APPLY FOR THE EUROASIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Are you at least 18 years old?
Do you study music at a recognised music institute of higher education?
Are you eager to gain professional experience and, at the same time, share a unique human and cultural project?
Then, you qualify to apply to become a member of the Euroasia Symphony Orchestra.
In order to enhance the mutual understanding between the European and Asian cultures, the Member States of the European Union and most Asian countries are joining their efforts to establish an EU-Asia Orchestra in which experienced master-musicians make music together with highly talented young people. In this sense, it is intended to create a real common project of cooperation between preferably all countries of the European Union and Asia. The aim of this unique cooperation is to bring together people, all sharing the enthusiasm of making music and willing to bridge their cultural, linguistic and social differences through music. In practical terms, each of the countries willing to participate in the project has accepted to provide two or three musicians each, totalling about 100 musicians from 40-45 different countries.
When? Where?
The next orchestra session will be run from August, 5th to 14th 2010 in Seoul (South Korea), potentially followed by a concert tour up to 8 days (in this case, the return may be on August, 23rd).
What?
The performed program will be Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony (“Resurrection”) and - with regard to the Belgium presidency of the European Union in this time - the Adagio for String Orchestra by the Belgium composer Guillaume Lekeu.
Who?
The project manager of is Mr. Sey-Young Chung (Korea),
Euro Culture Center Co., Ltd.
307 Daeyang Bldg. 12-17
Jamwon Dong, Seocho Gu, Seoul, Korea
Tel. +82 (0)2 545-7966~7
Email: chung@eurocenter.co.kr
Homepage: www.eamf.kr
Mr. Chung is the initiator of the project. Based on his experience of summer 2009, he and his team will be responsible for the whole logistics (accommodation, food, rehearsal rooms, etc.) and for the local sponsoring.
The artistic director / conductor is Elahiu von Erlenbach, He is responsible for the final decision concerning selected musicians.
For details, go to http://www.blueorchid.de/uk/elahiu/index.php or to www.elahiu-von-erlenbach.com
The Belgian Embassy in Korea plays the role of general coordination of the project. It is in charge of the contacts with the EU embassies in Seoul as well as with the Asian embassies.
Jeunesses Musicales International has undertaken to recruit the musicians from most of the EU member states.
Coaching for the strings will be provided by members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (violin, viola, violoncello) and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (double bass), and by members of the Quartz Ensemble (Belgium) for the wind sections.
How to apply?
Interested, talented musicians are invited to apply by sending their biographies and recordings (CD or DVD) by April 19th 2010.
They should send the recording to Jeunesses Musicales Italy / Fondazione Gioventù Musicale d'Italia. Please visit www.jeunesse.it for information and address.
A jury composed of JM members – musicians from Belgium will audition the recordings and will submit a draft-selection of musicians to Maestro Elahiu von Erlenbach, the musical director of the orchestra who will make the final choice.
Selection criteria?
In order to apply for participation to the orchestra, young musicians (over 18) should be registered as students in a recognized music institution (Conservatory, Musikhochschule, etc.).
The musicians are selected by auditioning their recordings and based on their technical skills and virtuous playing. Given the short time for the selection of the musicians, the auditions will be conducted based on the overall quality, talent and educational level and skills of the applying musicians, without predefined scores of music. Interested musicians will send through the national or regional sections of JM a recording (CD or DVD) of three solo pieces demonstrating their ability to work and perform in an orchestra. The pieces should be selected ad-libitum, by the students themselves, taking into consideration the level and the difficulty of the actual program to be performed during the rehearsals and the concerts.
Interested musicians should send their CV, a quality CD or electronic recording in MP3 or other common acceptable file format certified as original and genuine in written form by their immediate teacher / professor and academic institution.
Cost coverage
The Italian Embassy in South Korea agreed to pay travel expenses for 2 Italian musicians. Accommodation and meals: the Korean organiser shall cover all costs related to accommodation and meals during the whole duration of the session.
Instruments profile:
We are looking for the following instruments, bearing in mind that all sections should in principle by composed of a mix of European and Asian musicians:
Wood Winds
4 Flutes (all of them alternating on Piccolo)
4 Oboes (two players alternating on English horn)
5 Clarinets (B, A, C) (one player alternating on Bass Clarinet, one player alternating on Es-Clarinet, one player only plays Es-Clarinet)
4 Bassoons (one player alternating on Contrabassoon)
Brass
10 Horns
8 Trumpets (6 players may be enough)
4 Trombones
1 Tuba
Percussion (including three players for Timpani)
7 Timpani, six (three players) onstage, one offstage
2 Pairs of Cymbals (one offstage)
2 Triangles (one offstage)
Side Drum (more than one, where possible)
Glockenspiel
3 Bells (steel rods with deep, unpitched sound)
2 Bass Drums (one offstage), with Switch
2 Tam-tams (high and low)
2 Harps, Organ (may imitated by Synthesizer)
Strings - 16 first violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 violoncellos, 8 contrabasses (several with low C-string)
Please send your recording and CV together with the letter from your teacher / professor and your academic institution certifying the originality of the recording not later than April 19th 2010 to Jeunesses Musicales Italy / Fondazione Gioventù Musicale d'Italia (www.jeunesse.it )
marked AUDITIONS, EU-ASIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA or electronically (letters and CV scanned) to info@jeunesse.it
