Episode #37 - Ingemar Roos

Episode #37 - Ingemar Roos

Author: The Brass Ark & Bob Reeves Brass May 14, 2025 Duration: 1:23:09

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Join hosts Noah and John as they interview Ingemar Roos, trombonist and teacher from ... Stockholm, Sweden.

 

About Ingemar:

After organist degree from Stockholm he studied trombone with Palmer Traulsen in Copenhagen, with Denis Wick at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and with Jay Friedman in Chicago. He was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, were he also had lessons with Arnold Jacobs.

1971 he became principal trombone at the Norwegian Opera in Oslo. 1978 principal trombone with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Sweden.

Been a member of the avantgarde group The Culture Quartet with Folke Rabe, and been a member of Edward Tarr Baroque Ensemble.

After 45 years of service in teaching he is Professor Emeritus from the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo and from the Gothenburg University School of Music. He has more than 85 former students in professional jobs after winning auditions.

Ingemar Roos has served on the International Trombone Association, (ITA) festivals numerous times on the faculty as soloist, clinician, lecturer and conductor.

At the year 2000 ITA Festival he recieved the Neill Humfeld award for "Excellence in trombone teaching".

In international trombone competitions he has been a member of jury in Grenchen, Porcia 4 times, Toulon and Markneukirchen.

Ingemar Roos has been guest teaching at seminars, courses and giving classes at such schools as Northwestern Univ., Roosevelt Univ. HDK in Berlin, Hanns Eisler in Berlin, in several music academies in Athens Greece, Musikhochschule in Hannover, Codart in Rotterdam, Music Conservatory in Lyon, Geneva Music Academy and music academies in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Malmö, Stockholm, Helsinki, Bergen, Stavanger, Tromso, Riga, St. Petersburg and others.

Also done seminars and courses like Biba International Brass Week, Italian Brass Week, Lieksa Brass Week, Posaunentäge Berlin, low brass seminar in Galicia, Tirol Klang in Austria, Bergsted Brass Festival in Stavanger and others.

Also coaching youth orchestras such as Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Baltic Youth Philharmonic, Norwegian Youth Orchestra and Orkester Norden, as well as professional ensembles and sections in ensemble playing techniques and in concerts such as Malmö Opera Brass, Gothenburg Opera Brass, Odense Symph. Orch. Brass, Stavanger Symph.

Orch. Brass, Trondheim Symph. Orch. Brass, Royal Opera Stocholm Brass, Swedish Chamber Orch. Winds, Gävle Symph. Orch. Brass and others.


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