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At International Conducting Masterclasses, we strive to provide all of the resources necessary for conductors of both today and tomorrow to become masters of orchestral direction behind the podium. Our masterclasses are led by our knowledgeable and highly qualified tutors, of whom have decades of experience, across countries and continents, leading some of the most prolific orchestras in modern history. We also work closely with numerous professional orchestras and in our meticulously built and acoustically beautiful theaters. Through our workshops you will develop the essential skills and resources for a career in conducting. Send in your application today and reserve your spot behind the podium, in front of the orchestra, and beneath the open curtains.

19 -24 January 2023. Prague, Czech Republic
Maestro Mark Laycock & PKF - Prague Philharmonia

Program:

Felix Mendelssohn - "Hebrides", Overture
Igor Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no. 35 "Haffner"
Gioachino Rossini - "La Scala di Seta", Overure
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 7
     Mark Laycock made his conducting début at age 21 with the Philadelphia Orchestra, returning to the podium of that great orchestra on several occasions over the ensuing years. He has conducted more than 2,000 works with a wide array of orchestras and opera companies in Europe and Asia, as well as in Israel, North America, Central and South America, with orchestras of London, Paris, Berlin, Zurich, Moscow, Kiev, Montréal, Mexico City, Seoul, and Taipei, among others.
Mark Laycock was Music Director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra for more than 20 years, transforming that orchestra from a small chamber orchestra into a full and critically acclaimed professional symphony orchestra awarded Citations of Excellence for two consecutive years from the State Arts Council of New Jersey for “exhibiting the highest standards of artistic excellence." He was also Associate Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from 2000-2003. Over the years he has developed a reputation for stepping in on short notice to conduct without rehearsal, including performances of Ein Heldenleben, Carmina Burana, Brahms Symphonies from memory, and complete productions of “Salome" and “Carmen", all to great acclaim.
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February 26 - March 3, 2023, Prague, Czechia
Conducting Masterclass
Maestro Martin Sieghart & the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39, KV 543
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (ed. Ravel)
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4
     Maestro Martin Sieghart
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August 28 - September 2, 2022. Conducting Masterclass. Olomouc, Czech Republic
Charles Olivieri-Munroe & Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra. Antonin Dvorak: Concert Overture In Nature's Realm, Antonin Dvorak: Concert Overture Carnival, Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.5, Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2.
7 - 12 August 2022. Maestro Martin Sieghart & the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Mezzo-soprano arias, the soloist - Anastasiya Martynyuk. Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri - Overture, Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco - Overture,Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino, Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore, Richard Wagner: "Weiche Wotan, weiche" - Das Rheingold.
June 26 - July 1, 2022. Maestro Alim Shakh & The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra. Olomouc, Czechia
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 e-moll. Sergey Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 c-moll. Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Overture, E dur. Franz Liszt: Les Préludes (Symphonic poem No. 3).
April 24 - 29, 2022. Maestro Martin Sieghart & The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Stravinskij: Dumbarton Oaks, Mozart: Symphony No. 40, Bethoven Symphony No.1, Janacek: Suite for Strings, Mendelssohn: Hebrides.
20 - 25 February 2022. Maestro Alexander Polyanichko & PKF - Prague Philharmonia,
Conducting Masterclass. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Leonora, Overture No. 3; Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5.
19 - 24 January 2022. Maestro Alim Shakh & PKF - Prague Philharmonia,
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony op. 110a, Dvořák: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Beethoven: Symphony No. 2.
18 - 23 November 2021. Maestro Martin Sieghart & PKF - Prague Philharmonia
Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture, Haydn - Symph. No. 104, Beethoven - 7th Symphony, Stravinsky - Concerto in D "Basel Concerto".
19 - 24 September 2021. Maestro Charles Olivieri- Munroe & MFO,
Beethoven: Fidelio, overture in E major, Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Soloist Kenichiro Kojima (piano, Japan), Berlioz- Overture Roman Carnival, Dvořák - Symphony No. 7, Carnival, Overture.
22 - 27 August 2021. Maestro Martin Sieghart & MFO
Mahler: Symphony No. 4, Mozart: Linzer Symphony KV 425, Mozart: Arias for Liric soprano from Mozart's operas: Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan tutte. Soloists: Barbora Řeřichová - soprano, Liana Sass - soprano. Conducting Masterclass.
19 - 24 July 2021. Maestro Lior Shambadal & MFO
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Mozart: CosÌ fan tutte, Overture, Mendelssohn: Hebrides, Overture.
27 June- 2 July 2021. Maestro Alim Shakh & MFO
P. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4, Beethoven - Symphony No. 1, Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Strauss - Die Fledermaus - Overture, F. von Suppe - Leichte Kavallerie - Overture
28 - 31 March 2021. Maestro Alim Shakh & PKF - Prague Philharmonia, Soloist Milan Al-Ashhab (violin)
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43, Tchaikovsky - Serenade for strings & Violin Concerto, Mendelssohn - Symphony No.4 "Italian" & A Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture, Debussy: La Mer - piano transcription
22 - 25 February 2021. Maestro Martin Sieghart & The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Stravinsky - Pulcinella, Suite (1920), Prokofiev - Symphony No. 1, Beethoven - Symphony No. 7, Overture Coriolan, Wagner - Siegfried-Idyll
24 - 29 January 2021. Maestro Tomas Netopil & Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava
Sibelius - Violin Concerto, Dvorak - Symphony No. 7, Verdi ,,La Forza del Destino"- Overture, Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
23 - 28 August 2020. Maestro Alim Shakh (Alexander Polyanichko) & the MFO
Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, Georges Bizet- L'Arlésienne, Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz.
Conducting Masterclass. 2-7 August 2020. Maestro A. Shakh & professional Symphony orchestra
A. Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, L. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni, overture, M. Ravel: La Valse.
2-7 February 2020. Maestro Alim Shakh & the MFO
Mozart - The Magic Flute, Overture The Abduction from the Seraglio. Beethoven - Symphony No. 4. Weber - Oberon, Overture. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6.
6-11 October 2019. Maestro Alexander Polyanichko and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
J. Brahms- Symphony No. 3, Stravinsky - Petrushka (1947), E. Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, W.A. Mozart - Don Giovanni - Overture, L. Beethoven - Egmont, Overture
8-13 September 2019. Orchestral conducting masterclass
J. Brahms - Symphony No. 1; L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 2; F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Overtures Hebrides & Midsummer Night's Dream.
18- 23 August 2019. Maestro Olivieri Munroe & the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven, Antonin Dvořák - Symphony No.8, Mozart, Brahms.
9-14 June 2019., Orchestral conducting workshop with full-size professional orchestra MFO
L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 7, J. Brahms - Symphony No. 4, P. Tchaikovsky - Suite from the ballet Sleeping beauty, M. Glinka - Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture
20-25 January 2019., Orchestral conducting masterclass with full-size professional symphony orchestra
L. Beethoven - Coriolan, Overture, L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 1, I. Stravinsky - The Firebird, Suite 1919, P. I. Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a, G. Verdi - La Forza del Destino, Overture
16-21 September 2018., Maestro Martin Sieghart and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Program: Johannes Brahms - 1st Symphony, Anton Bruckner - 4th Symphony, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphomy No. 36, Felix Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)
26-31 August 2018. Olomouc, Czech Republic
Maestro Alexander Polyanichko & the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 - George Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 1 - George Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 2
12-17 August 2018. Course in Karlovy Vary, the Czech Republic
Maestro Olivieri Munroe & the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra
B. Smetana "Vltava"- A. Dvorak - Symphony No.7, Op.70 (obligatory)- A. Dvorak: Czech suite in D major - Z. Kodaly - Dances of Galanta- W.A. Mozart Symphony No.38
10-15 June 2018., Maestro Alim Shakh & the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
Program: P. Tchaikovsky - 4th Symphony, F. Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto, L. Beethoven - Symphony No. 3, Overture Egmont, С. Debussy - Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, S. Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2.
19-24 March 2018., Workshop - The Symphony Orchestra of the North Bohemian Theatre. Maestro Martin Sieghart
Program: BEETHOVEN 9th Symphony, MENDELSSOHN - Symphony No. 4, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Scheherazade.
21-26 January 2018., Olomouc. Czech Republic. Maestro Alim Shakh
Program: J. Brahms: The Tragic Overture. P. I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5. D. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1. W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 41
19 - 23 November 2017.. The South Czech Philharmonic. Maestro Martin Sieghart.
Program: J. Strauss - Ouverture "The Gypsy Baron", J. Haydn Symphony Nr. 88 in G major, L. Beethoven Symphony Nr. 1 in C major, A. Dvořák Symphony Nr. 9, F. Schubert Symphony Nr. 4, I. Stravinsky Pulcinella-Suite.
10 - 16 September 2017. Workshop - Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Program: Mahler 5th symphony, Stravinsky The Firebird suite 1919, Shostakovich 9th symphony, Brahms 4th symphony, Wagner - The Flying Dutchman, overture.
13 - 18 August 2017., Karlovy Vary. Czech Republic. Maestro Olivieri Munroe
Program: Smetana - My country, Brahms - Symphony Nr. 2, Liszt - Les Preludes, Tchaikovsky - Rococo variations, Strauss - Die Fledermaus (overture), W.A. Mozart.
Symphony Orchestra of the Karlovy Vary.
11- 16 June 2017., Olomouc. Czech Republic. Maestro Alim Shakh
Program: Stravinsky- Pulcinella suite 1922, Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1, Brahms -Symphony No.1, Mussorgsky - Night on the Bald Mountain (symphonic poem, 1867).
3-8 April 2017., Ústí nad Labem. Czech Republic.
Program: J. Haydn Symphony Nr. 101, W.A. Mozart Symphony Nr. 40, L. Beethoven Symphony Nr. 3, Overtures Coriolan and Egmont, J. Brahms Tragic Overture, B. Smetana - The Moldau.
21- 26 January 2017., Course - Olomouc. Czech Republic. Maestro Alim Shakh
Program: D. Shostakovich - Festive Overture, 9th Symphony, S. Prokofiev -1st Symphony, P.I. Tchaikovsky - 4th Symphony, S. Rachmaninoff - 3rd Piano Concerto, A. Dvořak - 9th Symphony.
5 -10 November 2016., Marienbad. Czech Republic. Maestro Alim Shakh
Program: Mozart - Symphony No. 40, Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2, Beethoven Symphony No. 2.
22- 26 August 2016., Summer Masterclass, Karlovy Vary. Czech Republic.
Program: Program: J. Brahms - Symphony Nr.1, P. I. Tchaikovsky - Symphony Nr.6 , F. Mendelssohn "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Op. 61.
7 -11 June 2016., Workshop - Olomouc. Czech Republic. Maestro A.Shakh
Program: L. Beethoven, 7th symphony, S. Rachmaninoff, Symphonic dances, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade.
22 - 30 January 2016., Ústí nad Labem. Maestro Guerassim Voronkov.Opera conducting.
Program: Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) by Giuseppe Verdi and Opera-gala concert.
22 - 30 January 2016., Ústí nad Labem. Marina Shaguch (vocal professor).
Opera Singing Masterclass
16 - 20 November 2015, Course - Marienbad. Maestro Charles Olivieri-Munroe.
Program: Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořak and Smetana. Conducting Masterclass.
26 June - 02 July 2015, Olomouc. Maestro Charles Olivieri-Munroe.
Summer Orchestral conducting
This masterclass includes pieces from the main repertoire of orchestral conducting, based on European and Russian classical music.
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