Master Class with
KLAUS ARP
 Klaus Arp, born 1950 in Northern Germany (near Hamburg), played many musical instruments since his childhood: piano, harpsichord, organ, double bass, viola da gamba, trumpet, French horn, flute, clarinet, saxophone and sitar. He occupied himself with classical music, Jazz, Asian music and Minimal music.
At the "Staatliche Musikhochschule" in Hamburg, he studied piano, composition and conducting. Since 1975 he had been an assistant at the „Hamburgische Staatsoper", where he had his conducting debut in 1978 with West Side Story.
Since 1981 he was principal conductor at the "Rheinische Philharmonie" and the Opera House in Koblenz, where his lyric opera Ogygia was performed in 1988 for the 200th anniversary of this theatre.
1987 - 95 he was chief conductor of the Radio Orchestra "Südwestrundfunk" Baden-Baden / Kaiserslautern.
1993 he was appointed to the chair for conducting at the "Staatliche Musikhochschule Heidelberg-Mannheim".
In March 1999 his concerto for French horn, strings and conducting percussionist A Man With A Horn, A Portrait of Miles Davis was performed for the first time (Mannheim) and has been played several times in Russia (Yekaterinburg, Moscow).
In December 2000 his Concertino for violin and orchestra had its first performance in Yekaterinburg (Russia) and has been played several times in Germany since then.
His Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass - was performed for the first time in March 2001.
In 2004 his chamber opera Friendly Fire had its opening in Berlin.
Amongst other guest conducting activities he worked regularly with the Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Broadcasting Service (HRT), at the Opera Company of Philadelphia (the USA), with the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra in Seoul (South Korea) and has conducted in most of the famous concert halls in the USA and Europe. |
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