Singers
Vocal academies application from October 15th to November 14th 2008
Residency Mozart and Haydn – July 9th to 25th 2009
No auditions for Orphée aux Enfers by Jacques Offenbach: the casting has been completed.
Application deadline: November 14th, 2008
Applicants
singers of all nationalities under 30 years old as from January 1st, 2009
Selection
By application form, then by audition (Mrs Wagner-Pasquier).
Applications in two steps:
1. Fill in the application form online on our web site www.festival-aix.com
2. Send by email to academie2009@festival-aix.com
- an updated biography
- a photo
Auditions in two steps
After a pre-selection in the towns listed below, a few artists will be invited to audition again in February in Paris before the final results are announced in February 2009.
1. Selection auditions by Mrs Wagner-Pasquier:
Oslo*– Kunsthogkolen i Oslo – October 10th
Riga* – October 15th
Moscou* – October 24th
Brussels - La Chapelle musicale Reine Elisabeth - January 29th, 2009
Amsterdam – Nieuwe Opera Academie –November 17th
New York – private studio – November 28th
Berlin - Staatsoper Berlin – December 2nd
Vienna - Wiener Staatsoper -December 3rd
Madrid - Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía – December 4th
Copenhagen - Royal Opera Academy – December 5th
Lyon- CNSMD – December 9th
Paris – CNSMDP- December 10th and 11th
Helsinki- Sibelius Academy – December 15th
Stockholm – Operahögskolan - December 16th
London – The Warehouse- December 18th and 19th
*auditions organized for singers from the music schools of these cities: no application for these
NB: the travel and accommodation fees for the auditions are to be paid for by the applicants.
2. Final Auditions:
Paris: Final auditions on February 3rd, 2009
(The Festival will pay part of the travel and accommodation expenses)
Program:
Residency Mozart/ Haydn
The candidates chosen for the auditions will have to present two pieces:
1) a Mozart aria
2) a Lied
NB: one of the two pieces must be in German
The singers who are applying for both residencies must prepare the two programs.
Chamber Music Ensembles
Please send a biography and repertoire before December 15th 2008 to the following address: academie2009@festival-aix.com
Creators – Atelier Opéra en Création
Please send your biography before January 31st to academie2009@festival-aix.com
