The advanced course for orchestra musicians, reserved for qualified musicians, allows to achieve specific skills in the concert, opera and ballet repertoire. The course, spread over two years, after a first period dedicated to exercises and rehearsals, provides an intense performing program including concerts and opera productions. It also provides for the creation of a string orchestra (20 items), an ensemble of woodwind and a brass and percussions ensemble, to create greater understanding between the students and develop their listening skills.
The teaching is entrusted to the First Parts of the Teatro alla Scala for the lessons of solo instrument and the instrumental sections. The orchestral exercises are entrusted to the conductors Daniele Rustioni and Pietro Mianiti. Will be guest conductors of the orchestra, among others, the masters: Marco Angius, Enrique Mazzola, Mikhail Tatarnikov and Yuri Temirkanov.
During previous editions of the course, musicians performed at the Teatro alla Scala, the Piccolo Teatro, the Teatro Dal Verme, the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, the Teatro Verdi in Brindisi, and during the music event Festival MiTo. They also went on various tours, including to the United Arab Emirates (2008) and Denmark (2009). The orchestra will soon perform on tour in Russia at the Ravello Festival.
Some recent important productions in which the musicians performed are the ballet Il pipistrello in 2006, correographed by Roland Petit, and Ascanio in Alba by Mozart. In 2007 and 2008 they performed two Mozart operas, Così fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro, as well as Serata Petit, as an homage to the French choreographer. In 2009 they performed in the ballet Sogno di una notte di mezza estate, with choreography by George Balanchine, in Donizetti’s opera Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali di Donizetti (2009) and in Rossini's L'occasione fa il ladro (2010) and L'italiana in Algeri (2011).
Conductors in this masterclass have included, among others, Giovanni Antonini, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Ottavio Dantone, Christopher Franklin, Marco Guidarini, Nicola Luisotti, Enrique Mazzola, Pietro Mianiti, Stefano Ranzani, Corrado Rovaris, and Daniele Rustioni.
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Individual lessons and section exercises, First Sections of the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
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Orchestral rehearsals, Pietro Mianiti, Daniele Rustioni, other guest conductors
Duration: two years (9 months+9 months), starting in February 2012.
Frequency: compulsory, daily/evening as needed.
Eligibility: Musical instruments final licence from a conservatory or state recognized music school.
Selection
To be admitted it's necessary to attend a selection divided in 2 moments. The first one for practice, with the execution of the piece indicated into the contest program, of a piece for solo instrument without piano, choosen by the applicant and of the orchestral excerpts listed into the contest program. The second one will consist of an interview.
The complete list of the music contest pieces will be soon available on this website.
Max participants: 71 including 43 string instruments (12 first violins, 10 second violins, 8 violas, 7 cellos, 6 basses), 3 flutes*, 3 clarinets*, 3 oboes*, 3 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 harp, 3 tympani/percussions (*with the requirement of the special instruments).
Call and application form
Not available; the 2011/2013 biennium is currently underway.
Further information
For questions and insights about this course, go to the contact page or fill out the request form on the side of this page. You can also call us at + 39 02 8545.111.
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