Ohranili ga bomo v večnem spominu
He will remain in our eternal memory
HINKO HAAS is considered to be one of the most prominent representatives of Slovene pianists.
He studied the piano at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana with Dubravka Tomšič
Srebotnjak, with Rudolf Kehrer in Weimar, Claude Copens in Brussels and with
Carl Engel in Bern.
He recieved the Prešeren award of the Academy of Music, the Prešeren award of
the University of Ljubljana and Julij Betetto award of Slovene Music Society.
As a soloist and member of numerous chamber groups he has collaborated with
several soloists and ansambles (Les percusions de Strasbourg, Taipei Chamber
Orchestra, Igor Ozim, Jerzy kosmala, Wolfgang Panhofer, Ana Pusar Jerič, piano
duo with Aci Bertoncelj, Ljubljana Piano Trio, Trio Syringa, Pro Musica Nova
Ensemble…) and given concerts in Slovenia, Austria, Italy, France, Germany,
Norway, Swizerland, Belgium, Russia, Taiwan, USA, Croatia, Serbia and
Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mazedonia and performed with Slovene and foreign orchestras and conductors. He has been a guest of Ljubljana International Summer festival, Ohrid Summer festival and World Music Days 2003.
Hinko Haas has recorded for radio and television companies in Slovenia and
abroad. Publishing houses of RTV Slovenia, Helidon and Edizione pizzicato have
issued his recording on 21 CD´s.
His repertoire includes solo and concert works of all style periods. Contemporary Slovene composers write for him. Hinko Haas has also devoted much of his time
to chamber music.
Studies: with Akiko Iguchi/Tokio, Ludwig Hoffmann/Munich, Karl-Heinz
Kämmerling/Hannover, Regina Smendzianka/Warsow and Alfons Kontarsky/
Salzburg
Graduation: Hochschule für Musik in Munich and Hannover.
She won at the age of 18 the 2. prize (1. prize not awarded) in the 29th
“International Piano Competition “FerruccioBusoni” in Bolzano, Italy.
Ayami Ikeba played at international piano festivals like: “Festival Pianistioco
Internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo”, “Schleswig Holstein Festival”, “Münchner Biennale“, „Musik Triannale Köln” and “Festival Internacional de Inverno de
Brasília”.
Her activity as a recitalist and as a soloist in orchestral concerts has been led herto Japan (e.g. with NHK symphony orchetra, conducter: André Previn) , South
Africa, Australian, Indian, China and to the most important European centers of
classical music.
She has performed as Piano-Duo with Alfons Kontarsky at major international
festivals in Italy, Germany and Swiss and played numerous chamber music
concerts with eminent soloists such as Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Several radio recordings in Germany, Italy and Austria.
CD recordings on the period piano with works by Tyrol composers in
Landesmuseum Innsbruck (Solo and 4 hands pieces with Prof. Marlies
Nussbaumer).
For ten years she worked as a repetitor with Prof. Wolfgang Schneiderhan in
international master class in Lucerne.
Since 1999 she is a professor in ordinary for piano and since 2011 haed of piano
departement at the "Universität für Musik in Graz."