Final Concert 2025
Orchestra: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
Conductor: Alexander Mayer
Date: 1.11.2025
Selection
All active participants of the 2025 masterclasses will receive a link in the coming days to a survey where they can enter and provide their application videos.
If you have any questions, please contact: contact@cello-akademie-rutesheim.de
Schedule
Submission deadline: September 7, 2025
Announcement of soloists: September 15, 2025
Explanations for the recordings:
- In order to be considered for the selection, it is necessary to submit a recording for the respective movement or piece (see selection below).
- All professors will listen to the recording(s).
- Please only YouTube links! These may be "not listed", so they are not visible to the public. Never put videos on "private", otherwise we will not be able to watch the videos.
- Whether the recording is submitted with or without accompaniment (piano, orchestra) is completely irrelevant.
- Smartphone quality is sufficient. So it is sufficient if you just put a smartphone on your music stand and play. The main thing is that we see and hear you well.
- This recording will not be passed on or stored by us. It serves only to select the soloists. You can delete it yourself after announcing the soloists or set them to "private".
- You are welcome to apply for several pieces. This helps us a lot and increases your chances of being selected as a soloist.
Preliminary Program: Final Concert
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D major, Hob. VIIb:2
I. Allegro (no Gendron cadenza!)
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 129
I. Nicht zu schnell (1st movement)
Alexander Glasunow (1865–1936)
Chant du ménestrel, op. 71
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Allegro appassionato for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 43
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840–1893)
Pezzo Capriccioso in B minor, Op. 62
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
1. Adagio – Moderato
2. Lento – Allegro molto
(please submit a recording for both movements!)
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 70
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Rondo for Cello and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 94
David Popper (1843–1913)
Requiem for Three Cellos and Orchestra, Op. 66
(please indicate which part you are applying for)