Mozart Residency

Boosted by its internationally renowned level of excellence, the Academy is developing an advanced training and specialization program for young singers on Mozart's vocal repertoire. The training will focus on vocal techniques, interpretation and dramatic arts. The students will be supported by the greatest teachers, artists and voice coaches.

In 2008, the Academy is inviting sixteen singers who have almost finished their training or at the start of their careers for two-week residential courses in Aix-en-Provence in June and July during the Festival. The singers will take part in an intensive program of classes, rehearsals and master classes, some of which will be open to the public. They will also have the opportunity to perform in front of the public as part of the Academy's program of recitals that they will give in Aix-en-Provence and the surrounding area.

A major teacher working alongside two specialists on vocal techniques and interpretation of Mozart will supervise each residential course. Throughout the course, there will be pianists and voice coaches available to work with the singers in order to prepare the programs. Master classes with a choreographer will help them comprehend the relation between the voice and the body moving in space.

From 18th June to 6 of July 2008
16 singers selection open

Under the supervision of Susanna Eken, Denmark Conservatory Teacher.

• 2 invited artists : NN
• 4 pianists, vocal coaches NN
• 1 choreographer

Selection by audition (see How to apply)
Deadline for applications: 30 November 2007
Financial terms:

• no application fees. The course is supported by the Academy.
• The Academy organizes and pays for a return ticket (home / Aix en Provence) by plane or train in economy class
• The artists receive a daily payment of expenses for accommodation and meals.

Purcell Residency

Directed by William Christie, the Academy organizes a two week residency where a selection of young singers and young instrumentalists will work on The Fairy Queen opera by Henry Purcell.
It will give a chance to the artists to know more about Purcell's work and his musical environment throughout lessons, master classes and rehearsals.
After two weeks of training, the artists will have the opportunity to put into practise their learning in an opera performance in a concert version.

Dates : from 7th of July 2008 to 18th of July 2008.
14 singers and 13 instrumentalists. Audition in progress.

• Musical director : William Christie
• Assistant, voice coach: Laurence Cummings
• 1 Language coach NN
• 1 harpsichord player NN
• 14 singers : selection in progress

Aix en Provence- Grand Théâtre de Provence : Concert 18 July 2008

Selection by audition (see how to apply)

Deadline for applications : 30 November 2007
Financial terms:

• no application fees. The course is supported by the Academy.
• The Academy organizes and pays for a return ticket (home / Aix en Provence) by plane or train in economy class
• The artists receive a daily payment of expenses for accommodation and meals.

Chamber Music Residency

Each summer the Academy welcomes young professional chamber music ensembles for a residential school. These ensembles come to Aix with the aim of perfecting their skills and learning new works alongside internationally renowned musicians. In Aix-en-Provence, the selected ensembles benefit from a high public profile and ideal working conditions. They are plunged into the heart of the Festival in order to develop the professional and musical contacts vital to their careers.

They participate in a program of classes and master classes, some of which will be open to the public. The ensembles also have the chance to perform in public some of the works tackled during the residential course, either playing with their original groups or with the soloists and supervising teachers.

Dates: from 27th June to 10th July 2008

Trained by Soloists from the Berliner Philharmoniker (names to be announced at a later date)

Participants :

Two string quartets
One violin – cello – piano trio
One wind quintet

Program : announced at a later date

Selection by audition (see How to apply)
Deadline for applications : 15 January 2008

Financial terms:

• no application fees. The course is supported by the Academy.
• The Academy organizes and pays for a return ticket (home / Aix en Provence) by Plane or Train in economy class
• The artists receive a daily payment of expenses for accommodation and meals.

Harp Residency

Several young harpists are invited to Aix-en-Provence in order to join the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra for the opera production Siegfried by Richard Wagner, directed by Sir Simon Rattle. Theses artists will benefit from a week of master classes and lessons at the European Academy of Music under the supervision of Marie-Pierre Langlamet.

Dates : from 18 June to 7 July 2008
Supervisor: Marie-Pierre Langlamet, soloist of the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra.

Participants: 5 harpists

Selection : please contact us: academie2008@festival-aix.com

Financial terms:

• The artists are hired under contract and paid for their performance in Siegfried
• no application fees. The course is supported by the Academy.
• The Academy organizes and pays for a return ticket (home / Aix en Provence) by Plane or Train in economy class
• The artists receive a daily payment of expenses for accommodation and meals

The “Vanderbilt Music Academy”

The Vanderbilt University (Tennessee, USA) organises with the Academy a chamber music residency for its young artists. The musicians will benefit from lessons and master classes some of which will be public. The musical ensemble will also have the opportunity to perform in public part of the program they have studied during the residency.

Dates: from 27th June to 12th July 2008
Under the supervision of the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra.
Participants:
1 string quartets
2 wind quintet