International Young Orchestra Academy
The International Young Orchestra Academy (IJOA) is an international selection orchestra. Since it was founded, the IJOA has given around 480 concerts in Germany and Europe.
history
The IJOA was founded in 1994 by Ulrich S. Schubert and Andreas Göldel with the assistance of August Everding and the Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras . The academy is filled annually through an international tender and consists of around 110 musicians from 30 nations.
During the working phase, the program is worked out in addition to the tuti samples with lecturers in individual voice samples. The rehearsal work takes place in Pleystein in the Upper Palatinate. In a two-week rehearsal phase in the Pleystein Music Center under the guidance of lecturers and a. of the Musikhochschule Köln, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig , Hofer Symphoniker, Munich Philharmoniker and National Polish Radio Symphonieorchester formed a body of sound in the various vocal and joint rehearsals.
From 2004 to 2011, Miguel Gómez Martínez was the conductor of the symphony orchestra. In 2010 and 2012 Bob Ross (Blechschaden) conducted the Brass Festival. In 2013 Matthias Foremney took over the direction. In 2014 and 2015, Simon Gaudenz was conductor. In 2016 Dorian Keilhack was conductor of the International Young Orchestra Academy. Since 2017 it's Matthias Foremney again.
A large symphonic work, mostly from the 19th century, is rehearsed in alternating cycles. a. by Mahler, Bruckner, Tschaikowsky and Brahms. The young musicians also had the opportunity at the Bayreuth Easter Festival 2007, where Antonio Salieri's “ Prima la musica e poi le parole ” was performed under the musical direction of Christoph Ulrich Meier in the Margravial Opera House , in 2008 at Gluck's Iphigenie in Tauris and in 2009 with Handel's Alcina in to participate in an opera project. In addition, the Festival Brass was held in 2010 and 2012 (directed by Bob Ross, Blechschaden). In addition, there are jazz and salon orchestra events every year.
The works rehearsed during the working phase will then be performed on a tour that includes the Bayreuth Easter Festival and the Easter Festival Nördliche Oberpfalz. Guest venues are Bayreuth ( Ordenskirche St. Georgen - until 2010 the Margravial Opera House ), Weiden ( Max-Reger-Halle ), Selb (Rosenthal-Theater) and Jena (Volkshaus). From 2004 to 2009 there was also an annual concert in Leipzig ( Thomaskirche ), this venue was played again in 2018. In 2019 the anniversary concert will take place in the Gewandhaus in Leipzig . Bielefeld ( Neustädter Marienkirche ) was played on until 2012 .
The orchestra academy is sponsored by the International Young Orchestra Academy Culture and Social Foundation. The main goals of the cultural and social foundation are to help children with cancer in the region through donations from the concerts and the proceeds from CD sales, the promotion of young musicians and international understanding through the joint music-making of musicians from all over the world.
The concert program will be recorded over two days under professional guidance. Since 2006 this has been done in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk Klassik
After the anniversary years of Franz Liszt (2011) and Richard Wagner's (2013), the great symphony orchestra of the IJOA in 2016 focused on the Upper Palatinate composer Max Reger , as 2016 marks the 100th year of his death. The large symphony orchestra of the IJOA had some of the master's works on the program and, with the concert venues in Weiden, Bayreuth, Selb and Jena, traced the stages of his life. After that, works by Mahler, Brahms, Wagner and Bruckner filled the program.
Another pedagogical pillar in the structure of the Foundation for the Promotion of Young Musicians are the International Masterclasses, in which there are targeted shortage of instrumentalists from the Orchestra Academy, such as B. double bass players are encouraged. The courses combine a wide variety of goals. The focus is always on promoting young, talented musicians, and the courses also offer the opportunity to involve young regional musicians in the lecturers' rehearsal work.
In 2019, the International Young Orchestra Academy received the Bayreuth Culture Prize from the City of Bayreuth for exceptional achievements in the fields of music, literature, painting, the fine arts and science. The city council made the final decision on the award.
CD recordings
- 1995: Brahms - Academic Festival Overture, Mahler - 1st Symphony "Titan"
- 1996: Mahler - 5th Symphony
- 1997: Mahler - 4th Symphony, Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Violin Concerto in E minor
- 1999: Mozart - Overture to “Magic Flute”, Mahler - Rückert-Lieder, Tschaikowsky - 6th Symphony
- 2000: Wagner, Tschaikowsky, Mahler, Grieg, Byrd, Hazell, Premru
- 2001: Wagner - Overture to “The Flying Dutchman”, Mahler - Songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”, Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5, Dvořák - 9th Symphony “From the New World”
- 2002: Wagner - Overture to Tannhäuser, Mahler - songs from “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”, Dvořák - 8th Symphony
- 2003: Salon orchestra and jazz
- 2003: Wagner - Overture to Lohengrin, Mahler - “Adagio” from 5th Symphony, Tchaikovsky - 4th Symphony
- 2004: Mahler - 2nd symphony "Resurrection"
- 2005: Bruckner - 4th Symphony, Wagner - "Prelude to Tannhäuser"
- 2006: Bruckner - 7th Symphony
- 2007: Tchaikovsky - 5th Symphony, JS Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor (BWV 1041)
- 2008: Mozart - Horn Concerto in E flat major, Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D major
- 2009: Bruckner - Symphony No. 8
- 2011: Wagner - Overture to Tannhäuser, Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1, Schumann - Symphony No. 4
- 2013: Wagner - Parsifal Suite, Bruckner - Symphony No. 3
- 2014: Schubert - 8th Symphony ("the unfinished")
- 2015: Beethoven - 1st symphony, Bruckner - 6th symphony
- 2016: Reger - A ballet suite op.130, Schubert: 5 songs for soprano and piano, arr. For orchestra by Max Reger, Brahms - 4th symphony
- 2017: Wagner - Overture to the opera "Der Fliegende Holländer", Mahler - Lieder from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn", Brahms - Symphony No. 1
- 2018: Bruckner - Symphony No. 5
- 2019: Wagner - Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, Wagner - Wesendonck-Lieder, Bruckner - Symphony No. 4