Conducting Masterclass
The 10th International MasterclassBudapest for Conductors by Jorma Panula will be held from 21 to 26th of August in 2024, with the participation of the MÁV Symphony Orchestra. Application period is open till 30th of June.
The masterclass is open for all conductors, without age limit. Based on the online application material, 9 active participants will be selected by Maestro Panula. Each active conductor will get about 150 minutes podium time in front of the full symphony orchestra in total. The sessions will be recorded and the videos will be discussed after the orchestral sessions. Selected conductors will get the possibility to conduct on the final, public concert on the 26th of August at the prestigious great hall of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Budapest (Olasz Kultúrintézet). Passive participation is also possible. The official language of the masterclass is English. For repertoire and more information click here.
The masterclass is open for all conductors, without age limit. Based on the online application material, 9 active participants will be selected by Maestro Panula. Each active conductor will get about 150 minutes podium time in front of the full symphony orchestra in total. The sessions will be recorded and the videos will be discussed after the orchestral sessions. Selected conductors will get the possibility to conduct on the final, public concert on the 26th of August at the prestigious great hall of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Budapest (Olasz Kultúrintézet). Passive participation is also possible. The official language of the masterclass is English. For repertoire and more information click here.
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Born in Finland, Jorma Panula was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra from 1963 to 1965, the Helsinki Philharmonic from 1965 to 1972 and the Aarhus Symphony from 1970 to 1973. He has been a frequent guest conductor of the Finnish National Opera.
Panula was Professor of Conducting at the Sibelius Academy from 1973 to 1994 and the faculties of the Stockholm Royal Academy and the Copenhagen Royal Academy. He is now a guest conductor and professor of conducting courses all over the world including Paris, London, Amsterdam, Moscow, New York, Tanglewood, Aspen, Ottawa and Sydney. As a pedagogue, Panula has been a teacher and mentor to many Finnish conductors of successive generations, such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mikko Franck, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Osmo Vänskä and Klaus Mäkelä. Panula studied church music and conducting at the Sibelius Academy. His teachers have been: Leo Funtek, Dean Dixon, Albert Wolff and Franco Ferrara. Apart from conducting, he has composed a wide variety of music. His operas Jaako Ilkka and the River Opera established a genre entitled "performance opera" for its fusion of music, visual art and the art of daily life. Panula's other compositions include musicals, church music, a violin concerto, jazz capriccio and numerous pieces of vocal music. |
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