The Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten (International Academy for Soloists, IMAS) is a music school located in Hanover with master classes for highly talented young soloists who are aiming for an international career. It is one of the leading training centres for soloists in Germany .Radiotipps für NDR 1 Niedersachsen ndr.de, 2 January 2009. The offered courses change annually in the fields of piano, violin, singing, violoncello, French horn and Chamber music.Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten , Booklet, (PDF).on Schaumburger Nachrichten"Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten"
Activity and organisation Professors of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and other experienced musicians teach the students at .Vorstand imas-meisterkurse.de, retrieved 19 August 2020. So far, IMAS has supported more than 1000 highly talented students from 35 nations (as of January 2014).
The nine-day individual courses begin in autumn and end with a final concert in the castle's ballroom. In order to keep the costs of participation low, the students live with citizens of Bückeburg during the course. The board of directors of the Trägerverein consists of Ulrike Fontaine (chairwoman), Peter Christoph Loewe (deputy chairman), Ines Gräfin von der Schulenburg (finances), Bernd Goetzke (artistic director) and Alexander, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (honorary chairman)."Wie Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe Meisterpianisten fördert" A seven-member board of trustees assists the board of directors. The pianist Boris Kuznetsov is responsible for project management.
History The non-profit association, "Internationale Musikakademie für Solisten", was founded in 1978 by Reimar Dahlgrün, professor emeritus of the University of Music in Hannover, together with colleagues. During the first ten years, teaching was held in the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. In 1986 Alexander Fürst zu Schaumburg-Lippe brought the academy into the Schloss Bückeburg.Ein Schloss voller Töne, in nobilis 9/2011, S. 68–71 (PDF). In 1982, Gotthard Kronstein took over as managing director.Hugo Thielen: Kronstein, Gotthard. In . Von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart. Schlütersche, Hanover 2002, , .
Karl-Heinz Kämmerling was responsible for the overall artistic direction for about three decades. At the end of 2010 Bernd Goetzke became his successor. Prof. Bernd Goetzke leitet ab sofort die IMAS-Klavierkurse, 14 September 2010.
Personalities Docents Source, if not stated otherwise:Ehemalige IMAS-Dozenten imas-meisterkurse.de, retrieved 4 April 2019.
Piano Guido AgostiEin Schloss voller Töne, in: nobilis 9/2011, S. 68–71 (PDF), hier S. 70. Bernd Glemser Bernd Goetzke Karl-Heinz Kämmerling Zsigmond Szathmáry
Violin Ana Chumachenco André Gertler Yfrah Neaman Igor Ozim Kurt Saßmannshaus Krzysztof Węgrzyn
Violoncello Julius Berger Wolfgang Boettcher André Navarra Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
French Horn Stefan Dohr Marie-Luise Neunecker
Bassoon Klaus Thunemann
Singing Judith BeckmannInternationale Musikakademie für Solisten , Booklet [o. D.] (PDF), S. 9. Helen Donath Christiane Iven Sena Jurinac Helena Łazarska Charlotte Lehmann Birgit Nilsson Rudolf Piernay Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Mitsuko Shirai Hildegard Uhrmacher Dunja Vejzovic Lars Woldt
Students Source, if not stated otherwise:Einige ehemalige IMAS-Teilnehmer imas-meisterkurse.de, retrieved 19 August 2020.
Piano Sheila Arnold (* 1970), professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz KölnLehrende hfmt-koeln.de, retrieved 19 August 2020. Markus BeckerInternationale Musikakademie für Solisten , Booklet, (PDF), p. 6. Luiza Borac Konstanze Eickhorst Alexej Gorlatch Ayumi Janke Yo Kosuge Roland Krüger Igor Levit Alice Sara OttStar-Pianistin im Schloss , 1 December 2013. Ragna Schirmer Lars Vogt
Violin Ulrike-Anima Mathé
Violoncello Marcio Carneiro Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
Singing Christiane Iven
References
External links Website of the IMAS Treff der Hochbegabten Schaumburger Nachrichten, 11 September 2013