PMF News - Autumn 2023 | ||
After record breaking heat throughout September, a cool, crisp Autumn has finally arrived in Sapporo. While reflecting on Summer, preparations are well underway for the 34th PMF in 2024. |
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“PMF 2023 Aftermovie” and much more PMF 2023 featured a renewed sense of the joy of live music; with all restrictions lifted, attendance was high and Academy comradery developed with ease. The process of the Academy’s transformation was a wonder to observe, with intensive once-in-a-lifetime educational experiences provided by world-class conductors and a faculty from top orchestras around the world, honing both their individual skills and their ability to come together as a unified orchestra, and all in a short span of time. The newly released “PMF 2023 Aftermovie” gives you a glimpse into all of this and more. Enjoy scenes of the Academy at work and at play, and watch for many more 2023 performance videos to be released throughout the coming season, with a kaleidoscopic lineup of works from Classical to contemporary, featuring both the Academy and artists! |
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PMF 2024 Academy Auditions - Apply Now! Auditions for the PMF 2024 Orchestra Academy have now begun! All relevant information is on the PMF website and Acceptd. Selected Academy members will be required to arrive in Sapporo on July 5 and depart from Tokyo on July 31. At PMF 2024, Manfred Honeck, internationally renowned conductor and Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will lead the PMF Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, and Elias Grandy, PMF alumnus and soon-to-be Chief Conductor of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra will lead programs including Strauss’ Don Juan, Stravinsky’s Firebird suite, and much more. Look forward to more news soon, on world-class soloists and a faculty of musicians from the Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, and principal players from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, LA Philharmonic, and other major orchestras of the United States. We look forward to receiving applications from around the globe! |
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Nick Deutsch currently holds a teaching position at the University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig - Fernando José Martínez Zavala (oboe, Pacific Quintet), featured in the previous issue, is among Deutsch’s many distinguished students. |
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PMF in their own words PMF is a non-profit organization, sustained by the generosity of individuals like you. It provides a uniquely multicultural learning environment for young musicians from all over the world, increasing international mutual understanding alongside musicianship. In this issue, PMF alumnus and faculty member Denis Bouriakov, currently principal flute of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, kindly shares his thoughts with us. |
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Alumni activities The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra (PMF Host City Orchestra) recently announced Elias Grandy’s appointment as their Chief Conductor, starting in April 2025, and Kentaro Kawase, PMF Assistant Conductor from 2007 to 2009, is currently serving as the Sapporo SO’s Resident Conductor. Alongside these developments, 12 of the orchestra’s current 76 members are PMF alumni. PMF and SSO collaboration continues to strengthen! |
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PMF alumni ensembles continued to perform in Sapporo and Tokyo. As ambassadors of the festival, they contribute to the promotion of our educational and artistic mission, and their performances are enjoyed by a wide range of audiences. |
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PMF events for Sapporo City and supporting companies will be presented throughout the Autumn-Winter season as well. |
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