| 4. | 100 % Chamber Music with Pavel Hůla 13 - 22 August |
One last place available for an experienced violinist
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FOR WHOM
String players at work in the church
You are a (very) experienced amateur, conservatory student or music teacher. You have wide experience with chamber music. You are willing to prepare chamber music and orchestral parts at home. As a pianist, you are able to play solo parts. Prefeably you form your ensemble in advance and rehearse a few times before coming to Bechyně.
Tonny Visser: 'I like the luxury of having passionate musicians around all the time. There is no need to tire yourself trying to plan dates. You just start playing or singing. For me, La Pellegrina has become the perfect basis for a rich musical life!'
The music
concentration...
The mornings are dedicated to chamber music. It is possible to play in formations from trios onwards, with or without piano. Each participant will play in two different chamber music ensembles. There is always intensive coaching thanks to the relatively large number of tutors. As La Pellegrina will let everybody know in which ensemble they are going to play well before the start of the course, participants are expected to prepare their parts at home. The course is open to individual participants as well as existing ensembles.
Wout van den Heuvel and Joke van Raalte: 'Knowing what exactly you are going to play in the course enables you to really let the music play when in Bechyně. It adds to the fun.'
Week programme and daily schedule
Week programme
- Friday 13 August about 18.00 arrival in Bechyně
- A concert with chamber music by tutors in the refectory
- A day off to relax and sight-see
- Friday evening 20 August: participants' chamber music concert in Bechyně
- Saturday afternoon 21 August: repeat of this concert in the Dvořák museum in nearby Vysoká
- Sunday morning: departure after breakfast
Rens de Graaf: 'The formula is excellent. Take for instance the tutors concerts. Absolutely exquisite.'
having a rest after hard work
Daily Schedule
- 8.00 breakfast
- 9.30-12.30 chamber music rehearsals
- 13.00 lunch
- 14.30 chamber music rehearsals
- 15.45 tea break
- 16.15 master class: one ensemble will be coached, while the others listen
- 17.30 drinks & dinner
- Evening off, enough time for playing more chamber music
Petra Jager: 'Lots of people continue to play until long after dinner. I love to wander through the halls of the monastery in the evenings and hear their music behind all those doors.'
rehearsal in the monastery cloister
Where
Bechyně railway station
Bechyně is an historical town about 100 kms south from Prague. During the summer courses the rehearsals will be in this town in the former Franciscan monastery of the 13th century, now in use as a music school.
From Amsterdam, the distance is about 1.000 kms. It is easy to travel to Prague by plane, train or bus. A special bus service from Prague to Bechyně will be arranged on days of arrival and departure, provided there are enough passengers.
With whom
The tutors of this course are passionate chamber music specialists fields around Pavel Hůla, primarius of the Kocián string quartet. Cellist Martin Sedlák will for example join him as member of the tutors' team.
Register now
In order to register, please fill out this form and pay a deposit of EUR 150 (which is of course refundable in case you could not be placed).