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Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy


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Gstaad Festival Orchestra

Gstaad offers rising conductors an opportunity unparalleled in the whole of Europe of working with a professional orchestra - the Gstaad Festival Orchestra - and giving concerts under the supervision of experienced conductors. With the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival and its Gstaad Academy are on course to become the leading summer academy for young conductors in Europe.

The course is open to public audition. Each week ends with a concluding concert, conducted by Conducting Academy students.

Professors:

Jaap van Zweden, Professor Gstaad Conducting Academy

Johannes Schlaefli, Head of Teaching

Gstaad Festival Orchestra, Orchestra in Residence, Vlad Stǎnculeasa, concert master

Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikowsky, Bruckner, Wagner, Debussy amongst others

Source: https://www.gstaadacademy.ch/en/conducting/participants
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