1-3 May 2026
Open for solo pianists, duo pianists and piano concerto opportunity for piano concertos with the exciting Ensemble Young Classic Chamber Artists. Daily Masterclass lessons with Cristina Marton-Argerich. Performance opportunities / 2 lunch concerts and one final concert of participants.
Special offer for participants who want to work and perform piano concertos: this year we invite the Young Classic Chamber Artists as Ensemble in Residence for the course period. If you are interested to work during the Masterclass on a piano concerto movement and perform with this exciting young ensemble in small reduction as string quartet, please let us know in your application form. For the piano concerto option, there will be an additional fee.
- Attendance fee: € 200 for 3 lessons of 60′
- Registration fee: € 100
- Additional fee: 150 € including 2 rehearsals and a concert performance of one piano Concerto movement
Assistant: Antonia Miller. Ensemble in Residence: Young Classic Chamber Artists
Please fill in: Application form
Payment of the Registration fee: Društvo Casa Kamna, Kamna Gorica 46a, 4246 Kamna Gorica, Slovenia: IBAN: SI56 1010 0005 2374 757; SWIFT/BIC: BAKOSI2X; Banka Intesa SanPaolo, Pristaniška 14, 6502 Koper, Slovenia
Born in Romania, Cristina Marton studied in Berlin with Georg Sava. She also received lessons from Christian Zacharias, Leon Fleischer, Martha Argerich, Dmitri Baskirov, Stephen Kovacevich, Andras Schiff, Radu Lupu and Alfred Brendel. She has won numerous prizes at international competitions such as the “Arthur Schnabel” (Berlin 1994), “Geza Anda” (Zurich 1994), “Clara Schumann” (Düsseldorf 1997), “Mozart” (Salzburg 1999) and the First “Martha Argerich” International Piano Competition in Buenos Aires 1999. As a chamber musician, Cristina regularly perfoms since 1998 with violinist Barbara Doll and since 1995 with her piano duo partner Aglaia Bätzner, winning the First Prize in the Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition in Miami, USA and the First Prize in the Chamber Music Competition in Caltanissetta. During the past seasons Cristina Marton was invited to perform in several of the most renowned music centers worldwide such the Berliner Philharmonie, Warsaw National Philharmonic Hall, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Opernhaus Zurich, Herkulessaal Munchen, Taipei National Hall, Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires, Mozarteum Salzburg, Atheneum Bucharest, Hong Kong City Hall, BAM Theater New York, Playhouse Theater Edinburgh, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Auditorium Conciliazione Roma, etc.