Wolfgang Hartmann

APEX Presenter
Currently based in:
Aranjuez, Spain

About Wolfgang

Wolfgang Hartmann is a highly experienced and regarded music educator, lecturer and presenter, having studied at the University of Wurzburg and the Orff Institute, Salzburg.

His previous appointments include Director of Music at Carinthian State Conservatory (Klagenfurt), Lecturer at the Music University (Vienna) and the Orff Institute (Salzburg), visiting Professor at the Conservatory of Music (Shanghai) and the Central Conservatory (Beijing) and teacher at Musikene (Spain).

Wolfgang has developed music education programs at Orff Modellschulen in Munich Bayerischer Rundfunk, the same radio station where Orff and Keetman first presented the Orff-Schulwerk and has presented Orff-Schulwerk workshops in more than 30 countries.

APEX Key Session 1 | Monday, 6th January 2025 | 11:45am - 1:00pm
APEX Key Session 1 | Tuesday, 7th January 2025 | 9:00am - 10:15am
APEX Key Session 1 | Tuesday, 7th January 2025 | 11:45am - 1:00pm

Finding To Our Own Music! 1 – Recreating a Bartók piece

After different preparing activities (singing and sound gestures) a short piano composition from Béla Bartok’s Mikrokosmos VI will stimulate us to make up our own instrumental version, inspired by the inviting title of the composition. Graphic notation will help us. 20 attendants are invited to participate actively.

APEX Key Session 2 | Wednesday, 8th January 2025 | 11:45am - 1:00pm
APEX Key Session 2 | Thursday, 9th January 2025 | 9:00am - 10:15am
APEX Key Session 2 | Thursday, 9th January 2025 | 11:45am - 1:00pm

Finding To Our Own Music! 2 – Cups Full of Music

After different preparing activities (singing and sound gestures) we will concentrate on eight drinking cups. They will help us to create different rhythm patterns, ostinato layers and even a harmonic sequence that invites to improvise. 20 attendants are invited to participate actively.

PEAK Elective Session | Monday, 6th January 2025 | 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Finding To Our Own Music! 3 – The Sound of Different Bridges

After different preparing activities (singing and sound gestures) we will focus on the aesthetic of bridges’ architecture. It has a lot to do with dance and music… 20 attendants are invited to participate actively.

APEX All-In Session | Thursday, 9th January 2025 | 8:30am - 9:00am

Session details to come...