Simaku gives Lectures and Masterclasses in Vienna and Prague

Thomas Simaku visited the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where he gave a lecture for the composition class of Professor Michael Jarrell on 25th April 2018. In this lecture, entitled from ‘1 to 100 (…and a few in between)’, Simaku focused on his Soliloquy Cycle - a series of highly virtuosic solo works for various instruments on which he has been working for a number of years. He also presented his award-winning work Concerto for Orchestra.

Dr Simaku also gave lectures and masterclasses for composition students of the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, on 27th and 30th April. On 2nd May Thomas Simaku visited the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Prague and gave a lecture on his recent works.

(8 May 2018)

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