Hans Erik Deckert works internationally as a teacher at cello-, chamber music- and orchestra workshops. He also holds seminars on musical phenomenology. His main interest is the conscious reception of processes in music as an objective reality. Another project is “teamwork, for example in the world of music”, where the social processes of playing in an ensemble are presented as an example for any humans working together, for instance in companies. Similar projects have been conducted in numerous well known firms and at congresses. Hans Erik Deckert is the founder of the Cello Academy, a chamber orchestra for young European cellists. His activities as a musician have lead him to most European countries, as well as to Egypt, Japan and South America. His book “Musik und Mensch” (music and man) was published in Denmark in 2006, (second edition - 2008). The German version of this book will appear through the Ohms-Verlag (Hildesheim). An English version is under way.

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Antoine Cipriani was educated at the Esch Conservatory (Luxemburg), where he received a diploma with distinction in clarinet, chamber music and music theory at the age of 17. He also attended courses on music conducting led by Pierre Cao and Kurt Thomas. Beside his studies in roman languages in Nancy/France he visited the local academy of music where he attended clarinet courses taught by Prof. Delizy. During that period he played with the 'Ensemble de Musique de Chambre de Paris' and conducted a small ensemble as well as a Luxemburg brass band for four years. After having led more focus on his profession as a teacher of French language as well as literature, he joined Luxemburg Philharmonia in 1993 where he also acted as a solist. Being a member of the Camerata Artis and joining international ensembles such as the Czech String Trio, the Martinu Quartett and the Kapralova Quartett, he has currently also again become an active chamber musician. With the Camerata Artis, he produced a CD with composers of Luxembourg.

Gerhart Roth, born1942, studied music, art education and Protestant religion before teaching at comprehensive schools in Hesse from 1967 to 1999. In 1970 he started as assistant to Prof. Alois Ickstadt in the children’s choir of the Hessian radio station, going on to direct the choir from 1980 to 1995. He was involved in many productions and concerts for the Hessian radio station. He felt committed to nurturing a cultivated sound from children’s choirs and to propagating a high- quality repertoire.
Gerhart Roth is always welcome as a guest lecturer at the federal academies in Trossingen und Wolfenbüttel and at the state academies for children’s choir direction. For many years he has lead successful courses in the field of teacher training in several federal states and at the music academies in Hanover, Essen, Würzburg, Trossingen und Munich.
He is chairman of the AMJ-LV Hessen and is often invited to sit on the jury of national and international choral competitions. He directed the children’s music atelier “Children’s Fun” at the “Europa Cantat, Mainz 2006” choral festival.