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Robert Ward, Director
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2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Deborah
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Curriculum The curriculum offers a variety of experiences designed to inspire each pianist to a new level of musical understanding and performance. Each participant will receive private lessons with our Vienna-trained artist faculty prior to rehearsing with orchestra. Classes will present a background of 18th century performance style and culture, including the relationship between Mozart's opera style and characterizations and his piano concerti. Mozart's cadenza style will be examined. To experience the broader framework of the classical era, there will be excursions to nearby castles, including the amazing renaissance-era Schloss Rosenburg with its falconry demonstrations. We will visit the musical highlights in and around Vienna, including the homes and museums of Mozart (Figarohaus), Haydn, and Beethoven. In addition to our course events, all participants in the Piano*Fest*Austria Piano Concerti program are welcome to attend other course programs and events of the Altenburg Music Academy which will be taking place at the abbey during our stay.
Rosenburg Castle
Courses Festival Soloists Course Week One: July 25 - August 8, 2010 Week Two: August 1 - August 8, 2010 A maximum of 9 pianists will be chosen to rehearse and perform a complete Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven (No. 1 or No. 2 only) concerto with the Wiener Residenz Orchester in Festival Concerts. The course is divided into two one-week sessions. Festival programming considerations will determine which week the participant is invited. Program includes optional coaching in Lieder and opera accompaniment with Ildiko Raimondi, star of the Vienna State Opera. Festival Soloists may apply to extend their stay an additional week for coaching on solo repertoire. Participants chosen by audition. A maximum of 9 pianists will be chosen to rehearse and perform a complete Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven (No. 1 or No. 2 only) concerto with the Wiener Residenz Orchester in Festival Concerts. The course is divided into two one-week sessions. Festival programming considerations will determine which week the participant is invited. Program includes optional coaching in Lieder and opera accompaniment with Ildiko Raimondi, star of the Vienna State Opera. Festival Soloists may apply to extend their stay an additional week for coaching on solo repertoire. Participants chosen by audition.
Concerto Study Course July 25 - August 8, 2010 A maximum of 10 talented pianists of any age (students and teachers!) will be accepted to study a single movement of any original Mozart Concerto (i.e. K175 - K595), any Haydn Concerto, or Beethoven Concerto (No. 1 or No. 2 only), and to rehearse and perform this movement with the Wiener Residenz Orchestrer at the conclusion of the Course. The two-week long program will immerse participants in the Classical style through additional study of solo and four-hand repertoire, and coaching in Lieder and opera accompaniment. Participants chosen by audition. Parents, teachers and music lovers are invited to attend all events as Auditors.
Conducting for Pianists As a supplementary experience open to participants in the Concerto Courses, the Festival offers the opportunity for selected pianists to study conducting. This mini-course includes conducting theory, preparation techniques with soloists, 2-piano rehearsals of concerti, observation and discussion of professional conductors in Festival Concert rehearsals, culminating in a short rehearsal experience with the Wiener Residenz Orchester.
Repertoire
Faculty Robert Lehrbaumer (Vienna) Robert Ward (Los Angeles) Ildiko Raimondi (Vienna)
Orchestra in Residence Wiener Residenz Orchester
Tuition
Accommodations/Meals/Transportation A special package is available to participants upon request. Hotel up-grades are available upon request.
Application Fee: US $150 / Euro €110 (non-refundable) Registration Deposit: US $350 / Euro €257 (non-refundable if accepted) TOTAL Application Fee + Registration Deposit: US $500 / Euro €367 Application Fee + Registration Deposit will be payable upon application (all courses) and will be applied to the course tuition costs if accepted.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 15, 2010 In case of non-acceptance, registration fee (US $350 / Euro €257) will be refunded. Upon successful audition, 100% of the course tuition, less US $500 / Euro €367 (US $150 / Euro €110 application fee + US $350 / Euro €257 registration fee), is payable to “PianoFestAustria” by June 1, 2010 and is non-refundable. Participation and concerto selection cannot be confirmed until the course tuition is received. Once maximum number of participants is reached (9 Festival Soloists, 10 Study Course Participants), enrollment in the courses will be closed irrespective of deadline stated above. Students who have paid the course tuition in full and withdraw prior to the June 1, 2010 tuition deadline will be refunded 50% of the course tuition. There will be no refunds after June 1, 2010. (The first 50% of course tuition is non-refundable.) Students who have made partial course tuition payments over the first 50% and withdraw prior to the June 1, 2010 tuition deadline will be refunded the amount paid over the first 50%.
Auditions Auditions will be held in Vienna and Los Angeles at times to be announced. Interested applicants are urged to contact the director (see below) to confirm the choice of concerto and discuss audition requirements. DVDs of a performance of the selected concerto (with orchestra or second piano) will be accepted in lieu of a live audition. Please note: The work performed at the audition or on the DVD must be the same as the work intended for performance at the festival.
For further information, please contact Professor Robert Ward, Director Mozart Piano Concerti Festival & Courses in Austria Altenburger Musik Akademie robertward@pianofestaustria.org
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