Since 2009, the MCO Academy has offered an educational model that provides young musicians with a high-quality orchestral experience and a unique platform for networking and international exchange. In addition to audition training, individual coaching, and orchestral playing, the Academy also includes chamber music workshops that emphasise the MCO’s characteristic chamber music approach to music-making, as well as community music initiatives that foster collective music-making. These activities are complemented by a mentoring programme, audition training and career talks which enable Academy participants to think creatively and independently, offering a comprehensive and modern approach for professional musicians of the 21st century.
The MCO Academy was founded in collaboration with the Orchesterzentrum│NRW in Germany and has grown to include partner institutions from five countries. This project is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Partnering concert halls are the Konzerthaus Dortmund, Kölner Philharmonie and Philharmonie Essen.
The next MCO Academy project will take place in February 2025 where we are joined by conductor Elim Chan and pianist Anna Vinnitskaya. More information about the performances can be found here.
To get in touch about the MCO Academy, please contact us: +49 30 41 71 79 – 0 or by e-mail at contact@mahlerchamber.com
INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
The MCO Academy centres around an annual orchestra project in Germany and may involve further activities throughout the year. An application for the MCO Academy is linked with enrollment at one of our partner institutions:
- Orchesterzentrum | NRW (including its partner conservatories in Cologne, Detmold, Düsseldorf and Essen)
Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya (JONC)
Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)
If you are a student at one of the institutions mentioned above and would like to apply for the MCO Academy, please get in touch with the administration at your institution directly to learn more about the application process. Auditions are held at these institutions once a year and are sometimes combined with coaching by members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. All Academy students are selected by the MCO.
After
participating in the MCO Academy, highly qualified students may be
offered an Academy scholarship to play with the MCO on a regular tour.
.jpg "MCO Academy 2017 students at Philharmonie Essen © Martin Piechotta")
.jpg "Concert at Konzerthaus Dortmund © Petra Coddington")
.jpg "With Christiane Karg and Bernarda Fink © Petra Coddington")
.jpg "Applause for the Choir © Petra Coddington")
