Orlando Festival and Competition 2015

& Competition
20 - 30 AUGUST 2015
Henk Guittart, artistic director
INTERNATIONAL
CHAMBER MUSIC
FESTIVAL
& PIANO TRIO
COMPETITION
HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE ROLDUC
KERKRADE, THE NETHERLANDS
ORLANDO FESTIVAL 2015 (20 - 30 AUGUST)
The internationally renowned Orlando Festival was founded in 1982 by cellist Stefan
Metz of the former Orlando Quartet. Since its beginning the Orlando Festival has
successfully focussed on the art of chamber music. The intense work in a nice and
cosy atmosphere, with concerts, lectures, lessons, coachings, master classes and other
events has proven to be very beneficial to the development of young professionals,
conservatory students and (active and passive) amateurs. The Orlando Festival has a
glorious tradition of inviting interesting experienced musicians and coaches.
Since 2014 the Orlando Festival also hosts the Orlando Competition, an international
chamber music competition, the 2015 edition is for piano trios.
The 2015 edition of the Orlando Festival offers some new perspectives:
• The (re-) birth of artistic director Henk Guittart’s Gruppo Montebello, an ensemble of
about ten hand-picked musicians, performing and recording compositions from the
Archives of the Viennese Society for Private Musical Performances, concentrating
on chamber ensemble arrangements of orchestral pieces. The program highlights
Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony (1900) and Arnold Schoenberg’s late-romantic
song cycle op.8 (1903-1905). All members of the Gruppo Montebello will also
perform in various smaller combinations and teach ensembles and individuals.
• A fresh and unique approach of the Master Class, by inviting two teachers per
master class and by offering daily guidance for several physical and mental aspects
of music making.
• A Composer in Residence. Without composers there would be no music. The
Orlando Festival has invited composer Robin de Raaff as its guest of honor. He
will attend rehearsals of his various chamber music works, culminating in the first
performance of his work composed for the Gruppo Montebello.
• A wide variety of repertoire from three centuries, ranging from piano solo works
to large ensemble.
• In addition to the usual ensemble coachings the Orlando Festival now also offers
the possibility to have individual instrumental lessons.
ORLANDO COMPETITION 2015 (20-22 AUGUST)
The Orlando Competition strives to be a gentle and stimulating example of the
phenomenon of competing, by asking all competing ensembles to perform during all
three rounds and allowing the ensembles in the first and second rounds as well as in the
finals to freely choose their preferred compositions from the canon of the repertoire.
An important part of those three prizes is a fully scholar-shipped participation in the
2015 Orlando Festival, either in the Master Class, or in the Orlando Academy. And all
ensembles admitted to the Competition but not admitted to the final round will get a
partly scholar-shipped participation in the Orlando Academy.
JURY
Jury of the Orlando Competition 2015 for piano trios
Larissa Groeneveld, violoncello The Netherlands
(Osiris Trio, 1988-present) President of the jury
Alan R. Kay, clarinet/conductor U.S.A.
(Windscape, 1994-present, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)
Rainer Kussmaul, violin Germany
(Stuttgart Piano Trio, 1968-1997)
Hannes Minnaar, piano The Netherlands
(Van Baerle Trio, 2004- present)
Claus-Christian Schuster, piano Austria
(Schubert Trio, 1984- 1993, Altenberg Trio, 1993-2012)
ORLANDO COMPETITION PRIZES
1st Prize (Prix Charles Hennen) amounting to € 13.500,-
* A cash prize of € 4.500, * Concerts in the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Aachen (Germany) and another venue in the Netherlands in the season ‘15-‘16.
Total fee for these concerts is € 3.500, * Residency based on full scholarship of tuition, room and board in the International Masterclass for Piano trios during the Orlando Festival 2015. Value: € 5.500, * Performances during the Orlando Festival 2015
2nd Prize amounting to € 7.000,-
* A cash price of € 3.000, * Residency based on full scholarship of tuition, room and board in the Orlando
Academy during the Orlando Festival 2015. Value: € 4.000, * Performances during the Orlando Festival 2015
3rd Prize amounting to € 5.500,-
* A cash prize of € 1.500,-
* Residency based on full scholarship of tuition, room and board during the Orlando Festival 2015. Value: € 4.000, * Performances during the Orlando Festival 2015
APPLICATION AND MORE INFORMATION WWW.ORLANDOCOMPETITION.COM
ORLANDO ACADEMY
Are you younger than 26 and member of a chamber music ensemble? Then come to an
inspiring chamber music course at the renowned Orlando Festival in Kerkrade. The Orlando
Festival resides in the Conference Centre and Hotel Rolduc, a beautiful former abbey in the
south of The Netherlands.
Each group (from duo to nonet) receives six coachings from our performing musicians/
coaches (you can indicate on the subscription form which coach you prefer). On top of
that the ensembles will be performing on concerts and events in and around Rolduc, to
gain experience on stage. Ensembles benefit from the many daily festival activities and can
make valuable contacts for their further life and career as a musician. There will be special
workshops and lectures about various physical and mental aspects of being a musician. In
the evenings there are chamber music concerts where the faculty performs, often together
with the Master class ensembles.
Enrolment is possible for ensembles whose members are not older than 25 years on September
1, 2015. The total price per person is € 400,- for nine days. This includes tuition, tickets to
all Orlando Festival concerts and events, plus full room and board.
MUSICIANS/FACULTY
Mark Steinberg U.S.A.
Violin
Gruppo Montebello
Ingrid Geerlings The Netherlands Flute & piccolo James Austin Smith U.S.A.
Oboe & English horn
Alan R. Kay U.S.A. Clarinet & bass clarinet
Erik Schumann Germany*
Violin
Ken Schumann Germany*
Violin
Liisa Randalu Germany *
Viola
Mark Schumann Germany*
Violoncello
Szymon Marciniak Poland
Double bass
Hardy Rittner Germany
Piano
Dirk Luijmes The Netherlands
Harmonium
Henk Guittart The Netherlands
Conductor
Osiris Trio The Netherlands
Peter Brunt
Larissa Groeneveld
Ellen Corver
Violin
Violoncello
Piano
* Schumann Quartet Germany
INTERNATIONAL MASTER CLASSES
Music: Mind, Body and Soul, a new approach to Master classes
The prestigious master class of the Orlando Festival is well known nationally and
internationally, ever since its start in 1982. In the beautiful Rococo library at Rolduc young
professional ensembles receive daily coachings from renowned experts in the field of chamber
music. In 2015 two different master classes will be held, for string quartets and piano trios.
In addition to the fact that the Orlando Festival now offers two master class teachers, the
ensembles will also be guided on a daily basis by experts in group-communication, posture
and EFT(Emotional Freedom Techniques). During the Orlando Festival the ensembles will gain
more stage experience by performing at various concerts under guidance of their teachers.
Enrolment is possible for string quartets and piano trios with an average age of 32 years
on September 1, 2015, and with a maximum age of 35 years. The total price per person is
€ 400,- for nine days. This includes tuition, tickets to all Orlando Festival concerts and
events, plus full room and board. The Orlando Festival will select a maximum of three string
quartets and four piano trios. Please check our website for the requirements and more
information.
Teachers
Claus-Christian Schuster, piano Austria (Schubert Trio, 1984-1993, Altenberg Trio 1993-2012)
Mark Steinberg, violin U.S.A. (Brentano Quartet 1992- present)
Henk Guittart, viola The Netherlands (Schoenberg Quartet, 1976-2009)
John Grey, Ph.D. Psychologist & Communication Coach U.S.A.
Jeanine Crombé, Emotional Freedom Techniques Trainer Belgium
Elizabeth Williams, Posture Coach & Therapeutic Massage Therapist Canada
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APPLICATION DEADLINE APRIL 1, 2015
HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE ROLDUC
KERKRADE, THE NETHERLANDS