MASTER CLASS IN COMPOSITION 2018 BUDAPEST
| MASTER CLASS IN COMPOSITION 2018 BUDAPEST | |
| Summary: | Masterclass opportunity |
| Deadline: | 29 July 2018 |
| Date Posted: | 29 March 2018 |
| Details: |
She Lives is pleased to announce its Master class in Composition 2018. Our musical association had the privilege to work with some of the most important institutions and artists in the international panorama: Solisti della Scala di Milano, Roma Opera House, Accademia Chigiana, Filarmonica Romana, Fondazione Scelsi, Royal Embassy of Norway, Swiss Institute in Rome, and great artists such as Peter Eötvös and Lasse Thoresen. General Info Period: 25-29 August 2018 Place: Zeneház (House of Music) seat of Concerto Budapest Orchestra. Address: Páva utca 10, 1094 – Budapest Ensemble in Residence: piano and string quartet (members of The National Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Hungarian Opera House and Concerto Armonico). Ensemble conducted by Andreas Luca Beraldo. Final Concert: 29 August – House of Music. Budapest Professors: Sidney Corbett, Alessio Elia Courses Sidney Corbett / Alessio Elia – On writing for string quartet, with analytic examples from Ligeti, Scelsi and Lachenmann (and Beethoven and Bartók over our shoulders) Alessio Elia – Microtonality: from Spectralism to Polysystemism. From the overtone series to the simultaneous employment of different tuning systems. (Seminar based on lectures held at Cité de la Musique, The Hungarian Academy of Arts and Chigiana Academy) Sidney Corbett – San Paolo, opera after an unrealised screenplay by Pier Paolo Pasolini – Window technique: a way of managing proportions in musical composition with regard to metre, tempo, harmonic rhythm, density, register and dynamics The pieces of the students are analyzed and discussed by Corbett and Elia from the point of view of compositional techniques and aesthetics. The conductor and editor Andreas Luca Beraldo will provide instead a conductorial and editorial approach. ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS Active students are entitled to attend the courses, and invited to discuss their own works with professors during individual meetings. They can also take part to the final concert with a piece written for the ensemble in residence. PASSIVE PARTICIPANTS Passive participants are entitled to attend the courses and the discussions of active students about their works, but they cannot discuss their own works with the professors. Passive participants are invited to attend the rehearsals and the final concert of active students, but they cannot propose their own works. LANGUAGES The course is held in English. Individual meetings can be done in the following languages: Sidney Corbett: English, German, Spanish Alessio Elia: English, Italian, German, Hungarian PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPOSITION COURSE STUDENTS’ PIECES The course provides the performance of the students pieces during the final concert (Wednesday, 29 August – h. 19:30, House of Music). Composers are invited to write a piece for the ensemble in residence (with conductor): Piano and string quartet The piece can be written for any combination of the instruments present in the ensemble, from solo instrument to the whole group and must not be longer than 7 minutes. Scores and parts, preferably written with a music notation software (Finale, Sibelius, etc.), must be sent as a pdf file no later than 29 July 2018, to the following e-mail address: info@shelivesmusic.it APPLICATION To apply, send a CV and a piece written for the ensemble in residence (any combination of the instruments present in the ensemble, from solo instrument to the whole group, and no longer than 7 minutes) by the deadline, which is 29 July 2018. Within one week of submission the applicant will be notified about participation either as an active or passive student. Subsequently it will be necessary to pay the registration fee in accordance with the result of the application process. Students who wish to apply directly as passive participants should send only a copy of their identity card or passport, and pay the registration fee. FEES Course Fees Active Students: 560 € Listeners: 300 The fees should be sent to the following Bank Account Associazione SHE LIVES IBAN: IT17H0335901600100000131702 BIC/SWIFT (per le transazioni internazionali): BCITITMX Banca Prossima – Filiale di Milano, Piazza Paolo Ferrari 10, 20121 Milano SHE LIVES Address: Piazza della Libertŕ 20, 00192 – Roma (Italy). Deadline for enrollment and delivery of the pieces and parts 29 July 2018 |
| Web Site: | www.shelivesmusic.it/masterclass-eng/ |
