I.C.I. WORKSHOP KROMERIZ (CZECH REPUBLIC)

WHERE:

Kroměříž, Czech Republic [map], is a charming UNESCO-preserved city in southeast Czech Republic, accessible by train or bus from Vienna, Bratislava, Prague, or Krakow. The town is renowned for its Archbishop's Palace and its historical significance.

WHEN:

FACULTY:

KIRK TREVOR

Internationally known conductor, recording artist, and educator Maestro Kirk Trevor is a regular guest conductor in the world’s most prestigious concert halls. He has been Music Director of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra since 1988, and the Missouri Symphony since 2000, and was Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra from 1985 until 2003. In 2000 Maestro Trevor forged a new relationship with the famed Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, recording American music for a consortium of independent record companies, and in 2006 Maestro Trevor began a new collaboration with Naxos Records. With almost 80 releases since 1997, this makes Kirk Trevor one of the world’s most recorded conductors within the past decade. As a guest conductor Maestro Trevor has appeared with over 40 orchestras in twelve countries. Recent appearances have included the Orchestra Sinfonica Sao Paolo, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Estonian National Symphony, the Warsaw Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, the Virginia Symphony, the Savannah Symphony, the Sofia Philharmonic, and the Bern Chamber Orchestra. In 2003 he made his London Symphony Orchestra debut, and in 2007 his Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Chamber Orchestra.

Maestro Trevor has been widely recognized as one of the leading conducting teachers in the world. He has been Director of Orchestras at both the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and Ball State University, and has been a master teacher for the American Symphony Orchestra League as well as the Conductor’s Guild. In 1991 Maestro Trevor co-founded the International Workshop for Conductors (now International Conducting Institute) held in the Czech Republic each summer.

DONALD SCHLEICHER

Donald Schleicher has served as Professor of Conducting and Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Illinois since 1995. He was also on the faculty of the University of Michigan for nine years. Professional positions include eight years as Music Director and Conductor of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and for nine summers, he was Music Director and Principal Opera Conductor for the Pine Mountain Music Festival. At the outset of his career, he spent seven years as a high school band director in Williamsville, New York.

Schleicher has conducted the Inchon (South Korea) Philharmonic, the Daegu (South Korea) Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Filarmonica de la UNAM of Mexico City, the South Dakota Symphony, and the orchestras of Bridgeport, Tallahassee, and Lansing. He has also appeared as a guest conductor at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Detroit. In April of 2011, he will lead the production of “The Merry Widow” with the Missouri Opera Theater.

He is frequently invited to lead performances or provide conducting master classes at many of the countries major music schools such as the Oberlin Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Baylor University, University of Minnesota, Ithaca College, Ohio State University, and Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. As an enthusiastic advocate of public school music education, Mr. Schleicher has conducted All-State orchestras, festivals, and youth orchestras in nearly every state of the United States. He is also active as a clinician for public school music educators.

As a conducting professor, Mr. Schleicher’s class is an international draw for talented young conductors. Many of his former conducting students have gone on to hold prestigious positions with organizations such as the San Francisco Symphony, the New York Metropolitan Opera, Richmond Philharmonic, the Philharmonia of Kansas City, and the Seattle Symphony. In the summer of 2010, he served as lead instructor for the International Conducting Workshop in the Czech Republic as well as faculty for the Omaha Symphony Conducting Workshop. In March of 2011, he will join Gustav Meier as a teacher for the ICW in Ann Arbor, MI.

TOMAS NETOPIL

After his successful debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Philharmonia Orchestra London in autumn 2010, Tomas Netopil conducts in the season 2011/12 for the first time the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks München and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. In addition, he has been re-invited to work with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonie Essen and conducted concerts in Stuttgart, Cagliari, Tampere and Graz.

At the Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden Tomas Netopil directs the new production of La Clemenza di Tito and the revival of Rusalka. At the National Theater in Prague, where he is since 2009 music director, he conducts the new production of Dvorak's Jacobin. In spring 2012 he will make his debut with the Flying Dutchman at the New National Theatre Tokyo.

In the preseasons Tomas Netopil conducted new productions at the Opéra National de Paris (Katya Kabanova), at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia (The Bartered Bride) and at the Teatro Regio Torino (Idomeneo). He has performed at the Staatsoper München, the Salzburger Festspiele, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Carlo Felice Genova, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro Regio Torino, Teatro Comunale in Bologna and at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Tomas Netopil conducted at the Bayerische Staatsoper München, Salzburger Fest-spiele, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Carlo Felice Genova, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro Regio Torino, Teatro Comunale Bologna and Teatro La Fenice Venezia.

In concert he appeared with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Geneve, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Filarmonica della Scala,Accademia Santa Cecilia Roma, Oslo Philharmonic Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Orchestre National du Capitole Toulouse,Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, Philharmonie Essen, at the Teatro Sao Carlos Lisboa and Teatro Lirico Cagliari.

Tomas Netopil studied violin and conducting in his native Czech republic as well as at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm under the guidance of Prof. Jorma Panula, who has taught many prominent conductors. In 2002 he won the 1st Sir Georg Solti Conductors Competition at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, where the jury included Michael Gielen, Gary Bertini, Sylvain Cambreling and Paolo Carignani.

ENSEMBLE:

Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, based in Zlin, CZ (20km east of Kroměříž) was established in 1945. The orchestra has worked with a number of distinguished conductors and since the 2008–2009 season the principal conductor has been Stanislav Vavřínek. With a repertoire ranging from major symphonic works to jazz and popular music, the orchestra collaborates with various musicians and ensembles, giving concerts in the Zlín region, as well as touring in the Czech Republic and abroad throughout Europe and in the United States. Cooperation with radio and television stations as well as recording sessions have become an integral part of the orchestra’s activities.

REPERTOIRE:

Pick one from each group:

Group One

• Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of the Fawn
• Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon Overture
• Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture
• Dvořák: In nature's Realm

Group Two

• Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
• Brahms: Symphony No. 1
• Schubert: Symphony No. 9

Group Three

• Mahler: Symphony No. 5
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Capricio Espanol

PODIUM TIME:

FEES:

TUITION and HOTEL with BREAKFAST:
2,500 € / participant
1,200 € / auditor

REGISTRATION DEPOSIT:
1,000 €
Deadline: May 21, 2012

ABOUT:

• 2 baton technique/conducting classes
• 4-6 score study sessions/score previews
• 12 video reviews
• Individual coaching and lessons

HOTEL:

There are many charming private hotels (called "pensions") in Kromeriz that are comfortable and centrally located. Each room is a private room with a private bathroom, and include breakfast. The cost of your accommodations are included in the total fee (see above). Sample photos of Kromeriz pensions:

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