Concerto Advice ?

[kghayesh]

I have been playing for about 3 years in which i became so familiar with the standard piano repretoire. I had my first solo recital (all me) about a month ago and it went so good (not my words but the audiences'  ).

My teacher told me that i should learn a concerto. We were choosing between Bach's concerto in D minor and the famous Mozart conerto no.21. But eventually, we chose the Mozart.

The problem is that i must make arrangements with an orchestra so that i can perform it somewhere and sometime because i think there is no point in just learning a concerto without performing it. My teacher tried to arrange with an orchestra to come in the centre where i take lessons into, but she found out that it is impossible (maybe due to some red tape reasons.... i don't know).

So, the only option available now is the local Symphony orchestra at the opera house. I don't know but all soloists who play there are conservatory graduates or students. I just take lessons in a local centre, although my teacher teaches in the conservatory as well. I don't know whether they will accept or take the risk of playing with a 3-year old pianist who is not enrolled in a conservatory.

Also, the other issue is that at the opera they organize the annual program ahead. So, if i wanna perform the concerto, i must like 'book or reserve a place' in their annual program. The problem is that i still haven't learnt it yet . But i think the music is not that hard but of course it is so long and needs time (maybe about 2 months). I know some guy who works at the opera in a high position and he can contact the artistic director of the orchestra to arrange it. But, of course he will say that he should listen to me first, and that's the big problem. Should i wait until i finish learning and memorizing the concerto and then start arranging but this way i might not be guaranteed a reservation in the programme OR i can just begin arranging now and play to them when they want to listen to me what i play from the standart solo repretoire???

By the way, to give you an idea of my level, the pieces i am learning right now are Beethoven's Pathetique sonata, Chopin's Etude Op.10 no.12 and Chopin's first ballade. But they are not yet ready for performance. Pieces that are ready for performance are Bach's prelude and fugue in C, Mozart's K.545 and Chopin's Waltz in A minor and C# minor nocturne and preludes no. 4, 7, 15.

I need advice please...........

[gorbee natcase]

k467 is great, you can get the orchestral section on CD

[pianohopper]

Don't underestimate Mozart.  Although it may take only 2 months to learn, it will probably take much longer to perfect, which is the level a top-notch professional orchestra will demand.  Mozart is not something to be taken lightly. 

There will be plenty of time to arrange concerts once you have learned it, and if you will not be performing it for say a year after, all the better, because you will have more time to fine-tune it. 

And what if, god forbid, you book the concert, and then you can't get it done in time!  That's will make for an awkward situation.  (Concertmaster: "You'll never work in this town again!")