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Tzlil Meudcan
The
International Festival & Summer Course for New Music Performance &
Composition, ISRAEL 20.06 - 30.06.2012
Call for
applications.
What
is Tzlil Meudcan?
Starting in 2007
with an international chamber festival for contemporary music in Israel, together
with an international summer course added two years ago, both hosting
world-renowned figures from the fields of music composition and performance, we
formed a new hybrid structure that bears the title Tzlil Meudcan, meaning "an updated tone" in Hebrew.
The Tzlil Meudcan Festival and Summer Course
aim to host each summer a small select group of young composers and performers
working closely and intensely with our guest faculty in the beautiful
surroundings of Kibbutz Ein Hashofet and Kibbutz Dalia, located in the north of
Israel.
Composers Chaya
Czernowin and Steven Takasugi from Harvard University will be the permanent
heads of our composition class, while the performance class will have a
constantly varying team determined by the festival goals planned for that year.
Previous years the line up included soloists from Ensemble Ictus (Belgium),
Ensemble musikFabrik (Germany), Ensemble Recherche (Germany), Ensemble Nikel
(Israel) among others.
Each year the festival
platform is also including a focus on one internationally acclaimed composer
who's chamber works will be widely presented at the concerts. This year it will
be composer Georges Aperghis who will be our guest not only in the festival
days but also will join briefly the summer course period.
Participants can
expect a joyful summer stay with full accommodations covered, double-room
occupancy, three meals per day, and most importantly, close, personal
interaction with the faculty. Each performance teacher will be associated with
not more then two students in order to give maximum attention to the
participants, whose work will focus closely on the acquisition of new technical
and interpretative knowledge and skills for the performance of the contemporary
repertoire. The composition students will have individual lessons, group
meetings, instrumental presentations, as well as one-on-one exchanges with the
other participants. Moreover, they will work with the guest ensembles soloists,
both pedagogically and practically as they prepare their pieces for performance
during the final stage of the festival.
At this
conclusion, all participants will head south to the city of Tel Aviv, take in
some sun on the beautiful sandy beaches of the Mediterranean sea, and attend
three intensive days of concerts, performances, workshops, presentations, and
other various activities presenting the fruits of their work prepared at the
pedagogical stage of the course along side the general festival program.
Important
Information for applicants
When
and where?
Tzlil Meudcan 2012 begins on June 20th and ends on June 30th
The schedule
plan will be as follows:
June 20 - June
26th, 2012, Kibbutz Ein Hashofet, Kibbutz Dalia
June 27 - June
30th, 2012, Tel Aviv
Application
deadlines:
December 1st,
2011 (composers)
January 15, 2012
(performers)
Announcements
of the accepted participants
January 15, 2012
(composers)
February 15,
2012 (performers)
How
to apply?
For the
composition class, composers should send a package (post-stamped no later than
December 1st) that includes the following:
- Application
form, click HERE to download
- Detailed CV
- 2 or 3 recent
scores (Date of composition must appear on the score!)
- CD with
2 or 3 recordings.
Package should
be sent to the following address:
"Tzlil Meudcan committee c/o
Czernowin/Takasugi"
31 Larch Rd
Newton, MA 02468
USA
For the
performance class, please submit a detailed CV and 1 or 2 letters of
recommendation to the following email address (No later than January 15th): tzlilmeudcan.festival@gmail.com
Costs
Participation
fee is 485 Euros that cover the following:
- Eleven days of
pedagogical work with the faculty.
- Seven days of
accommodation in Kibbutz Dalia. Double room with a room mate.
- Three meals a
day served in the Kibbutz dinning room.
- Four days of
accommodation in Tel Aviv. Double room with a room mate (only breakfast is
included).
- Free pass to
all festival concerts and events.
* Payment will only be possible after
applicants receive official invitation letters via email, where further
instructions will be described.
For further
details and questions: Tzlilmeudcan.festival@gmail.com
We look forward
having you with us
Yours Sincerely
Yaron Deutsch
Director, Tzlil
Meudcan - International Festival & Summer Course for New Music
  
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