Public masterclass by Manuela Ochakovski and Heleen Vegter
Saturday 7 November / 14:00 – 17:15
Public masterclass for amateurs by Manuela Okhakovsky, singing teacher and Heleen Vegter, piano
Singing songs in a public masterclass led by singing teacher Manuela Ochakovski, with pianist Heleen Veger at the grand piano? Six singers rose to the challenge. They chose their own lied songs and duets from the classical repertoire. During the masterclass, they will explain which pieces they have chosen, and you can enjoy this public masterclass in the atmospheric Torenlaan Theatre.
During the break and after the masterclass, there will be the opportunity to chat over a drink.
The venue opens a quarter of an hour before the performance begins.
Tower Avenue Theatre
Torenlaan 38, 3701 VK Zeist
Parking
Torenlaan is a one-way street. Coming by car? Then drive past the Torenlaan Theatre. There you will find the Luifel multi-storey car park (paid parking).
Manuela Okhakovsky / singing teacher
Manuela Ochakovski graduated cum laude from the Music Academy in Iași, Romania. Following her studies, she worked as an opera singer at the Timisoara State Opera. Concert tours took her to major concert halls in Italy, the United States, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. She collaborated on several radio and TV recordings at the invitation of Romania's leading symphony orchestras.
Besides her career as a performing musician, Ochakovsky is active as a singing teacher. Her singing studio Il Portamento has now gained an international reputation, attracting singers from Europe and even Canada. She coaches professionals and also teaches amateurs.
Heleen Vegter / piano
After her piano principal study with Frank van de Laar at ArtEZ Conservatoire, the lied continued to hold a special attraction for Heleen Vegter. She took master classes with Elly Ameling, Robert Holl and Julius Drake, among others. As a Britten-Pears Young Artist, she worked with Angelika Kirchschlager, Anne Sofie von Otter and Kristian Bezuidenhout, among others. She has been heard at international festivals and played at Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ and the Concertgebouw, among others.
Vegter is initiator and artistic director of Stichting Leading Lied, which aims to make classical lied accessible to a wider audience. Outside her well-filled concert schedule, she teaches piano in her private practice in Arnhem and is co-organiser and board member of the national degree exams of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA).