RENOWNED FOR ADVANCED MUSIC TRAINING
> SHAPING THE FUTURE GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS
The Fondazione Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo e Torino is one of Italy’s leading institutions for advanced music education, active since 1994. Each year it trains about 650 highly talented students from all over the world, thanks to a teaching staff of soloists and performers active on the major international stages and a career-oriented educational offering. Our tailor-made approach accompanies each student on a personalized path, building on 30 years of teaching experience and responding to the needs of new generations of musicians.
- Postgraduate Specialist Courses – 3rd level recognized by the Ministry for University (3 points in public competitions): piano, contemporary piano, guitar, opera singing, viola, violin, cello;
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Advanced Music Courses taught by musicians of international fame and aimed at extending and deepening students’ knowledge of repertoire, in preparation for a professional career: piano, contemporary piano, viola, violin, cello, clarinet, flute, trumpet, chamber music, performance-oriented composition, composition;
- Special Projects: International festival with summer camp Musica d’Estate, Professione Orchestra in partnership with Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale RAI, Accademia Chamber Orchestra, music in hospitals, schools and care.
> ACCADEMIA CONCERTS: POINT OF PRIDE
For more than 30 years our varied, renowned Concert Season in Pinerolo has seen great soloists of international fame performing with award-winning young musicians. We also hold a summer concert series for Musica d’Estate in Bardonecchia and other performances at venues around Piedmont. An ever-growing number of student concerts offer pre-professional opportunities to perform at events in the area, at festivals organized by the Accademia or events held with partner institutions throughout Italy.
> OUR INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
Since its inception, the Accademia has developed an important international dimension, as we involved teachers and students from all over the world. This has been consolidated through the prestigious biennial International Chamber Music Competition Pinerolo e Torino Città metropolitana’, a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) in Geneva, and special projects as CAdMO-Digi Orchestra, and enables performances from some of the best young musicians on the international scene.
We have always been dedicated to developing the artistic personalities of our students, whether they be very young talents or graduates. We are now proud to announce the latest, long-awaited achievement in our progress: the 3rd level – Postgraduate Specialist Courses: in Instruments (since 2019) and in Opera Singing (since 2024). Students will be awarded a qualification recognised by the Italian Ministry (MIUR | MUR/Universitaly).
The Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo e Torino can undoubtedly be classified as one of most important and renowned schools of advanced music training in Italy. It has always been our mission to support young music students of exceptional talent and to give them the opportunity to study with the musicians selected from among the finest performers active today.
With great generosity and dedication our a teaching staff of international standing provides our students with the training that will shape them into the future generation of professionals, through courses and masterclasses, as well as postgraduate specialist courses, advanced courses, special Focus courses, Light Courses, top level Master classes, special seminars and special learning experiences, such as the Festival Musica d’Estate with its summer camp and the Professione Orchestra training programme for orchestra skills.
The Accademia’s Concert Season includes performances by musicians of international fame, as well as by upcoming young talents, with programmes ranging from classical repertoire to innovative, contemporary works. The concerts are held from October to May in the Accademia auditorium and also in the Teatro Sociale theatre in Pinerolo. Over the years we have held more than one thousand concerts.
Since 1994, every summer in Bardonecchia, the Accademia has organized a series of concerts called Musica d’Estate. The performers are drawn from the talented music students from the Accademia who attend our summer camp to follow courses or masterclasses. Each year this concert programme attracts music lovers.
Inaugurated in 1994, the International Chamber Music Competition of Pinerolo and the Metropolitan City of Turin is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva. A source of great pride for our school, the Competition is known for the high level of the performers who take part (competing for prizes amounting to 31,500 euros) and for the renowned musicians forming the jury, who judge ensembles coming from all around the world.
The Special Projects are designed to complete our teaching offer, so alongside our courses and masterclasses for advanced music training, we also provide international experiences rich in learning opportunities: the Festival Musica d’Estate summer camp, with internationally renowned teachers and the opportunity to perform in public concerts; the on-the-job orchestra training programme, Professione Orchestra, the result of a partnership with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale of the RAI national TV network; the activities of the Orchestra Accademia which give students the practical experience of playing together.
Important donations of instruments, books, scores and other teaching materials have over the years enriched the contents of the Accademia’s library and multimedia centre. The Centre is intended to make specialist materials available to the music schools and societies active in the area, thus providing a rich store of resources freely available for local teachers to use. The Accademia actively promotes music education for the Pinerolo area through a number of initiatives: from concert/lessons in schools, to a Choir formed by the subscribers to the concert seasons, to the “Guide to the Music” lectures held before the concerts performed in the Accademia.
