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Rula Hazzan

Born 1985 in an Arab Palestinian family she started with the classical western music at the age of 7 and her voice training at the age of 14. She finished her graphic design studies and was part of the national youth swimming team. At the moment is studying eastern vocals at the music academy in Jerusalem. Concerts in Israel and aboard, e.g. In Marokko.

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Stefan Heckel

His works as a composer include compositions for the International Ecumenical Meeting in Graz, Graz 2003 – the cultural capital of Europe, music for the screening of W. Ruttmann’s movie “Berlin-Symphony of a City”, opening music for “Interfaith Europe” and a concert for E-guitar and chamber music, performed in June 2004 with the Jazzit Stage Orchestra in Salzburg.

He is the founder of the “Improvised Music Nights” in Vienna. He was teacher of the University of Music in Graz and jazz piano teacher at King’s College in London. Stefan Heckel participated with Ensembles as the Stefan Heckel Group, Blaubauer, Dawn Chorus.

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Erich Oskar Huetter

Erich Oskar Huetter studied with Hildgund Posch at the University of Music in Graz and Reinhard Latzko at the Musikakademie in Basel where in 1999 he gained the soloist’s diploma and teachers diploma (both with highest distinction).

Further studies with the exceptional cellists Janos Starker at Indiana University and Ralph Kirshbaum at the Royal Northern College of Music in the UK.

He performed as a soloist under important conductors like Daniel Barenboim and played with the following orchestras as a soloist: Basler Symphoniker, Radio Symphonie Orchester Basel, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Members of West Eastern Divan, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Collegium pro Musica Genova, Moscow Chamber Orchestra and L’Orchestre de Region Avignon. As a soloist Erich Oskar Huetter performed in major concert halls including Musikverein (Vienna), Mozarteum (Salzburg), Beethoven-Haus (Bonn), Royal Castle (Warsaw), Wahington (Kennedy Center), UN-Headquarter (New York City), Gonfalone (Rom), Jin Mao Concert Hall (Shanghai), Casino (Basel), Philharmonie (Berlin).

He is regularly giving master classes at various universities, as well as at the International Summer Academy Stift Admont. Between 2003 and 2006, Erich Oskar Huetter was directing the cello class of Daniel Barenboims music project in Ramallah.He is a member of the Arcus Ensemble Vienna, Hyperion Ensemble and Trio Arverni Jerusalem and is founder and artistic director of the renowned “Styrian Chamber Music Festival”.

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Michel Lethiec

At the moment, the French clarinettist Michel Lethiec is considered to be one of the most eminent figures on the world-wide classical musical scene. Besides his numerous concert and festival performances, he is also devoted to teaching and participates actively in the research and the distribution of the repertoire.

Michel Lethiec is a member of the Trio à vents de Paris, together with Vincent Lucas and Philippe Hanon.

He has played with the Barcelona Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic, the Stockholm and the Malmoe Orchestras, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre National du Capitole, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Milano Pomeriggio Musicale, the Prague Radio Orchestra, the Philharmonique de Radio France… and is a member of the Trio à vents de Paris together with Vincent Lucas and Philippe Hanon.

Devoted to contemporary music, he has played premier performances of numerous pieces and concertos by composers such as: Penderecki, Corigliano, Denisow, Maratka, Ballif, Landowski, Decoust, Fourchotte, Scolari, Narita, Brotons, Giraud…

Besides his concert performances in Europe and Asia, during the next season, he will give master classes at theAcadémie d’Été of Nizza, the University of Jerusalem, the Conservatoires of  Shangai and Peking, the Academy of Hong Kong, the Conservatoire of Lausanne, the Academy K. Penderecki in Poland.

His recordings include about twenty compact discs, among which are two Grand prix du Disque (“Ascèses” by Jolivet and “Contrasts” by Bartók, with G. Poulet and N. Lee), for Lyrinx, Arion, RCA, Bis, Talent, Actes Sud.

He has just recorded the three Concertos by Penderecki (with the Saint-Petersburg Camerata conducted by K. Penderecki and E. Leducq) as well as a CD devoted to the chamber music works of the same composer (Naxos), the Concerto by Vanhall (Talent) and the Préludes et Danses by Lutoslawski (Arion),  “Luminarium” by Maratka (Arion, with the Talich Orchestra Prague) the Duos by S. Giraud (with A. Noras), the Sonatas by Auric, Honegger and Poulenc (with C. Ivaldi).

He will shortly record the Concertos by Baermann and Mendelssohn (Talent) and the “Porgy and Bess” Suite for clarinet and strings (Naxos).

He teaches at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and at the Nice Conservatoire and he also participates regularly in international competitions (Geneva, Leipzig, Prague…) as a jury member.

He is the Artistic Director of the Festival Pablo Casals in Prades.

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Mahran Moreb

Born in Rama Village-Galilee; A talented Qanoun player. As a child he studied Eastern Music and Qanoun under the instruction of Mr. Elias Joubran. Mahran got his Qanoun specialization B.Mus degree from the Academy of Music and Dance- the Hebrew University-Jerusalem and now he is completing his second degree studies under the surveillance of professor Taiseer Elias.

Mahran performed in many important festivals, including the “Oud Festival- Jerusalem”, “Yabous Festival” of Eastern-Jerusalem, “Les Voix des Pays”- France.

As Qanoun, Bozok, Saz player Mahran preformed, recorded and featured as a guest artist with top International and national musicians, including Moneim Adwan- France, Haytham Safia- Holland and Taiseer Elias-Israel.

Currently teaches Qanoun and is an assistant tutor in the Academy of Music and Dance- the Hebrew University-Jerusalem.

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STUDIO PERCUSSION graz

Founded in 1979 by Günter Meinhart, STUDIO PERCUSSION graz has brought a considerable number of productions to life on various stages in Austria and abroad over the past 30 years. Apart from the constant conservation and expansion of their repertoire of contemporary music, STUDIO PERCUSSION graz also enjoys repeated and exciting cooperation with musicians, composers and organisers from the field of Jazz.

In summer 2006, the percussion theatre WUMM! was performed for the first time at the opera in Graz as part of the LA STRADA festival, which has been cooperating with STUDIO PERCUSSION graz for several years. This production will be the centrepiece of their international guest performances for the next few years.

In summer 2010, STUDIO PERCUSSION will present the new production FACES & PLACES for the first time.

The ensemble also takes great pleasure in producing children’s and youth programmes. These programmes give young audiences an insight into the extensive and partly very exotic range of instruments; and with the help of original literature or adaptations, young listeners are introduced to the development and the repertory of percussion music.

Concerts and music theatre productions in / by:

Styriarte, Wiener Festwochen, Salzburger Festspiele, ars electronica, Seoul Drum Festival, Brucknerfest Linz, Steirischer Herbst, New York – festival mostly modern, Dubrovnik Festival, Music Biennale Zagreb, La Strada, Musikverein Wien, Jazzfestival Izmir, Narodni Dom Maribor, Konzerthaus Wien, Berliner Festspiele – maerzmusik, Journees de la Percussion – Paris, Osterfestival Innsbruck, Budapest, Jazzfestival Burghausen, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Thessaloniki, Athen, Korfu, Istanbul, Ankara, Konzerthaus Berlin, musica contemporanea – Bolzano, Flute Festival – Pristina, Porgy & Bess – Vienna, Pula, Vienna Percussion Festival, BUM FEST Slovenia, International Percussion Ensemble Week – Croatia, Nomus Festival – Novi  Sad / Serbia,

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Raed Said

Raed Said , a percussionst , was born in Jerusalem in 1979. Raed learned percussion from different Arab countries, Egypt, Jordan and Syria and he played with several musical group in many local and international festivals such as the Carthage Festivals in the Oriant House, in Stockholm Festival, Cinamoon Festival in Barcelona, Jarash Festival in Jordan and other countries such as the United States, Marocco, Italy, Irak, United Kingdom and Turkey.

Raed is a music instructor at a number of different schools and has participated in recording musical introductions for several films such as zigzig land, tv series and theater plays.

He is a founding member of Jerusalem Gates for Art and Music Association and  the founder of Tarab Ensemble.

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Nicole Kehrberger

Nicole Kerhberger was born born in 1967 in Freiburg (Germany)is an actress, producer, aerial-artist and choreographer. Starting in 1993 she has been part of different theatre- and film productions in England, France, Italy, Spain, Israel, Palestine, Brazil, Switzerland and Germany. Besides that she is foing aerial shows for galas and events all over Europe as well as the USA. In 2005 Nicole founded her own international Company “Totales Theater International”.

She teaches theater, aerial disciplines, acrobatic and movement in the whole world, amongst others at the École Philippe Gaulier in Paris.

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