History

I launched Copper & Cow in the spring of 2024 with twenty young timpanists from many corners of the globe, Lilian Genn from Vienna, Rainer Seegers from Berlin, Markus Rhoten from New York and Marek Stefula from Leipzig. After a fabulous week nerding out with a ton of copper and quite a lot of cow at Colditz Castle, I decided it couldn’t remain a one-off.

Having persuaded all the participants in advance to think beyond Krüger 45, Delécluse 29 and Beethoven 9…..I thought it might be a good idea to complement the original Copper & Cow with a second, contrasting course, with its emphasis purely on audition repertoire. Thus, Copper & Cow Probespiel was born in autumn 2024.

So, since 2025, both masterclasses – the original Copper & Cow having received the epithet Unleashed – continue (with a little fine-tuning) in their original form, in the spring-autumn cycle.

See below what we got up to at Copper & Cow up till now: