International Summer Academy

Anke Dill | Violin
was born and raised in Stuttgart (Germany) and studied with Nora Chastain, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Yair Klees and Donald Weilerstein. Winner of numerous awards and prizes, she performs as soloist and chamber musician in varying ensembles all over Europe, Japan, China and the United States.
She performs on festivals such as the “Schleswig Holstein Festival”, “Brahms Festival”, the “Salzburger Festspiele”, the “Rencontres Musicales de Haute-Provence”, in the USA at the “Aspen Music Festival” in Colorado, in major concert halls such as the Laeiszhalle Hamburg and the Liederhalle Stuttgart. Concerts with fame soloists, CD productions and radio and TV recordings attest to her artistic versatility. With Jacob Leuschner she has played all Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert cycles for piano and violin several times. Dill started her teaching activity in 2001 at the Musikhochschule Lübeck. She gives regular masterclasses at the International Summer Academy Lenk (CH). In 2004 she was called to become professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart. 2009 she founded the Bartholdy Quintet together with Ulf Schneider, Barbara Westphal, Volker Jacobsen and Gustav Rivinius.

Gustav Rivinius | Cello
started his cello studies at the age of six with Hermann Dirr in Munich. Later he studied many years with Ulrich Voss and Claus Kanngiesser, with David Geringas at the Juilliard School New York and, finally, with Heinrich Schiff in Basel, where he completed his studies with a soloist diploma.
He has won numerous competitions, on both national and international level. In 1990 he was awarded a first prize and Gold Medal at the 9th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. It was the first time this prize was awarded to a German musician, and the exploit was followed by a score of concert apparitions in all famed music capitals of Europe, Japan and the USA. Another side to Gustav Rivinius is his passion for chamber music. He regularly appears with leading colleagues such as Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff, Antje Weithaas and Sharon Kam. In the meantime, his first CD was releases, featuring sonatas by Brahms, Boccherini and B.A. Zimmermann. In 1993 he recorded all of Beethoven’s cello sonatas for the WDR in Cologne, in 1995 he produced the collo concert of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. In addition to interpreting the standard repertoire, Rivinius dedicates himself intensively to contemporary music. Gustav Rivinius is professor for violoncello at the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken. →https://gustavrivinius.com/

Florian Wiek | Piano
was awarded first prizes at the Concurso Maria Canals and the “Deutscher Musikwettbewerb” and performs on numerous international podiums. Beeing at home in most musical areas from the Baroque period to the latest compositions, his focus is on Viennese classical music.
His interpretations have been recorded by numerous radio and television companies and published on CD. Wiek’s pianistic studies began with Monika Twelsiek and Rose Marie Zartner and led him to the Cologne University of Music and the Conservatoire national superieur de musique de Paris in the classes of Prof. Günter Ludwig and Pierre-Laurent Aimard. He completed his studies with the concert exam at the University of Music in Hamburg. In 2004 he has been appointed professorship for piano and chamber music at the HMDK Stuttgart and leads a successful class with numerous international award winners. This activity is supplemented by master classes in Europe and worldwide. He has also been in demand as a juror at international piano and chamber music competitions. Since 2020, Florian Wiek directs the chamber music festival “Resonanzräume” in Stuttgart and, together with his wife Anke Dill, the Mozart Society Stuttgart.

Costs/Fees: 730 Euro

Fees include:

• 8 days of classes (app. 40 min individual instruction each day)
• Piano accompaniment for classes and concerts
• Practice rooms available from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• 9 x breakfast
• 6 x lunch
• A common dinner
• Administration fee

Application:

• Minimum age: 16 years
• Please send CV and video link(s) along with filled and signed →application form
• Application deadline: June 21, 2025

Please note:

• A first payment of 200 Euro must be credited to the organizer’s bank account within 14 days after confirmed participation. Otherwise the registration expires.
• This payment will be detracted from the overall amount.
• It is not to be refunded in case of withdrawal.
• Course fees are payable in full by July 15, 2025 at the latest. Reduced persence of a participant will not reduce the course fee.
• The organizer assumes no liability for losses or damages to instruments and personal belongings.

Accommodation:

• Participants may apply for overnight stay free of charge at local host families.
• The rooms will be assigned according to order of registration. As the number of private accommodations is limited, there is no guarantee for this option.
• Alternatively accommodations may be booked at own initiative and expense. More information →www.radolfzell.tourism
• We highly recommend early reservations!

Scholarships:

• One scholarship for each class is presented by the →Freundeskreis der Sommerakademie e.V.
• Scholarships may be granted on request after registration is confirmed.

Please fill, sign and send →application form to: sommerakademie@radolfzell.de

• Application deadline: June 21, 2025 →application form
  
• Arrival: Tuesday | August 05, 2025 | by 4.30 p.m.
• Opening concert by the tutors: August 05| 7.00 p.m.
• Final concert by the participants: Wednesday | August 13 | 7.00 p.m.
• Departure: Thursday | August 14 | app. from 11 a.m. | after the common goodbye breakfast

Organizer/Contact:

Radolfzell Music School
Guettinger Strasse 19
78315 Radolfzell | Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 7732 – 81 396
E-mail: sommerakademie@radolfzell.de