Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo

“COVID-19” GUARANTEE - MUSICA D'ESTATE SUMMER CAMP

Deadline for applications for masterclasses 17 June 2020 (with the “GARANZIA COVID-19” guarantee to hold certain places). If on 31/6/2020 the restrictions put in place by national and regional governments to contain the Covid 19 pandemic make it impossible for the Accademia to hold the masterclasses of the Musica d'Estate summer camp as normal, application fees will be refunded. Please apply to enrol in the course as soon as possible using the forms you will find at the end of each page/course. This will allow us to have a precise idea of the number of participants and thus to organise the measures required to protect their health.

"Like all times of crisis, the Covid emergency too has inspired creativity and community solidarity. Obviously, nothing can replace the personal rapport between teacher and student, but for our one-year advanced music courses, the lessons in distance learning mode are continuing regularly and we are preparing to resume in-school lessons to complete the academic year, while observing all the necessary public health regulations. As regards the Postgraduate Specialist Courses in Music Performance – 3rd cycle, the theory lessons included in the study plans are continuing effectively and we are already preparing a schedule for instrument lessons to be held at our Turin base in Palazzo Cisterna," explains the Accademia’s Director Laura Richaud. 

However, in compliance with new government regulations to combat the spread of Covid-19, major changes have been made in the procedures for enrolment for the 2020/21 academic year.

The deadline for applications for the 2020/21 academic year has been postponed to 15 June.

2020/21 ACADEMIC YEAR (violin, viola, cello, piano) 

For the safety of students and to avoid group gatherings, the entrance exams will not be held at the Accademia. Candidates will be required to send a video of themselves performing the exam programme. Deadline for sending video material: 15 June.
A commission formed by the Accademia Director and Teachers will review the videos received and will then decide which candidates will be admitted to the school for the 2020/21 academic year. The results of the entrance exams will be comunicated to candidates from 30 June.

FOR STUDENTS RESIDENT OUTSIDE ITALY

In each class we will reserve a certain number of places for students resident abroad who intend to apply for Accademia courses. This is to give them the time to wait for decisions to be made by the various governments on the reopening of national borders and thus to understand when it will be possible for them to travel to Italy to attend lessons. For these students the deadline for sending their application for admission and performance video will be 15 September.

EXAMS FOR VIOLIN VIOLA CELLO

Given the unprecedented nature of the crisis and the difficulties in travelling, for string instruments the performance video programme will consist of pieces for solo strings (solo violin, solo viola, solo cello), 15 minutes in duration. Candidates should include pieces of at least two different styles/periods.

10th APRIL 2020

In compliance with the provisions of the Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri regarding COVID-19 our activities are changed until 12 May.

>> OFFICE

Our office is closed until further notice, but we are working. For any further information you may need don’t hesitate to contact us directly by email or by phone at 393.9062821 from 9.00 AM to 12.00 AM from Monday to Friday. 

>> LESSONS

• Postgraduate Specialist Courses in Music: new ways of e-learning will be communicated by email to the students.
• Advanced Music Courses and Light Courses: the lessons at the Academia di Musica are suspended until April 3. Individual online lessons are being activated. New ways will be communicated by email to the students.
• Masterclasses: the Pavel Gililov (20 - 22/4/2020), Josephine Knight (30/3/2020 - 1/4/2020) and Tatiana Zelikman (2-3/4/2020) masterclasses are suspended.
• Professione Orchestra: the lessons are suspended until April 3. New ways will be communicated by email to the students.

>> APPLICATIONS

Applications now open for our courses 2020/21 one-year:

• Advanced Music Courses and Light Courses Taught by 23 musicians of international fame, including Enrico Pace, Benedetto Lupo, Lukas Hagen, Simone Briatore and Marianne Chen, each year these courses enable approx.170 musicians to extend and deepen their knowledge of repertoire, so essential for any performer embarking on a professional career. (Deadline piano, violin, viola, cello: 31/5/2020. Deadline Light Courses in piano: 15/9/2020. Deadline contemporary piano, orchestra training, chamber music: 21/9/2020)
• Musica d’Estate Summer Camp Every summer around 180 students attend our residential masterclasses in piano, violin, cello, guitar and chamber music, taught by musicians of international renown, including Benedetto Lupo, Roberto Plano, Enrico Pace, Marianne Chen and Sonig Tchakerian (Deadline: 17/6/2020)
• Masterclasses  Application open for masterclasses taught by Marina Scalafiotti deadline: 27/4/2020, Andrea Lucchesini (17/5/2020). 

>> CONCERTS:

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Any updates will be immediately communicated on our website and social networks.