Date : 1 -7 August 2026

Prof. Martin Spangenberg , Clarinet Professor at University of Music “Hanns Eisler”, Berlin, Germany

Usa Napawan, Collaborative Piano Lecturer at Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Bangkok, Thailand

Active Participation | Information and Application

As a part of an active participant you will receive:

• 3 individual lessons (50 minutes each) with Professor Martin Spangenberg.

• Professional piano accompaniment by Usa Napawan.

• Chamber music rehearsals and performance opportunities with Professors Wally Hase and Martin Spangenberg

• Participation in the Participants’ Concerts

Active participation fee: 20,000 Thai baht

Application

Preselection:

• YouTube Video Link: Please provide a video of your performance (unedited, with good sound and image quality, not exceeding 15 minutes in length, and recorded within the last 3 months). The applicant must be clearly visible in the video.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Registration deadline: 1 July 2026

Scholarships for Thai Active Participants

Provided by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom Thailand and The Royal Thai Embassy Berlin, The Scholarships are intended for talented students who want to improve their skills and discover new paths through participation in this masterclass, but their economic situation makes it difficult for them.

How to Apply

To apply for the scholarship, please send these mandatory appendices along with your application for the masterclass:

• Study Certificate
• Copy of your Thai National ID Card or Passport
• Description of your specific financial situation in Thai or English
• Recommendation letter in Thai or English

The decision to grant a scholarship is based on the judgment of Professor Martin Spangenberg and The Royal Thai Embassy Berlin.

Guest Auditor

Purchase of day tickets at the masterclass’s venue for the price of 200 THB per ticket.
Admission is free of charge for students and undergraduate university students.
The fee is non-refundable.

Course Language: English & German (Thai translator will be provided)

Location: College of Music, Mahidol University

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Meet our Professors

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Martin Spangenberg

Martin Spangenberg studied clarinet with Hans Deinzer at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and was a scholarship recipient of the German National Academic Foundation. From 1988 to 2003 he was the principal clarinetist of the Munich Philharmonic and a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.

In 1997 he was appointed professor for clarinet at the “Franz Liszt” University of Music in Weimar and has been professor at the “Hanns Eisler” University of Music in Berlin since 2013.

He has performed as a soloist with, among others, the Munich Philharmonic under Sergiu Celibidache and James Levine, the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Cappella Istropolitana, the Polish Chamber Philharmonic, and as conductor and soloist with Ensemble M18.

As a chamber musician, he plays in a wide variety of ensembles, from his ensemble with pianist Stefan Kiefer and cellist Jens-Peter Maintz, to the Artemis Quartet and with the Albert Schweitzer Octet.

Martin Spangenberg has been the artistic director of the International Chamber Music Courses of the Jeunesses Musicales in Weikersheim for many years as well as an instructor-coach for the Federal Youth Orchestra. His diverse teaching activities in numerous master classes have taken him to many different countries. He was the winner of several first prizes at the national youth music competition and was a prizewinner of the German music competition.

Various CD recordings with works by Reger, Berg, Bartók, Strauss, Molter, as well as a recording of the complete clarinet concertos and two concert overtures by Carl Maria von Weber as both a soloist and conductor are testimony to his artistic versatility.

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Usa Napawan 

Usa ventured into political science for her undergraduate studies in International Relations from Chulalongkorn University. She decided to return to music after graduated and received her Master in Music in Piano Performance from the College of Music, Mahidol University under the tutelage of Dr. Nopanand Chanorathaikul.      

She has a long-standing artistic relationship with the Pro Musica international vocal and collaborative piano masterclasses under the renowned vocal coach Loh Siew Tuan. She has worked closely with Ms.Tuan and a celebrated collaborative pianist Hein Boterberg in masterclasses held in Thailand and Malaysia in collaboration with Opera Studio Vlanderen (Belgium) from 2008-2013.   

Currently, she is a sought-after educator and collaborative pianist who performs regularly with both Thai and international artists, in recitals and festivals, including Jonathon Glonek, Julien Beaudiment, James Hall, Philippe Cuper, Edwin Rodriguez, Sergio Bosi, Arnaldo de Felice, Angela Firkins, Gianni Biocotino, Johan van der Linden, Robert Visser, Lia Uribe, and Magnus Nilsson. She’s also a piano faculty at international schools and Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music (collaborative piano and chamber music).