Fosco Corti Study tour
A guided and complete tour to follow the competition from the front row.
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Applications deadline: 15 September 2024
Also for the third edition of the F. Corti International Choir Conductors Competition, we would like to offer the possibility to participate to the event from a different point of view and with the valuable guidance of an experienced teacher-conductor. This educational programme, already in use in important national and international events, is intended for choir conductors and students of choral conducting in a training and in-depth study path that allows them to analyse a plurality of situations, experiences, repertoires, in a context of high international profile.
It will be possible to follow all the competition rounds (preliminary round, semi-final and final) with reserved access and a guaranteed seat inside the G. Verdi Conservatory of Turin, the competition venue.
There will also be specific moments of discussions and analysis and some meetings with jury members, outside the competition schedule, led by the Study Tour leader Marco Barbon. An opportunity, therefore, not only to listen but also to deepen and share aimed at personal and professional growth.
According to the order of registration a maximum of 20 participants will be admitted. Applications deadline: 15 September 2024.
The application fee is € 50 for indirect ECA members and € 70 for non-members and includes the complete scores in PDF, "sample" mode.
Programme
Friday 18 October 2024
8.45 Study Tour preliminary meeting (Caffè della Musica)9:30 n. 6 candidates
11:00 n. 6 candidates
12.30 n. 6 candidates
15.00 Study Tour meeting (Conservatorio G, Verdi, first floor)
16:00 n. 6 candidates
17:00 n. 6 candidates
18:30 n. 6 candidates
following Study Tour meeting
20:00 announcement of the candidates admitted to the semi-final
Saturday 19 October 2024
9:15 Study Tour meeting10:00 n. 4 candidates
11:15 n. 4 candidates
12:30 n. 2 candidates
15:00 Study Tour meeting
16:00 n. 4 candidates
17:15 n. 4 candidates
18:30 n. 2 candidates
following Study Tour meeting
19:45 announcement of the candidates admitted to the final
Sunday 20 October 2024
10:00 n. 3 candidates12:00 n. 2 candidates
15:30 Study Tour meeting
17:00 final and concert
following Study Tour meeting before the awards
19:00 winners' announcement and awards
Marco Barbon
Marco Barbon is an Italian conductor based in Munich (Germany). Since 2021 he has been working as choir conductor and vocal coach at Tölzer Knabenchor in Munich, Germany. Withthis choir he has conducted concerts for international festivals such as Anima Mundi Festival in Pisa (Italy), Rheingau Musikfestival in Wiesbaden (Germany), Voci d'Europa Festival inSardinia (Italy), and in prestigious concert halls such as Herkulessaal in Munich. He is also responsible for preparing the boy soloists for repertoire and contemporary operas at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Deutsche Oper and the Komische Oper in Berlin, and the Opéra national de Lyon. For several years, he has been invited as teacher in masterclasses for choir conducting and choral singing and as jury member of choral competitions organized by various regionalchoral associations throughout Italy. He has been appointed member of the artistic committee of the Choral Association of Veneto Region and during the year 2016-2017 he conducted the Youth Choir of Veneto Region.
In 2019, he won the second prize in the international choral conducting competition "Romano Gandolfi" and second prize in the Italian national choral conducting competition "Le mani in Suono." At the Conservatory of Castelfranco Veneto he completed a Master of Arts in Piano Performance and in 2022 a master's degree in choir conducting and composition cum laude and distinction in the class of M. Berrini, meanwhile enriching his musical experience at the University of Music in Saarbrücken thanks to the Erasmus+ programme.
In 2019, he obtained a master's degree in Renaissance and Baroque singing at the Conservatory of Venice. In his career he obtained a Bachelor degree in Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Padua. He is highly specialized in voice therapy and vocal training for voice professionals.
