【Beethoven - The symphonies
A journey to the depth of timpani techniqu】
A journey to the depth of timpani techniqu】
主講人：Sebastian Efler (NSO定音鼓首席)
日期：2020年11月16日(一)
時間：13:30~15:10
地點：北藝大音樂二館2601
※本學期專題演講場次不對外開放
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Sebastian Efler is an Austrian percussionist born in Basel, Switzerland in 1990.
He began to study piano at the age of six. Later he studied piano and organ at the Vienna Conservatory of Music with Professor Michael Gailit. In 2006, he started his percussion studies with Professor Josef Gumpinger, timpanist of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO). After graduation at the Musikgymnasium Wien (Vienna Musical Gymnasium), Sebastian continued his percussion studies at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Music University of Vienna) with professors Miachel Vladar, Josef Gumpinger, Thomas Lechner and Anton Mittermayr, the leading timpanists of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In June 2016 Sebastian was graduated from Music University of Vienna with greatest distinction.
Since 2010 Sebastian has played regularly as guest player in professional orchestras, such as the Eisenstadt Haydn-Philharmonic Orchestra (Adam Fischer), the Concentus Musicus of Vienna (Nikolaus Harnoncourt), the Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich (Yutaka Sado) and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. From 2011 to 2016, Sebastian worked as timpanist in the Sinfonietta Baden, performing Baroque, Classical and Romantic orchestra repertory, but also contemporary symphonic works.
As a Percussion and Marimba Soloist Sebastian received several awards at international competitions. In 2011 Sebastian won First Prize at the Prima La Musica contest (contemporary music category). He won the Young Special Talent price, and the Prize for the best interpretation of the Belgian composition (SABAM Prize) in the International Universal Marimba Competition in Belgium 2013. In the same year he won the Second Prize in the highest age category of the PAS Percussion Festival and Competition in Italy (Section Marimba). In 2014 he won the 1st prize in the renown International Marimba Festiva Competition in Germany.
Starting 2013 Sebastian Efler performed as Marimba and Percussion Soloist as well as faculty in several Percussion Festivals all over the world, mostly in Austria, Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, Taiwan and America. 2016 are Between 2017, Sebastian Efler was the Co-Principal Timpanist at the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra in Japan under the baton of maestro Yutaka Sado.
Sebastian Efler becomes the Timpani Principal of the National Symphony Orchestra in September 2017. Furthermore he is guest timpanist with the Ensemble Kanazawa and Taiwan Connection.