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Austria Tour of Flute Events Jan. 2024

In January 2024 Wil Offermans was touring in Austria with five Flute Days and Teachers Workshops in: Gols, Burgenland; Simmering, Wien; Voitsberg, Styria and Graz, Styria. Click on an image below to open the photo gallery of that event.
  • 27 Jan.: Flute Day for Musikschulservicestelle Steiermark at Stadtsäle Voitsberg, Austria, 10:00-17:00
  • 28 Jan.: Teachers Workshop for Musikschulservicestelle Steiermark at the Konservatorium Graz, Austria, 09:30-12:30

Flute Days at Music School Köttmannsdorf, Austria

On February 22nd & 23rd Wil Offermans was a guest at the Music School Köttmannsdorf in Carinthia, Austria, to present his Flute Day project. During the two days they worked intensely with a group of students and flute-teachers from Carinthia and other parts of Austria. The final presentation concert on Sunday 23rd included Offermans' pieces like Luna y Sierra, Bamburia, the Thumpy flute, Kôjô-no-Tsuki, Dance with Me and Tsuru-no-Sugomori. Click the image on the right to see the photo gallery of the event.

Teaching Tour in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 2011

From 25 untill 27 of November Wil Offermans was in Vienna, Austria for a series of teaching events.

  • 25 Nov.: masterclasses and workshops “Flute Music by Wil Offermans” for flute students of the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Institut Franz Schubert, Vienna. Click the image above to see the photo gallery.
  • 26 Nov.: Flute Day (including some masterclasses on music of Wil Offermans) with a final presentation concert at the Music School Vienna-Meidling. Click the image above to see the photo gallery. Here below you can see videos of Honami; Dance with Me and Thumpy Improvisation. You can see more videos at the Video Gallery page.
  • 27 Nov.: masterclasses on music of Wil Offermans for flute students and teachers with some additional workshops at the Music School Tulln, Nieder Österreich. Click the image above to see the photo gallery.

Syrinx Flute Festival, Feldkirch, Austria

During October 1 and 2 the Syrinx Flute Festival took place in Feldkrich, Austria. Main guest was Wil Offermans, who gave a solo recital with spontaneous audience participation on Friday and a series of workshops on Saturday. This second day also ended with a concert, now with all participants performing. The audience was a mixture of both teachers as well as students from the area. Performed were Offermans' pieces including his solo pieces Ilios, Tsuru-no-Sugomori, Honami, Luna y Sierra, Duo, the ensemble piece Jungle Dance, Labyrinth, Working Songs 1 and 2, and the new dance-music piece Dance with Me a.o. Click the image to see the photo gallery of the event.

Carinthian Flute Ensemble with Wil Offermans, Austria

From April 16 until 18, 2010 Wil Offermans presented a flute ensemble workshop for flute teachers from the southern Austrian region of Carinthia and beyond (click the image on the right to see the photo gallery of the event). The event was organised by CMA Carinthische Musikakademie and took place at the wonderful location at Stift Ossiach. Main focus of the workshop was the ensemble repertoire of Wil Offermans. On April 18th the ensemble, also directed by Offermans, presented a concert including the following works:

  • Ankunft der Königin von Saba ( G.F. Händel)
  • Itsuki-no-Komoriuta (W. Offermans)
  • Pavane (M. Ravel)
  • Tänze from Gayaneh (A. Khachaturian)
  • Tico-Tico no Fuba (Z. Abreu)
  • Tsuru-no-Sugomori (W. Offermans)
  • Kotekan (W. Offermans)
  • Luna y Sierra (W. Offermans)
  • Dance with Me (W. Offermans)

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