24 October 2024, 7PM Opening Ceremony – Gheorghe Dima Music Academy Concert Hall
The Presentation of the Jury
Drawing lots of the entrance in the competition
25 October 2024, 11.00 –13.00, 16.00 – 18.00
Round 1 – Gheorghe Dima Music Academy Concert Hall
Compulsory piece
Claudio Monteverdi: Sovra tenere herbette
The ensembles for this round will be two alternating double quintets, members of Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir
26 October 2024, 9.00 – 12.00, 17.00 – 20.00
Round 2 – Gheorghe Dima Music Academy Concert Hall
Compulsory pieces:
Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina: Regina caeli
Gheorghe Dima: La mijloc de codru des
Repertoire:
Alber Becker: Bleibe, Abend will es warden
Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons, nr 2 Un Cygne și nr 3 Puique que tout passe
Cristian Bence- Muk : Pune Doamne strajă gurii mele
Șerban Marcu: Pajul Cupidon
Candidates are expected to run through the compulsory pieces and to rehearse the piece drawn from the repertoire list. Time allowed: max 20 minutes
The ensemble for this round will be the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir
26 October 2024, 12.30– 17.00 Free masterclasses
- 3 sessions of free masterclasses offered by the members of the jury to the competitors who did not progress to the second round.
The masterclasses will be held by:
- Patrick Russill – Head of Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, London
- Roland Börger – Head of Choral Conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“, Leipzig
- Cornel Groza – Permanent Conductor of the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir, Cluj Napoca
27 October 2024, 10.00 Semi-final– Gheorghe Dima Music Academy Concert Hall
Compulsory piece:
The piece that is awarded the 1st Prize in the Composition Section of the Competition
Pieces to be drawn:
Edward Elgar: Death on the hills
Knudt Nystedt: Prayers of kierkegaard no 1 and 2
Francis Poulenc: Timor et tremor din Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Double, double Toil and Trouble
Ildebrando Pizzeti: Cade la sera
The ensemble for this round will be the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir.
27 October 2024, 19.00 Final of the competition – Gheorghe Dima Music Academy Concert Hall
Final concert
Prize awarding ceremony
28 October 2024, 10.00– 17.00 Free masterclasses
- 3 sessions of free masterclasses offered by the members of the jury to the competitors who did not progress to the second round.
The masterclasses will be held by:
- Patrick Russill – Head of Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, London
- Roland Börger – Head of Choral Conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“, Leipzig
- Cornel Groza – Permanent Conductor of the Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir, Cluj Napoca