DIE INTERNATIONALE EPTA EPTA (Parent Organisation) Charity Registered Number 1094973 c/o 28 Emperor’s Gate, London, SW7 4HS Tel: ++44 20 7247 6821 or ++44 20 7373 7307 Fax: ++44 20 7737 5015 or ++44 20 7373 5440 E-Mail: carogrindea@yahoo.com Website: www.epta-europe.org Founder: Carola Grindea Hon. European President: Dominique Merlet Hon. Vice Presidents: Paul Badura Skoda, Peter Feuchtwanger, Alberto Portugheis, Fanny Waterman OBE EPTA EUROPEAN PRESIDENT (2004/2005) Mark Ray (Chairman EPTA UK) VICE PRESIDENTS All Presidents of EPTA National Associations EPTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman Prof Malcolm Troup Secretary Nadia Lasserson Treasurer John Olbrich Members of Executive Committee Carola Grindea, Alan Paul EPTA – the Parent Organisation – is constantly expanding not only in Europe but also throughout the world through its Affiliations with the most important Piano Teachers Associations Piano Teachers National Association of Japan (Founder Yasuko Fukuda) Japan Piano Teachers Association (President Prof Masayasu Oshima) Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Associations (Co-ordinator Prof Ireneus Zuk) Latin American PianoTeachers Association (Argentine, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil) President (Chile) Freda Conn Hong Kong PianoTeachers Association New England Piano Teachers Association EPTA-ASSOCIATES EPTA USA- Associates: Prof Paul Pollei EPTA NEW YORK Associates: Prof Salvatore Moltisanti (E-Mail: iblanyc@aol.com) EPTA INDIA- Associates: Founder-Director Prabhudas Ivanson EPTA ALBANIA President: Takuina Adami Secretary: Petrika Trako Jordan Misja High School of Arts, Tirana Tel: + 355 42 23 743 Fax: + 355 42 51 792 E-Mail: takuina_adami@yahoo.com) EPTA BELARUS President: Vadim Yakonyuk c/o Academy of Music, 220030 00375 Minsk Tel. / Fax: 0172-27-00-13 E-Mail: bsam@open.minsk.by EPTA BELGIUM Flanders/Brussels Honorary Presidents: Louise Hesbain, Roland De Munck President: Levente Kende Secretaries: Lieve van Puyvelde, Marc Theuns Mechelsesteenweg 109/6, 2018 Antwerp Tel. / Fax: +32 3 281 0595 EPTA BELGIUM Wallonie/Bruxelles http://users.belgacom.net/epta/ President: Diane Andersen Secretary: François Thiry Lotsesteenweg 186, B-1653 Dworp. Tel: +32 2 380 0827 Fax: +32 2 360 1104 E-Mail: glienard@ulb.ac.be EPTA BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA President: Zlatan Mujkic Secondary Music School L. Kube 1, 75 000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel. / Fax: +387 75 222551 EPTA BULGARIA President: Milena Mollova c/o Hypodruma Bl. 1612 Sofia Tel: +359 2 52 11 97 E-Mail: mmollova@nbu.bg EPTA CROATIA Hon.President: Vladimir Krpan President: Ida Gamulin E-Mail: ida.gamulin@huoku.hr VicePresident: Ivanka Kordaec Secretary: Veljko Glodic c/o Zagreb Music Academy, 6 Gunduliceva, 41001 Zagreb Tel. / Fax: 385 1 461 1807 E-Mail: veljko.glodic@zg.htnet.hr EPTA CYPRUS www.epta-cyprus.com Honorary President: Martino Tirimo Chairman: Katerina Antoniou P.O.Box 42278, 6532 Larnaca, Cyprus Tel: +357 99 62 47 52 or +357 24 66 52 66 Fax: +357 24 62 43 26 E-Mail: info@epta-cyprus.com EPTA CZECH REPUBLIC President: Radoslav Kvapil Secretary: Jan Hlavac Hradeck5, 13000 Prague 3 Tel. / Fax: +420 2 67312430 E-Mail: r.kvapil@ecn.cz EPTA DENMARK www.epta.dk President: Elsebeth Brodersen Carit Etlsrsvej 4, 2840 Holte Tel: +45 45 42 29 63 Fax: +45 38 33 52 58 E-Mail: eb@epta.dk EPTA ESTONIA President: Peep Lassmann Secretary: Lilian Semper c/o Tallinn Conservatory, Revala pst 16, Tallinn EE 10143 Tel: +372 667 5700 Fax: +372 670 5800 The Journal of the Estonian Piano Teachers Association is published biannually. EPTA FINLAND President: Jussi Siirala E-Mail: jussi.siirala@siba.fi Vice President and Co-ordinator: Eeva Sarmanto-Neuvonen Meripuistotie 3A 17, 00200 Helsinki Tel. / Fax: +358 9 636 182 E-Mail: eeva.sarmanto@siba.fi EPTA FRANCE Honorary President: Jacques Chapuis President: Herve N’Kaoua 37 Rue Paul Camelle, 33100 Bordeaux Tel. / Fax: +33 5 5686 9132 E-Mail: epta.fr@wanadoo.fr EPTA GEORGIA President: Nino Kutsishvili Professor Tbilisi Music Academy c/o Dolidze Str 28, Apt 87, Tbilisi 380015 Georgia Fax: +995 32 950 119 EPTA GERMANY www.epta-deutschland.de Presidium: Gunter Reinhold, Linde Grossmann, Gabriele Stenger-Stein, Gregor Weichert, Martin Widmaier Secretary: Petra Bleser-Arp Diekhof 24326, Kalubbe Tel. / Fax: +49 326 2540 Treasurer: Dr. Rainer Lorenz, Schanzenstraße 24, D-34130 Kassel Tel: +49 561 68082 Fax: +49 561 66778 E-Mails: bleserarp@t-online.de; lorenz@epta-deutschland.de EPTA GREECE Honorary President: Aris Garoufalis President: Dora Bacopoulou Athan. Diakou 17, Aghia Paraski-VI 15342 Athens Tel. / Fax: +30 210 600 1357 Secretary: Georgios Manessis Leof Iroon polytechneion 90, Piraeus 18536 Tel: +30 210 451 1815 E-Mail: portoheinterfest@hotmail.com EPTA HUNGARY www.parlando.hu President: Mariann Abraham Hollosy S.u. 15, 1126 Budapest Tel. / Fax: +361 3560562 E-Mail: abraham.m@vnet.hu EPTA ICELAND Chairman: Arndis Bjork Asgeirsdottir Secretary: Thorarinn Stefansson Treasurer: Brynhildur Asgeirsdottir address EPTA ICELAND c/o Arndis Asgeirsdottir, Hjallavegur 68, 104 Reykjavik Tel: +354 892 4903 E-Mail: baska@mmedia.is EPTA IRELAND Honorary Patron: Mabel Swainson President: Catherine O’Sullivan Gallagher Administrator: Eithne Gallagher 16 Rowanbyrn, Blackrock, Co.Dublin Tel: +353 1 289 9367 Fax: +353 1 289 3701 EPTA ITALY www.chopinroma.it President: Marcella Crudeli Secretary: Silvia Rinaldi Via Pierfranco Bonetti 90, 00128 Rome Tel. / Fax: +39 06 507 3889 E-Mail: chopinroma@libero.it Publishes EPTA ITALIA NEWS EPTA LATIVA www.music.lv/EPTA President: Juris Kalnciems Secretary: Irena Strause Dzirnavu Iela 118-4, LV-1050 Riga Tel: +371 7 226875 Fax: +371 7 820271 Foreign Affairs Co-ordinator: Tom Ostrovskis E-Mail: ostrotk0@o2.co.uk EPTA LITHUANIA President: Kestutis Grybauskas Secretary: Vilma Rindzeviciute Latvia 7-2, LT 02101 Vilnius Tel: +370 5 2138771 or +370 61 415535 E-Mail: vilmamuzika@takas.lt EPTA MACEDONIA President: Todor Svetiev Secretary: Dragoijub Apostolov c/o Academy of Music, Pitu Guli 1, 91000 Skopje Tel. / Fax: +389 91 231614 Further details from: Todor Svetiev E-Mail: svetievtodor@hotmail.com EPTA MALTA EPTA NETHERLAND www.eptanederland.nl President: Dirk-Jan Schilt Secretary: Robert Hemmen PO Box 130, 2270 AC Voorburg, The Netherlands Tel: +31 70 387 3848 Fax: +31 70 300 0522 E-Mail: r.hemmen@hccnet.nl All EPTA NETHERLANDS Members receive the Piano Journal as well as the Piano Bulletin (Editor Chisto Lelie, Broerhuisstr 44, 2611 GD Delft, Tel. / Fax: +31 15 212 6695). EPTA NORWAY www.ansatte.hitos.no/tst/epta President: Einar Sten-Nøkleberg Secretary: Tellev Juva Valegaten 3, 0454 Oslo 4, Tel: +47 22 696535 Vice Presidents: Gisela Herb Tel: +47 51 834000 Fax: +47 51 834050 Tori Stødle: Fax +47 77 618899 Elin Persson Tel: +47 71 660294 Fax: +47 71 660351 EPTA POLAND EPTA PORTUGAL http://eptaportugal.tripod.com President: Nancy Lee Harper Departamento de Comunicacao e Arte, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro Tel: + 351 234 370389 Fax: +351 234 370868 E-Mails: harper@ca.ua.pt; ralvarenga@gabs.ua.pt EPTA PORTUGAL has launched an electronic newsletter, BOLETIM, now in its third edition. Current events and articles of interest are focused ,as well as tips for piano teachers. EPTA ROMANIA Honorary President: Dragos Tanasescu President: Constantin Ionescu Vovu Secretary Andrei Podlacha 35 Str Vasile Lascar, 7-211 Bucharest Tel: +40 1 211 1263 Fax +40 1 211 3095 E-Mail: cionvovu@hotmail.com EPTA RUSSIA www.iospiano.ru/epta.htm Honorary President: Viktor Merzjanov President: Irina Osipova Leninskiy Prospect (avenue) 64/2 Apt 150, Moscow 119296 Tel. / Fax: +7 095 1371 526 E-Mail: epta@iospiano.ru EPTA RUSSIA BRANCHES: St. Peterburg – Chairman Oleg Koshelev; Tambov – Chairman Alexandr Bazikov; Ryazan – Chairman Svetlana Platonova; Tver – Chairman Galina Solodova; Sochi – Chairman Tatyana Agafonova; Petrozavodsk – Chairman Victor Portnoy; Ufa – Chairman Ruslam Shayhutdinov A new branch was launched in Samara with Sergey Zagadkin as Chairman and a new branch will start in Chelyabinsk (Ural). EPTA SERBIA Honorary President: Dusan Trbojevic President: Dejan Sinadinovic (www.sinadin.com) E.Mail: dejan@sinadin.com Secretary: Milos Pavlovic c/o Faculty of Music and Arts, Kralja Milana 50, Belgrade 11000 Tel: +381 11 642414, +381 11 361 0960 Fax: +381 112 643598 EPTA SERBIA-VOJVODINA Chairman: Dorian Leljak Academy of Arts, Djure Joksica 7, 21000 Novi Sad E-Mail: epta-vojvodina@email.co.yu EPTA SLOVAKIA President: Eva Fischerova Zilinska 18, 81105 Bratislava Tel: +421 2 52493751 EPTA SLOVENIA President: Vladimir Milnaric c/o Akademija za Glasbo, Stari Trg 34, 1000 Ljubljana Tel. / Fax: +386 1 425 4857 E-Mail: vladimir.milnaric@siol.net Vice President: MajdaJecelj E-Mail: ivan.jecelj@guest.arnes.si Secretary: Aleksandra Naumovska E-Mail: aleksandra.naum@siol.net Radovan Skrjanc Editor EPTA Slovenia Bulletin, Assistant Editor: Damiana Zupa EPTA SPAIN Hon.President: Rosa Maria Kucharski Tel. / Fax: +34 91 803 4922 President: Paz del Castillo Bolivia No 7 4toF 47014 Valladolid Tel: +34 98333 274556 Mobile: +34 617 595529 E-Mail: castillopaz@portalatino.net EPTA SWEDEN www.sppf.net President: Eva Luthander 58 Tegelviksgatan, 11641 Stockholm Tel. / Fax: +46 8641 8036 Vice President: Stefan Bojsten E-Mail: stejan.bojsten@kmh.se Secretary: Patrick Jovell E-Mail: p.jovell@bredband.net E-Mail: eva.luthander@pianomail.net EPTA SWITZERLAND www.epta.ch President: Francis Schneider Entfelderstraße 39, CH-5000 Aarau Secretary: Fritz Ruch Freudenbergstraße 12, CH-9113 Degersheim Tel: +41 71 371 1660 Fax: +41 71 371 3661 E-Mail: fritzruch@bluewin.ch and Barbara Sandmeier, Bern, E-Mail: barbarasand@dtc.ch EPTA TURKEY President: Yapincak Gurek Associate Dean, Faculty of Music & Performing Arts, University of Bilkent, Ankara 06800 Tel: +90 312 290 1777 Fax: +90 312 266 4539 E-Mail: yapincak@bilkent.edu.tr EPTA UK www.epta-uk.org Founder: Carola Grindea President: Bernard Roberts; Patrons: Ronald Stevenson, Piers Lane Chairman: Mark Ray; Administrator: Sally Course 35 The Warren, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 0DU Tel. / Fax: +444 480622 E-Mail: admin@epta-uk.org; eptauk@hotmail.com EPTA UKRAINE President: Nina Kazimirova Acting President: Olga Kuznetzova Tel: + 38 0572 143543 Fax: +38 0577 134925 Young EPTA UKRAINE Secretary: Serhyi Bykov Tel. / Fax: +38 0572 278402; Mobil: +38 067 718 8734