OUTLINE

All auditions for PMF 2017 will take place via “Acceptd” on the internet. Applicants must have/make their own personal “Acceptd” account in order to apply. We will not hold live auditions, nor receive materials by postal mail. Please submit your recorded video audition materials online.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS ELIGIBILITY

Orchestral instrumentalists between the ages of 18 and 29 as of July 1, 2017

PMF 2017 Orchestra Academy

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Pacific Music Festival Orchestra (PMFO) will perform under the baton of Artistic Director Valery Gergiev and Principal Conductor Jun Märkl. Additional faculty will include internationally renowned soloists, and principal players from the Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and other major orchestras of the United States.

CURRICULUM

Orchestral/chamber music coachings, rehearsals, master classes and orchestral/chamber music concerts.

PMF 2017 Artists (Partial Listing)

Artistic Director

Valery Gergiev

Principal Conductor

Jun Märkl

Conductor

Daniel Matsukawa

PMF Orchestra Academy Faculty

PMF EUROPE [First half of the festival]

ViolinRainer Küchl
/ former Concertmaster, Wiener Philharmoniker

ViolinDaniel Froschauer
/ Wiener Philharmoniker

ViolaHans Peter Ochsenhofer
/ former member, Wiener Philharmoniker

CelloRobert Nagy
/ Wiener Philharmoniker

Double BassMichael Bladerer
/ Wiener Philharmoniker

FluteAndreas Blau
/ former principal, Berliner Philharmoniker

OboeJonathan Kelly

/ Berliner Philharmoniker

ClarinetAlexander Bader
/ Berliner Philharmoniker

BassoonStefan Schweigert
/ Berliner Philharmoniker

HornSarah Willis
/ Berliner Philharmoniker

TrumpetTamás Velenczei
/ Berliner Philharmoniker

TromboneStefan Schulz
/ Berliner Philharmoniker

TimpaniRainer Seegers
/ Berliner Philharmoniker

HarpLadislav Papp
/ Wiener Staatsoper

PMF AMERICA [Second half of the festival]

ViolinDavid Chan
/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

ViolinKimberly Fisher
/ Philadelphia Orchestra

ViolaDaniel Foster
/ National Symphony Orchestra

CelloRafael Figueroa
/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Double BassAlexander Hanna
/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra

FluteDenis Bouriakov
/ Los Angeles Philharmonic

OboeEugene Izotov
/ San Francisco Symphony

ClarinetStephen Williamson
/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra

BassoonDaniel Matsukawa
/ Philadelphia Orchestra

HornWilliam Caballero
/ Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

TrumpetMark J. Inouye
/ San Francisco Symphony

TromboneDenson Paul Pollard
/ Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

PercussionCynthia Yeh
/ Chicago Symphony Orchestra

PMF Orchestra Concert Programs (Partial Listing)

[Program A]

Artists

Jun Märkl, conductor
PMF EUROPE

Program

Berlioz: Le corsaire, Op. 21
Hosokawa: Woven Dreams
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Ballet Music)

[Program B]

Artists

Jun Märkl, conductor
Members of PMF Conducting Academy
PMF AMERICA

Program

Liszt: Les préludes, S.97
Debussy: Ibéria (from Images pour orchestre)
R. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

[Program C]

Artists

Valery Gergiev, conductor
PMF AMERICA
and more

Program

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in C major, D. 944 “The Great”
and more

[Bernstein Legacy Concert]

Artists

Heiichiro Ohyama, conductor
and more

Program

TBD

[Link Up Concert]

Artists

Daniel Matsukawa, conductor
and more

Program

Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
and more

PROGRAM PERIOD

Monday, July 3 – Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Although the festival officially opens on Saturday, July 8, 2017, all participants are expected to arrive in Sapporo on July 3 for the orientation, seating auditions, and rehearsals, and the festival will be completed and members will leave for home from Tokyo on Wednesday, August 2. A PMF Orchestra tour is being planned for July 31 and August 1.

*Please note that the PMF Academy harpist is expected to arrive in Sapporo on July 3 and depart from Sapporo on July 24.

PARTICIPATING COSTS

For successful applicants, PMF will cover tuition, travel to/from Sapporo and within Japan, and shared-room accommodations during the program period. Meals or stipends will be provided during the festival period, excluding the tour. Participants are responsible for any other personal expenses.

SUBMISSION FEES

Usage fee of the audition site: $30 USD
There is no audition fee and creating your own “Acceptd” account is free, but a $30 USD usage fee will be incurred when submitting your online application. This usage fee must be paid with a credit card. No form of payment aside from a credit card will be accepted (this credit card does not have to be the applicant’s own). Applicants are responsible for any and all expenses related to preparation of application materials (video recordings, etc.).
*The following credit cards may be used:

HOW TO APPLY

*It is recommended that you use a desktop or laptop computer to apply as there is a possibility of technical issues arising when using a smart phone.

1. Access "Acceptd" online, and create your own personal Acceptd account.
2. Choose a program and your instrument and sign in to “Acceptd.” Complete your online application form, filling in all required information.
3. Upload your recorded audition materials. Video recordings are required. Audio-only recordings will not be accepted. Upload times vary widely, depending on your internet connection speed.
4. Enter your credit card information and pay the submission fee.*
5. A preview page will appear. Once uploaded, videos cannot be altered or replaced.

*It is possible to complete your application form first and upload your video recordings at a later date, and/or to pay the submission fee at a later date, but failure to complete the entire process by the stated deadline will result in the application not being accepted.

REPERTOIRE

Please refer to the audition repertoire list here.

DEADLINE

The deadline for applications (with required recorded materials) is January 18, 2017, 12:00 PM Japan Standard Time. Please note that the deadline will fall within January 17 in many parts of the world. For example, Jan 18, 12:00 PM JST = Jan 17, 10:00 PM EST.
Applications that are incomplete at the deadline will not be accepted.
*We expect that video uploads will become very crowded just prior to the application deadline and that upload times will significantly increase. Uploading early is highly recommended.

RESULTS

Applicants will receive notification of the audition results by email in late February, 2017.

NOTES ON PREPARATIONS OF RECORDING MATERIALS

• Repertoire should be recorded in the listed order. Audio-only recordings will not be accepted.
• The recording should be done without piano accompaniment.
• Clearly state your name at the beginning of the recording. Expositions of concertos and/or solo pieces are required, and the recording should be done in one time sequence without interruptions between the excerpts, and should not be edited. The total length of the recording should be less than 20 minutes including performances with auxiliary instruments.
• Please upload either 1) one file with a single performance of the solo piece(s) and orchestral excerpts, or 2) two files – one with the solo piece(s) and one with the excerpts. (One file per excerpt will not be accepted.)
• The recording should have been made in or after November, 2016.
• File-types supported: MPEG, MPG, MP4, OGG, MOV, AVI, WMV, M4V, VOB, FLV