✨ July 8, 10 am – 6 pm
National Philharmonic of Ukraine
The masterclass is open to organists up to 30 years of age.
The sessions will be held without an audience. Video recordings of the masterclass will later be available on the YouTube channels of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine and VERE MUSIC FUND.
The mentor will select the active participants and determine the lesson schedule. This information will be announced 1–2 days before the masterclass.
Applicants who are not selected for active participation may, at the mentor’s discretion, be invited to attend the masterclass as passive participants.
Participants are invited to suggest the repertoire they would like to work on. The mentor will choose the pieces from their proposals.
In addition, each participant will receive one compulsory work to prepare in advance: a piece from the Suite du Premier Ton from Pierre Du Mage’s Premier Livre d’Orgue.
The list of participants and the lesson schedule will be sent by e-mail to all registered participants 1–2 days before the master class.
📣 Active participants:
Mariia Kriukova, 20 y. o., Kyiv
Vira Bondarenko, 17 y. o., Kharkiv
Kateryna Tymoshenko, 21 y. o., Kyiv
Vladyslav Spravtsev, 21 y. o., Kyiv
Vitalii Dvorovyi, 26 y. o., Lviv
Rostyslav Minkivskyi, 24 y. o., Kyiv
Mark-Yefrem Novakovych, 28 y. o., Lviv
The master class is part of the VERE MUSIC ACADEMY program.
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Pierre Offret (organ), France
Pierre Offret began his musical studies at the Conservatoire de Rennes and the Conservatoire de Bordeaux Jacques Thibaud, where he studied with Damien Simon and Ève Darracq. He later continued his studies in Versailles with Jean-Baptiste Robin and in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés with Pierre Pincemaille. While studying with Vincent Warnier at the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris, he also regularly received guidance in improvisation from Paul Goussot.
He holds a Master’s degree in Musicology from Sorbonne Université, where he researched the influence of Johann Sebastian Bach on the music of Franz Liszt. Alongside his musical education, he also studied political science, attended HEC Paris, and graduated from the prestigious École Nationale d’Administration. Since 2018, he has served as a senior civil servant at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance.
In 2019, Pierre won the Grand Prix d’Orgue Jean-Louis Florentz, receiving both the Grand Prize for interpretation and the Pierre Pincemaille Prize (Audience Award). In 2021, he became a prizewinner of the St. Florian International Organ Competition in Austria.
He performs regularly in France and abroad, appearing on prestigious historic organs, including those of Église de la Madeleine, Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, and Église Notre-Dame-d’Auteuil in Paris, the Sainte-Chapelle and Cathédrale Saint-Louis in Versailles, Abbaye Saint-Ouen in Rouen, Abbaye Sainte-Croix, the Basilica of Saint-Denis, as well as at the Stras’Orgues Festival and Vevey Spring Classic, among many others.
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VERE MUSIC ACADEMY is is an ongoing program of master classes by VERE MUSIC FUND. It offers Ukrainian performers access to the best educational practices, for which they used to have to spend a lot of time, effort, and money. But now it is possible to attend master classes by world-renowned teachers and musicians without leaving Ukraine. And at the same time – absolutely free of charge.
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VERE MUSIC FUND is a charitable fund established in 2017 by Tetiana Verevska. The Fund provides grants to Ukrainian musicians to participate in international competitions and master classes, and implements festival projects and educational initiatives. It also supports international music competitions in Ukraine.