Going beyond the traditional masterclass.

Being a musician requires so much more than spending daily time in the practice room. Our philosophy is to go beyond the performer, to see the whole human being. Since 2018 we have developed an innovative course programme offering daily workshops on important topics related to a musician's life:

  • Practical workshops on stage presence and performance anxiety

  • Learning exercises on mind-body awareness and ergonomy of movement

  • A practical workshop on the principles sound projection

  • Lecture on practical performance psychology

  • Introduction to the F.M. Alexander Technique

  • Daily lessons in yoga and meditation

  • Free entry to all concerts

KARL-HEINZ KÖPF

Focus, Stage Presence and KI

“My focus is on making theoretical knowledge practical and physically tangible. When knowledge becomes experience it can be integrated sustainably into everyday life!”

  • Course instructor since 2012

  • Regular seminars on topics ranging from conflict management and communication to inner focus, body awareness and mind-body connection

  • Degree in Business Engineering (2001-2007)

  • Additional certifications including Aquatic Shiatsu, spinal column therapy (Dorn), energetic treatment options (Arthur Findley College, London Stansted), Body Intelligence -Training (Karl Grunick)

  • Licenced alternative medical practitioner - naturopath (since 2010)

BENJAMIN PELZ, M.Sc.

Performance Psychology

Benjamin Pelz is a positive and clinical psychologist, as well as a speaker at international congresses. Himself a dedicated athlete, one of his main research foci is the application of sports psychology into other domains of psychology.

In his lecture at our Academy, Benjamin Pelz will explore how recent insights from performance and sports psychology can inform musicians in their professional life. After the lecture, there will be room for questions and debate.

DANIEL JOSUA KÖNIG

Yoga, Meditation, Sound Projection and Lutherie

Since his youth, Daniel Josua König has been fascinated by sound and the way it appears in our awareness. After two years of viola da gamba and lute building in Chile he studied anthroposophy in Witten and completed a Bachelor program in violin and lute construction with Haiko Seifert and Dr. Günter Mark, as well as a Master's degree of acoustic engineering with Gunter Ziegenhals.

Since 2004, Daniel has been teaching Kundalini Yoga, learning with yogis Gurmukh Kaur (USA), Jap Singh (Chile) as well as Dashmesh and Fateh Singh (Germany). As a student of Guru Dev Singh Khalsa (Mexico) he is one of the few instructors allowed to teach the meditative consciousness of Sat Nam Rasayan.

Daniel received his title of Master Craftsman in 2011 and opened a workshop for historical and modern string instruments in Leipzig the same year. He was invited to teach violin construction at the Universidad Austral Valdivia, Chile.

Daniel Josua König was born in Bielefeld, Germany, in 1980.

MARCELLO GIULIANO

F. M. Alexander Technique

“More ease in the body brings more ease in life and new space for creation.”