Ticino Musica Festival Orchestra 2022

Orchestral Academy

18 – 30 July 2022, Lugano (Switzerland)

Conductor

In the wake of the Festival's 25th anniversary celebrations, Ticino Musica launches the first edition of the Ticino Musica Festival Orchestra, directed by Alexander Shelley.

In the spirit of Ticino Musica, the project focuses on collaboration and mutual exchange between great international artists and talented musicians at the beginning of their careers, in order to offer an opportunity for an experience both professionally formative and artistically of the highest level.

In a setting that offers some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe, the orchestra performs and interprets two programmes of classical and contemporary masterpieces during the two weeks of the Festival.

'Ticino Musica was a formative place for me. Whether it was working alongside my great teacher Johannes Goritzki, attending composition classes with George Crumb, playing in various chamber ensembles with brilliantly talented colleagues, or listening to the many fine teaching artists in performance, I owe a debt of gratitude to the atmosphere of adventure and musical joy that this festival represents. As such I am thrilled to be leading the first Ticino Musica Festival Orchestra (Orchestral Academy) in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the institution. In our work together we will explore the techniques and mindset involved in becoming a leading orchestral musician and apply them to repertoire that extends from the classics to the present day. I look forward to creating an ensemble that works hard to develop the precision and focus required for the structured spontaneity that all musicians aspire to in performance. We are looking for applications from advanced instrumentalists who are passionate about a career in orchestral music and eager to rehearse and perform at a top professional level. Together we will prepare classic symphonies as well as virtuosic contemporary orchestral works and will also accompany some of the fine faculty of Ticino Musica in concertos for multiple instruments. This will be a great opportunity to learn about the inner workings of an ensemble as we build a new orchestra together in an idyllic setting. I look forward greatly to welcoming you and to working alongside you!'

Alexander Shelley

Music Director, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra

Principal Associate Conductor, London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Soloists

Programme

First concert

Dieter Ammann, Grooves - fitting one for Chamber Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Second concert

Sergei Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25
Frank Martin, Concerto for seven wind instruments, timpani, percussion, and string orchestra
Richard Wagner, Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385