This is the eleventh season of the NFM Orchestra Academy, a project aimed at preparing young musicians for work in orchestras. We invite you to the February open rehearsal of an orchestra consisting of participants in this year’s edition.

One element of the season-long workshops is orchestral classes, giving young musicians  an opportunity to explore a wide range of orchestral repertoire and to put into practice the knowledge gained during tutorials and section rehearsals. It also provides an opportunity to collaborate with top-class musicians. The February classes will be led by maestro Pascal Rophé – music director of the Croatian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra from September 2022, and music director of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire from February 2013 to July 2022. Under his direction, participants of the NFM Orchestra Academy will work on Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 in D minor op. 120.

For several years now, the NFM Orchestra Academy has offered an opportunity to witness the creative process that takes place during a professional orchestra rehearsal – a process that usually culminates in a concert. The final hour of a tutti rehearsal is open to the audience. Come and join us – your presence is an additional motivation for the young people and a catalyst for unleashing their emotions, because without them genuine artistry is hard to achieve.

The open rehearsal will last one hour and will be held without intermission.

Concert cofinanced from the Creativity Support Fund of Society of Authors ZAiKS