We would like to invite all graduate conductors interested in taking part in the Directors’ Forum to apply for an audition on 20 December 2017 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the Belgrade Philharmonic Hall.

All candidates are required to submit or deliver certificates of completed studies and a CV with a portrait photo to audicija@bgf.co.rs by 8 December 2017 at the latest.

In case a larger number of candidates applies, all candidates will be required to undergo a pre-selection process held (with piano accompaniment) on Tuesday, 19 December 2017, from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Belgrade Philharmonic Hall. Following the pre-selection, up to five candidates will be invited to the audition. Each of them will conduct the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra for 20 minutes.

The audition program:

L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 – 1. Movement

R. Wagner: Tristan and Isolde – Prelude

The music scores can be downloaded below:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5,_Op.67_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Tristan_und_Isolde,_WWV_90_(Wagner,_Richard)

The winning candidate at the audition will be the national representative in the Conductors’ Forum and participate in Gabriel Feltz’s master class with the Belgrade Philharmonic and will conduct together with the other foreign candidates who have been selected in Germany.

All grantees of the Directors’ Forum will conduct at the final concert on 21 June 2018, at the Belgrade Philharmonic Hall.