The course is divided into three phases:

1st Level Ordinary Course: July 21 – 26 (Instructor: Luciano Acocella)
2nd Level Master Course: July 28 – August 2 (Instructor: Michel Tabachnik / Co-instructor: Luciano Acocella)

At the end of the three periods, the following performances are scheduled as part of the Chigiana International Festival 2024:
July 26, Teatro dei Rinnovati, Siena: Final concert of the Ordinary Course.
August 2, Teatro dei Rinnovati, Siena: Final concert of the Master Course.

For admission to the course, candidates must pass two tests:
1) Evaluation of qualifications and video documentation (results will be communicated after May 15);
2) Practical test with an orchestra.

ADMISSION

Evaluation of qualifications and video documentation
For this initial selection, candidates must submit to the Chigiana Academy by May 15, academic and artistic qualifications demonstrating the level of studies and ongoing conducting activities, a video (YouTube, Vimeo, and other digital platforms, as well as private videos) of good quality made in the last three years, lasting no less than 20 minutes with complete pieces (not fragments), indicating the date and place of recording and a photograph of the candidate. The information must be summarized in the synthesis form to be attached to the registration form. The relevant fee for the evaluation of qualifications, €28, must also be received.

The Academy’s office will communicate the results of this first test to all candidates.

Practical test with the orchestra
The live practical test, with the Senzaspine Orchestra, will take place on July 21 at 2:00 PM at the Teatro dei Rozzi in Siena.
To be admitted to the test, the registration fee of €68 must already be paid. For the live practical test, candidates must present the following repertoire:

Beethoven Symphony n. 7 in A major. op. 92
Hindemith Nobilissima visione

There will be a single selection for attendance throughout the course (Ordinary Course, Master Course).

REPERTOIRE – 1st Level Ordinary Course

The study program during the Ordinary Course is as follows:

Beethoven Symphony n. 7 in A major. op. 92
Hindemith Nobilissima visione

2nd Level Master Course

REPERTOIRE – 2nd Level Master Course

The study program during the Master Course is as follows:

Brahms Symphony n. 4 in E minor op. 98
Boulez Domaines
Debussy Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Wagner Prelude from “Tristan und Isolde”

The best students of the course, selected by the instructors, will be recommended to the partner institutions of the Chigiana Academy for the Orchestra Conducting course: ORT – Orchestra della Toscana, OPV – Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra Filarmonica A. Toscanini di Parma, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo and  I Virtuosi Italiani for possible inclusion in their programming.

For students who have already submitted the course registration in previous years, it will be sufficient to send only updated documentation in the “personal information” section of the online registration form.