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with Vaasa City Orchestra and Maestro Jorma Panula
8.1.-12.1.2024
8.1.-12.1.2024
The PANULA-ACADEMY will present a Conducting Masterclass held between 8.1.-12.1.2024 in Vaasa, Finland. JORMA PANULA, one of the foremost conducting pedagogues in the world, will teach a select number of aspiring conductors in a four day long intensive masterclass with the assistance of the Vaasa City Orchestra. Each active participant will receive 20 minutes daily podium time with the orchestra and be taught by Maestro Panula himself. All active participants are given the opportunity to conduct in the final concert. All orchestra sessions will be video recorded for the daily video analysis.
The PANULA-ACADEMY will present a Conducting Masterclass held between 8.1.-12.1.2024 in Vaasa, Finland. JORMA PANULA, one of the foremost conducting pedagogues in the world, will teach a select number of aspiring conductors in a four day long intensive masterclass with the assistance of the Vaasa City Orchestra. Each active participant will receive 20 minutes daily podium time with the orchestra and be taught by Maestro Panula himself. All active participants are given the opportunity to conduct in the final concert. All orchestra sessions will be video recorded for the daily video analysis.
Programme:
Mozart: Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550
Beethoven: Overture to "Egmont", Op. 84
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Overture
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, Classical
Rossini: Overture to the Opera «Il barbiere di Siviglia
Jean Sibelius - Incidental music from "Belshazzar's Feast" Op. 51
The tuition fee:
Active participants 1500€
Application: By online application form. Deadline 3.12.2023.
Timetable:
Mon 12.00-16.00 rehearsal
Tue 10.00-14.00 rehearsal
Wed 10.00-14.00 rehearsal
Thu 10.00-14.00 rehearsal
Fri 12.00-18.00 dress rehearsal, 18.00 concert
Regular orchestral concerts in Vaasa date back to 1930, when an Orchestra Society was founded in the town. In 1974, the orchestra became part of the City of Vaasa.
Vaasa City Orchestra comprises 31 musicians. Tomas Djupsjöbacka has been the chief conductor of the orchestra since January 2021. Orchestra’s composer-in-residence is Markus Fagerudd. The orchestra works and performs in the historical Vaasa City Hall, in the center of Vaasa.
In addition to traditional symphonic concerts, the orchestra does concerts with other musical directions, for schools etc. The orchestra frequently collaborates with other neighboring orchestras.
Vaasa City Orchestra appears at various festivals during summertime such as Ilmajoki Music Festival, Korsholm Music Festival and Lohtaja Church Music Festival.
The orchestra also collaborates in a yearly opera production with Vaasa Opera Foundation and Vaasa City Theatre.
Since 1999, every third year, Vaasa City Orchestra has organized the International Jorma Panula Conducting Competition together with Viljo and Maire Vuorio Foundation. Vaasa City Orchestra operates also as the orchestra for annual Jorma Panula conductor course.
VENUE
VENUE
The masterclass will be held in the Concert Hall of the Vaasa City Hall. The hall has brilliant acoustics and is one of the most beautiful concert venues in Finland.
There are 450 seats. The Vaasa City Hall is located in the city centre.
Street address: Senaatinkatu 1, 65100 VAASA
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