Moritzburg Festival Academy: August 6 - 18, 2024

The Moritzburg Festival Academy under the artistic direction of violinist Mira Wang has been an integral part of the Moritzburg Festival since it was founded in 2006. This year, 36 talented musicians from 17 nations are invited to take part in the Moritzburg Festival Academy. The selected participants will form the international Moritzburg Festival Orchestra under the direction of chief conductor Josep Caballé Domenech and the guidance of internationally renowned Festival soloists, who give an essential impulse to their artistic development in the idyllic setting of the Moritzburg Castle. Alongside orchestral work, all musicians have the opportunity to perform in different chamber music ensembles.

Participants

Music students aged between 16 and 26 years in following groups of instruments:

Strings
Winds (except Trombone, Tuba)
Timpani

Full scholarship

For participants of the Moritzburg Festival Academy we provide:

full board and accommodation
chamber music coachings
The Moritzburg Festival will reimburse travel costs upon presentation of original receipts according to the following distribution pattern up to the maximum amount of:

Germany: €100
Austria, Czech Republic, Poland: €150
Remaining European Countries: €250
Non-European Countries: €500

Faculty for chamber music 2024

Josep Caballé Domenech
Stella Chen
Chad Hoopes
Sindy Mohamed
Paul Neubauer
Raphaël Sévère
Jan Vogler
Kai Vogler
Mira Wang

Repertoire

W. A. Mozart: Overture to the Opera „Così fan tutte“
A. Clyne: „Sound and Fury“
R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 E flat major, Op. 11
R. Strauss: Romance for Cello & Orchestra F major
J. Leshnoff: „Score“
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 35 D major, K.385 „Haffner“

Stefan Dohr, Horn
Jan Vogler, Cello
Moritzburg Festival Orchestra
Josep Caballé Domenech, Conductor

Chamber music repertoire tba by June 2024

Concerts

CHAMBER MUSIC

August 11, 2024, 11.00 am
Proschwitz, Proschwitzer Schlosspark
Proschwitz Music-Picnic

August 12, 2024, 8.00 p.m.
Moritzburg, Terrace Schloss Moritzburg
"Serenata di Moritzburg"

ORCHESTRA

August 16, 2024, 7.30 pm
Bad Elster, King Albert Theatre

August 17, 2024, 7.30 pm
Dresden, Kulturpalast

August 18, 2024, 8.00 pm
Berlin, Konzerthaus (Young Euro Classic Festival)

Subject to modification! (March 2024)