FOLKWANG UNIVERSITY OF ARTS ESSEN
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A wonderful place with wonderful people
Last but not least, the Folkwang University of the Arts is special on account of its unique historic buildings and the many special people who have always been – and still are – here: Pina Bausch (dancer and choreographer), Armin Rohde and Caroline Eichhorn (actors), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violinist), Lothar Zagrosek (conductor), Hagen Rether (cabaret artist), Timm Rautert (photographer) to name just a few, did their study at the Folkwang. A whole array of important cultural, scholarly and creative pathways has been forged here. And every single day new highlights are being reached – in terms of aesthetics, content and setting cultural directions for the whole region and the international scene.


Rossana Valente
1997 geboren in Portugal
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2015-2018 Accademie Nacional Superior de Orquestra, Portugal, BA, Prof. Nuno Inácio
2018-2020 Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, MA, Prof. Robert Winn, Thaddeus Watson
2020-2023 Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Konzertexamen, Prof. Robert Winn
seit WiSe 2023 Folkwang Universität der Künste, MA OR, Prof. Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann
Orchester:
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2016-2019 Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal, Aushilfe
2016-2018 Lisbon Film Orchestra, Portugal, Aushilfe
2017 Orquestra de Camara de Almada, Portugal, Soloflöte
2018 Orquestra Filarmonica Portugesa, Portugal, Aushilfe
2019-2023 Orquestra Gulbenkian, Portugal, Aushilfe
2020 Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Aushilfe
2021-2022 Essener Philharmoniker, Orchesterakademie
2022 Duisburger Philharmoniker, Aushilfe
2022-2023 Essener Philharmoniker, Zeitvertrag 2. Flöte mit Piccolo
2023 Dortmunder Philharmoniker, Aushilfe
2023/24 SWR Sinfonieorchester, Solopiccolo, Aushilfe
2024 Beethovenorchester Bonn, Solopiccolo, Zeitvertrag
Gürzenichorchester Köln, Festanstellung 2. Flöte/Piccolo
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Preise und Stipendien:
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2010 IV. Concurso Internacional Terras de La Salette, Portugal, 2. Preis
Concorso Pacos Premium, Portugal, 3. Preis
2011 V. Concurso Internacional Terras de La Salette, Portugal, 3. Preis
2012 Concurso Santa Cecilia, Portugal, 3. Preis
2013 VII. Concurso Internacional Terras de La Salette, Portugal, 1. Preis
2014 Concurso Premio Bom Tempo, Portugal, 1. Preis
VIII. Concurso Internacional Terras de La Salette, Portugal, 2. Preis
2017 V. Concurso de Sopros do Alto Minho, Portugal, 1. Preis
2018 Concurso Premio Inatel Metropolitana, Portugal, 1. Preis
Classical Summer Festival, Portugal, 2. Preis
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