Friday Concert

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Pilestræde 67,
1112 København

Friday Concert

Description

Music by Susanne van Soldt and Scarlatti as well as improvisation. Monica Melcova (Slovakia), organ. Free admission. Monica Melcova began her music studies at the age of five in Slovakia, where she was born in 1974. After studying piano and organ at the conservatoire in Košice (Slovakia) and later at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna with Michael Radulescu, she completed her education with a master's degree in music (Magistra Artium) with highest distinction and a prize for outstanding achievement. In 1999 she was admitted to the postgraduate programme at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, where she studied with Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard and received support from the Meyer-fonden and Société Générale Musical Patronage. She also received a grant from the Nadia and Lily Boulanger International Foundation during her studies in Loïc Mallié's improvisation class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Lyon. In September 2002 she took up a position as permanent organist at the Kern organ in the concert hall KITARA in Sapporo for a period of one year. During her stay in Japan she performed in concert halls such as Suntory Hall and Metropolitan Art Space in Tokyo, Opera City Hall, Niigata Performing Center and Yokohama Minato Mirai Concert Hall. She is often a member of the jury at prestigious international competitions, including Grand Prix de Chartres, Haarlem Improvisation Competition, Groningen Organ Competition, Saint Maurice Competition, Dudelange Competition and others. Since 2008 she has been professor of improvisation at the conservatoire Musikene in San Sebastian in the Basque Country. In the period 2020-2022 she was visiting professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.