Since 1998 the Amsterdam Conservatory has been organizing an audition training for harp. This training, which is meant for advanced harp students and young professionals can be attended free of charge by all students of the Amsterdam Conservatory. Other participants are asked to pay a small attendance fee of EUR 150,-. All classes are open for audience.
The 12th audition training consists of seven evening classes. On the last evening the training is concluded with a real audition, in the presence of a professional jury. After this audition participants receive a certificate. The winner will be invited to be a substitute at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
The program consists of the most recent audition parts; the list includes parts by Berlioz, Richard Strauss, Wagner, Stravinsky, Ravel and others. For the final audition all parts have to be prepared. The jury will select the parts that have to be played.
Ideally the group numbers a maximum of eight candidates of a comparable level. The meetings are always group meetings but there is enough time for individual attention. The focus of the course lies not only on the audition practice, but also on the orchestra practice.
This is why the possibility is created to attend a few rehearsals of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The last couple of years students were present at rehearsals of Alborada Del Gracioso by Ravel, Symphony in Three Parts by Stravinsky, Ravel's Piano Concerto, and Bruckner's eighth Symphony.
The training will be given in Dutch (as well as English and German on request).
For photographs and more information please contact Petra van der Heide and send an e-mail to: p.vdheide@xs4all.nl
You can apply by sending back the application form or just sending an e-mail.
The payment of EUR 150,- has to be done before the start of the training.