>> The Staatskapelle of Berlin is one
of the most beautiful orchestra of the world.
It's, of course, a [inaudible] level,
so for kids to play just near the musicians, it will be a big event.
>> What they get to do is replicate and get a feeling of what it's
like to be a professional orchestral musician.
Students have come from all different towns across New South Wales,
and they've come here to rehearse for 4 days.
>> We actually have to, in a very brief amount of time, create an environment
where they can get close as friends but also as colleagues, as musicians,
and learn to play with one another.
We want to suck every ounce of energy and music out of them on the stage,
and throw it to our audience, and say something musically.
>> It's great coming to [inaudible] to rehearse for Sydney because it's 40
or so musicians just coming together, rehearsing, knowing the repertoire,
just making sure that we can really do our best that we can for Sydney.
>> Being able to play with a musician from Berlin is just amazing.
It's mind blowing.
>> They call with the Berlin Orchestra to see how music, the language,
goes across all nations all around the world.
>> And what's really exciting about performing in the Opera House is knowing
that you're performing in the same space
that all these other fantastic musicians and artists have.
And to be able to come from regional New South Wales, and go in this big group,
and all do that together, it's great.
>> The next stage for these young musicians is to come together in Sydney
and rehearse with the assistant conductor of the Staatskapelle of Berlin
and with the musicians that are going to play alongside them.
>> And that's the stuff that turns students into musicians for life
because they get this feeling that they've never had before,
and the expectation on them is to play at the same level as the person next
to them, who is not just a professional,
but one of the greatest musicians in the world.
>> It's a great opportunity to be working with all of you
because you just get a lot more guidance.
>> Everything from how you hit the particular movements
to even where you put the drums.
>> Teaching young musicians I think is always,
it's a joy because if the young musicians are very curious
and interested, it's wonderful to follow that.
>> I feel very much at home here to see that the principles that we work on
and that we follow are really quite similar to those we have in Europe.
>> For only, it's important to keep the passion.
You can't make music without this.
>> Ben is a very good trumpet player.
I think so.
And he is very, very fast I tell about phrasing, tonguing, breathing.
>> As a young musician, being able to perform
at the Opera House is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
in itself, but then when you get the professional musicians,
it's a whole new level.
>> It's incredible to see Staatskapelle of Berlin musicians
who have been handed tradition passing that tradition on to young,
regional students from New South Wales and to feel the steeping of culture
and that deep European tradition amongst our young artists.
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>> We have to share our experience.
It's really important because our job is to share the music to the people,
and our job is, of course, to prepare the music generation.
>> Being able to see the Opera House
with Staatskapelle really has been so amazing.
>> They're, you know, the classical German tradition.
It's just amazing to have the opportunity to play with them.
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