HUNGARIAN OPERA CLUJ AND BLUE DANUBE PRODUCTIONS
PRESENT

BELA BARTOK (In Memoriam)
OPERA CONDUCTING COMPETITION 2005

In Cluj, Romania, with HUNGARIAN OPERA CLUJ

29 May - 11 June 2005

with Gala Concert on 14 June 2005 for the three winners

Name:______________________________________________


Gender (male or female):_______________________________


Date (day, month, year) and place of birth (there is NO minimum or maximum age limit for this competition):

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Current Address:______________________________________

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Country of Citizenship:__________________________________


Telephone (home, office & mobile):________________________

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(please include country and city codes)


E-mail:______________________________________________


Website:_____________________________________________

Please list professional (or other) orchestras and/or opera companies where you currently hold a conducting position. Please list your title(s) and the date you were engaged:

Please list professional (or other) orchestras and/or opera companies where you previously held positions. Please list dates and your title(s):

Please list professional (or other) orchestras and/or opera companies you have guest conducted in public performances. Please provide dates and locations:

Please list professional (or other) choral organizations where you currently hold a position. Please indicate your title(s) and when you were engaged:

Please list professional (or other) choral organizations you have conducted (with or without orchestral accompaniment). Please provide dates and locations:

Please list operas (in the standard repertoire) you have conducted in fully-staged performances with professional (or other) companies. Please indicate if the performance was a ‘concert version.’ Please give locations and dates:

Please list conducting or opera Mastercourses in which you have been an active participant. Please provide dates, locations, and the names of the major coaches/teachers:

Please provide a brief outline of your musical training and education; which orchestral instruments (including piano) have you studied to a high level of proficiency?

Please describe your level (capabilities) as a pianist:

Please describe your training (if any) as a vocal artist:

Please describe dramatic training (if any) you have had:

In what languages are you proficient/fluent?

Please list awards you have received or competitions you have won as a musical artist (conductor or performer):

NB – THERE IS NO MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM AGE LIMIT FOR CONTESTANTS. Fortyfive (45) contestants will be selected/invited from the applicants based on training, experience and suitability for this competition. Applicants will be notified of their status on or before 6 April 2005.

Administrator
E-mail: opera@bluedanubeviolins.com
Telephone in the US: (541) 765-2173
Telephone in Europe (Vienna, Austria): +43 1 944 16 59

Please direct all inquiries via e-mail to:
opera@bluedanubeviolins.com

All of the following must be received on or before 30 March 2005, please:

1. Completed application form (posted to Vienna).

2. *40 EUR ($55) application fee (non-refundable) (sent to either the US or Vienna - please see below).

3. Videotape of recent conducting (opera preferred but not mandatory) that includes rehearsal and performance footage. NTSC, PAL, DVD, CD-ROM formats are all acceptable (posted to Vienna).

4. Resume or c.v. (posted to Vienna).

5. 3 recent letters of reference (posted to Vienna).

Please send all materials so they arrive at the address below by 30 March 2005. Materials (including the application fee) that arrive after this date will NOT be considered:

Blue Danube Productions
c/o Hermann Fritz
Josefstädter Strasse 9/8
A-1080 Wien
AUSTRIA
Tel.: +43 1 944 16 59

*Applicants from within U.S. should send a personal check for $55.00 made payable to BLUE DANUBE PRODUCTIONS at the same time as posting all other materials to Vienna. Please send to the following address and be sure your name is mentioned as the applicant (in the event the check is written by another individual):

BLUE DANUBE PRODUCTIONS
P.O. Box 103
Depoe Bay, OR 97341
(this is the address for payment of the application fee only. All other materials must be posted to Vienna, please)

*Applicants outside the United States should send 40 EUR (all bank charges to be borne by the sender/please let your bank know this) by bank wire to the following account (please be sure to include your name) at the same time the other application materials are sent:

IBAN #: AT93 1200 0507 9036 8901
BIC (SWIFT): BKAUATWW
Kontonummer: 50790368901
Name of beneficiary: Anthony Armore
Reason for payment: Application fee/Blue Danube Productions
Name of Bank: Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG
Branch & Address: SD Wien Mitte GK/FB Josefstadt
Josefstädter Strasse 23
A-1080 Wien (Vienna)
AUSTRIA

The fortyfive (45) conductors invited to compete will be required to send an additional 450 EUR as a competition fee. They will responsible for their transport, hotel and meal expenses during the competition.