Duo Ueda Offermans concert Rietberg Museum, Zurich, Switzerland

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On 21 and 22 September 2019 Wil Offermans presented a two-day Flute Day event at the Ecole Jurassienne et Conservatoire de Musique in Delémont, Switzerland. For two days he presented workshops for the flute-students of the flute-teachers Laure Franssen, Aurora Pajón Fernández, Cécile Moser and Silvie Devincenti. They worked on many of his pieces, including Labyrinth, Dance with Me, Jungle Dance, Thumpy, ethnic flutes, Honami and Kojo-no Tsuki. All these pieces where presented in the final concert. Click the image to see the photo gallery of this event.
From 17 - 19 November, Wil Offermans was invited by the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre, Geneva to work with their flutists. Workshops took place on 18 and 19 Nov. with about 100 flute-students. During these days they worked on various of Offermans' ensemble compositions, including Dance with Me, Jungle Dance and Itsuki-no-Komoriuta. On 17 Nov. he presented a solo recital, accompanied by flute teachers of the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique (at Studio de Agostini). On sunday 19 Nov. the project was concluded by a spectacular final concert (at Salle Frank-Martin). Click the image to see the photo gallery.
Click the image to see the photo gallery of the event.
On March 9th, Wil Offermans presented a Flute Day for about 45 flute students of the Musikschule Oberwallis Visp at the Zentrum Missione Naters/Brig in Switzerland. After workshops in the morning, the day ended with a presentation concert including: Jungle Dance, Kojo-no-Tsuki, Thumpy and Dance with Me. Click the image to see the photo gallery of the event. Visit the Video page for more videos.
Here are three new videos of the recent Flute Day concert in Luzern, Switzerland:
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Wil Offermans joined the Flautando Flute Weekend on 15-16 May 2010 with concerts, workshops and more aiming at both professional as well as amateur audiences. Other performers included Stefan Keller, André Bernhard and Ensemble Quintessenz Leipzig. The weekend took place at the historical Künstlerhaus / Alte Kirche in Boswill (Swiss), where Marcel Moyse used to present his flute seminars between 1964 and 1984.