PROGRAM
A. Dvorak, 7. Symphonie d-Moll, op. 70
A. Bruckner, 4. Symphonie, Es-Dur
Z. Kodaly, Dances from Galantha
B. Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
Participant provisions:
Active participant:
– conducting the orchestra for a minimum of 90 minutes;
– 60 minutes sessions with piano accompaniment;
– participation in all meetings, classes and rehearsals;
– conducting at the final concert, if Maestro accept;
– video recording of all rehearsals with the orchestra and the final public concert.
Semi-active participant:
– 90 minutes individual lessons with Maestro;
– attending all meetings, classes, rehearsals and the final concert,
without an opportunity to conduct the orchestra.
The best participant will get this orchestra for a whole week extra time with a final concert for the audience!
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOSR) being the first professional symphony ensemble in Slovakia has a history of almost ninety years of remarkable activities. The most renowned artists that performed with SOSR as guest conductors were among others Charles Mackerras, Neeme Järvi, Kirk Trevor, Alain Pâris, Friedrich Haider, Andrew Mogrelia, David Porcelijn, Alexander Rahbari, Vladimir Spivakov, Petr Altrichter, Vladimír Válek, Yordan Kamdzhalov; as well as vocal and instrumental soloists including Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Boris Berezovskij, Edita Gruberová, José Carreras, Peter Dvorský, Adriana Kučerová, Štefan Kocán, Pavol Bršlík, Emmanuel Pahud, Daniel Ottensamer, Jiří Bárta, Dalibor Karvay, Milan Paľa, Juraj Bartoš and many others. International stars of light-music genre such as Ray Charles, Liza Minnelli or Shirley Bassey did also perform with SOSR as soloists.
Maestro Ondrej Lenard is since 2019 a chief conductor.
Tutor – Martin Sieghart
Martin Sieghart is one of the most versatile musicians of his country.
He is a conductor of worldwide demand, a teacher of many successful international students, a founder and music director of several festivals, a former longstanding principal cellist of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, organist, repetiteur and has acted as an accompanist on the piano for his own Opera and Orchestral projects.
Honorary Principal Conductor with the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra (Holland) (since 2009)
• Chief conductor of the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra (Holland) (from 2003- 2009)
• Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz. (2000-2016)
• Artistic Director of the chamber orchestra “Spirit of Europe” (2005-2008)
• Founder & Artistic Director of the opera festival “Mozart in Reinsberg” (2002-2006)
• Principal Guest Conductor of the Israel Chamber Orchestra (Israel) (from 2010- 2012)
• Principal Conductor and Music director of the Linz’s opera and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz(1992-2000)
• Co-founder of the “EntArteOpera” festival from 2011-2014
• Artistic Director & Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra ( 1990-1995)
Sieghart was invited to conduct The NHK Orchestra, Philharmonie London, Wiener Symphoniker, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Tschaikowsky-Symphony-
Concert
The concert program will be shared among participants.
The Final concert will be held 4th March 2022 in the Radio Concert Hall, Bratislava.
The dressed recording session will be provided at the end of the masterclass in case the concert is cancelled due to the pandemic.
Language
Maestro Sieghart can speak also German, Dutch, French, Italian.
Location
The course will take place in Bratislava, Mytna Street 1, Slovak Republic. The town is located 55 km from Vienna and 200km Budapest.
Accommodation
Accommodation costs must be covered by each participant of the course.
If you need assistance please contact course Manager to find accommodation.
Recording
All sessions with the orchestra will be video recorded and each conductor will receive his/her videos via internet.
You can use also your own cameras for video recording of piano sessions.
Video recording of orchestra rehearsals and the concert is included in the price.
