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The Gstaad Conducting Academy offers young and promising conductors the unique opportunity in Europe to work together with highly professional orchestras for several weeks, as well as with conductor personalities who are renowned worldwide.

In the course of the Academy in Gstaad and vicinity the highly professional and renowned Gstaad Festival Orchestra (GFO - Orchestra in Residence, concertmaster: Vlad Stanculeasa) is available during approximately 10 days for conducting classes.

The participants get instructed by professors Jaap van Zweden, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Johannes Schlaefli. Once a week an academy concert takes place, which is conducted by selected participants. In addition, the programme includes an exclusive festival concert, which will give some participants the opportunity to perform a concert on a big stage. Besides the lessons the participants get also offered other contents like video analysis, analysis of scores, lectures, etc.

Almost all lessons and concerts are recorded on video in professional quality. The whole video material is made available for the participants (for video analysis, for self-study or for the purpose of applications).

Moreover the Gstaad Menuhin Festival offers parallel to the Academy daily events on highest level. For participants all events are available for free (tickets according to availability).