WELCOME!
Continuing this successful project, the Marvão International Music Festival (FIMM) is offering again to music students and experienced amateur players from all over the world the possibility of joining members of a professional orchestra to work together and perform in a final concert, included in the festival’s programme.
The Marvão Festival Orchestra is open to musicians of all ages and nationalities and will take place during the 8th edition of FIMM.
Pedro Teixeira will direct choir rehearsals. Christoph Poppen, Artistic Director of FIMM, will conduct the final concert.
OPENINGS FOR:
Violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet and trombone.
REHEARSALS PERIOD: July 25th – 29th 2022
REHEARSALS VENUE: CAEP – Centro de Artes do Espectáculo de PORTALEGRE
CONCERT DATE: July 29th 2022, 21.00
CONCERT VENUE: Santa Maria da Devesa church, CASTELO DE VIDE
PROGRAMME:
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 52, “Lobgesang” (Hymn of Praise)
JULIANE BANSE, soprano I
YEREE SUH, soprano II
LOTHAR ODINIUS, tenor
MARVÃO FESTIVAL CHORUS
MARVÃO FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
PEDRO TEIXEIRA, choir direction
CHRISTOPH POPPEN, conductor
REQUIREMENTS
Please include a link for an audio or video of your playing, together with your application.
The Artistic Direction will decide about your participation and you will be notified in time whether you will be accepted.
Sheet music for this programme will be provided and sent early enough to give time to practice in the weeks before the concert.
COSTS
Application / Admission Fee: €100
The Marvão Festival Orchestra has an estimated cost of several hundred euros per person, which is supported by the sponsors and patrons of the festival, which make this unique project possible.
Participants to the Orchestra will be charged a one-time application fee of €100, non-refundable, which needs to be paid only after the participation is the Orchestra is confirmed and accepted, and not during the application process.
There are no tuition fees or any other costs, but all participants will have to fully pay for their own travels, food and accommodation.
WHERE TO STAY
We recommend to look for accommodation in Portalegre (city center), within walking distance from the rehearsals venue, or in the surrounding regions, including Castelo de Vide and Marvão, if you can travel with your own car.
On the day of the final concert, the festival organisation will provide all the participants with transportation between the rehearsals venue (Portalegre) and the concert venue (Castelo de Vide) and back.
The rehearsals will take place in the morning, so that you have the possibility to visit afternoon and evening festival concerts.
All MFO/MFC members are entitled to one free ticket for family and friends for their own concert (July 29th) and also benefit from 50% discounted single tickets for themselves to attend other festival concerts (subject to availability). All ticket requests to be exclusively handled via info@marvaomusic.com.
