisticki ansambl Muzicke akademije u Zagrebu (Mateja Sarlija, Marija Esih, Antonija Jurin, Vanja Markesina, Gorana Ruzic i Ilijana Korac), predvodjen profesoricom Renatom Penezic,doc.
Na poziv tamosnje Muzicke akademije, profesorica Penezic sudjelovala je s ansamblom flauta u Solunu, odrzala predavanje o hrvatskoj glazbi, imala solisticki koncert, te koncerte s ansamblom.
Grckoj publici ansambl flauta predstavio se vecernjim koncertom, 27.11. izvodeci djela hrvatskih skladatelja. Na programu su tako bile skladbe Frana Lhotke (Mala suita za 4 flaute), Borisa Papandopula (Suita za 2 flaute), Alfija Kabilja (iz musicla "Jalta,Jalta" dvije tocke u kojima su se flautistice Ilijana Korac i Vanja Markesina okusale takodjer i u pjevanju), Bozidara Kunca (Soliloquy u izvedbi Renate Penezić,doc.), Tomislava Uhlika (Tri parafraze za 4 flaute, djelo posveceno Renati Penezic i Kvartetu flauta MA), Petra Obradovica te Dubravka Palanovica, koji je posebno za ovo gostovanje ansambla napisao djelo Tri minijature za 3 flaute.
U utorak, 28.11. predstavile su nam se zajednickim koncertom profesorice Renata Penezic, doc. i Katerina Zenz-profesorica flaute na Muzickoj akademiji u Solunu, koje su kroz 3 dana odrzavale seminare: prof. Penezic radila je sa grckim studenticama flaute, dok je nasem ansamblu flauta profesorica Katerina Zenz odrzala zanimljiv seminar o suvremenoj glazbi i novim nacinima dobivanja tona na flauti. Imali smo takodjer priliku pod vodstvom prof. Zenz komorno muzicirati s grckim flautisticama, pa smo tako svi zajedno odrzali zanimljiv zavrsni koncert u srijedu 29.11.
Ipak, atmosfera nije bila samo radna. Uz svo muziciranje i pohadjanje seminara imale smo i mnogo vremena za druzenje s grckim kolegicama, razgledavanje Soluna, te uzivanje u mnogobrojnim tradicionalnim grckim jelima i slasticama.

Osim Soluna, ansambl flauta predstavio se i publici u Ateni. U četvrtak 30.11. nastupile smo u Medjunarodnom glazbenom centru i konzervatoriju Athenaeum-Marija Kalas, u povijesnom sredistu grada. U Ateni su nas srdacno docekali veleposlanik RH Neven Madey te prva tajnica, gospodja Marina Segvic, koja nam je pruzila veliku pomoc i podrsku, ne samo sto se tice koncerta, nego i pri snalazenju u tako ogromnom gradu.
Nastup u prekrasnoj dvorani Athenaeum te predstavljanje hrvatske glazbe grckoj publici omogucilo je Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta i veleposlanstvo RH u Ateni, u suradnji s Konzervatorijem i koncertnom dvoranom Athenaeum MKC.
Koncertna i brojna diplomatska publika prepoznala je nadahnuto sviranje ansambla, te nas toplo pozdravila, s nadom da ovo nase gostovanje nije bilo i posljednje.

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