Ticino Musica Festival Orchestra

Orchestral Academy

18 – 30 July 2022, Lugano (Switzerland)

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Festival, we are launching the inaugural Ticino Musica Festival Orchestra, to be conducted by alumnus Alexander Shelley.

Reflecting the spirit of Ticino Musica, the project revolves around collaboration and mutual exchange between leading international artists and talented early career musicians, offering an opportunity for both professional development and performance at the highest level. In the setting of some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe, the Festival  Orchestra will prepare two programmes of classical and contemporary masterpieces for performance across two weeks of the Festival.

On request, orchestra members may take part in the Masterclasses with the following conditions: they may participate in half of the lessons (schedule to be organized individually with the docent) with a tuition cost of 390 fr, including registration and participation fees.

Conductor

Alexander Shelley

Programme 2022

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

Soloists

Adrian Oetiker (piano), Marco Rizzi (violin), Giovanni Gnocchi (cello), Andrea Oliva (flute), Igor Podyomov (oboe), Calogero Palermo (clarinet), Gabor Meszaros (bassoon), Jacques Deleplancque (horn), Fritz Damrow (trumpet), Vincent Lepape (trombone)

..."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 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the institution."

Alexander Shelley
Music Director, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
Principal Associate Conductor, London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra