Bryn Mir Williams & Johannes Grosso.

How to win an audition

How do you start a career as a singer on the world's great stages and how do you make the leap into a renowned orchestra like the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester? A 6-part video series by Oper Frankfurt gets to the bottom of these questions. The focus is on the Opernstudio and the Paul Hindemith Academy of Oper Frankfurt.

It's a long way from hobby to career and there are a number of challenges that young talents have to overcome. One of these is the audition process for a position in an orchestra. The Paul Hindemith Orchestra Academy prepares their students for this nerve-wracking scenario in the best possible way by offering audition training twice a season. In this episode, we accompany oboist Bryn Mir Williams on one such training session and learn how auditions work, what to look out for and what they mean for everyone involved. And we had the honour of accompanying Bryn Mir Williams during a coaching session with his tutor, Johannes Grosso.

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Young Artists at Oper Frankfurt

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From Studio to Stage

Rehearsing two roles in a foreign language in just a few weeks – not an easy job! In this episode of Young Artists at Oper Frankfurt, we accompany the young soprano Karolina Bengtsson as she prepares for the revival of Leoš Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen. 

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The Opera Studio - Young Artists at Oper Frankfurt

As part of our focus on Young Artists at Oper Frankfurt, this film features the Opera Studio of Oper Frankfurt. Founded in 2008, the Opera Studio is now one of the most renowned centres for talent development in the German-language opera sector. The episode focuses on scholarship holders Nombulelo Yende and Karolina Bengtsson, whom we accompany as they prepare for the Opera Studio Soirée. In this documentary episode, they talk about how they experienced their first year at the Opera Studio, the challenges of their job, and what keeps them motivated every day. 

 

The Opera Studio has a long-standing collaboration with internationally renowned teachers who pass on their knowledge to the young artists in masterclasses. The interview and masterclass with Neil Shicoff is therefore one of the highlights of this episode, in which you get an exclusive insight into the intensive coaching work of the scholarship holders in the run-up to the Soirée.

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Paul Hindemith Orchestra Academy - Young Artists at Oper Frankfurt

How best to close the gap between studying in conservatoire and working in an orchestra? The musicians of the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester are committed to giving the next generation of artists such opportunities to develop themselves further, to gain insights into the working life of an opera and concert orchestra. For this reason, they founded the Paul Hindemith Academy at the beginning of the 2015/16 season. Ten scholarship holders (five string players and five wind players) are now accepted each season. Individual lessons by dedicated orchestra members, career development workshops, regular auditions, and mental training and participation in opera and concert performances prepare these young artists as best as possible for their careers in music.