The Haifa Symphony Orchestra and the Haifa School for Advanced Music Studies are hosting an International Masterclass for Orchestral Conducting directed by Maestro Yoel Levi from France, during November 13-19, 2011.
Participating in the masterclass is Vlad Agachi from Romania, together with young directors from Israel, Germany, France, Italy, Belarus, Spain, Ecuador, Indonesia. With the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv.
The Yoel Levi master class in Haifa has been uniquely designed for the "creative conductor". The philosophy being that an outstanding conductor does not merely regenerate the great works of the past but finds within himself the "spirit" of creation. Indeed, the great conductors through the years have been composers. Examples are: Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Leonard Bernstein, and Pierre Boulez. It is the masterclass' intention to create a unique experience. This combines conducting training with Maestro Yoel Levi and in-depth discussion and research into the creation of a musical work, from the seed of an idea, through its formation, orchestration and finally performance.
The participants will have approximately 23 hours of rehearsal time with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra. There will be conducting discussions and lectures given by Maestro Yoel Levi, Maestro Sheriff & dr. Amnon Palti. Leading Piano musician Alon Goldstein will also be accompanying the masterclass sessions. In addition, there will be enrichment activities and tours of local sites. A number of participants will be chosen to conduct the HSO in a gala concert at the end of the course.
The Gala Closure Concert of the Second International Master Class for Orchestral Conducting directed by Maestro Yoel Levi
Saturday, 19 Nov. 2011, Krieger Center, Haifa at 20:30
Vlad Agachi (born 1982, Cluj-Napoca) is a Romanian orchestra conductor. He is a graduate of the Music College Sigismund Toduta in Cluj-Napoca, main instrument - trombone, under the guidance of Dumitru Muresan. He studied at the University of Music in Bucharest, first at the section of interpretation-trombone then he moved on to orchestra conducting under the guidance of two famous Romanian conductors: Petru Andriesei and Dumitru Goia. In the year 2006 he won a Erasmus scholarship at the Karol Lipinski University in Wroclaw, Poland, where he studied with conductor Marek Pijarowski. He made a notable appearance together with the Transilvania Philarmonic Orchestra in Cluj-Napoca, where he conducted a clarinet concert by Gerald Finzi featuring Romanian clarinetist Razvan Proptean, followed by a string concerto by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. One of his latest concerts was with the George Enescu Philharmonic at the Bucharest Atheneum where he conducted the most important pieces of Eugen Doga (author of soundtracks for films like "Procustes' Bed" or "Queen Margot"). Vlad Agachi is currently a student at the University of Music in Bucharest, where he is completing his PhD in orchestra conducting.
