CEEPUS Clarinet Summer School at the Academy of Music in Zagreb
In May, the Academy of Music in Zagreb hosted a three-day Clarinet Summer School, bringing together professors and students from Budapest and Zagreb.

The program was held from 19 to 21 May, and in addition to students and teachers from the Zagreb Academy, students and a teacher from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from Budapest, a partner institution in the CEEPUS Winds of Central Europe network, participated. Clarinet professor at the Franz Liszt Academy, Csaba Palfi was accompanied by four students from his class at the Clarinet Summer School in Zagreb. These students had classes each day with one of the clarinet professors from the Zagreb Academy: Milko Pravdić, Davor Reba and Davorin Brozić.
On the first day, they presented works by Mozart, Weber and Brahms in collaboration with prof. Reba. On the same day in the morning, prof. Palfi worked with students from the Zagreb Academy, who presented works by Tomasi, Debussy and Crusella. Professor Palfi's lecture was held in the Huml Hall, so that professors and students from the Zagreb Academy could follow it in the auditorium.
On the second day, the collaboration between students and professors continued, and the students, working with Professor Palfi, presented the works of Weber, Spohr, Debussy and Françaix. Later, Professor Brozić gave a lecture for the students from Budapest. This time, the visiting students performed works by Mozart, Molter, Spohr and Bassi.

On the third day of the summer school, Professor Pravdić gave a lecture for the visiting students titled Breathing and How It Affects Phrasing, after which they applied the theory from the lecture to the practice of their playing. At the same time, in the Stančić Hall, professor Palfi gave a lecture to the host students, and they presented their exam programme with works by Tomasi, Mozart and Spohr.
During the three days of teaching, with four visiting students and ten students from the host Faculty, the most important titles of clarinet literature were reviewed. All professors at this summer school, when working with students, focused their attention on the production and shaping of tone and the timbre of the tone in relation to the content of the composition. There was also talk of interpretation based on historical and stylistic aspects, and often the instructions referred to the improvement of manual playing technique and the ability to analyze musical text. The clarinet summer school met all expectations because not only the students, but also the professors, benefited from the comparison of previous experiences.