DAS KRITISCHE ORCHESTER THE CRITICAL ORCHESTRA - "Hanns Eisler" Berlin

DAS KRITISCHE ORCHESTER®
THE CRITICAL ORCHESTRA
The Workshop for Interactive Conducting

XVII. Workshop, 20th - 23rd June 2019 in Berlin (Germany)

A cooperative project of the German Music
Council’s Conducting Forum and the Hanns Eisler
Hochschule for Music in Berlin

Inspired by an idea from Klaus Harnisch
2002 founded by Christhardt Gössling

Das Kritische
Orchester®

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Projektgesellschaft mbH
Dirigentenforum                       Das Kritische Orchester

Weberstraße 59                        Charlottenstraße 55
D-53113 Bonn                          D-10117 Berlin

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Editors: Eva Pegel, Lisa Valdivia

The Critical Orchestra - Das Kritische Orchester®
A cooperation between Dirigentenforum (the Conductors’ Forum) and Hanns
Eisler Music Academy

The Critical Orchestra / Kritisches Orchester® unites members of well-known
orchestras, who gather on a voluntary basis to offer young junior conductors a
globally unique teaching situation. It is the musicians themselves who give the
feedback and suggestions to the conductors during the rehearsal phase. The
young talents thus benefit from the experience of the musicians from orches-
tras such as the Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, Deutsche Oper,
Komische Oper, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester
Berlin, NDR-Elbphilharmonie-Orchester, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Nieder-
sächsisches Staatsopernorchester, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and others.

Among the participants of past directors’ workshops were Patrick Lange, Eivind
Gullberg Jensen, David Afkham and Kristiina Poska.

Artistic Direction
Prof. Lothar Strauß
Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
First Concertmaster, Staatskapelle Berlin

Conducting Mentor
Prof. Lutz Köhler

Teachers
Prof. Heinz Schunk
The Critical Orchestra

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Dates

Thu, 20th June 2019
14.00 - 18.00 Preparation / piano rehearsals (Dvořák)
19.00 - 21.00 Manner of bowing / bow technique

Round 1 (10 candidates)
Fri, 21st June 2019
10.00 - 13.00 Rehearsal with the Critical Orchestra
14.00 - 17.00 Rehearsal with the Critical Orchestra, afterwards judging
18.00 Uhr Teamtime / feedback

Round 2 (5-8 candidates)
Sat, 22nd June 2019
10.30 - 13.00 rehearsal with the Critical Orchestra
14.00 - 16.30 rehearsal with the Critical Orchestra, afterwards judging
17.30 Uhr teatime / feedback

Round 3 /Final open to public (2-5 candidates)
Sun, 23rd June 2018
11.00 - 15.00 rehearsal with the Critical Orchestra
Standing reception

(subject to change)

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Works

Round 1
Antonín Dvořák
Serenade for Strings in E major Op. 22

Round 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.40 in G minor KV 550

Round 3
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73

Venue

Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin
Location Neuer Marstall
Schlossplatz 7
10178 Berlin

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Application Requirements

Young conductors nearing the end of their studies or beginning their professio-
nal careers are eligible to participate in the Critical Orchestra’s 2019 Workshop
for Interactive Conducting. A fee of EUR 100 will be charged for participation
in the workshop. Travel and accommodation expenses must be covered by the
participants themselves.

The application is only possible online. Please use the online application form,
which is available on the Conductors‘ Forum website:
https://www.dirigentenforum.de/en/the-critical-orchestra/application/

The application deadline is 28th February 2019.

In addition to the application form, please submit (via wetransfer) a recent video
recording no more than 15 minutes in length of yourself conducting. The camera
should be placed to capture a frontal view (no filming from the back). The video
recording should include at least one excerpt from a Classic or Romantic sym-
phonic work. The application will only be considered if the video is received by
the 28th February 2019 deadline.

With the submission of the Online Application Form, you give your consent for
your personal information to be used as required by the organizers of the pro-
ject, including for public relations purposes; you also consent to the workshop
activities being photographed and recorded for inclusion on a DVD or for public
relations purposes. Any video recordings of the workshop provided to you by the
project organizers are exclusively for your private use.

German will be the language of the workshop, but English may be used.

The jury, on the basis of the applications received, will invite 10 conductors to
participate in the first round. In the following two rounds, the jury will select a
reduced number of participants. The decisions of the jury are legally binding.

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If you have any questions, please contact us:
Phone +49-(0)228-2091-140
e-mail: dirigentenforum@musikrat.de

Further information in English is available here:
https://www.dirigentenforum.de/en/the-critical-orchestra/

The Critical Orchestra 2019 is supported by:

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Das Kritische
Orchester®

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