30. August – 4. September 2020, Hochschule für Musik Saar, Saarbrücken
Director
Kammerchor Saarbrücken
Georg Grün ranks among the most sought-after choral conductors and ... choral sound specialists in the world. In 1990, he founded the KammerChor Saarbrücken and remains its artistic director today. With the ensemble he has won major international and national choir competitions, has performed at many renowned music festivals and has regularly produced CDs for Carus-Verlag and Rondeau. Between 2000 and 2012 Georg Grün was professor of choral conducting at the Musikhochschule Mannheim, with whose newly-formed Chamber Choir he also won numerous international prizes. In 2012, Georg Grün was appointed professor at the HfM University of Music Saar, and in 2013 took on the role of conductor of the Ev. Chorgemeinschaft an der Saar. Georg Grün travels extensively both in Germany and abroad as a guest conductor, adjudicator and teacher of international master classes in choral conducting. Since 2010, he has been a mentor of the Conductors' Forum of the German Music Council and since 2015, chairman of the jury at the renowned International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf. In 2016 concerts, adjudicator work, master classes and guest conducting engagements will take him, among other places, to Italy, France, Ireland, Spain and Poland.
Soprano
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Soprano
Solistenensemble Stimmkunst, Stuttgart
Soprano
SWR Vocalenssemble
Alto
Deutscher Kammerchor
Alto
SWR Vokalensemble
Alto
SWR Vokalensemble
Tenor
SWR Vokalensemble
Tenor
SWR Vokalensemble
Tenor
Bass
Ensemble Amacord
Bass
Calmus Ensemble
Bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
HfM Saar
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Development and performance of complex choral music under professional conditions in an academy choir together with professional singers from radio choirs or the professional choral scene in every vocal group. The latter will coach the scholarship holders during the entire duration of the Choral Academy, providing targeted vocal training that is entirely tailored to the individual needs and requirements of professional vocal ensemble work and its literature.
The Choral Academy will work closely with the Conductors’ Academy headed by Prof. Georg Grün.
Part of the lessons and rehearsals within this year’s Summer School will be offered for the first time to students from other German and European music academies via Internet video transmission. Seminars, lectures and rehearsals by external lecturers from abroad are also made available for the participants of the summer school.
The final concert of the two academies will take place on Friday, September 4, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the HfM concert hall.
The Choral Academy is aimed primarily at singers aged between 16 and 26 years who
Complete application documents should be uploaded here
Application deadline: 30 June 2020
The artistic directors will select from among the candidates six active participants per vocal group.
Once the artistic management has selected the participants in the Choral Academy, applicants will be notified in writing.
Active participants:
Active participants will receive an invitation letter along with two forms relating to image and music rights and a form for confirming attendance. All three must be returned completed and signed by the stated deadline. Enrolment is binding after payment of the enrolment fee for the respective academy (see below).
Passive participants:
Passive participation in the Choral Academy is also possible. This must be specified on the application form. Passive participants will receive a form for confirming attendance. This must be completed, signed and returned by the stated deadline. Enrolment is binding after payment of the enrolment fee for the respective academy (see below).
For the active and the passive participants only costs for food and administration in the amount of 100 euros are incurred. All other costs are covered by the Peter und Luise Hager Foundation.
If you have any questions, please contact
Mauro Barbierato
chor-orchester@hfm.saarland.de
Application deadline
30 June 2020
Contact information
If you have any questions, please contact:
Mauro Barbierato
chor-orchester@hfm.saarland.de