Four musical projects in the Czech Republic and one in France form the La Pellegrina course programme in 2010. These projects are open to experienced musicians. Whether you are an amateur or a professional, with La Pellegrina a professional attitude is an absolute necessity. Of course you come well prepared, of course you enjoy others to be equally well prepared. Does this appeal to you? Please continue reading...
Four musical Summer Schools in Bechyně, Czech Republic
Fully booked for: flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon, mezzosopranos
Places available for: 2 oboes, strings in all sections, 2 pianists, 1 very advanced sopraan, 1 tenor, 1 baritone
For: solo singers (singing students or amateurs of comparable proficiency), strings, winds and pianists; maximum
group size 55 persons
Every morning chamber music (also for singers & instrumentalists)
Every afternoon: works for the final concert for soloists and chamber orchestra: a selection of recitatives, arias and ensembles from Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni
Intensive coaching by experienced tutors:
Martina Bernášková, Dirkjan Horringa, Josef Kekula, František Malý and Mitchell Sandler
Final concert in splendid Baroque church; additional concerts
by participants and tutors
Ample opportunity for musical get-togethers or private practice
in the evenings
Residence in picturesque Southern Bohemia, historic towns with
musical summer programmes nearby
Places available for: 2 bassoons , 2 horns, strings in all sections, 2 pianists
For: strings, winds and pianists; maximum group size 65 persons
Every morning chamber music: everybody participates in two ensembles;
one can be pre-formed
Every afternoon orchestral works for
large symphony orchestra:
Smetana, Overture Hubička (the Kiss)
Bruch, Romance for viola and orchestra (soloist: Zbyněk Paďourek)
Beethoven, Triple Concerto op. 56 for violin, cello, piano and orchestra, 1st movement (soloists: Pavel Hůla,
Václav Bernášek and Arnošt Střížek)
Dvořák, 8th Symphony in G major
Suk, V nový život (Towards a new life, encore)
Intensive coaching by experienced tutors: Martina Bernášková,
Petr Bernášek, Václav Bernášek, Martina Hajková, Dirkjan Horringa, Pavel Hůla,
Kateřina Klusoňová, Zbyněk Paďourek and Arnošt Střížek
Also for existing chamber music ensembles
Final concert in former Horse Riding Hall of Bechyně Castle; additional
concerts by participants and tutors
Ample opportunity for musical get-togethers or private practice
in the evenings
Fully booked for: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Places available for: very advanced string players in all sections, 2 very advanced pianists
For: strings, winds and pianists
Every morning and afternoon chamber music: everybody participates in two ensembles;
one can be pre-formed. Lessons will be partly in master class form
Intensive coaching by a team of tutors around Pavel Hůla, primarius of the Kocián Quartet. Depending on the number of applicants the team more experienced Czech chamber music specialists will join the team
Also for existing chamber music ensembles
Final chamber music concert in the Dvořák-museum in Vysoká; additional
concerts by participants and tutors in the concert hall of the Bechyně monastery
Ample opportunity for musical get-togethers or private practice
in the evenings
Residence in picturesque Southern Bohemia, historic towns with
musical summer programmes nearby
Autumn course at the Château de Méridon, France
5.
French Baroque at the Château de Méridon
17 - 23 October
to be added soon
For: singers (solo and choir), instrumentalists (baroque
strings, traverso, baroque bassoon,
harpsichord; maximum group
size 40 persons
Every morning baroque chamber music, both mixed vocal/instrumental
and separate, with intensive coaching. Every afternoon works for singers and orchestra. Participants sing both solo roles and choruses
