Opera Masterclass 14 - Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 6 - 17 FEBRUARY 2023

Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 6 – 17 FEBRUARY 2023

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REPERTOIRE: 

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA by Gioachino Rossini
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Concert Version) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MADAMA BUTTERFLY by Giacomo Puccini
All operas are sung in Italian.
The Blue Danube Opera Conducting Masterclass 2023 (I) is limited to the first qualified 11 conductors who apply, are accepted, and confirm their places with a deposit. An unlimited number of auditors will be accepted at the reduced rate of EUR 500.
EACH CONDUCTOR RECEIVES
– private and group coaching;

– 20 minutes of orchestra rehearsal for each opera;
– 15 minutes of choir rehearsal for each opera;
– 20 minutes of Sitzprobe/Italiana rehearsal for each opera;
– ca. 1/3 of rehearsal with piano and cast / soloists for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of Generalprobe / dress rehearsal for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of an opera to conduct in public performance.
We are often asked if it is necessary for conductors to know all operas in order to take part in our Opera Conducting Masterclass. The answer is NO; we encourage conductors to divide their podium time between all operas, but some conductors trade podium time with one another so they are able to devote more time to and focus on only one or two operas. In our suggested and standard format, each active-participant conductor conducts a full act or ca. 1/3 of one of the operas in a public performance, in addition to having much rehearsal time on the other two.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us the following:

– your CV
– recent examples of your conducting
-the BDM Application Form, found on this website
– €50 – non-refundable application fee. Payment can be made using Visa/MasterCard (please ask for details); Western Union (please ask for details); or bank wire transfer (see below)
IF ACCEPTED, please send the deposit of €700.
MASTERCLASS FEES AND PAYMENT
€50 – non-refundable application fee;
€700 – deposit, refundable if the conductor cancels before 5 January 2023 for any substantial reason, such as health problems, impossibility to get a visa or any other such reasons. The reason must be in any case substantiated. In case of refunds, a waiting period of 4 – 6 months is to be expected.
€2.000 – balance fee due in cash, on the first day of the Masterclass. The balance fee, once paid, is non-refundable due to the financial obligations to the institution.
A limited number of passive participants / auditors will also be accepted for a fee of €500, exclusive of accommodation, transport or meals.
BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR BANK WIRE TRANSFERS
Bank name: BAWAG P.S.K.
Bank Address: Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
Name on account: Blue Danube Musikimpresario GmbH
IBAN: AT22 1400 0020 1000 6026
BIC: BAWAATWW
Reason for payment: Masterclass application and/or deposit fee (please send EUR only).

DAY-BY-DAY CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, 6 FEBRUARY
10.00 – 14.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Il barbiere di Siviglia
16.00 – 19.00 — cast rehearsal,  Il barbiere di Siviglia
TUESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY
10.00-14.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana,  Il barbiere di Siviglia
18.00-21.00 — Stage rehearsal, Il barbiere di Siviglia
WEDNESDAY, 8 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Orchestra / choir rehearsal (I), Le nozze di Figaro
18.00 —  Generalprobe / dress rehearsal,  Il barbiere di Siviglia  
THURSDAY, 9 FEBRUARY
11.00 —  Cast rehearsal, Le nozze di Figaro
19.00 —  public performance,  IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA  
FRIDAY, 10 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Orchestra / choir rehearsal (II), Le nozze di Figaro
16.00 -18.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana (I), Le nozze di Figaro
SATURDAY, 11 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana (II), Le nozze di Figaro  
16.00 — Generalprobe / Dress rehearsal, Le nozze di Figaro
SUNDAY, 12 FEBRUARY
DAY OFF
MONDAY, 13 FEBRUARY
10.00-14.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Madama Butterfly
16.00 — cast rehearsal,  Madama Butterfly    
TUESDAY, 14 FEBRUARY
11.00– stage rehearsal, Madama Butterfly
19.00 — public performance, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
WEDNESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY
11.00-15.00 Sitzprobe / Italiana,  Madama Butterfly
THURSDAY, 16 FEBRUARY
16.00 – Generalprobe / dress rehearsal, Madama Butterfly
FRIDAY, 17 FEBRUARY

19.00 – public performance, MADAMA BUTTERFLY

TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION The closest airport to Stara Zagora is the Sofia International Airport in the Bulgarian capital. State Opera Stara Zagora will organize ground transport from the airport to our accommodation and back for all conductors (2 hours and 20 minutes by car/mini-van).  Please arrive or be at the airport on Sunday, 5 September.

MAESTRO IVAYLO KRINCHEV.

Bulgarian conductor, Ivaylo Krinchev, graduated in 1989 from the National Academy of Music “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1989 in opera, symphonic and choral conducting. He undertook additional training in symphonic conducting in Masterclasses with Karl Oesterreicher in Vienna and IIya Musin in St. Petersburg.Between 1990 and 1995, Maestro Krinchev was resident conductor at Bulgarian State Opera Bourgas and with the Bourgas Philharmonic. During this time, he gained enormous symphonic and operatic conducting experience with a comprehensive repertoire.

Between 1995 and 1997, Krinchev was the general music director and general director of Bulgarian State Opera Bourgas. In 1999, he was appointed artistic director and conductor of the Dutch Impresario Agency, Euro Stage, where he conducted and toured with opera productions and performances in important venues in Spain, France and Switzerland.

Currently, Maestro Krinchev is the principal conductor at State Opera Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) and principal guest conductor at Bulgarian State Opera Bourgas and the Vidin (Bulgaria) Symphony Orchestra. His guest conducting activities include appearances with orchestras and opera companies in Bulgaria and abroad.

Since 2001, Krinchev has been professor of opera and orchestral conducting at the National Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria. Between 2002 and 2006,  he was a guest professor of orchestral conducting in Seoul, South Korea. Since then, he has worked closely with different orchestras in South Korea and was invited to conduct new productions of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in 2007 and Verdi’s Aida in 2018 in Gwangju, South Korea.

Since 2016, Maestro Kinchev has served as vice rector of the Academic Symphony Orchestra and Musical Theater Training programs at the Bulgarian National Academy of Music.

Ivaylo Krinchev has conducted numerous recordings for Bulgarian National Radio and Television.

Please note: Master teacher, repertoire and dates subject to change.

Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to cancel its masterclasses and/or competitions due to insufficient enrollment, illness of the coach, force majeure, or any other circumstance or event for which Blue Danube Musikimpresario cannot be held responsible. In case of illness or death of the coach, Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to provide a substitute teacher, with cancellations not being possible after the deadline.

Stara Zagora Opera House - Opera Conducting Masterclass I - 2024State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria & Maestro Niels Muus

Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 12 – 24 SEPTEMBER 2022

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REPERTOIRE: 
TURANDOT by Giacomo Puccini
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA by Pietro Mascagni
SALOME DANCES / LADY JANE by John Robertson
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA by Giuseppe Verdi
All operas are sung in their original language.
The Blue Danube Opera Conducting Masterclass 2022 is limited to the first qualified 11 conductors who apply, are accepted, and confirm their places with a deposit. An unlimited number of auditors will be accepted at the reduced rate of EUR 500.
EACH CONDUCTOR RECEIVES
– private and group coaching;

– 20 minutes of orchestra rehearsal for each opera;
– 15 minutes of choir rehearsal for each opera;
– 20 minutes of Sitzprobe/Italiana rehearsal for each opera;
– ca. 1/3 of rehearsal with piano and cast / soloists for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of Generalprobe / dress rehearsal for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of an opera to conduct in public performance.

We are often asked if it is necessary for conductors to know all operas in order to take part in our Opera Conducting Masterclass. The answer is NO; we encourage conductors to divide their podium time between all operas, but some conductors trade podium time with one another so they are able to devote more time to and focus on only one or two operas. In our suggested and standard format, each active-participant conductor conducts a full act or ca. 1/3 of one of the operas in a public performance, in addition to having much rehearsal time on the other two.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send us the following:

– your CV
– recent examples of your conducting
-the BDM Application Form, found on this website
– €50 – non-refundable application fee. Payment can be made using Visa/MasterCard (please ask for details); Western Union (please ask for details); or bank wire transfer (see below)
IF ACCEPTED, please send the deposit of €700.
MASTERCLASS FEES AND PAYMENT
€50 – non-refundable application fee;
€700 – deposit, refundable if the conductor cancels before 1 August 2022 for any substantial reason, such as health problems, impossibility to get a visa or any other such reasons. The reason must be in any case substantiated. In case of refunds, a waiting period of 4 – 6 months is to be expected.
€2.000 – balance fee due in cash, on the first day of the Masterclass. The balance fee once paid is non-refundable due to our financial obligations to the institution.
A limited number of passive participants / auditors will also be accepted for a fee of €500, exclusive of accommodation, transport or meals.
BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR BANK WIRE TRANSFERS
Bank name: BAWAG P.S.K.
Bank Address: Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
Name on account: Blue Danube Musikimpresario GmbH
IBAN: AT22 1400 0020 1000 6026
BIC: BAWAATWW
Reason for payment: Masterclass application and/or deposit fee (please send EUR only).

DAY-BY-DAY CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER
10.00 – 14.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Turandot
16.00 – 19.00 — cast rehearsal, Turandot
TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER
10.00-14.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Turandot
18.00-21.00 — Stage rehearsal, Turandot
WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER
10.00-12.00 — Orchestra / choir rehearsal, Cavalleria Rusticana / Salome Dances / Lady Jane
18.00 —  Generalprobe / dress rehearsal, Turandot
THURSDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER
11.00 —  Cast rehearsal,Cavalleria Rusticana / Salome Dances / Lady Jane
19.00 —  public performance, TURANDOT  
FRIDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER
10.00-12.00 — Orchestra / choir rehearsal, Cavalleria Rusticana / Salome Dances / Lady Jane
16.00 -18.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Cavalleria Rusticana / Salome Dances / Lady Jane
SATURDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Cavalleria Rusticana / Salome Dances / Lady Jane
16.00 — Generalprobe / Dress rehearsal, Cavalleria Rusticana / Salome Dances / Lady Jane
SUNDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER
DAY OFF
MONDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER
10.00-14.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Un ballo in maschera
16.00 — cast rehearsal, Un ballo in maschera    
TUESDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER
11.00– stage rehearsal, Un ballo in maschera
19.00 — public performance, CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / SALOME DANCES / LADY JANE
WEDNESDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER
11.00-15.00 Sitzprobe / Italiana, Un ballo in maschera
THURSDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER
16.00 – Generalprobe / dress rehearsal, Un ballo in maschera
FRIDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER

DAY OFF

FRIDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER

19.00 – public performance, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA

TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION The closest airport to Stara Zagora is the Sofia International Airport in the Bulgarian capital. State Opera Stara Zagora will organize ground transport from the airport to our accommodation and back for all conductors (2 hours and 20 minutes by car/mini-van).  Please arrive or be at the airport on Sunday, 12 September.

MAESTRO IVAYLO KRINCHEV.

Bulgarian conductor, Ivaylo Krinchev, graduated in 1989 from the National Academy of Music “Pancho Vladigerov” in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1989 in opera, symphonic and choral conducting. He undertook additional training in symphonic conducting in Masterclasses with Karl Oesterreicher in Vienna and IIya Musin in St. Petersburg.

Between 1990 and 1995, Maestro Krinchev was resident conductor at Bulgarian State Opera Bourgas and with the Bourgas Philharmonic. During this time, he gained enormous symphonic and operatic conducting experience with a comprehensive repertoire.

Between 1995 and 1997, Krinchev was the general music director and general director of Bulgarian State Opera Bourgas. In 1999, he was appointed artistic director and conductor of the Dutch Impresario Agency, Euro Stage, where he conducted and toured with opera productions and performances in important venues in Spain, France and Switzerland.

Currently, Maestro Krinchev is the principal conductor at State Opera Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) and principal guest conductor at Bulgarian State Opera Bourgas and the Vidin (Bulgaria) Symphony Orchestra. His guest conducting activities include appearances with orchestras and opera companies in Bulgaria and abroad.

Since 2001, Krinchev has been professor of opera and orchestral conducting at the National Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria. Between 2002 and 2006,  he was a guest professor of orchestral conducting in Seoul, South Korea. Since then, he has worked closely with different orchestras in South Korea and was invited to conduct new productions of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in 2007 and Verdi’s Aida in 2018 in Gwangju, South Korea.

Since 2016, Maestro Kinchev has served as vice rector of the Academic Symphony Orchestra and Musical Theater Training programs at the Bulgarian National Academy of Music.

Ivaylo Krinchev has conducted numerous recordings for Bulgarian National Radio and Television.

Please note: Master teacher, repertoire and dates subject to change.
Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to cancel its masterclasses and/or competitions due to insufficient enrollment, illness of the coach, force majeure, or any other circumstance or event for which Blue Danube Musikimpresario cannot be held responsible. In case of illness or death of the coach, Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to provide a subsitute teacher and cancellations are not accepted.
Opera Conducting Masterclass 2021 Zagora00019 - Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria / 13 - 25 September 2021

Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria / 13 – 25 September 2021

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OVERVIEW OF THE CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS
The Blue Danube Opera Conducting Masterclass 2021 is limited to the first qualified 11 conductors who apply, are accepted, and confirm their places with a deposit. An unlimited number of auditors will be accepted at the reduced rate of EUR 500.
REPERTOIRE: 
DON PASQUALE by Gaetano Donizetti
OTELLO by Giuseppe Verdi
MADAMA BUTTERFLY by Giacomo Puccini
All operas are sung in Italian.
EACH CONDUCTOR RECEIVES
– private and group coaching;

– 20 minutes of orchestra rehearsal for each opera;
– 15 minutes of choir rehearsal for each opera;
– 20 minutes of Sitzprobe/Italiana rehearsal for each opera;
– ca. 1/3 of rehearsal with piano and cast / soloists for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of Generalprobe / dress rehearsal for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of an opera to conduct in public performance.

We are often asked if it is necessary for conductors to know all operas in order to take part in our Opera Conducting Masterclass. The answer is NO; we encourage conductors to divide their podium time between all operas, but some conductors trade podium time with one another so they are able to devote more time to and focus on only one or two operas. In our suggested and standard format, each active-participant conductor conducts a full act or ca. 1/3 of one of the operas in a public performance, in addition to having much rehearsal time on the other two. Please ask us about this point if you have any questions.

 

HOW TO APPLY. Please send us the following:

– your CV
– recent examples of your conducting
-the BDM Application Form, found on this website
– €50 – non-refundable application fee. Payment can be made using Visa/MasterCard (please ask for details); Western Union (please ask for details); or bank wire transfer (see below)
IF ACCEPTED, please send the deposit of €700.
MASTERCLASS FEES AND PAYMENT
€50 – non-refundable application fee;
€700 – deposit, refundable if the conductor cancels before 15 July 2021 for any substantial reason, such as health problems, impossibility to get a visa or any other such reasons. The reason must be in any case substantiated. In case of refunds, a waiting period of 4 – 6 months is to be expected.
€2.000 – balance fee due in cash, on the first day of the Masterclass.
A limited number of passive participants / auditors will also be accepted for a fee of €500, exclusive of accommodation, transport or meals.
BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR BANK WIRE TRANSFERS
Bank name: BAWAG P.S.K.
Bank Address: Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
Name on account: Blue Danube Musikimpresario GmbH
IBAN: AT22 1400 0020 1000 6026
BIC: BAWAATWW
Reason for payment: Masterclass application and/or deposit fee (please send EUR only).

DAY-BY-DAY CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER
10.00 – 14.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Don Pasquale
16.00 – 19.00 — cast rehearsal, Don Pasquale
TUESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Don Pasquale
17.00-19.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Don Pasquale
WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER
10.00-14.00 — Orchestra / choir rehearsal, Otello
THURSDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER
16.00 —  Generalprobe / dress rehearsal, Don Pasquale  
FRIDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Otello
13.00 — cast rehearsal, Otello
19.00 — public performance, DON PASQUALE
SATURDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Otello 
16.00 — Generalprobe / Dress rehearsal, Otello
SUNDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER
DAY OFF
MONDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER
16.00 — cast rehearsal, Madama Butterfly  
TUESDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER
10.00-12.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Madama Butterfly
19.00 — public performance, OTELLO
WEDNESDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER
DAY OFF
THURSDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER
10.00-12.00 orchestra / choir rehearsal, Madama Butterfly

19.00-21.00 – Sitzprobe / Italiana, Madama Butterfly

FRIDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER
10.00-12.00 Sitzprobe / Italiana, Madama Butterfly
19.00 – Generalprobe / dress rehearsal, Madama Butterfly
SATURDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER

19.00 – public performance, MADAMA BUTTERFLY

TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION The closest airport to Stara Zagora is the Sofia International Airport in the Bulgarian capital. State Opera Stara Zagora will organize ground transport from the airport to our accommodation and back for all conductors (2 hours and 20 minutes by car/mini-van).  Please arrive or be at the airport on Sunday, 12 September.
Dejan Savic Conductor - Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria / 8 - 19 FEBRUARY 2021
MAESTRO DEJAN SAVIC (1957) was born in Belgrade, Serbia to a family of musicians. He graduated with distinction, with a degree in conducting, from the Academy of Music in Belgrade and received his Master’s degree at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia. During the period 1985 – 2000, he was artistic director of the oldest Serbo-Jewish Choral Society “The Baruh Brothers”, founded in 1879. Between 1993 and 1995, he was the artistic director of the “Pro Musica” Chamber Ensemble. From 1989 – 1993, Dejan Savic was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Nis Symphony Orchestra in the Republic of Serbia, and since 1993, the principal conductor of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet in Belgrade.
Between 2001 and 2004, Mr. Savic was the general manager of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet Company. In 2005, he was named Superintendant of the National Theater Belgrade, becoming the first musician to lead this prestigious national institute of culture in its 140-year history. In 2007, he was named general manager of the opera.
Dejan Savic was appointed principal guest conductor of the ERT Symphony Orchestra and Choir in Athens, Greece, for four seasons and has conducted in numerous prestigeous Festivals. He has appeared with prominent orchestras and choirs, as well as with opera and ballet companies in Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, USA, Germany, Ireland, Norway, France, Austria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and elsewhere. He has made recordings for Radio and TV in many countries as well as several CDs for the PGP production of RTV Belgrade, Romanian National Radiodifusion, Bulgarian National RTV, Greek National RTV, etc. For his artistic achievements, Maestro Savic has been the recipient of a number of important recognitions and awards. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, German and Russian.
Please note: Master teacher, repertoire and dates subject to change.
Opera Masterclass 5 - Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria / 8 - 19 FEBRUARY 2021

Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria / 8 – 19 FEBRUARY 2021

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REPERTOIRE: 
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (please inquire about editions)
Carmen by Georges Bizet (with Guiraud orchestral recitatives)
Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle by Bela Bartok (please inquire about editions)
All operas are sung in their original languages.
BARTOK SCORES TO BE USED (the 2007/2008 corrected edition prepared by Peter Bartok and Peter Hennings in Hungarian and English by Bartok Records & Publications)
In Europe, please contact:
UE33247 full score (eng./hung.) €340,80 – format: 250 x 340 mm
UE33085 study score (eng./hung.) €77,95 – format: A4
UE33086 piano reduction (eng./hung.) €46,75 – format: Quart
NB … the study score above is large enough to use to conduct
For North or South America, Australia/New Zealand & Asia, please contact
OVERVIEW OF THE CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS
This Masterclass is intended to be a preparation for Blue Danube/Bela Bartok International Opera Conducting Competition 2020 (8th Edition) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania with the Hungarian Opera Cluj, but is, nevertheless, open to all conductors. The Blue Danube Opera Conducting Masterclass 2020 is limited to the first qualified 11 conductors who apply, are accepted, and confirm their places with a deposit. An unlimited number of auditors will be accepted at the reduced rate of EUR 350.
EACH CONDUCTOR RECEIVES
– private and group coaching;

– 20 minutes of orchestra rehearsal for each opera;
– 15 minutes of choir rehearsal for each opera;
– 20 minutes of Sitzprobe/Italiana rehearsal for each opera;
– ca. 1/3 of rehearsal with piano and cast / soloists for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of General probe / dress rehearsal for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of an opera to conduct in public performance.

We are often asked if it is necessary for conductors to know all operas in order to take part in our Opera Conducting Masterclass. The answer is NO; we encourage conductors to divide their podium time between all operas, but some conductors trade podium time with one another so they are able to devote more time to and focus on only one or two operas. In our suggested and standard format, each active-participant conductor conducts a full act or ca. 1/3 of one of the operas in a public performance, in addition to having much rehearsal time on the other two. Please ask us about this point if you have any questions.

HOW TO APPLY.

Please send us the following:
– your CV
– recent examples of your conducting
-the BDM Application Form, found on this website
– €50 – non-refundable application fee. Payment can be made using Visa/MasterCard (please ask for details); Western Union (please ask for details); or bank wire transfer (see below)

IF ACCEPTED, please send the deposit of €700.
MASTERCLASS FEES AND PAYMENT
€50 – non-refundable application fee;
€700 – deposit, refundable if the conductor cancels before 20 December 2020 for any substantial reason, such as health problems, impossibility to get a visa or any other such reasons. The reason must be in any case substantiated. In case of refunds, a waiting period of 4 – 6 months is to be expected.
€2.000 – balance fee due in cash, on the first day of the Masterclass.
A limited number of passive participants / auditors will also be accepted for a fee of €350, exclusive of accommodation, transport or meals.
BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR BANK WIRE TRANSFERS
Bank name: BAWAG P.S.K.
Bank Address: Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
Name on account: Blue Danube Musikimpresario GmbH
IBAN: AT22 1400 0020 1000 6026
BIC: BAWAATWW
Reason for payment: Masterclass application and/or deposit fee (please send EUR only).

DAY-BY-DAY CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, 8 FEBRUARY
10.00 – 14.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Don Giovanni
16.00 – 19.00 — cast rehearsal, Don Giovanni
TUESDAY, 9 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Don Giovanni
17.00-19.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Don Giovanni
WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY
10.00-14.00 — Orchestra / choir rehearsal, Carmen
THURSDAY, 11 FEBRUARY
16.00 —  General probe / dress rehearsal, Don Giovanni  
FRIDAY, 12 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Carmen 
13.00 — cast rehearsal, Carmen
19.00 — public performance, DON GIOVANNI
SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Carmen 
16.00 — Generalprobe / Dress rehearsal, Carmen
SUNDAY, 14 FEBRUARY
DAY OFF
MONDAY, 15 FEBRUARY
16.00 — cast rehearsal, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle 
TUESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
19.00 — public performance, CARMEN
WEDNESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
17.00-19.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
THURSDAY, 18 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 Sitzprobe / Italiana, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
19.00 – General probe / dress rehearsal, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY

19.00 – public performance, PAGLIACCI & DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE

TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION The closest airport to Stara Zagora is the Sofia International Airport in the Bulgarian capital. State Opera Stara Zagora will organize ground transport from the airport to our accommodation and back for all conductors (2 hours and 20 minutes by car/mini-van).  Please arrive or be at the airport on Sunday, 9 February.
MAESTRO DEJAN SAVIC (1957) was born in Belgrade, Serbia to a family of musicians. He graduated with distinction, with a degree in conducting, from the Academy of Music in Belgrade and received his Master’s degree at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia. During the period 1985 – 2000, he was the artistic director of the oldest Serbo-Jewish Choral Society “The Baruh Brothers”, founded in 1879. Between 1993 and 1995, he was the artistic director of the “Pro Musica” Chamber Ensemble. From 1989 – 1993, Dejan Savic was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Nis Symphony Orchestra in the Republic of Serbia, and since 1993, the principal conductor of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet in Belgrade.
Between 2001 and 2004, Mr. Savic was the general manager of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet Company. In 2005, he was named Superintendent of the National Theater Belgrade, becoming the first musician to lead this prestigious national institute of culture in its 140-year history. In 2007, he was named general manager of the opera.
Dejan Savic was appointed principal guest conductor of the ERT Symphony Orchestra and Choir in Athens, Greece, for four seasons and has conducted in numerous prestigious Festivals. He has appeared with prominent orchestras and choirs, as well as with opera and ballet companies in Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, USA, Germany, Ireland, Norway, France, Austria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and elsewhere. He has made recordings for Radio and TV in many countries as well as several CDs for the PGP production of RTV Belgrade, Romanian National Radiodifusion, Bulgarian National RTV, Greek National RTV, etc. For his artistic achievements, Maestro Savic has been the recipient of a number of important recognitions and awards. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, German and Russian.
Please note: Master teacher, repertoire and dates subject to change.
Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to cancel its masterclasses and/or competitions due to insufficient enrollment, illness of the coach, force majeure, or any other circumstance or event for which Blue Danube Musikimpresario cannot be held responsible. In case of illness or death of the coach, Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to provide a substitute teacher and cancellations are not accepted.
Stara Zagora Opera House - Opera Conducting Masterclass I - 2024State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria & Maestro Niels Muus

Opera Conducting Masterclass with State Opera Stara Zagora, Bulgaria / 10 – 21 FEBRUARY 2020

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REPERTOIRE: 
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (please inquire about editions)
Carmen by Georges Bizet (with Guiraud orchestral recitatives)
Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle by Bela Bartok (please inquire about editions)
All operas are sung in their original languages.
BARTOK SCORES TO BE USED (the 2007/2008 corrected edition prepared by Peter Bartok and Peter Hennings in Hungarian and English by Bartok Records & Publications)
In Europe, please contact:
UE33247 full score (eng./hung.) €340,80 – format: 250 x 340 mm
UE33085 study score (eng./hung.) €77,95 – format: A4
UE33086 piano reduction (eng./hung.) €46,75 – format: Quart
NB … the study score above is large enough to use to conduct
For North or South America, Australia/New Zealand & Asia, please contact
OVERVIEW OF THE CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS
This Masterclass is intended to be a preparation for Blue Danube/Bela Bartok International Opera Conducting Competition 2020 (8th Edition) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania with the Hungarian Opera Cluj, but is nevertheless, open to all conductors. The Blue Danube Opera Conducting Masterclass 2020 is limited to the first qualified 11 conductors who apply, are accepted, and confirm their places with a deposit. An unlimited number of auditors will be accepted at the reduced rate of €350.
EACH CONDUCTOR RECEIVES
– private and group coaching;

– 20 minutes of orchestra rehearsal for each opera;
– 15 minutes of choir rehearsal for each opera;
– 20 minutes of Sitzprobe/Italiana rehearsal for each opera;
– ca. 1/3 of rehearsal with piano and cast / soloists for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of General probe / dress rehearsal for the opera they conduct in performance;
– 1/3 of an opera to conduct in public performance.

We are often asked if it is necessary for conductors to know all operas in order to take part in our Opera Conducting Masterclass. The answer is NO; we encourage conductors to divide their podium time between all operas, but some conductors trade podium time with one another so they are able to devote more time to and focus on only one or two operas. In our suggested and standard format, each active-participant conductor conducts a full act or ca. 1/3 of one of the operas in a public performance, in addition to having much rehearsal time on the other two. Please ask us about this point if you have any questions.

HOW TO APPLY. Please send us the following:

– your CV
– recent examples of your conducting
-the BDM Application Form, found on this website
– €50 – non-refundable application fee. Payment can be made using Visa/MasterCard (please ask for details); Western Union (please ask for details); or bank wire transfer (see below)
IF ACCEPTED, please send the deposit of €700.
MASTERCLASS FEES AND PAYMENT
€50 – non-refundable application fee;
€700 – deposit, refundable if the conductor cancels before 20 December 2019 for any substantial reason, such as health problems, impossibility to get a visa or any other such reasons. The reason must be in any case substantiated. In case of refunds, a waiting period of 4 – 6 months is to be expected.
€2.000 – balance fee due in cash, on the first day of the Masterclass.
A limited number of passive participants / auditors will also be accepted for a fee of €500, exclusive of accommodation, transport or meals.
BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR BANK WIRE TRANSFERS
Bank name: BAWAG P.S.K.
Bank Address: Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
Name on account: Blue Danube Musikimpresario GmbH
IBAN: AT22 1400 0020 1000 6026
BIC: BAWAATWW
Reason for payment: Masterclass application and/or deposit fee (please send EUR only).

DAY-BY-DAY CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, 10 FEBRUARY
10.00 – 14.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Don Giovanni
16.00 – 19.00 — cast rehearsal, Don Giovanni
TUESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Don Giovanni
17.00-19.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Don Giovanni
WEDNESDAY, 12 FEBRUARY
10.00-14.00 — Orchestra / choir rehearsal, Carmen
THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY
16.00 —  General probe / dress rehearsal, Don Giovanni  
FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Carmen 
13.00 — cast rehearsal, Carmen
19.00 — public performance, DON GIOVANNI
SATURDAY, 15 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Carmen 
16.00 — General probe / Dress rehearsal, Carmen
SUNDAY, 16 FEBRUARY
DAY OFF
MONDAY, 17 FEBRUARY
16.00 — cast rehearsal, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle 
TUESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
19.00 — public performance, CARMEN
WEDNESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 — orchestra / choir rehearsal, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
17.00-19.00 — Sitzprobe / Italiana, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
THURSDAY, 20 FEBRUARY
10.00-12.00 Sitzprobe / Italiana, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
19.00 – General probe / dress rehearsal, Pagliacci & Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
FRIDAY, 21 FEBRUARY

19.00 – public performance, PAGLIACCI & DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE

TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION The closest airport to Stara Zagora is the Sofia International Airport in the Bulgarian capital. State Opera Stara Zagora will organize ground transport from the airport to our accommodation and back for all conductors (2 hours and 20 minutes by car/mini-van).  Please arrive or be at the airport on Sunday, 9 February.
MAESTRO DEJAN SAVIC (1957) was born in Belgrade, Serbia to a family of musicians. He graduated with distinction, with a degree in conducting, from the Academy of Music in Belgrade and received his Master’s degree at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia. During the period 1985 – 2000, he was the artistic director of the oldest Serbo-Jewish Choral Society “The Baruh Brothers”, founded in 1879. Between 1993 and 1995, he was the artistic director of the “Pro Musica” Chamber Ensemble. From 1989 – 1993, Dejan Savic was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Nis Symphony Orchestra in the Republic of Serbia, and since 1993, the principal conductor of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet in Belgrade.
Between 2001 and 2004, Mr. Savic was the general manager of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet Company. In 2005, he was named Superintendent of the National Theater Belgrade, becoming the first musician to lead this prestigious national institute of culture in its 140-year history. In 2007, he was named general manager of the opera.
Dejan Savic was appointed principal guest conductor of the ERT Symphony Orchestra and Choir in Athens, Greece, for four seasons and has conducted in numerous prestigious Festivals. He has appeared with prominent orchestras and choirs, as well as with opera and ballet companies in Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, USA, Germany, Ireland, Norway, France, Austria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and elsewhere. He has made recordings for Radio and TV in many countries as well as several CDs for the PGP production of RTV Belgrade, Romanian National Radiodifusion, Bulgarian National RTV, Greek National RTV, etc. For his artistic achievements, Maestro Savic has been the recipient of a number of important recognitions and awards. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, German and Russian.
Please note: Master teacher, repertoire and dates subject to change.
Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to cancel its masterclasses and/or competitions due to insufficient enrollment, illness of the coach, force majeure, or any other circumstance or event for which Blue Danube Musikimpresario cannot be held responsible. In case of illness or death of the coach, Blue Danube Musikimpresario reserves the right to provide a substitute teacher and cancellations are not accepted.