PROGRAMME
BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ: Double Concerto for two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H. 271
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Violin Concerto no 3 in G major K. 216
RICHARD STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben op. 40
- Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada
- Violin Emmanuel Tjeknavorian
- Piano Ivo Kahánek
ABOUT THIS CONCERT
The annual orchestra project of the MCO Academy returns to Dortmund,
Essen and Cologne for concerts led by conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada
and featuring violin soloist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian. The Double Concerto
for two string orchestras, piano and timpani, H. 271 by Bohuslav
Martinů, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major K.
216, and Ein Heldenleben, op.
40, of Richard Strauss are on this year’s programme. MCO Acadamists
share the stage with Mahler Chamber Orchestra musicians for all works on
the programme.
The MCO Academy evolved during the Mahler Chamber
Orchestra’s residencies in North Rhine-Westphalia, which began in 2009.
The central goal of the Academy is to introduce MCO’s philosophy of
passionate, creative and collaborative music making to future
generations of orchestral musicians.
The MCO Academy provides a
carefully developed educational model that gives young musicians a high
quality orchestral experience with renowned conductors and soloists
during the annual orchestra phase. In addition to audition training,
individual coaching and orchestral playing, the Academy also includes
chamber music workshops which emphasize the MCO’s characteristic chamber
music approach to music-making. Complemented by a mentoring programme,
career talks and further year-round activities, the Academy fosters
creative and independent thinking and offers a comprehensive and modern
approach for professional musicians of the 21st century.
With the
cooperation with founding partner Orchesterzentrum|NRW, based in
Dortmund, the Academy has expanded to include further partners in the
years since 2009. Currently, music students from four additional partner
institutions – the National Youth Orchestra of Catalonia in Barcelona,
Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, Australian National
Academy of Music in Melbourne and Colombian Youth Philharmonic – can
apply to take part in the MCO Academy projects. Thus, the Academy offers
a unique platform for international exchange, another central
characteristic of the MCO.
During this year’s MCO Academy project
the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and students of the MCO Academy perform on
23 November in Dortmund, 24 November in Essen, and on 25 November in
Cologne. The Mahler Chamber Orchestra first performed with Colombian
conductor in Andrés Orozco-Estrada 2010. This will be the debut
performance of Austrian violinist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian with the MCO.
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