The Paris International Summer Sessions
July 3-7, 2023

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PIANO

MICHEL BEROFF
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris, France

Michel Béroff was born in France in 1950.

After graduating from the Paris Conservatoire in 1966, he won the following year the first prize at the first international Olivier Messiaen Piano Competition. He has been since considered one of the most outstanding interpreters of Messiaen's music.
During the next years he played with the most prestigious orchestras around the world under the direction of such conductors as Abbado, Barenboim, Bernstein, Boulez, Dohnanyi, Dorati, Dutoit, Eschenbach, Gielen, Inbal, Jochum, Leinsdorf, Masur, Ozawa, Previn, Rostropovitch, Sinopoli, Solti, Tennsted, Tilson-Thomas, Zinman.

As a chamber music partner, he has been very active playing with Martha Argerich, Barbara Hendricks Jean-Philippe Collard, Augustin Dumay, Pierre Amoyal, Lynn Harrell. During the past years, Michel Beroff has been developing a conducting career. He has been teaching at the Paris Conservatoire.

Exclusive EMI artist for over 20 years, Michel Beroff has published more than 50 recordings; among them, the complete works for piano and orchestra from Liszt, Prokofieff and Stravinsky, conducted by Seiji Ozawa and Kurt Masur. For Deutsche Grammophon, he has recorded Ravel's left hand concerto with the LSO and Claudio Abbado. His latest recordings include the complete piano music from Debussy for the Japanese label Denon.

Michel Beroff has been awarded five times the "Grand Prix du Disque". As a publisher, he participated, for Wiener Urtext, to a new edition of Debussy's piano music. For the Japanese network NHK, he realized, in 2006, a series of fifteen master-classes on French music. During the last seasons, Michel Beroff played with the LSO under Pierre Boulez, the New-York Philharmonic and Kurt Masur, as well as the London Philharmonic for an extensive tour of England and Spain. He undertook three Japanese tours, including one with the Philarmonia with Esa-Peka Salonen, played in concert in Paris the complete works for piano from Debussy and Janacek, and two Prokofieff concerti with the Orchestre de Paris and Christophe Eschenbach.

He also toured extensively in Germany, Holland, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Greece, Brazil, Korea and China.

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EUGEN INDJIC
Schola Cantorum, Paris, France

A French-American pianist of Russian origin, Eugen Indjic began his study of the piano with Alexander Borovsky and later with Arthur Rubinstein, who remained a mentor and friend. Rubinstein considered Indjic “world-class pianist of rare musical and artistic perfection”.

He already performed on U.S national network television at age 11. “He plays Chopin as a Pole, Debussy as a Frenchman and Prokoviev as a Russian master” an early critic wrote.
At age 12, he made his first recording of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations for RCA Victor on Rachmaninov’s own piano. Boston Symphony Orchestra's conductor Erich Leinsdorf invited him to play Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto in his senior year at the Phillips Andover Academy, making Indjic at age 18 the youngest pianist ever to have performed with that orchestra.

On his graduation from Harvard University, Indjic was called “an extraordinary pianist and musician” by conductor Leonard Bernstein. Russian pianist Emil Gilels called him “a unique and inspired artist”.
Prize-winner of three international contests - Warsaw (1970), Leeds (1972), and Rubinstein (1974) - Indjic has performed with the leading orchestras of the United States, Europe and Asia, and under such conductors as Solti, Bernstein, Leinsdorf, Sinopoli, Gergiev, Fedoseiev, and Zinman, among others.
He has played a series of special concerts in “Homage to Arthur Rubinstein” throughout the United States and Europe, and regularly performs in world capitals and in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, La Scala, Musikverein, and Concertgebouw.

His present discography includes works of Debussy and Stravinsky for Sony, of Chopin for Claves Records, as well as Chopin, Schumann, Debussy for the Andante Spianato and DUX Labels.

In addition to performing, Eugen Indjic regularly teaches master classes in Europe, Japan and the Unites States, and is a frequent jury member of international competitions including the Chopin, Liszt Wroclaw, Rubinstein Tel Aviv, Prague Spring Festival, Lisbon Vianna Da Motta…

In 2010, he was named “artist-in-residence” at the Prague Symphony Orchestra.

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MARINA SCALAFIOTTI - ITALY
Conservatorio di musica "G. Verdi", Torino

Marina Scalafiotti is an accomplished Italian concert pianist whose career spans nearly four decades.
Her expertise in both piano and harpsichord ranges from baroque to contemporary music. Having spent the earlier part of her career studying and performing with talented musicians from all over the world, she has since shifted her focus to the field of music education.
Scalafiotti’s virtuosity and talent for musical interpretation make her exceptionally suited to passing on her knowledge of music to others.

Marina Scalafiotti started studying the piano under Amelia Careggio at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” in Turin. After having obtained her diploma summa cum laude, she continued her piano education under Orazio Frugoni. She also studied Chamber Music with the Trio di Trieste, and the harpsichord under Giorgio Tabacco. During these years, Scalafiotti won several important prizes in piano competitions, such first prizes at the International Piano Competition of Stresa in 1981 and the Piano Competition of Treviso in 1992. She was also the recipient of the Spedidam Prize at the Concours International de Musique Contemporaine of Orléans in 2002.

As a result of her numerous accolades, Scalafiotti was offered a scholarship from the Fondazione Romanini of Brescia, allowing her to further advance her studies under Alexis Weissenberg, Maria Golia, Lazar Berman, Boris Petrushansky and Boris Bloch. In 1995, with support from the De Sono Association, she went to Paris to study under Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri – a former pupil of Claudio Arrau – at the École Normale de Musique de Paris “Alfred Cortot”.

Scalafiotti’s career progressed quickly and she has played in many prestigious concert halls as well as in various other venues across Europe and Latin America.
She has played with several renowned conductors and performed chamber music alongside Philippe Entremont, Ervin Schiffer, Katie Sebestyen, Ran Varon, ...
Many of her performances have been recorded by national radio and television stations, such as Radio Rai, Radio France, Bayerischer Rundfunk, RTBF, RAI, Classica, and Arte.

Nowadays, Marina Scalafiotti is often invited to teach master classes around the world, and regularly asked to be part of the jury in various piano competitions. Since 2006, Scalafiotti has been a faculty member of the ICPA (International Certificate for Piano Artist), a project by the Fondation Bell'Arte.
She is actively committed to promote the love for classical piano playing amongst all generations and does this through organizing cultural events and concerts, as well as the international piano competition “Maria Golia” and the online publishing of numerous piano masterclass videos for “telemasterclass” which she founded in 2020 to address the teaching challenges during the pandemic.

Scalafiotti currently teaches at her alma mater, the Music Conservatory of Turin. For the past twenty years, Scalafiotti has also headed the Cartesia foundation, which organizes musical and cultural events in the province of Turin.

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PIOTR FOLKERT - POLAND/USA
Chopin Society-Atlanta

Piotr Folkert received his Master's degree from The Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland.
After winning several competitions for young pianists, he continued his studies at Yale University in New Haven, Indiana University in Bloomington and The Mannes College of Music in New York City. Mr. Folkert has worked with such distinguished musicians as Professor Andrzej Jasinski, Grant Johannesen, Richard Goode, Oxana Yablonskaya, Murray Perahia.

He is widely regarded as one of the most gifted and sensitive pianists performing today. His "stellar technique and insightful interpretations" have won him consistent critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences worldwide, whether for his solo recitals, his orchestral engagements or his growing catalogue of recordings.
His broad repertoire ranges from music of the Baroque period to new works of contemporary composers, with some especially commissioned and written for him. His performing schedule regularly takes him to the great concert stages of North America and has been highlighted by frequent engagements at the Carnegie Hall.
Internationally, he has appeared in cultural capitols of Europe, Australia, Americas and Far East.
Mr. Folkert is a winner of The Annual Young Artist International Piano Award in New York (1995), The International Chamber Music Competition in Caltanisetta, Italy (1990) among others. He has participated in numerous festivals including The Flaine Music Festival (France), The Summit Music Festival (New York), The Guelph Spring Festival (Canada), Burg Music Festival (Berlin), The Music Festival of Baltic Countries (Poland), Kun-Ming Festival (China).

He was bestowed the honor of performing a special recital for the King of Malaysia at the Royal Palace in Kuala Lumpur. During the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta his performance and musical tribute to Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and the Olympic Committee at Spivey Hall was broadcast nationwide on NPR's "Performance Today".
Concert tours including recitals and concert appearances with orchestras brought Piotr Folkert to the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, New Zealand, Russia, UAE, Turkey, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.

Mr.Folkert has recorded many recitals for radio and television around the world. In addition, Mr. Folkert has recorded solo and chamber music for European and American labels including: Arti, Zuk, Sanibel and Dux. Upcoming releases include solo album with music of F. Chopin (Ballades) and "Piano Concertos" with String Orchestra (Henryk M. Gorecki, Morton Gould and Malcolm Williamson).
Mr. Folkert is on the International Roster of Steinway Artists.

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BOAZ SHARON - USA/ ISRAËL
Boston University

Boaz Sharon is a pianist, recording artist and professor of piano at Boston University as well as Director of Piano Studies at Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
He is a frequent performer in the U.S., China, Russia, Czech Republic and other countries.

He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and studied with Emma Gorochov,then with Stefan Askenase in Brussels and later in the US with William Doppmann and with Leonard Shure.

Before his present position at Boston University, he was Pianist-in-Residence at Duke University, and Professor of Piano at the University of Florida.
He is a frequent judge at competitions including the Rudolf Firkusny International Piano Competition, Prague, the Liszt International Piano Competition-"Dedication to Franz Liszt", Moscow and the Jaen International Piano Competition in Spain.
Having directed the Prague International Piano Masterclasses for the last 13 years he is also on the artist faculty of the Ruza International Piano Festival in Russia, and the International Certificate for Piano Artists.

He is first-prize winner and gold medalist at the Jaen International Piano Competition, Spain and has received the Jubilee Medal from Charles University, Prague, on the 600th anniversary of that university's foundation, given for "significant contributions" to Charles University.
Sharon is Honorary Fellow at Charles University, Prague. In 2009 he was appointed Visiting Professor at the China Conservatory in Beijing.

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KYUNG-AH KIM, SOUTH KOREA
Sejong University-Seoul National University

Kyung-Ah, praised for her " a part of the wave of new pianists ,with an ability to act the part of a star" (Suburban Chicago News), has won numerous competition awards, including the USA Beethoven competition, the Leos Janacek International Competition, the Sorantin International Competition and the St. Charles International Competition, among others.

Since having been selected as the 2013 Artist in the Seoul Arts Center, she has concertized extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
She has collaboration with leading conductors including John Williams, James Orent, Petr Atrichter, and has performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Nec Philharmonic Orchestrea, Bu Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and Kyunggi Philharmonic Orchestra.

She recevied the Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory, DMA from the Boston University, where she studied with Russell Sherman, Wha Kyung Byun and Boaz Sharon. She currently teaches at Sejong University and Seoul National University in South Korea.
Kyung-Ah Kim has been an ICPA artist since 2016, representing the ICPA program in South-Korea.

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MIQUEL ESTELRICH SERRALTA-SPAIN
Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Ballears

Born in Palma de Mallorca, Miquel Estelrich Serralta is one of the most significant pianists of the Balearic Islands.

He started his music studies in the Conservatorio de Baleares, graduating afterwards from the Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo de Valencia.
His teachers have been Joan Moll, Bartomeu Jaume and Perfecto García Chornet. He has also followed master clasess with Manuel Carra, Ramón Coll, Paul Badura Skoda, E milio Muriscot and Miguel Zanetti. He obtained a degree of doctor of music arts at the University of Palma de Mallorca.
Miquel Estelrich has performed in recital or as orchestra soloist in the main cities of the European continent, with orchestras such as Orquesta Ciudad de Palma, Orquestra Simfònica de Balears, Grup Instrumental de València, Orquesta de Cannes, Orquesta de Marburg, etc, in prestigious concert halls (Palau de la Música de Valencia, Festival Chopin de Valldemossa, Festival de Pollensa, Fundación Botín de Santander, Zaragoza, Madrid, Barcelona). His performances have been broadcasted in France, Japan, Great-Britain, U.S.A. etc.

He's the official pianist of the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears since its creation in 1989; Miquel Estelrich is also the founder of the Trio de Mallorca.
Involved in recovering and protection of Mallorca's composers, he has received in 1987 the National Award from the Minister of culture

Miquel Estelrich is the chairman of the piano department and founder of the Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears (director from 2001 thru 2006).

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NELSON DELLE-VIGNE FABBRI - ITALY
Fondation Bell'Arte, Braine-L'Alleud
Artistic Director of the course

The Italian virtuoso Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri was born in Argentina. He was instructed by Magda Tagliaferro, Gyorgy Cziffra and Claudio Arrau.

In addition to his performing and recording career that took him to several continents, Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri is also a famed international piano pedagogue.

Teaching at the Ecole Normale "Alfred Cortot" in Paris during 40 years, Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri was also appointed professor extraordinaire at the Chapelle Musicale "Reine Elisabeth" in Belgium and Honorary Professor at the Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida, USA.

He gives regularly master classes in France, China, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, USA, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, South Korea, etc.

Nelson Delle-Vigne Fabbri collaborated to the festivities of the European Union Day in Seoul, South Korea, by special invitation of the European amabassador.
Cultural and pedagogical broadening is an important goal of his duties as general director of the Bell'Arte Foundation.
Mr. Delle-Vigne Fabbri, as founder and president of the Fondation Bell'Arte, is the artistic director of MusicA Braine l'Alleud, the Paris International Summer Sessions, LyricA Braine l'Alleud and of the EMS Music Group, a record company and record studio.

He's the founder and artistic director of The International Certificate for Piano Artists, a pedagogical programme in collaboration with many international institutions with sessions in the U.S., Russia, Italy, Lithuania, Taiwan, Spain, Poland, the Philippines, etc.
(http://www.bellarteinternationalmusicacademy.org)
After Philippe Entremont's 10-years' presidency, this programme is currently placed under the presidency of Belgian composer Jean Kluger. Jerome Lowenthal and Michel Béroff are its vice-president, preceeded by France Clidat and Lazar Berman.

Nelson Delle-Vigne is the director of the present Summer course.

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