Passing on the Baton

There is no greater magic than seeing young people getting inspired by music and starting to grapple with it! I feel it as a huge privilege to inspire young professionals, young conductors, children and even entrepreneurs with music, and to pass on the baton to the next generation of artists.

Young Conductors

CONDUCTING MASTERCLASSES

INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTORS RETREAT, 3-9 August 2020

After the dark COVID-period in 2020, that were marked by complete withering of the music life and the rather distant teaching via Zoom, there was a big need of both professors and students to once again be engaged in the profession of conducting in a concrete, physical way. This was the reason for Antony, Karel Deseure and Ed Spanjaard to find a way of reconnecting with our students and to our profession of conducting. The main objective of this week was to give students the opportunity to conduct an ensemble again, and also to get to work with the many practical and mental aspects of orchestral conducting.

The word "retreat" - other than "masterclass", "workshop" or "course" -was chosen conscious, because it was important for the mentors to give this week an approach as holistic and broad as possible, with plenty of room for reflection. "The conductor as a versatile artist" was the main theme - in all its facets. So there we went. It resulted in an incredible week.

Universität der Künste Berlin (masterclass)

Young Professionals

NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE NETHERLANDS

ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC

GUILDHALL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

DUTCH NATIONAL OPERA ACADEMY

YOUNG-Children

Mini-Scratch (Anhaltisches Theater Dessau)

ENTREPRENEURS:

“From solo to symphony”, leadership and coaching

Workshops in collaboration with the North Netherlands Orchestra

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