The second edition of the ''Oratorium'' project in Cluj-Napoca
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
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The second edition of the "Oratorium" began in Cluj on July 20th, 2010. The Oratorium
project was initiated by the Jubilate Foundation. Its goal is to bring together
artists from different countries in order to create musical events meant to
enhance their professional skills and offer young performers new perspectives
on their future development. We found out more information about this year’s
edition of the "Oratorium" from the project manager, conductor
Kenneth Tucker:
The Oratorium Project is a thought that I have had for more than
10 years and which was put into practice only last year. It is a master course
for choir and orchestra which lasts a week and by means of which we wanted to
offer young professional musicians in Romania the opportunity to
work with world class professors and conductors. Last year we prepared the
"Creation" Oratorio by Joseph Haydn and this year we have a program
by Johann Sebastian Bach, under the musical direction of David Gier, one of the
assistant conductors at the New York Philharmonic, who brings along a welcome
breath of fresh air in his work with young musicians. On July 20th , 2010 we had the first
chamber music concert , a special event held at the Reformed Church in Cluj-Napoca. On July 21st there
was another chamber music concert at the Ethnographic Museum, notable by the
presence of the soprano Georgeta Stoleriu. On July 23rd, the Bach program concert will be held at the
Reformed Church in Cluj Napoca, the same program will be performed on July 24th
at the Philharmonic Hall in Timisoara and on July 25th at the Mihail Jora Studio of Radio Romania in Bucharest. One significant
detail about the event is that this year we have an organizing committee for
this project in Cluj-Napoca. The ‘‘Oratorium’’
Project is a project developed by the Jubilate Foundation in Oradea and only the
foundation managed the project last year. Well, this year we are happy to have
with us 12 people outside the foundation. A big step forward is represented by
the chamber recitals previously mentioned.
And for the future, what would you
like to further develop within this project?
We hope it will extend in terms of duration, we are thinking of 10 days or two
weeks, so that more time could be devoted to teacher-student interaction or to
rehearsals for chamber music bands. We would also like a symphonic or a vocal
concert in addition to the vocal-symphonic concert at the end of the project.
Young musicians are very excited to work with the special guests and generally,
there is a special atmosphere in which everyone seems truly willing to give all
their best. For me, as a choir master, it is a great pleasure and fulfilment to
work with such people who want to create a thing of beauty.
Ioana Marghita
Translated by Elena-Loredana Pastrav and Andreea Velicu
MA Students, MTTLC, Bucharest University
