BLUE DANUBE MUSIK IMPRESARIO
AND
THE BULGARIAN STATE OPERA BURGAS
PRESENT

A PUCCINI OPERA MASTERCLASS (WORLDWIDE)
FOR CONDUCTORS

IN BURGAS, BULGARIA

LA BOHEME, TOSCA, MADAMA BUTTERFLY

WITH MAESTRO BORIS HINCHEV AND STAGE DIRECTOR,
OGNIAN DRAGANOV

5 - 17 May 2008


Name:______________________________________________


Gender (male or female):________________________________


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

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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)


Fax:________________________________________________
(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 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):

 

 

 

 


The first nine (9) qualified conductors who send their materials, the application fee (non-refundable 50 EUR), and deposit (refundable fee of 500 EUR), will be eligible for an invitation. Acceptance is based on training, experience, and suitability for this Mastercourse. The deposit will be refunded to conductors not found suitable for the course. The balance of the course fee (2 000 EUR) will be due on the first day of the Mastercourse in cash and in EUR only, please. NB…the deposit will not be returned to conductors who cancel for any reason after 5 March 2008.

For additional information, please contact:
Anthony Armore or Elena Platon
info@bluedanubeviolins.com
Tel/Fax in Vienna, Austria: +43 1 405 40 30 (office); +43 660 944 16 59 (mobil) or +43 660 944 16 58 (mobil)

The following should be sent to Blue Danube Musik Impresario as soon as possible, please:

1. Completed application form.

2. Videotape of recent conducting (opera preferred, but not mandatory) that includes rehearsal and performance footage, if possible. NTSC, PAL, DVD, CD-ROM formats are all acceptable. NB...conductors who have participated in past event produced by BDMI do not have to send this tape.

3. Application fee (non-refundable) and deposit (refundable)...total of 550 EUR.

Blue Danube Musik Impresario GmbH
Puccini Opera Conducting Masterclass 2008
Strozzigasse 32-34
A-1080 Wien (Vienna)
AUSTRIA (Europe)
Tel.: +43 1 405 40 30

Applicants are kindly requested to send the 550 EUR via bank wire transfer (with all bank charges to be borne by the sender/Spesenfrei fuer der Empfaenger) to the account given below (please be sure to include your name).

Bank Name: BAWAG P.S.K.
Bank Address: Josefstädter Strasse 28/A-1080 Wien
Name on account: Blue Danube Musik Impresario GmbH
Account number (Kontonummer): 02010 006 026
BIC: BAWAATWW
IBAN: AT221400002010006026
Reason for payment: Course application or deposit fee

If money is sent via Western Union, the director's name (Anthony Armore), the company's name (Blue Danube Musik Impresario GmbH) and the information below is needed:

Anthony Armore
Blue Danube Musik Impresario GmbH
Strozzigasse 32-34
A-1080 Wien
Tel: +43 1 405 40 30

Moreover, for Western Union, the sender's name, address and telephone number are also needed. The MTCN number should be sent to Blue Danube Musik Impresario via e-mail, fax or telephone at the same time, alerting us that payment has been sent.