Tutors

Oboe
	Simon Fuchs was born into a family of musicians in Zurich. A student of his father, Peter Fuchs, he graduated from the Zurich Music Conservatory in 1983. He won first prizes at the Swiss Competition for Young Musicians in Riddes on the oboe, followed by distinctions and prizes at the international music competitions in Geneva amd Milan and at the international music competition “Prague Spring”. He recorded several CDs for the label Tudor Records, i.e. a first ever recording of the “Quintetti” of F.A. Hoffmeister, as well as Richard Strauss’ Oboe Concerto under the direction of David Zinman for Arte Nova. Simon Fuchs has been solo oboe with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra since 1989; from 1984 to 1989 he held the same position with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his engagements as a soloist and chamber musician, Simon Fuchs has been a professor at the Zurich University of the Arts since 1999 and teaches masterclasses in Switzerland and abroad on a regular basis.
	Emanuel Abbühl born in Berne Switzerland - studied with André Lardrot and Heinz Holliger and received many major awards for wind instruments. He was principal oboe and/or soloist with the major orchestras such as the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Mariinski Orchestra, Orchestra, Queensland Philharmonic under V. Gergiev, Sir C. Davis and performed chamber concerts with Heinz Holliger, Andras Schiff, Mitsuko Uchida and others. He was principal oboe of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and 2006 till 2013 principal oboe with the London Symphony Orchestra. Since 2011 he has been Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music London. He is a professor for Oboe at the academies of music at Basel and Mannheim.
	Jean-Louis Capezzali studied at the Versailles Conservatory in France, where he received a gold medal and an honour prize. In 1979, after receiving the National Certificate of Aptitude to become an oboe professor, he was awarded the position of principal oboe with the Concert Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris. He was a prizewinner at the Geneva (silver medal, 1982) and Prague (1986) international competitions. In 1984 he was appointed principal oboist of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra based in Paris. In 1988 he was named oboe professor at the Paris National Conservatory of Music, and was also appointed oboe professor at the Lyon National Conservatory of Music where he currently teaches. In 2009, he was appointed oboe professor at the Haute Ecole of Music in Lausanne. Jean-Louis Capezzali enjoys a career as a soloist and chamber musician, appearing with leading ensembles and performing at music festivals throughout the world. In his master classes he represents the French School of oboe playing.
Fagott
	Matthias Racz wurde 1980 in Berlin geboren und begann im Alter von sechs Jahren seine musikalische Ausbildung zunächst auf dem Klavier und mit 10 Jahren auch auf dem Fagott. In seiner Schulzeit am musischen Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Gymnasium in Berlin wurde er von Prof. Fritz Finsch unterrichtet. Während des Studiums war er Schüler von Prof. Dag Jensen an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover. Schon früh begann er sehr erfolgreich an Wett-bewerben teilzunehmen. Er erspielte sich zahlreiche erste Bundespreise beim Wettbewerb "Jugend musiziert" in Solo- sowie Kammermusikwertungen. Während seiner musikalischen Ausbildung wurde er mit verschiedenen Förderungen ausgezeichnet, so als Stipendiat der Jürgen Ponto Stiftung, der Villa Musica, des PE-Förderkreises für Studierende der Musik und der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Beim Internationalen Bayreuther Musikwettbewerb "Pacem in terris" 2000 erhielt er den 3. Preis in der Gesamtwertung aller Holzblasinstrumente. Im Jahr 2002 folgte der 1. Preis beim Internationalen Musikwettbewerb "Prager Frühling" und noch im selben Jahr gewann er den Internationalen Musikwettbewerb der ARD in München. Schon im Alter von 15 Jahren gab er sein Debüt als Solist mit dem Kölner Kammerorchester in der Fernsehproduktion "Junge Künstler auf dem Podium". Weitere Konzerte folgten mit dem Interlochen-World-Youth-Symphony Orchestra (Michigan/USA), dem Ensemble Resonanz, der Norddeutschen Philharmonie, dem Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, dem Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk, dem Deutschen Symphonieorchester Berlin, dem Tonhalle Or-chester Zürich um nur einige zu nennen. Er war Gastsolist bei vielen Musikfestivals wie dem Mozartfest Schwetzingen, dem Rheingau Musikfestival, dem Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival und den Festspielen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Seine CD-Produktionen – unter anderem zuletzt mit der Nordwestdeutschen Philharmonie und den vier Grossen-Fagottkonzerten, seine Konzertmitschnitte verschiedener Rundfunkan-stalten sowie Fernseh- und Radioproduktionen – dokumentieren sein künstlerisches Schaffen. Ungeachtet seines jungen Alters wurde Matthias Rácz 2003 von Seiji Ozawa als Dozent zum Ongaku-juku Opera Project nach Japan eingeladen. Im Alter von 24 Jahren gab er seinen ersten internationalen Meisterkurs für Fagott und seither führen ihn viele Meisterkurse rund um den Globus. Darüber hinaus ist er künstlerischer Leiter für Fagott vom "The Muri Competition" in Muri AG/Schweiz. Mit 21 Jahren war er bereits Solofagottist im Gürzenich Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker und seit 2003 ist er in gleicher Position im Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich tätig. Ausserdem ist er Solofagottist im Lucerne Festival Orchestra unter Riccardo Chailly. An der Zürcher Hoch-schule der Künste hat er die Professur für Fagott inne. Als offizieller "Fox Artist" ist Matthias Rácz Markenbotschafter des führenden US-amerikanischen Fagott-Herstellers "Fox Products Corporation".
	Laurent Lefèvre studied at the Paris National Superior Conservatory, where he received Premier Prix diplomas in bassoon and chamber music in 1987. First Prize winner at many international competitions - Toulon Competition (1988), Fernand Gillet Competition of the International Double Reed Society (1989), Geneva Competition (1995) - he has held the position of principal bassoon of the Orchestra of the Paris National Opera since 1991. Very active as a chamber musician, Laurent Lefèvre is a member of the Paris-Bastille wind ensemble and of the Claude Debussy wind quintet, a group which won the Jury's Special Prize at the Tokyo International Competition, as well as the Second Prize at the Munich ARD International Competition (no first prize was awarded that year). Recently he created with pianist Junko Oka "l’ensemble Minamo" He frequently performs as soloist with prestigious orchestras such as the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, the Suisse Romande Orchestra, the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, the Simon Bolivar Orchestra in Caracas, the Tokyo Mozart Players, the Orchestra of the Auvergne, Les Siècles, and the Paris Opera Orchestra, and under the direction of renowned conductors such as M-W Chung, Seiji Ozawa. A frequent guest of important festivals such as Lucerne, Davos, la Roque d'Anthéron, la folle journée à Nantes, Tokyo et Bilbao, West Cork Chamber Music festival, Seoul Spring Festival and many others, he is often invited to perform as guest principal bassoon with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Passionate about pedagogy, Laurent Lefèvre taught at the Lyon National Superior Conservatory from 1998 to 2008. He has been on faculty at the CNSMD in Paris since 2012, and he has given master classes throughout Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya), in Caracas, Venezuela, and at McGill University in Montreal. Laurent Lefèvre has recorded the complete chamber works of Poulenc with pianist Alexandre Tharaud on the Naxos label, the Six Bagatelles and Ten Pieces for wind quintet of Ligeti with the Debussy Quintet, the Mozart Serenades and the Beethoven Octet with the Paris-Bastille wind ensemble, as well as the Devienne Quartets for bassoon and strings, all on the Harmonia Mundi label, and he also recorded Richard Strauss' Duett-Concertino, with clarinettist Jean-François Verdier and with pianist Emmanuel Strosser « le basson européen »
	Stefano Canuti was born in Parma, Italy in 1961 and started learning classical guitar aged 9, switching to the bassoon at 17 when he was taught by Ovidio Danzi. He joined the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra as first bassoonist, later moving to the RAI Orchestra of Torino. He has subsequently played with many orchestras worldwide, including playing solo bassoon with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra directed by Claudio Abbado and principal bassoon with the Symphonica Toscanini with M° Lorin Maazel. Stefano teaches all over Europe, the USA, South America and China and currently holds the title of Bassoon Chair at the Conservatorio di Musica "Campiani" di Mantova. Many of his students are now working with major orchestras. In June 2004, he was invited to permanently collaborate with the Fundaciòn del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela. Since 2006 he teachs as professor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.