Date : 1-7 August 2026
Prof. Marie-Luise Neunecker, Former Horn Professor at University of Music “Hanns Eisler”, Berlin, Germany
Mika Yamashita, Collaborative Pianist at College of Music, Mahidol University
Active Participation | Information and Application
As a part of an active participant you will receive:
• 3 individual lessons (50 minutes each) with Professor Marie-Luise Neunecker.
• Professional piano accompaniment by Mika Yamashita.
• 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
*Accommodation can be arranged upon request with an additional fee.*
Application
Please submit the following documents for your application :
- 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 Marie-Luise Neunecker 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
Meet our Professors
Marie-Luise Neunecker
“The precious jewel of this work shone in the horn part, in all timbres the glorious gold of the Romantic instrument, especially in the slow movement from which one could hear a strong musical connection to Brahms’ favorite instrument. ”
Hailed for her exceptional talent and virtuosity, hornist Marie-Luise Neunecker has already achieved worldwide success. She has built a successful international career and is much in demand as soloist and chamber musician.
During her tenure as principal horn of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1979 to 1989, she attracted attention as prize winner at several prestigious international competitions such as the German Music Competition in Bonn (1982), the ARD Competition in Munich (1983) and the Concert Artists’ Guild Competition in New York (1986). In 2013, Marie-Luise Neunecker was awarded the Frankfurt Music Prize.
She has performed on almost all the major concert stages of the world. Besides being a successful soloist with ensembles such as the radio symphony orchestras of the NDR, SWR, MDR, hr, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Vienna Philharmonic as well as the Bamberg Symphony, Marie-Luise Neunecker also appears regularly as a chamber musician. She often works with partners such as Christian Tetzlaff, Tobias Feldmann, Lars Vogt, Antje Weithaas, Silke Avenhaus, András Schiff, Martha Argerich and Pierre-Laurent Aimard, as well as with the Zehetmair Quartet.
She frequently appears as guest chamber musician and soloist at the most important festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, the Aldeburgh Festival, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Marlboro Music Festival, the Risør Festival as well as at the Wiener Festwochen.
György Ligeti wrote his Hamburg Concerto for Marie-Luise Neunecker, which she premiered in January 2001. Since then, she has performed the concerto in several countries, including with the Aurora Orchestra in London as well as in its namesake city of Hamburg at the Elbphilharmonie. With the Asko Ensemble and Reinberg de Leeuw she recorded it for the Ligeti Edition on Warner Classics.
Her numerous recordings, recognized with prizes such as the ECHO KLASSIK and a Grammy Awardnomination, have not only demonstrated her outstanding quality as an artist and her exceptional musical versatility, they have also contributed to a wider knowledge of horn repertoire of various epochs. She released the Strauss Concertos with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Ingo Metzmacher and Britten’s Horn Serenade with tenor Ian Bostridge. Other recordings include the Hindemith Concerto, and horn concertos by Russian composers Reinhold Glière, Alexander Glazunov and Vissarion Shebalin. As a chamber musician she has released recordings of the horn trios by Brahms with Frank Peter Zimmermann and Wolfgang Sawallisch, a recording with works from Othmar Schoeck, Charles Koechlin and Ethel Smyth and more recently, one with works by Hindemith, Kirchner, Brahms, Beethoven and Schumann with Lars Vogt at the piano.
Marie-Luise Neunecker was Professor of Horn at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin for many years and travels all over the world to give masterclasses.
Mika Yamashita
Mika Yamashita began her musical studies in Japan, where she received training in music theory and solfège under Ms. Fumiko Horizoe and Ms. Mika Shimotake. At the age of 15, she began studying piano with Ms. Naomi Ohkawachi. After graduating from junior high school, she moved to Thailand to enroll in the Pre-College Program at the College of Music, Mahidol University, where she studied under the tutelage by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eri Nakagawa. She later earned a bachelor’s degree in Classical Performance with first-class honours.
She has participated in music camp in France, studying with Dr. Dina Yoffe, Dr. Robert Palmer, and Dr. Daniel Vaiman. She also took part in the 16th Ojika International Music Festival in Nagasaki, Japan, where she studied with Mr. Susumu Aoyagi and Ms. Yuko Fujimura and was selected to perform in the final concert.
In addition to her solo work, she is actively engaged in chamber music, receiving prizes at several international competitions, including the Osaka International Music Competition (Third Prize), the Vienna All Stars Chamber Music Competition (First Prize), and the Princess Galyani Vadhana International Ensemble Competition (Second Prize).
She currently performs frequently as a collaborative pianist in Bangkok.
