ELS BIESEMANS
TEACHING
I offer private lessons and masterclasses piano, organ, fortepiano and chamber music.
Classes can be organised in and around Zürich, at my private fortepiano collection or elsewhere.
Instruments
- Fortepiano Ugo Casiglia after Schiedmayer 1794
- Fortepiano Paul McNulty after Walter & Söhne 1805
- Fortepiano Mathias Müller 1815
- Fortepiano Josef Brodmann 1828
- Fortepiano Boisselot 1844
- Fortepiano Collard & Collard 1835
- Organ Nicola Mancini, Naples 1766, one manual, meantone temperament
- Organ Goll / Kuhn (1897/2024) with three manuals and pedal
- Modern piano Blüthner / Kawai
Private teaching and coaching for competitions
since 1996
regular teaching in institutions
Kantosschule Zürich Wiedikon
Algemene Muziekacademie Boom BE
Jugendmusikschule Sterrebeek BE
JURY Expert at Final Exams
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (organ and fortepiano) 2021 and 2023
Masterclass organ
Festival Neustadter Herbst DE, North German organ music (2017)
Formations professionles de musique, Royaumont FR (2015)
Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Navarra, Pamplona ES (2015)
Academie voor Muziek en Woord Melsele BE (2008)
Muzikacademie Gent BE, Organ music by Duruflé (2007)
Lemmensinstituut Leuven BE (2004)
Masterclass Fortepiano
Anton Bruckneruniversität Linz AT (2024), lecture and masterclass (fortepiano and chamber music)
Zürcher Fortepiano Festival CH (2018)
Academie voor Muziek en Woord Beveren BE (2017)
Formations professionels de musique Royaumont (2015), lecture and masterclass
Masterclass Chamber music
Balthasar Neumann Akademie, Freiburg in Breisgau DE
Balthasar Neumann Akademie, Bad Krozingen DE
Jury member at international organ competitionS
Internationaler Gottfried-Silbermann-Orgelwettbewerb Freiberg DE 2023
with Bine Bryndorf, Jean-Baptiste Robin, Pieter van Dijk, David Franke, Albrecht Koch, Martin Strohäcker
Concours International Toulouse les Orgues, Toulouse FR (Préseléction) 2021
with Michel Bouvard, Yves Rechsteiner and Jan-Willem Jansen
Internationaler Orgelwettbewerb Daniel Herz, Brixen IT 2012
with Wolfgang Zerer, Pier Damiano Peretti and Franz Comploi
Internationaler Orgelwettbewerb Pierre de Manchicourt, Béthune FR 2008
with Marie-Claire Alain, Yasuko Bouvard, Helmut Deutsch and Aude Heurtematte