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"The instruments’ mellow sounds are absolutely lovely, every one of Schayegh and Schultsz’s tempos are spot on..." Gramophone Magazine
 

Jan Schultsz will be giving a masterclass together with baritone Marcel Boone in Blonay (CH) from September 2-8 2018.
Click HERE for more information.

Jan Schultsz gave a very successful song recital with Daniel Behle (tenor) at the Engadin Festival which is also directed by him. Marina Fuchs of the newspaper "südostschweiz" wrote: "Jan Schultsz' music was never only an accompaniment but an event for itself. It told the story independently and credibly without being pompous and was perfectly coordinated with Behle's singing."

Read the whole article here.

Jan Schultsz will teach Piano this summer at the "Danubia Talents"-Festival. Click HERE for more information about the application.

Jan Schultsz' latest CD includes two world premiere recordings of works by the Swiss composer Joachim Raff. Together with the Swiss soprano Noëmi Nadelmann, the Slovenian mezzo-soprano Barbara Koželj and the Dutch baritone Thomas Oliemans, the works Sanges-Frühling op. 98 and Maria Stuart op. 172 werde recorded on 2 discs with the DIVOX label. Further information can be found in the discography and HERE.

The Brassweek Samedan will take place between July 3-9, for the 5th time at Samedan (Switzerland). Jan Schultsz is the president of the famous brass festival and will be among the professors of the masterclasses as well.
Please click HERE to find out more about concerts and masterclasses.

Jan Schultsz has once again recorded works by the Swiss composer Hans Huber - with the Basel String Quartet two Piano Quintets and with cellist Thomas Demenga and violinist Chouchane Siranossian two Piano Trios (and other little pieces). The albums are released by bmn music in July/November 2015.
Please watch here two videos made while the recording session: "Three melodies" and the 3rd Piano Trio.

The Engadin Festival,with eleven concerts from the 30th of July - 15th of August, with Jan Schultsz as Artistic Director, was again a big success. Artists like Grigory Sokolov, Giora Feidman, Emanuel Pahud, from the young generation as Nicola Benedetti, Leonard Elschenbroich and others came to create the programm at the 75th anniversary of the festival. Please see attached the press reviews and interview with Jan Schultsz (in German).

This Thursday, June 20th, the opera of Giacchino Rossini "La Gazzetta" will be performed for the first time at the Opéra Liège under the baton of Jan Schultsz.
The dutch magazine "Opera Magazine" published an article with a little interview about it, please read it HERE (in dutch). Further press reviews/articles will follow in the next days and weeks.

The program of the Engadin Festival, taking place from August 3-15, with Jan Schultsz as artistic director, is now online and also here viewable as an attachment (pdf). The opening concert with soloist Steven Isserlis will be conducted by Jan Schultsz, as well as other concerts of the festival.