Orchestra Professionals - Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo

PROFESSIONE ORCHESTRA

ADVANCED TRAINING FOR FUTURE ORCHESTRA PROFESSIONALS

September 2022 – June 2023, Torino, Pinerolo (To)

A joint project of

The Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale of the RAI national broadcasting network – Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo

Instrument and chamber music lessons from section leaders of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI

Playing alongside the RAI orchestra in rehearsals for four concerts in the RAI 2022/2023 season

Scholarships awarded on merit for deserving students

Concerts in prestigious venues

6th year of the Professione Orchestra, the programme designed to train young musicians to work as professional members of an orchestra, developed through a partnership between the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale of the RAI national broadcasting network, famed for its concert performances ranging from the great classical repertorio to historic avantgarde and contemporary music, and the Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo, a school for advanced music teaching focused especially on chamber music and orchestra repertoire.

Performing passages and solos from repertoire, perfecting flexibility of execution, developing the capacity to modulate their musical contribution in response to instructions from the conductors, as well as to those of the individual section leaders: these are just a few of the skills necessary for an orchestra professional. The course we offer covers all of these and more, providing young musicians under 30 with an authentic on-the-job training experience and with advanced music courses, which include lessons in instrument and in chamber music with section leaders from the RAI Orchestra Sinfonica.

Up to now the winners of scholarships for the Professione Orchestra project have taken part in 60 performance projects, working under eminent conductors like Marc Albrecht, Daniele Gatti, James Conlon, Juraj Valčuha, Ryan Bancroft, Leonidas Kavakos, John Axelrod, Andris Poga, Fabio Luisi, Kirill Petrenko e Dennis Russel Davies. The outcomes of their attendance at the workshops have been very positive and significant for their careers. Approximately 40% have already obtained excellent results in competitions for places in orchestras in Italy and abroad. 20% are now working permanently with prestigious orchestras. The remaining 40% are still finishing their studies at Conservatories or music Academies (many of those who have taken part in the Professione Orchestra workshops are aged between 16 and 23, and are therefore still fully involved in training courses in musicianship).

COURSE CALENDAR:

>> PART I: 26 September – 8 October 2022

Two weeks of workshops (four or six days each): 26 September/1 October and 2/8 October, to be held at Accademia di Musica in Pinerolo and Auditorium RAI in Torino. Each workshop can be activated with 3 students minimum and will be structured as follows:

Four individual instrument lessons
rehearsal with the instrument section
seminary “How to deal with stage anxiety?”
seminary and lessons of Alexander’s Technique
seminary of breathing and yoga
meeting with Professors of Rai Orchestra
a final assessment test which will be the simulation of an audition for a place in an orchestra.

26 September – 1 October 2022:

Baroni Enrico Maria, clarinet | Study program
Patrussi Nicola, oboe | Study program
Di Mario Diego, trombone | Study program
Toso Pierpaolo, cello | Study program

3 – 8 October 2022:

Bassani Margherita, harp | Study program
Milani Luca, clarinet | Study program
Bongiovanni Ettore, horn | Study program
Barletta Alberto, flute | Study program
Pomarico Barsanofio Francesco, oboe | Study program
Braito Marco e Rossi Roberto, trumpet | Study program
Magli Matteo, tuba | Study program
Milani Alessandro, violin | Study program
Macrì Massimo, cello | Study program

N.B.: The students are required to obtain the scores by themself

>> PART II: November 2022 – June 2023

The best students from the workshops will be selected by the Artistic Committee (members are the Artistic Director of the Rai, the Artistic Director of the Accademia di Musica, one teacher from the academy and two section leaders from the Rai Orchestra) to take part in a year-long course that is completely free and will consist of:

One individual instrument lesson (2 hours) per month, for 4 months with section leaders from the RAI Orchestra Sinfonica;
playing alongside the RAI orchestra in rehearsals for four concerts in the RAI 2022/2023 season (the offer of this activity will depend strictly on the internal regulations of the RAI relating to the progress of the pandemic and on the measures put in place by the national Covid task force for the 22/23 concert season);
4 chamber music lessons held in Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo taught by the section leaders from the RAI Orchestra Sinfonica;
for the chamber music ensembles, one concert insert in the Concert Season of OSN Rai and another in the Concert Season of the Accademia di Musica.

We would like to specify that the scholarships given by the Accademia di Musica, thanks to the contribution of the Fondazione Compagnia di S. Paolo, include all of the activities, as well as covering all the partecipant’s expenses for travel and accommodation.

WHAT DO OUR STUDENTS THINK?

You will find comments from students who have taken part in the Professione Orchestra project in past years here.

DEADLINE

Deadline for applications 9 September 2022, more info in the regulations with the “GARANZIA COVID-19”. If on 13/9/2022 the restrictions put in place by national and regional governments to contain the Covid 19 pandemic make it impossible for the Accademia to hold the Professione Orchestra as normal, application fees will be refunded.

Regulations: download

RESULTS: