”Hi, this is Andreas Brantelid writing some words from New York. I have not been to Aurora since autumn 2007, that is almost 5 years ago!! a lot happened to me during this time, and a lot has happened to the awesome Aurora project since then…..this coming Aurora in August I will be back to perform in the festivals concerts – but also to have lessons for the fantastic and very interesting cellist Robert Cohen.
I am looking forward to a fun time, being a student again – and to hang …

Anna Hedlund bor i Vänersborg och älskar musik, hon är en stark fan av Aurora sedan verksamheten startade 2006.
Hon kommer inte bara på konserter under alla Aurora festivaler men tar chansen att vara med på ”Master Classes” och njuta fullt av det. Hon har varit med på Fabio Bidini´s lektion när vi träffade henne i kafferummet efteråt. Master classes är alltså när undervisning sker med publik, ett unikt tillfälle för alla att krypa under skinnet på både musiken och artisterna. Allt under ledning av Auroras internationella professorer.
”Var just och lyssnade …

I think most of musicians ask themselves what is their purpose for being musicians. Why do we spend many hours of our lives practicing? Why do we try to remember hundreds of notes?
Even if we don’t want to show our doubting personality, questions like these are always somewhere deep inside our mind.
Trying to find the answers can be a very long and even a painful process.
It is so important to understand, that music doesn’t have to prove something to somebody. We play the most beautiful pieces in the world …

I’m excited to get back to Aurora Festival for my second visit! My first visit was in 2010 and the energy from so many talented young musicians, buzzing around from masterclasses to rehearsals and concerts, was something you could breath in.
The appetite for learning was almost overwhelming, including in my cello class, where I ended up teaching violinists, violists and singers too. We had such a fantastic time from the beginning to the end of each day, professors and students mixing and enjoying the immersion, discussing music, even between …

There are many places where we can play chamber music, have lessons with famous professors, meet friends and have parties. But believe me there is only one place where pure music exists every single moment and the most fantastic professors become our friends. The place of real Friends and Art… Unforgettable minutes on a stage and inimitable parties with Tequila Rose…;) Last summer Aurora Festival became one the best summer in my life.
I will keep in my heart all those beautiful feelings that were shared by my great colleagues from …

To play Stringquartet is the best and most important thing a person can do with his life.
Living with The last String quartets by Beethoven is to devote yourself to the peak of humanity. This is where Beethoven takes us to a level never surpassed before or after.”
Norbert Brainin, 1st violinist of the Amadeus String Quartet, 1947-1987.
 “This, The Gran Partita, was no composition by a performing monkey. This was a music I had never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing. It seemed to me that I was hearing …