Prospectus Festival- Ensemble Stuttgart 2006 15 August 11 September MEET MOZART INTERNATIONALE BACHAKADEMIE STUTTGART www.bachakademie.de
A unique opportunity Come study, rehearse and perform music over a four week period with the renowned Bach expert Helmuth Rilling. Helmuth Rilling founded the Festivalensemble Stuttgart in 2001 and since then has been its principal director. Apply now to take part in the 2006 sessions! Applications are invited from musicians worldwide. Singers should be aged between 18 and 30 and orchestral musicians aged between 18 and 28. Who, where, when The following works by W. A. Mozart will be studied and performed in 2006: Mass in c minor KV 427 Requiem in d minor KV 626 (both reconstructed and completed by Robert Levin) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in d minor KV 466 Kyrie in d minor KV 341 All works will be performed several times. Rehearsals and concerts will take place from August 15 to September 11. You must be available for the whole time. The concerts of the Festivalensemble Stuttgart will be a major point of the Europäischen Musikfest Stuttgart. Other concerts will take place within the renowned Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Rheingau Music Festival and in the Essen Philharmony. Choir members are also encouraged to work with the voice coaches on additional works which they can bring with them. These can be performed within an open stage program in Stuttgart. Internationally renowned music teachers and professors of the oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass will work with the ensemble in group and general rehearsals. Travel, accommodation, meals and course fee costs will be paid for by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart for all members of the ensemble. A 15.- (Euro) registration fee is charged for all applicants.(*) (*) special conditions apply for applicants from Eastern Europe, GUS and Africa.
Auditions take place in Europe, Canada and the USA between March 1 and 19, 2006. After auditioning, successful candidates will be notified no later than 30 April 2006. Applicants who cannot attend to one of our audition cities can send us a good quality recording on either MiniDisc, MC, CD or DVD to reach our office in Stuttgart before March 17. Closing date for applications is February 24, 2006. The course languages are German and/or English. Candidates should have a good working knowledge of either of these languages. Auf einen Blick The best and quickest way to communicate with us is via email. Further details about the course, audition pieces, music, size of the ensemble, concerts and contact details are available from our website: www.festivalensemble.org The following works are available on CD conducted by Helmuth Rilling: Mass in c minor Hänssler Verlag, no. 098227000 Kyrie and Requiem Hänssler Verlag, no. 098146000 The Festivalensemble Stuttgart is made possible through the generous sponsorship of Our Thanks
www.festivalensemble.org stands for the Festivalensemble Stuttgart an annual project organised by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart and sponsored exclusively by E.ON AG and E.ON Ruhrgas AG. The ensemble was founded in 2001 and has rapidly developed into one of Europe s leading ensembles of its kind, impressing the public and critics alike with their concerts in Stuttgart, Kloster Eberbach (Rheingau Music-Festival), Bonn (Beethovenfeste), Berlin, Leipzig, Essen and Athens (Festival). During the first four seasons the emphasis was on large scale choral and symphonic works. 2001 Verdi, Messa da Requiem / Messa per Rossini 2002 Beethoven, Missa solemnis / Fidelio 2003 Mahler, 2. Symphony / Berg, Violin concerto & Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem 2004 Bruckner, 9. Symphony & Te Deum / Mendelssohn, Elijah www.festivalensemble.org In 2005 and 2006 focus is set on music by Johann Sebastian Bach and W. A. Mozart. The ensemble size is smaller and so the corresponding musical and personal demands placed on each musician are substantially higher. Soloists: mixed Choir (55 singers) Orchestra: flute, oboe (2), clarinet (2), bassoon (2), horn (4), trumpet (2), trombone (3), timpani, strings (10,8,6,5,3), organ. Positions for flute, timpani, organ and the solo positions are not available through audition. Cast Salem International College
Please complete in CAPITAL letters and send or fax to: Festivalensemble Stuttgart 2006 15 August 11 September 2006 Festivalensemble Stuttgart Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Platz 70178 Stuttgart Germany Fax: +49 711.619 21 12 Application Form Applications can also be made online from our website. Closing date for applications is February 24, 2006 Please tell us how you learned about the Festivalensemble Stuttgart: Instrument/Voice Surname First Name Date of Birth Nationality Street Post Code/Zip Country Phone Fax Email
Application Form Please give a brief resume of your studies and experience so far on an extra page. Name of your teacher(s) I would like to apply for an audition to take part in the Festivalensemble Stuttgart. I am available for audition during the period March 1 March 19, 2006 and if accepted I can take part for the period 15 August 11, September 2006. I enclose 15 as my registration and audition fee Credit card (Mastercard Visa Amex) Credit Card Number Valid until I can audition at (please tick a box): Munich Cologne Hannover Berlin London Paris Stuttgart Wien Budapest Cluj-Napoca Krakau Vilnius Riga St. Petersburg Kopenhagen Montreal Toronto New York Bloomington Minneapolis Portland (OR) Los Angeles Fort Worth I will send a recorded audition before March 17, 2006 Signature Date please include a passport sized photo with your application.
Requirements Choir Experience in ensemble singing and a thorough preparation of the main works. Candiates must accurately prepare the audition pieces. Excellent pronounciation of the Latin texts, ability to sight read and the ability to sing without vibrato so that the voices blend well. Orchestra Thorough preparation of all the main works. Orchestral members should also be prepared to play any part within their respective instrument groups. Auditions Auditions will take place in various cities worldwide between March 1 and 19, 2006. You can find a list of the audition places on the application form; further details will be published as they become available on our web page. Applicants who cannot attend to a live audition can also send us a good quality recording on either MiniDisc, MC or CD before March 17, 2006. The conditions for submitting a recorded audition can be found on our website. Successful applicants will be required to sign an agreement with the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart accepting the rules and conditions of the Festivalensemble including a committment to intense preparation of the works before and during the rehearsals and a full participation from August 15 to September 11, 2006
the Professors Helmuth Rilling Artistic Director Founder and Director of the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, the Gächinger Kantorei, the Bach Collegium Stuttgart and the Festivalensemble Stuttgart has recorded all of Bach s choral and orchestral works (the only musician to have done so) was awarded numerous national and international prizes and decorations Grammy Award in 2000 for best choral performance Kathy Saltzman Romey Choir preparation Director of Choral Activities at the University of Minnesota Artistic director of The Minnesota Chorale principal Chorus Master for the Oregon Bach Festival and extensive collaboration with Helmuth Rilling in choral/orchestral preparation Nigel Shore Oboe Principal 1 st oboe at the Komische Oper Berlin founding member of chamber ensembles such as the Berlin Oboe Quartet, Aureus Ensemble or KO5 Ralf Forster Klarinette Principal clarinet Berlin Symphony Orchestra guest professor at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory, Berlin Marc Engelhardt Fagott First bassoon with Radio Symphony Saarbrücken professor at the Hochschule für Darstellende Kunst und Musik Stuttgart Christian Dallmann Horn Professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin from 1979 to 2000 principal horn at the Berlin Sympony Orchestra, teacher with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra Caracas
the Professors Eckhard Schmidt Trumpet Solotrumpet at the State Opera Orchestra Hamburg trumpet professor at the Musikhochschule, Hamburg Sebastian Krause Posaune First solo trombone at the Sinfonieorchester of the MDR Leipzig teacher at the Hochschule für Musik F.M. Bartholdy Leipzig Gernot Süßmuth Violine Leader of the Weimar Staatskapelle works with orchestras such as European Union Chamber Orchestra also as a conductor regularly teaches at the Franz Liszt Academy in Weimar Erich Krüger Viola First viola with the Chamber Orchestra Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Berlin and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart professor for Viola at the Franz Liszt Academy in Weimar Hans-Jakob Eschenburg Violoncello Principal solo cellist with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra teacher at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin Frithjof Martin Grabner Double Bass Long years solo double bass with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin member of renowned chamber orchestras professor at the F. M. Bartholdy Conservatory, Leipzig All the above instrumental professors work regularly with the Bach Collegium Stuttgart and Helmuth Rilling. More detailed biographies can be found on our website.
Places and Times August 15 29, 2006 Salem International College in Überlingen on Lake Constance Individual, group and tutti tuition, coaching and rehearsals. Public concerts. August 30 September 11, 2006 Concert tour with Mozart Mass in c-minor to the international Salzburg and Lucerne Festivals and to the Rheingau Festival followed by extensive concert activites within the Europäischen Musikfest Stuttgart. Mozart s Requiem will be performed in the Essen Philharmony and Stuttgart together with Kyrie and piano concerto KV 466 towards the end of this second phase. Application Please complete the application form and send or fax it to us. Or better: apply online from our website: www.festivalensemble.org. Contact Tobias Ebel Tel.: +49 711.619 21 28 Elisabeth Janku Tel.: +49 711.619 21 15 Fax: +49 711.619 21 12 E-mail: festivalensemble@bachakademie.de Impressum Festivalensemble Stuttgart 2006 Artistic Director: KMD Prof. D. Dr. h.c. mult. Helmuth Rilling Managing Director: Andreas Keller Published by The Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Platz, D-70178 Stuttgart Tel: +49 711.619 21 0, Fax: +49 711.619 21 23 office@bachakademie.de www.bachakademie.de Photos: Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Michael Latz Layout: Brodbeck Grafic Design, Sindelfingen Druck: Werner Böttler, GrafikSatzBildDruck, Walddorfhäslach Date of print: November 2005 all contents maybe subject to change if necessary