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Dirigierakademie
Intensive conducting masterclass for advanced conductors
June 13 - 16 2024
Dresden, Germany
Dirigierakademie is run by two experienced conductors, with advanced conducting students, early career conductors, and professional musicians in mind. As such we focus on choosing repertoire that will benefit all participants in both repertoire knowledge and conducting technique. We are excited to work with Maestro Neil Thomson, professor emeritus of the Royal College of Music and one of Europe’s finest conducting instructors. Collaborating with the Sinfonietta Dresden to provide the most realistic reflection of each participant’s interpretations, we strive to build a constructive and educational course for advanced conductors and professional musicians.
A maximum of 16 participants will be selected. In this course, 2 works will be taught each day, to maximize the learning opportunities for all participants. Repertoire assignment will be made in advance and communicated at least one month before the start of the course. Each participant will have:
- 60 minutes of podium time, all with full instrumentation of the repertoire
- Work on 3 pieces in total, and will conduct at least once each day
- an opportunity to perform a complete movement without stop
- Recordings of the video and audio of your conducting sessions
- Q&A session to ask questions regarding music and the industry
- Optional private prep session via Zoom with Maestro Matthew Lynch.
Repertoire List
Dvorak
Serenade for Strings
Dvorak
Serenade for Winds
Strauss, Richard
Serenade in Eb major
Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings
Mozart
Symphony No.41
Beethoven
Symphony No.4 mov't 1
Symphony No.5 mov't 1
Orchestra
The Sinfonietta Dresden was founded in 1994 with a concert conducted by Hans Christoph Rademann at the Orangery of Dresden-Pillnitz Palace, but the history of the orchestra goes back further than this. In 1987, at the time of the founding of the Dresden Chamber Choir (Dresdner Kammerchor), a few dedicated music students came together as the Young Dresden Chamber Orchestra (Junge Dresdner Kammerorchester). The Sinfonietta Dresden made a name for itself in the professional world primarily through regular concerts with the Dresdner Kreuzchor, the Singakademie Dresden, the choir of the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Dresden, the Meißner Kantorei, the Kantorei der Frauenkirche Dresden, the Universitätschor Dresden and the Bachchor Dresden, and as a partner of these important choirs it is no longer possible to imagine Dresden's musical life without this orchestra.
The orchestra has been invited to various festivals, such as the Dresden Music Festival, the Dreiklang Festival, the Koblenz Mendelssohn-Tage, the Dresden Contemporary Music Festival, the Spring Contemporary Music Days Weimar, the Halle Music Festival, the German Bach Festival, and the Lausitzer Musiksommer. The orchestra works closely with conductors such as Judith Kubitz, Elke Voigt, Ekkehard Klemm, Milko Kersten, Jan Michael Horstmann and Christfried Brödel.
Schedule
June 13
17:30 - 21:00
Meet & Greet silent conducting
June 14
9:30 - 12:00
Dvorak - Sereande for Strings
12:00 - 12:30
Showcase
13:30 - 15:55
Strauss - Serenade in Eb major
15:55 - 16:30
Showcase
16:30 - 17:00
Q&A
June 15
9:30 - 11:55
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings
11:55 - 12:30
Showcase
13:30 - 15:55
Dvorak - Serenade for Winds
15:55 - 16:30
Showcase
16:30 - 17:00
Q&A
June 16
9:30 - 12:05
Beethoven - 4.1 & 5.1
12:05 - 12:30
Showcase
13:30 - 15:55
Mozart - 41
15:55 - 16:30
Showcase
16:30 - 17:00
Q&A
