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2027 INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTORS GUILD

STUTTGART, GERMANY CONFERENCE
Silcher Saal, Liederhalle
Stuttgart, Germany

January 16 - 18, 2027 

 

 

Stuttgart Philharmoniker

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2027 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

 
International Conductors Guild
Dr. Claire Fox Hillard, President
Jan Wilson, Executive Director

Conference Committee:
Peter Stafford Wilson, Thomas Gamboa
Julie Sorensen, Dominique Royem
Jan Wilson

**Please note:  The International Conductors Guild reserves the right to change/modify session times and presenters.

**Registration - Stop by the registration table in the lobby - everyone MUST have a name badge
                           before entering.  Walk-ins are welcome!

**Mentoring Sessions - sign-up in advance, or when you arrive, for one-on-one mentoring sessions with highly
experienced colleagues, ready to share their knowledge with you! Mentoring sessions will be scheduled individually and throughout each day. 

Contact Mentorship Co-Chairs:
Larry Isaacson and Peter Stafford Wilson at: [email protected]

**Conference Hotel - Maritim Hotel, Seidenstraße 34, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany - attendees are eligible for a discount.
Information and instructions are included in your registration receipt.

**Exhibitors are located in Silcher Saal. 

**Group Dinners and Entertainment sign up sheets will be at the registration desk and conference app.

 Friday, January 15, 2027

1:00pm - 3:00pm

ICG Board Members - MEET & RETREAT

International Conductors Guild - Board of Directors Retreat
Maritim Hotel
Seidenstraße 34, 70174
Stuttgart, Germany

3:00pm - 4:30pm

International Conductors Guild -  Board of Directors Meeting
Maritim Hotel
Seidenstraße 34, 70174
Stuttgart, Germany

6:00pm

Board of Directors - Dinner - TBA

 

Saturday, January 16, 2027   
                                                              

8:30am - 9:45am

Conference Registration  - Lobby -
Silcher Saal, Liederhalle
Berliner Platz 1-3, 70174 Stuttgart

**Stop by the registration tables in the lobby - 
everyone MUST have a name badge before entering Beethoven Hall for the Dress Rehearsal.
Wear your name badge at all times, please. 

10:00am - 12:30pm

**Please be prompt!

Stuttgart Philharmoniker - Dress Rehearsal
Liederhalle Stuttgart
Berliner Pl. 1-3, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany 

CICOGNINI - film music for “Stazione termini” 
CORELLI - Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 3
MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY - Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
RESPIGHI - Fountains of Rome
CASELLA - Rhapsody “Italia”
In cooperation with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Giuseppe Mengoli, conductor

12:30pm - 1:40pm

  Luncheon on your own

1:45pm - 2:00pm 

Welcome to Stuttgart and the 2027 Conference of the International Conductors Guild!

Dr. Claire Fox Hillard, President, International Conductors Guild 

 
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Questioning the (ur)text:  Why scholarly scores are only a starting point
Jonathan Brett
2:35pm - 3:05pm

Conductor Roundtables - all are invited to participate
Silas Huff, moderator
3:10pm - 3:40pm

Silenced in Stuttgart:  Jewish Composers, Exile, and the
Conductor's Responsibility 
Noreen Green
3:45pm - 4:15pm

Thunderous Silence - Beethoven:  Heiligenstadt Testament
Bernd Ruf
4:20pm - 4:50pm

From Courtly Tribute to Military Tradition: The Repurposing of Beethoven's
Zei Märsche für Militärmusik
Alexandra Zacharella

4:55pm - 5:25pm

 A New Standard: Occupational Health Guildelines for Conductors
Ryan Sullivan

5:30pm - 7:15pm

Dinner on your own
**Be sure to check the ICG Conference app and/or Group Dinner
       sign-up sheets!

 7:30pm

Stuttgart Philharmoniker - Concert -     https://www.stuttgarter-philharmoniker.de/4772.html 

Stuttgart Philharmoniker
Liederhalle Stuttgart
Berliner Pl. 1-3, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany 

CICOGNINI - film music for “Stazione termini” 
CORELLI - Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 3
MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY - Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
RESPIGHI - Fountains of Rome
CASELLA - Rhapsody “Italia”
In cooperation with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Giuseppe Mengoli, conductor

9:30pm

Annual ICG Get-Together - immediately following the Stuttgart Philharmoniker concert

 

Sunday, January 17, 2027

7:30am - 9:00am

Group Breakfast
Maritim Hotel
International Conductors Guild Annual Membership Meeting
Election of Directors
Election of Officers
Other Business
**This session is for active, paid members of the
   International Conductors Guild, only.  

9:00am - 9:10am

Walk to Silcher Saal, Liederhalle
Berliner Pl. 1-3, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany

9:15am - 10:15am

AdventHealth Orchestra - Performance
Richard Hickam, Music Director & Conductor

10:15am - 10:45am

Finnish Conducting School - The Past, the Present, and the Future
Sasha Mäkilä

10:50am - 11:20am

Projektleitung Forum Dirigieren
Felix Freitag 

11:25am - 11:55am

Conducting the Unwritten Score: An Ethnographic Lens to the
Art of Conducting in the Gospel Tradition
Jonathan Turner 
12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lunch Break
 
1:40pm - 2:10pm Women Conductor Roundtable
2:15pm - 2:45pm

"Hearing" Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 through the
Lens of Operatic Topics
Rebecca Nederhiser
2:50pm - 3:20pm

Restoring the Interrupted Lineage:  Practical Programming and
Curation of Suppressed 20th Century Masterworks
Timothy Heath
3:25pm - 4:00pm

Break - Visit our Exhibitors 

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Beethoven's WoO Concerti:  Three Once-completed Enigmas,
or were they?
Jon Mitchell

4:35pm- 5:35pm

From Earthly Strife to Celestial Vision in Beethoven's Missa solemnis
William Kinderman 

5:35pm - 6:20pm

Dinner Break - be sure to sign up for Group Dinners at the
Registration Desk or on the app!

Pre-Concert Talk -
     6:20pm

Concert - 7:00pm

BACH Akademie Stuttgart - Beethoven Missa solemnis -   

  

Christiane Karg , soprano ; Ulrike Malotta , alto ; Benjamin Bruns , tenor ; Markus Eiche , bass ; Gaechinger Cantorey ;
Hans-Christoph Rademann , conductor

Liederhalle Beethoven Saal
7:00pm

Introduction

6:20 p.m.

A masterpiece of superlatives,
Beethoven described his Missa Solemnis as his "greatest work," for it transcended all boundaries. It premiered in the concert hall in 1823 – shortly before his Ninth Symphony . This incomparable music, demanding the highest level of interpretation, left audiences both overwhelmed and challenged. After very intensive preparation, Beethoven created with this Mass his most personal exploration of his faith. In doing so, he translated an understanding of God shaped by the Enlightenment and humanism into music. He delved deeply into the meaning of the text to reflect his own world consistently and "from the heart." This historically informed performance and recording marks a new milestone in the history of the Gaechinger Cantorey! 

 

Monday, January 18, 2027

7:00am - 8:00am

Breakfast on your own

  
8:00am - 9:15am

Free time

  
9:30am - 12:00pm

Deutscher Musikrat - Conductor Forum Masterclass
Andrey Boreyko 
Gustave Siegel Haus
Leonhardspl. 28
Stuttgart 70182

  
12:00pm - 1:15pm

 Lunch on your own

  
1:20pm - 1:50pm

"A Masterclass from Mahler" - Reorchestrating Beethoven's Symphonies
Nathan Haines

  

1:55pm - 2:25pm

Beyond the Melody: Teaching Young Conductors to Hear Structure, Inner Voices, and Long-Range Tension in Beethoven's Scores
Korobka Oleksandra

  

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Navigating Films in Concert:  Tools and Techniques for Conductors
Ryan Murray 

  

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Schiedmayer Celesta Excusion - Wendlingen