Gonjiam Music Festival
10th Anniversary
2025. Aug 2~8
GMF 2025 Orchestra Academy Auditions
- ·Application Period :
- March 17 - May 17, 2025
- ·Application Method :
- Online video audition
- ·Results Announcement :
- End of May 2025
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Eligibility
Instruments: Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion
Age: 18 ~ 29 (as of August 2, 2025)
Audition Fee: Free
Audition Repertoire: One free-choice piece
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Benefits
· Audition videos will be reviewed to select participants. Successful candidates will receive coaching from Berliner Philharmoniker soloists during the festival and perform with them on orchestra stage( Aug 2 & Aug 8).
· Masterclass is exclusively offered to selected applicants who have applied to the Orchestra Academy. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to actively participate in the masterclass sessions.
· Additionally, all participants are granted the chance to observe the masterclasses as auditors free of charge and will also receive complimentary tickets to attend performances. (Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis via email.)
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Faculty
·Flute : Andreas Blau
·Oboe : Albrecht Mayer
·Clarinet : Wenzel Fuchs
·Bassoon : Stefan Schweigert
·Horn : Yun Zeng
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Activities for GMF Orchestra Academy Participants
·Opening Concert: GMF Wind Orchestra :
- Date: August 2, 2025 - Venue: Gwangju City Culture & Arts Center - Principal Conductor :Seok-Jun Lee - Solist: Yun Zeng( Berlinphil Principal Horn)·Closing Concert: GMF Symphony Orchestra :
- Date: August 8, 2025 - Venue: Gwangju City Culture & Arts Center - Artistic Conductor: Albrecht Mayer - Soloists: Berliner Philharmoniker 5Woodwind Soloists
(soloists of the Berliner Philharmoniker join students as members of the orchestra to present a remarkable performance together)Participants will engage in orchestral rehearsals and sectional mentoring led by the faculty (Details will be announced later).