VIANDEN
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL & SCHOOL
“The
world meets in Luxembourg”
August 13
– 27, 2012
About Vianden Music
Festival and School.
The
Vianden Music Festival and School is set in the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in the lovely 700 years
old city of Vianden, the pearl of Grand Duchy, a
medieval town with its town wall and well-known
castle, Trinirarien church and cloisters, the only
chair lift in Luxemburg, a beautiful heated open air
pool, tennis fields, the house of Victor Hugo,
different museums and European largest
hydro-electric powel station with barrage and upper-lac
and is conceived as a program which should promote
better understanding between various peoples of the
world through the music-making. It should stimulate
musical and human exchange, provide a podium for the
talented young musicians and music lovers, create a
peaceful non-competitive environment, in which a
desire to express oneself
through the music would happily unfold.
We are
very grateful to the Community of Vianden, which
kindly agreed to host the Festival and is committed
to providing the best possible environment for a
unique and rich experiences in international
setting.
The
program is geared for exceptionally talented
children, advanced amatours, high school, college
and young professionals and designed as an advanced
training program for singers, pianists, composers
and instrumentalists (violin, viola, cello, flute,
oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn, harp and jazz)
with emphasis on individual music enrichment and
advancement as well as preparation given to
qualified performers for careers in European
countries.
The
focal point of the program is Chamber music.
Students who are interested only in solo playing are
not encouraged to apply.
A
special “Music appreciation division” of the program
will encourage and welcome those music lovers who
would be interested in observing the activities of
the Festival and The Music School in combination
with intensive sightseeing in Luxembourg and other
European metropolis.
The
participants will be in residence in Vianden for 2
weeks each summer, working and performing
intensively under the guidance of an internationally
experienced faculty and staff.
The program will consist of:
·
individual lessons (for all participants)
·
individual coachings (for singers)
·
chamber
music coachings (for all participants)
·
opera
ensemble coachings (for singers)
·
stagecraft classes (for singers)
·
French,
Italian, German, Russian diction (for all
participants)
·
Opportunity to perform solo works as well as chamber
music
(the
focal point remains Chamber music)
We have
chosen the slogan “The World meets in Luxembourg” to
extend our warmest welcome to the musicians of
various cultures, ethnic and musical backgrounds,
gender and age. We sincerely hope that the time
spent in Vianden will be productive, enjoyable and
memorable for all of us.
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