Dear Students and Friends,
It is a pleasure to announce the 39th Annual Seminar of the Ali Akbar College of Music – Switzerland, which will take place from November 10 -16, 2024! The teaching during this seminar will take place both live and online.
The 39th Annual Seminar features the following activities:
I. Intensive Instrumental and Vocal Seminar: November 10 – 16
II. Intensive Tabla Seminar with Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri: November 10 -16
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I. Intensive Instrumental and Vocal Seminar: November 10 -16
Ken Zuckerman – This seminar will take place both live and online via Zoom and will consist of classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced students. Classes include tala exercises, instrumental and vocal repertoire and instrumental workshops.
Daniel Bradley – This sitar seminar will take place live at the Musik Akademie Basel. The teaching will be done in a “master class” format, in which Daniel will work individually with one student at a time with the other students permitted to observe. After registering for the seminar, the sitar students will be requested to arrange their lesson times directly with Daniel.
Nadia Oberli and Vittoria Pagani will give live review & riyaz classes in the Klaus-Linder Saal of the Music Academy of Basel. These lessons will review the compositions that are being taught in the vocal and instrumental classes of Ken Zuckerman.
II. Intensive Tabla Seminar with Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri: November 10 – 16
Our tabla maestro, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, will give live classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced students, at the Musik Akademie Basel.
Tuition fees:
— Full participation in the seminar, including vocal, tala, instrumental (sitar, sarod, tabla & western instruments), and all review classes is as follows: for all 7 days, CHF 550.-
— Full participation in all of 6 days of vocal and instrumental classes, without any review classes, costs CHF 450.-
— Full participation in either 6 days of vocal or instrumental classes, without any review classes for 6 days costs CHF 350.-
— Tabla classes with Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri cost CHF 90.- per day. (Students may also take part as observers in the lessons that they are not actively attending without paying any additional fees.)
— Sitar lessons with Daniel Bradley cost CHF 70.- per day. (Students may also take part as observers in the lessons that they are not actively attending without paying any additional fees.)
— Please contact the College if your participation in the Seminar does not fall into any of the above listed categories. (For example, if you cannot attend classes for all 7 days or if you wish to participate in a mixture of classes). We will then let you know what the costs will be. In some cases, tuition reductions may be possible to arrange.
– – Students of the 39th Annual Seminar can purchase tickets for the concert on Nov. 10th at the Student rate of Fr. 30.-
To register for the seminar, please send an email to us at info@nullaliakbarcollege.org
2024 Seminar Schedule / Stundenplan – Tabla classes in Studio 1 & all other classes in Klaus Linder-Saal
Sonntag 10. Nov.
11:00-12:30 – Tala & Instrumental “Riyaz” mit Vittoria Pagani
12:30-14:30 – Tabla “Riyaz” mit Dink Rupa
12:30-15:00 Sitar mit Daniel Bradley
19:30 Konzert Ken Zuckerman und Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Grosser Saal
Montag 11. Nov.
10:00-11:45 – Vokal & Tala mit Ken Zuckerman & Vittoria Pagani
12:00-13:15 – Instrumental mit Ken Zuckerman
13:45-17:30 – Sitar mit Daniel Bradley
14:00-15:00 – Tabla “Riyaz” mit Dink Rupa
16:00-21:00 – Tabla mit Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
Dienstag 12. Nov.
10:00-11:45 – Vokal & Tala mit Ken Zuckerman & Vittoria Pagani
12:00-13:15 – Instrumental mit Ken Zuckerman
11:00-12:00 – Tabla Review mit Dink Rupa
13:30-17:30 – Sitar mit Daniel Bradley
15:00-20:00 – Tabla mit Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
20:15 – Student Recital 1
Mittwoch 13. Nov
11:00-12:00 – Tabla Review mit Dink Rupa
11:00- 12:15 – Instrumental “Riyaz” mit Vittoria Pagani
13:30-17:00 – Sitar mit Daniel Bradl
16:00-21:00 – Tabla mit Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
17:45-19:15 – Vokal & Tala mit Ken Zuckerman & Vittoria Pagani
19:30-21:00 – Instrumental mit Ken Zuckerman
Donnerstag 14. Nov.
10:00-11:45 – Vokal & Tala mit Ken Zuckerman & Vittoria Pagani
12:00-13:15 – Instrumental mit Ken Zuckerman
11:00-12:00 – Tabla Review mit Dink Rupa
13:45-17:30 – Sitar mit Daniel Bradley
15:00-20:00 – Tabla mit Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
20:15 – Student Recital 2
Freitag 15. Nov.
10:00-11:00 – Instrumental “Riyaz” mit Vittoria Pagani
11:00-12:00 – Tabla Review mit Dink Rupa
13:30-17:00 – Sitar mit Daniel Bradley
16:00-21:00 – Tabla mit Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
17:45-19:15 – Vokal & Tala mit Ken Zuckerman & Vittoria Pagani
19:30-21:00 – Instrumental mit Ken Zuckerman
Samstag 16. Nov.
11:00-12:15 – Instrumental Review mit Nadia Oberli
11:00-12:00 – Tabla Review mit Dink Rupa
13:30-17:00 – Sitar mit Daniel Bradley
16:00-21:00 – Tabla mit Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri
17:45-19:15 – Vokal & Tala mit Ken Zuckerman & Vittoria Pagani
19:30-21:00 – Instrumental mit Ken Zuckerman
Nadia Oberli und Vittoria Pagani (Review Instrumental & Tala) und Dink Rupa (Review Tabla)
Yoga mit Sophie Brönimann Start jeweils 15 Min vor den Vokal und Instrumental Stunden im KL-Saal
Infos bei: info@nullaliakbarcollege.org nadia.oberlischnyder@nullmab-bs.ch vittoria.pagani@nullmab-bs.ch