Since 18^th July, Răzvan Suma has been teaching the master class entitled 'Playing at Altitude' in Poiana Ştampei, Suceava.

The first edition of the master class 'Playing at Altitude' concludes on 26^th July. How would you describe the twenty students?

 As the name of the master class implies, I think they all performed at a high level. We held a concluding concert in the Synagogue in Bistriţa during which they all performed very well, and today we will hold another one. Their performance is truly at a high 'altitude'.

In your own opinion, what are the qualities that an instrumentalist needs to possess in order to be awarded the title of the best student at the 'Playing at Altitude' master class?

 You can tell one's quality after the first notes, perhaps after the first half a minute of playing, but that's not what's important. We don't want to hold a competition, we simply want to reward someone who deserves to be rewarded and I assume that each and every one of them will, at some point, deserve to be rewarded with a concert or a recital. There are in fact three awards, this concert in Cluj, and two recitals in the Synagogue in Bistriţa, which is most likely the most important concert hall in the Bistriţa area.

Will you please tell us a few words about your collaboration with Ştefan Horvath, the other master class trainer?

I have been collaborating with him since I was in the first grade in school and it is a very emotional get-together, and it seems that we had the same energy going into this master class as we had in the past when we first started playing in a trio together, and I am sad because it is ending.