VI  MASTER CLASSES FOR YOUNG PIANISTS,
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTORS AND YOUNG ORCHESTRAS

León (Spain)

Date: from the 29th of June to the 5th of July, 2009

Horacio Gutiérrez, Piano   CURRICULUM >>>

Bruno Aprea, Orchestra Conducting   CURRICULUM >>>

Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Assistant DIrector   CURRICULUM >>>

Accompanying Pianist:  José Gallego  CURRICULUM >>>

JOVEN ORQUESTA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA (JONDE)  MÁS INFO>>>

The Course is intended for young pianists wishing to improve their interpreting and conducting ability, and for young orchestras.

The Course is also open to students, professors and musicians in general, and to anyone who wishes to assist as a listener.

REPERTOIRE
CONCERTS PLANNED FOR THE YEAR 2009

Beethoven, nº 4 en sol mayor Op. 58

Schumann, en la menor Op. 54

Brhams, nº 1 re menor Op. 15

Strauss, "Burlesca" en re menor

Shostakovich, Concierto nº 1 para piano, trompeta y cuerdas Op. 35 nº 2   
 

GENERAL INFORMATION
Places and phases of the course:

First phase: 29th and 30th June
Place: Auditorio Ángel Barja
Professional Conservatory of Music
Address: Calle Santa Nonia, 11 - León
Classes will be attended by the Accompanying Pianist José Gallego

Second phase: 1st to 5th of July
Place: Auditorio Ciudad de León.
Address: Avenida Reyes Leoneses, 4 - León
Classes will be attended by the Young Orchestra of Andalusia

Third phase: 4th and 5th of July
Place: Auditorio Ciudad de León.
Address: Avenida Reyes Leoneses, 4 - León
Rehearsals with the Young Orchestra of Andalusia and Gala Concerts 20:00 h

PLANNING OF THE COURSE
First phase: Auditorio Ángel Barja
29th and 30th of June - mornings – Maestro Horacio Gutiérrez will give classes to the pianists.
29th and 30th of June - afternoons - Maestro Bruno Aprea will give conducting classes, whose order he will establish with the pianists who will interpret the musicals pieces to be worked in each session.
At the end of this first phase of the Course maestros Horacio Gutiérrez and Bruno Aprea - Piano and Conducting – will select the students who will be allowed to pass to the following phase, which is to say, those who will be rehearsing with the Orchestra on the 1st to 5th of July.

Second phase: Auditorio Ciudad de León.
Second phase: 1st to 5th of July
Maestros Horacio Gutiérrez and Aprea will give Piano and Conducting classes, whose order will depend on their own criteria and decisions.
At the end of this second phase of the Course Maestro Horacio Gutiérrez and Maestro Aprea will select the students, among the ones who have rehearsed with the Orchestra, who will take part in the Gala Concerts on the 4th and 5th of July.

Third phase: Gala Concerts Auditorio Ciudad de León.
4th and 5th of July
During the mornings of the 4th and 5th of July will take place the rehearsals of the concerts which will be celebrated each evening.
The Gala Concerts will take place at 8.30pm and the entrance will be free for all students enrolled, no matter the modality.

SELECTION  PROCESS CALENDAR
ACTIVE STUDENTS
All active students must send the following documents before the deadline pointed out for each modality:
- Application form properly filled in.

- Curriculum
- Musical engagements of the last years.
- Three ID photos.
- Bank receipt of the payment of the registration rights (10% of the total amount of the cost of the Course: 55 €).

Pianists:
Pianists must send their Curricula Vitae and a video or a DVD with a recent personal recording of at least one of the concerts they will present at the Course (with an accompanying pianist or with an orchestra) before the 1st of April 2008. The concert must be recorded by heart.

Maestro Horacio Gutiérrez will carry out a selection of the received documentation and all students will be informed of the selection's results.

The selected pianists will have to enrol as active students before the 30th of May.

Conductors:
Conductors must send their curricula and their latest musical performances before the 30th of May, as before mentioned.

Active students of orchestra conducting must prepare the six concerts indicated in the repertoire of the Course.

Maestro Bruno Aprea will carry out a selection among the registered active students by means of a personal test on the 6th of July from 5.00pm on at the Fundación Eutherpe, whose address is: Calle Cardenal Landázuri nº 6.

The selected conductors will have to pay the total amount of the registration fee on the1st day of the Course.

NOTES:
Maestro Horacio Gutiérrez together with Maestro Aprea will have the last word on the selection process and on the decision about the total number of active students, as well as on the repertoire to be worked out by each student during the course.

Active students who will not be allowed to carry on as such upon the Maestros' decision during the Course's selection process will be allowed to attend as listeners if they wish it, and they will of course be refunded the difference of money between the registration fee's payment and the tests they have passed.

During the Course the piano students will be able to study at the León's Professional Conservatory of Music whose address is Calle Santa Nonia, or at the Eutherpe Foundation's School of Music, whose address is Calle Cardenal Landázuri 6, within the established time-table.

All students must bring the scores of the concerts indicated in the repertoire of the Course, and active students will have to bring the original scores and also the binded photocopies for their corresponding professor.

ENROLMENT AS LISTENER STUDENTS
Listener students are allowed to attend both piano and conducting classes, as well as the orchestra rehearsals and the Gala Concerts.

The registration's deadline for listener students is the 20th of June. In order to enrol they must send the application form properly filled in, and the bank receipt of the payment of the total amount of the fee.
The corresponding Certificate of Participation will be conferred to all active students, and the Certificate of Attendance will be also be conferred to listener students who will have attended the total schedule of the Course (50 teaching hours).

Registration Cost:
Active students pianists and directors: 550 Euros
Listener students: 160 Euros

Note: In case of any kind of repayment it should be considered that the 10% of the total amount of the registration fee concerns the registration rights and the course reservation, and therefore it will not be refunded.

Money will be payed at:
Bank Caja España
Branch: León – Catedral
Address: Plaza de Regla, 2 – 24003 León (España)
Holder: Fundación Eutherpe
Account Nº IBAN: ES34 2096 0502 5632 6318 3804
B.I.C./SWIFT/TARGET: CSPAES2L

Documentation will be sent to:
FUNDACIÓN EUTHERPE
C/ Cardenal Landázuri, 6
24003 León (España)

E-mail: fundacioneutherpe@factorcreativo.com
Fax: (00 34) 987 273 532

Accommodation:
We recommend the University Residence: Fundación Ademar,
C/ Miguel Castaño, 2. 24005 – León
E-mail: residenciafademar@ademar.com
Telephone number: 987 21 50 60 and 987 25 71 95

Arrivals are admitted from the 6th of July. Reception will be open from 6pm to midnight.
Deadline to reserve: 10th of June

Ademar Foundation collaborates with Eutherpe Foundation, thus providing active and listener students the following prices:
Full board in double room: 22 €/day
Full board in single room: 35 €/day
Accommodation Fee will be payed directly at the Reception of the Residence during the first days of the Course. Departure time of the 14th of July should be notified.

More information:
Tel: 987 24 8717 (from 10am to 1pm)
Fax: 987 273 532 (24 h.)
fundacioneutherpe@factorcreativo.com

Yamaha – Hazen will lend a grand piano during the entire length of the Course, including the Gala Concerts.

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Translated by José Ignacio Álvarez García

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