Moritzburg Festival Academy: 6 - 20 August 2023

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. In 2023, young and talented musicians from all over the world are invited again 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.
Application
The application procedure for the Moritzburg Festival Academy 2023 is now closed.
Music students aged between 16 and 26 years in following groups of instruments:
- Strings
- Winds (except Tuba)
- Timpani
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
Josep Caballé Domenech
Ulrich Eichenauer
Xiaoming Han
Thomas Jahn
Magali Mosnier
Daniel Ottensamer
Christian Poltéra
David Seidel
Jan Vogler
Kai Vogler
Mira Wang
Zhe Li (Principal Coach)
Josep Caballé Domenech
Stella Chen
Zlatomir Fung
Andrei Ioniță
Chad Hoopes
Sindy Mohamed
Paul Neubauer
Jan Vogler
Kai Vogler
Mira Wang
C. M. von Weber: Overture to the opera “Oberon”
M. Bruch: Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in A flat minor op. 88a
A. Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor op. 70
Louis Lortie, piano
Tiffany Poon, piano
Josep Caballé Domenech, conductor
Chamber music repertoire tba by June 2023
CHAMBER MUSIC
August 10, 2023, 8.00 p.m.
Moritzburg, Terrace Schloss Moritzburg
"Serenata di Moritzburg"
August 13, 2023, 11.00 am
Proschwitz, Proschwitzer Schlosspark
Proschwitz Music-Picnic
ORCHESTRA
August 17, 2023, 7.30 pm
Bad Elster, King Albert Theatre
August 19, 2023, 8.00 pm
Dresden, Kulturpalast
Subject to modification! (April 2023)