25.02–28.02.2020, Wrocław
The National Forum of Music cordially invites you to a Conductors’ Workshop, which will be held as part of the Beethoven Academy. One of the ideas of the Academy is the meeting of masters and outstanding artistic personalities with young musicians who are at the threshold of their careers. Teachers and students work together to prepare the works of the most famous composers and present their work during joint concerts. In previous editions, the Academy master classes were led by, among others: Philippe Herreweghe, Rachel Podger, Robert Hollingworth, Giovanni Antonini and Rinaldo Alessandrini.
The goal of the organizers of this year’s workshop is to enable graduates and students of conducting to deepen their skills in the field of performance practice of Ludwig van Beethoven’s works along with the presentation of the latest historical research, which gives more and more complete knowledge on how to read the composer’s scores.
Graduates and students of conducting at universities of music in Poland and abroad can take part in the workshop. The selected participants will have an opportunity to conduct the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic orchestra in a repertoire consisting of fragments of Beethoven’s Symphonies (indicated by the organizer in Annex 2) during rehearsals and a concert that will take place as part of the Beethoven Academy at the NFM on 28 February 2020.
During the workshop, renowned conductors and instrumentalists specializing in historical performance will work with the students and graduates participating: Jos van Immerseel, artistic director of the early music ensemble Anima Eterna Brugge, and Jarosław Thiel, artistic director of the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra. Classes with workshop teachers and orchestra will begin on 25 February 2020.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
due to technical reasons, the workshop schedule has changed:
Workshop schedule:
• 16 December 2020 – applications open
• 31 January 2020 – applications close
• 3 February 2020 – completion of the first stage of verification of candidates
• 7 February 2020 – announcement of the list of people qualified to participate in the workshop
• 14 February 2020 – payment deadline for participation in the workshop
• 25 February 2020 – workshop starts
• 28 February 2020 – concert of selected workshop participants with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
Candidates are asked to check the e-mail boxes to which information about the current status of the candidate has been sent.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please complete and send the application form available on the website along with the required audio-video recording. The recording should last a minimum of 15 minutes and contain the performance of a freely chosen work with an orchestral ensemble recorded not earlier than in the last 12 months.
Classes will take place in the building of the National Forum of Music at pl. Wolności 1 in Wrocław. The organizers will provide accommodation throughout the workshop.
The cost of participation in the workshop is EUR 50 or PLN 200.
Contact: kursdyrygencki2020@nfm.wroclaw.pl