Blue Danube Musik Impresario - Opera Conducting Mastercourse 2011
 

Opera Conducting Mastercourse 2011

 

4-15 APRIL 2011

BULGARIAN STATE OPERA BURGAS

Master Teacher -- Maestro Dejan Savic  

    

DON GIOVANNI, MADAMA BUTTERFLY,

LA TRAVIATA   

all fully-staged and sung in Italian  

                                                                                                   

DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE 

DATE TIMES TYPE OF REHEARSAL TITLE
Monday, 4 April 10.00 - 14.00  orchestra rehearsal      Don Giovanni
10.00 - 13.00 choir rehearsal, no soloists
15.00 - 18.00 cast rehearsal
19.00 - 21.00 Sitzprobe/Italiana
Tuesday, 5 April 10.00 - 12.00 Sitzprobe/Italiana Don Giovanni
16.00  Generalprobe (dress rehearsal)
Wednesday, 6 April 10.00 video session with Maestro Savic Don Giovanni
19.00 PUBLIC PERFORMANCE (3 or 4 conductors)
Thursday, 7 April 10.00 - 14.00 orchestra rehearsal    Madama Butterfly
10.00 - 13.00 choir rehearsal, no soloists
15.00 - 18.00 cast rehearsal
19.00 - 21.00 Sitzprobe/Italiana
 Friday, 8 April 10.00 - 12.00   Sitzprobe/Italiana  Madama Butterfly
16.00 Generalprobe (dress rehearsal)
 Saturday, 9 April  
video session and special topics
with Maestro Savic 
 Madama Butterfly
 Sunday, 10 April  
day off/optional excursion to Bulgarian points of interests
with lunch 
 Madama Butterfly
 Monday, 11 April 19.00  PUBLIC PERFORMANCE (3 or 4 conductors) Madama Butterfly 
 Tuesday, 12 April 10.00 - 14.00  orchestra rehearsal  La traviata 
10.00 - 13.00 choir rehearsal, no soloists
16.00 - 19.00 cast rehearsal
 Wednesday, 13 April 16.00 - 20.00  Sitzprobe/Italiana  La traviata 
 Thursday, 14 April 10.00  video session with Maestro Savic  La traviata
16.00 Generalprobe (dress rehearsal)
 Friday, 15 April 19.00  PUBLIC PERFORMANCE (3 or 4 conductors)  La traviata 

    

NB...coaching sessions/lessons to be arranged and determined by Maestro Savic in Burgas on a daily basis.

 

HOW TO APPLY 
*1) Send the BDMI application form (see menu) and your CV to the address below via fax, E-mail or post.
*2) Send or inform us of a recent DVD or videotape of your conducting (any format) to the address below.  Conductors who have participated in our past events do not need to send this. Excerpts on YouTube or a website are also acceptable.
3) send the application fee of EUR 50,00 (non-refundable)
 
Please note...this workshop is limited to 10 conductors as active full participants. The first 10 who apply and are accepted, will be the active participants.
 
REVIEWS!!: a music critic will be invited who will publish reviews in the Bulgarian press. Translations will be available.  
One participant, selected by Maestro Savic, may be invited by the Bulgarian State Opera Burgas as a guest conductor.

  

MASTERCOURSE FEE AND PAYMENT
The total Mastercourse fee is € 2.750, to be paid as follows:
          - Application fee (€50), non-refundable
          - Deposit for those accepted (€ 700,00) refundable until 15 March 2011
          - Balance (€ 2.000,00) due on first day of course in cash and in EUR only
 
Conductors may also audit the workshop as passive participants for a fee of 600,00. Please inquire if you are interested.

 

Payment of the application fee and deposit can be made with a Visa or MasterCard, via bank wire transfer (see our account information below), or via Western Union. Please let us know if you wish to make payment with Visa or Mastercard or through Western Union.

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  (please send EUR only)         

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Bulgarian State Opera, Burgas

Accommodation/Hotel: BDMI will make the bookings and arrangements. Information will be available soon as to rates, options, etc. 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                    

DEJAN SAVIC (1957) was born in Belgrade, Serbia to a family of musicians. He graduated with distinction (with a degree in conducting) from the Academy of Music in Belgrade and received his Master's Degree at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia. During the period 1985 - 2000, he was artistic director of the oldest Serbo-Jewish Choral Society "The Baruh Brothers," founded in 1879. Between 1993 and 1995,  he was the artistic director of the "Pro Musica" Chamber Ensemble. From 1989 - 1993, Dejan Savic was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Nis Symphony Orchestra in the Republic of Serbia, and since 1993, the principal conductor of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet in Belgrade.

Between 2001 and 2004, Mr. Savic was the general manager of the Serbian National Opera and Ballet Company. In 2005, he has was named Superintendant of the National Theater Belgrade, becoming the first musician to lead this prestigious national institute of culture in its 140-year history; In 2007, he was named general manager of the opera.

Dejan Savic was appointed principal guest conductor of the ERT Symphony Orchestra and Choir in Athens, Greece, for four seasons, and has conduced in numerous prestigeous Festivals. He has appeared with prominent orchestras and choirs, as well as with opera and ballet companies,  in Italy, Spain, Austria, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, USA, Germany, Ireland, Norway, France, Austria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and elsewhere. He has made recordings for Radio and TV in many countries as well as several CDs for the PGP production of RTV Belgrade, Romanian National Radiodifusion, Bulgarian National RTV, Greek National RTV, etc. For his artistic achievements, Maestro Savic has received a number of important recognitions and awards. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, German and Russian.    

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