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World Harmonica Festival '97

on 15 - 19 Oct 97

at Trossingen, Germany

Programme

15 Oct 97 (Wed)
16 Oct 97 (Thu)
17 Oct 97 (Fri)
18 Oct 97 (Sat)
19 Oct 97 (Sun)

Diary

14 Oct 97 (Tue)
15 Oct 97 (Wed)
16 Oct 97 (Thu)
17 Oct 97 (Fri)
18 Oct 97 (Sat)
19 Oct 97 (Sun)

Results of Competition

Pictures

Programme

15 Oct 97 (Wed)  

  Dr. E. Hohner Konzerthaus Canape Lindensaal Gymnasium Room I Gymnasium Room II Gymnasium Room III
9:00            
10:00            
11:00            
12:00            
13:00            
14:00            
15:00            
16:00            
17:00            
18:00            
19:00 Opening and welcome party          
20:00          
21:00          

 16 Oct 97 (Thu)  

  Dr. E. Hohner Konzerthaus Canape Lindensaal Gymnasium Room I Gymnasium Room II Gymnasium Room III
9:00       (9:30) Workshop II: Melodies with tongue rhythm (Walter Buchinger) (9:30) Workshop IV: Experience in orchestra playing, chromonica, bass, chord (Jim Hughes)  
10:00        
11:00            
12:00            
13:00 Category 1B: Solo Chromatic (adult)  test piece - Lewis: Serenade and Dance

Jury: Watani / Hughes / Lewis  

Ho Pak-cheong
Chan Shu-keung, Kenneth
Lau Chun-bong
Lok Ying-kei, Rocky
  Category 5A+B: Diatonic Tremolo / Octave

Jury: Iwasaki / Buchinger

     
14:00       Workshop I: Jazz-Diatonic (Howard Levy)
15:00        
16:00            
17:00            
18:00            
19:00            
20:00 (20:15) Chromonica Highlights 

Duo Painted Harmony (Maria Wolfsberger and Siegfried Steinkogler, Guitar) - Austria

James Hughes - Great Britain

Yasuo Watani - Japan,  with string quartet

Brendan Power - New Zealand

Mauricio Einhorn & Friends - Brazil

         
21:00          

10:00 - 15:00    Factory tours
10:00 - 17:00    Harmonica Museum Trossingen - Special exhibition: World Harmonica Festival '93

22:30 -    Session time

17 Oct 97 (Fri)  

  Dr. E. Hohner Konzerthaus Canape Lindensaal Gymnasium Room I Gymnasium Room II Gymnasium Room III
9:00 Category 1B: Solo Chromatic (adult) own choice piece

Jury: Watani / Hughes / Lewis  

Ho Pak-cheong
Bach: Flute Concerto No.4 in F Major BWV1033
Chan Shu-keung, Kenneth
Beethoven: Sonata No.5 in F Major Op.24 "Spring" - Allegro
Lau Chun-bong
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Op.35 - Canzonetta
Lok Ying-kei, Rocky
Mozart: Violin Concerto in D "Adelaide" - Allegro
Category 3A+B: Diatonic Blues / Rock / Folk / Country

Jury: Baker / Dunn / King

(12:30)

       
10:00     Workshop V: Harp amplification (Andreas Hecke) Workshop VI: Jazz-Chromonica (Jens Bunge)
11:00    
12:00          
13:00   (13:30) Category 4A+B: Diatonic Jazz

Jury: Levy / Yerxa / Breitfelder

(16:30)

       
14:00   Category 6A+B: Trio

Jury: Zgraja / Janssen / Buchinger  

Hong Kong Trio A
Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances
Hong Kong Trio B
Chinese Folk: Racing Horses

(14:45)

Workshop IV: Experience in orchestra playing, chromonica, bass, chord (Jim Hughes) Workshop III: Diatonic: tuning and repairs (Joe Filisko) Workshop VII: Diatonic: tremolo (Shigeaki Iwasaki)
15:00   Category 7A+B: Groups

Jury: Zgraja / Janssen / Buchinger  

King's Harmonica Quintet
Dvorak: String Quartet No.12 in F Major Op.96 "American" - Finale: Vivace ma non troppo

(16:30)

16:00        
17:00            
18:00            
19:00            
20:00 (20:15) Harp Night

Slawek Wierzcholski - Poland

Marc Breiffelder - Germany

Keith Dunn - United States

Steve Baker & Abi Wallenstein - Great Britain/Germany

Winslow Yerxa - United States

Howard Levy - United States

         
21:00          

9:00 - 11:00    Factory tours
10:00 - 17:00    Harmonica Museum Trossingen - Special exhibition: World Harmonica Festival '93
22:30 -    Session time

18 Oct 97 (Sat)  

  Dr. E. Hohner Konzerthaus Canape Lindensaal Gymnasium Room I Gymnasium Room II Gymnasium Room III
9:00     Category 8: Open

Jury: Janssen / Levy / King 

King's Harmonica Quintet Plus
Li Huan-chi: Spring Festival Overture
The Tenor Trio "3T's"
Eler: Trio in F Op.9 No.1 - Allegro moderato
Ho Pak-choeng & Chan Shu-keung, Kenneth
Bach: Double Concerto for Violin
Kuan Man -hou, Johnny
Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 - Aria
     
10:00 Category 1A: Solo Chromatic (youth)

Jury: Watani / Hughes / Wolfsbeerger

(11:30)

Category 2: Solo Chromatic Jazz 
Jury: Einhorn / Bunge / Yerxa

(11:30)

Workshop II: Melodies with tongue rhythm (Walter Buchinger) Workshop V: Harp amplification (Andreas Hecke) Workshop III: Diatonic: alternate tunings (Steve Baker)
11:00
12:00            
13:00            
14:00     Category 9A+B: Orchestra

Jury: Buchinger / Watani / Wolfsberger

(14:30)

Workshop IV: Experience in orchestra playing, chromonica, bass, chord (Jim Hughes) Workshop I: Jazz-Diatonic (Howard Levy) Workshop VI: Jazz-Chromonica (Jens Bunge)
15:00      
16:00            
17:00            
18:00            
19:00            
20:00 (20:15) Friends for Friends

D'Muulorgeler vo Kriens - Switzerland

Rick Epping - United States 

Japan Harmonica Orchestra - Japan

King's Harmonica Quintet - Hong Kong

Antonio Serrano - Spain

European Orchestra - Germany

King's Harmonica Quintet
Villa-lobos: Quartet No.1
King's Harmonica Quintet Plus
Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture
         
21:00          

10:00 - 17:00    Harmonica Museum Trossingen - Special exhibition: World Harmonica Festival '93
22:30 -    Session time

19 Oct 97 (Sun)

  Dr. E. Hohner Konzerthaus Canape Lindensaal Gymnasium Room I Gymnasium Room II Gymnasium Room III
9:00            
10:00 Finale with prize-giving          
11:00          
12:00            
13:00            
14:00            
15:00            
16:00            
17:00            
18:00            
19:00            
20:00            
21:00            

 

Results of Competition  

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Category 1A: Solo Chromatic (youth) Alexandre THOLLON
(France)
Jennifer ARRI
(Germany)
Manuel KEKEISEN
(Germany)
   
Category 1B: Solo Chromatic (adult) Naoko TAKEUCHI
(Japan)
Kathrin GASS
(Germany)
HO Pak-cheong
(Hong Kong)
CHAN Shu-keung, Kenneth
(Hong Kong)
LAU Chun-bong
(Hong Kong)
Category 2: Solo Chromatic Jazz Etsuko KIDANI
(Japan)
Shinya TSUJI
(Japan)
Damien MASTERSON
(USA)
   
Category 3: Diatonic Blues / Rock / Folk / Country Michael PELOQUIN
(USA)
Tino MICHAEL
(Germany)
Larry EISENBERG 
(USA)
   
Category 4: Diatonic Jazz Daniel HILDERBRAND
(Switzerland)
Tino MICHAEL
(Germany)
Perry LETSCH
(Germany)
   
Category 5A: Diatonic Tremolo / Octave (youth) Miki KIRYU 
(Japan)
Ken KIRYU
(Japan)
     
Category 5B: Diatonic Tremolo / Octave (adult) Takamoto MIZUNO
(Japan)
Yuko YANAGAWA
(Japan)
LIANG Yen-chun
(Taiwan)
   
Category 6: Trio Trio "Animato"
(Poland)
HAPA Trio 
(Taiwan)
The Triple Rocks
(Japan)
Hong Kong Trio A
(Hong Kong)
Hong Kong Trio B
(Hong Kong)
Category 7: Group King's Harmonica Quintet
(Hong Kong)
Atsugi Cherries 
(Japan)
Atsugi Azalea Quartet
(Japan)
   
Category 8: Open Harmonicamento
(Germany)
HO Pak-cheong and CHAN Shu-keung, Kenneth
(Hong Kong)
Marcel MEIJER
(Holland)
King's Harmonica Quintet Plus
(Hong Kong)
KUAN Man-hou, Johnny
(Hong Kong)
Category 9: Orchestra HAPA Orchestra (Taiwan)
Mundharmonika Seminar Orchester
(Germany)
Hohnerklang Jugendorchester
(Germany)
Harmonica 17
(France)
   

 

Pictures

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Arriving at the home town of harmonica - Trossingen for the World Festival.

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Receiving the gold medal of group category competition from President of F.I.H., Mr Arnold Kutzli.

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Meeting Mr Paul Lewis, the composer of test piece for solo competition.

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Fun time during rehearsal for "Friends for Friends" concert.


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