guitarfestival Seckau 2023
Sat. 22. - Sun. 30. July
you can make a pre-reservation already now; mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Teachers 2023 will be announced in spring
from the closing concert on July 31 2022:
Johann & Josef Strauß - Pizzicato - Polka
teaching staff 2022:
Jure Podvratnik (Slovenia) Eudoro Grade (Portugal) Georg Zopf (Graz / Vienna)
Melanie Hosp (Vienna / Linz) Florian Palier (Graz / Klagenfurt) Johann Palier (Graz)
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limited number of participants !
for advanced beginners / pupils / students /
guitarteachers / professional guitar players and guitar aficionados !
registration form
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tickets for concerts: order at Seckau Kultur
Tel.: 0043 681 2068 0447
Guitarorchestra Seckau 2021
J.S. Bach (cantata "Wer hat dich so geschlagen" BWV 244 of Matthew passion) and
Praetorius (Volta of "Terpsichore")
20 years of guitarfestival Seckau /
review 2020 ORF "Steiermark heute" 31. Juli 2020
Austrian broadcast
Florian Palier performing Fugue BWV 997 by Johann Sebastian Bach
(from the CD "Poetry and colours")
Takuya Okamoto J.S. Bach Prelude & Allegro BWV 998
F. Bustamente ~ Misionera Guitarfestival Seckau 2018
2022 at the opening concert (Sa. 23.July) with joy in playing guitar and singing:: Florian Hörbinger and Luisa Preisler
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Date In midsummer, whether in sweltering heat or during an impressive thunderstorm coming from the mountains surrounding the abbey, the atmosphere always provides opportunities for inspiration... |
Lessons take place in the classrooms of the abbey’s secondary school (Stiftsgymnasium Seckau) or in the music rooms, the abbey library and lecture rooms. Whether pupil, student, guitar teacher or interested amateur musician, everyone benefits from the intense individual and ensemble lessons by ... |
Program Music and the guitar is our focus of interest. Artistic highlights are the opening concert, concerts on Thursday, Friday and the final concert on Sunday where participants get the chance to perform. Besides, we organise exhibitions of luthiers presenting their guitars – ranging from school guitars to professional concert guitars – which of course can be tested by the participants or even purchased. |
Lecturers and Teachers A team of internationally renowned guitarists and teachers ensure the professional training including individual and ensemble lessons during the whole week. |
Schedule The opening concert on Saturday shall put participants in the right mood for this intense week of guitar music before the individual lessons and lectures start on the following day. Usually after dinner, there are small exercise concerts where participants have the opportunity to gain experience on stage, playing in front of each other and the teachers. Each day ends with a special evening program comprising relaxation exercises, bedtime stories (for the younger participants … and for everyone else interested), campfire, a walk at night and even an exciting test of courage. Similarly, there are activities in the morning like early-morning exercises and training relaxation techniques. |
Accommodation Seckau Abbey, an impressive monastery, is situated in the small village of Seckau, 843 meters above sea level, surrounded by mountains up to 2400 meters. Accommodation is provided in single rooms in the St. Joseph wing of the monastery. Or at St. Martha’s, the former nurses' home, which is only a few steps away from the abbey, where there are single, double or family rooms. Meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) are served at fixed times in the dining room of the abbey. |
Care Especially for kids, there is one person available at all times, always there with an open ear and heart that can be addressed in all kinds of situations. |
The atmosphere What has been exceptional for the event since its beginning 21 years ago is the respectful cooperation of all parties involved. Intensive instruction, rehearsals, exercise concerts, listening, admiring and supporting each other ... young and old, professionals and amateurs … all mixed together for the common goal of making music. During this week, everything is about music and one can hear the sound of guitars from all corners of the venerable walls of the abbey. |
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Jure Podvratnik (Slovenia) studies guitar in Graz (KUG) with Łukasz Kuropaczewski, Bachelor programme concert guitar - main emphasis music science and pedagogical studies - main emphasis improvisation. |
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Eudoro Grade (Portugal) |
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Florian Palier |
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Georg Zopf (Graz / Vienna) is playing guitar and lute / theorbo. Since a few years he is concentrating on music from the Renaissance and the Baroque. After studying guitar at university of Arts in Graz (KUG) including one year studying in triest with Frederic Zigante now he is studying the lute with Luciano Contini at Private University of music in Vienna, where in January 2022 he made his Bachelor degree with distinction. |
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Melanie Hosp (Tirol, Linz) studied guitar at conservatory Innsbruck, where she studied with Stefan Hackl and at the University of Music in Vienna with Álvaro Pierri, finishing all her studies with distinction. Pricewimner at many national and international guitar competitions; she was a scholarship holder at Stipendiatin der Thyll/Dürr and Yehudi-Menuhin foundation. Concerts in China, Taiwan, Lebanon, Czech republic a.o. First CD "cómo el agua" in styles from classical music to Latin music and Jazz. Next CD issue with Florian Palier: "Contemorary music from Styria". She is a guitar teacher at music school in Linz. Teaching in Seckau on thursday |