The Department of Music invited three renowned musicians to give master classes and perform in concerts with TNUA teachers and students last month.The musicians were percussionist Jean Geoffroy, conductor Dominique Rouits and violinist Guillaume Plays.
Geoffroy is professor of percussion at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Lyon and artistic director of Eklekto International Center of Percussion of Geneva.
He has been regularly invited as soloist at music festivals in Europe and around the world. In recent years he has directed various ensembles in France and South America.
Prof. Geoffroy gave a master lecture, as well as one-on-one instructions to TNUA students during his visit. He also performed with the TNUA Percussion Ensemble in a concert on May 9.
Prof. Rouits and Prof. Plays visited TNUA together. He has conducted numerous concerts over the past two decades or so, and has recorded with many excellent musicians.
He has taught at the Paris Superior National Conservatoire and has been teaching at the Paris Normal School of Music. He has also held master classes in conducting at the Bartok Festival in Hungary side by side with Kurtag, and others.
Prof. Plays is the first violin of France's Orchestre de la Garde Republicaine. He has visited TNUA a few times. He has also taught at music camps in Kaohsiung.Prof. Rouits and Prof. Plays gave lectures for about a week and together performed in a concert with the TNUA Orchestra on May 11.