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Masterclass with Laurence Lesser

Yellow Barn's 2026 Summer Festival features performances and programming during Week Three in late July. The festival includes multiple festival concerts scheduled for July 23, 24, and 25, 2026. A masterclass led by Laurence Lesser is offered on Saturday, July 25 at 10:30am. Pre-concert talks titled "Patio Noise" are held before select concerts, providing programming conversations with Seth Knopp and Yellow Barn musicians. The festival celebrates Yellow Barn's mission of encouraging musicians to find their own path and do their best work for the love of the work itself. Yellow Barn is located in Putney, Vermont, and has been a center for chamber music and artist development since its founding in 1969. The organization fosters an environment of trust and collaboration among musicians. Festival concerts on July 23 and 24 are sold out, but July 25 programming remains available. Further details about repertoire, additional faculty, and specific registration procedures can be obtained by contacting Yellow Barn directly at (802) 387-6637 or info@yellowbarn.org.

This seminar takes place every September for three weeks, and is prized for offering emerging artists the unique opportunity to work closely with renowned performers. The seminar offers renewed inspiration to musicians at every stage of their careers, as they come together to sustain Sándor Végh's original idea of a professor playing alongside his students. Public performances on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday throughout the seminar.

Intensive summer school featuring instrumental lessons, concerts, chamber music, orchestra, choir, academic music seminars, workshops on wellbeing and exam preparation, introduction to conducting, and masterclass by violinist Tasmin Little CBE. For children aged 11-16 with minimum Grade 5 standard on violin, viola, cello, double bass, classical guitar, piano or composition.

An intensive 4-day summer school aimed at all talented young musicians aged 11-18. Participants choose from a variety of performance-based and skills-building workshop strands, guided by musicians from Trinity Laban and beyond. The summer school culminates in a public concert on the Laban Theatre stage.

The Accademia Filarmonica Europea is organizing a Masterclass in Orchestral Conducting led by Maestro Marcello Bufalini, a conductor active in major Italian and European theaters and a leading interpreter of contemporary symphonic and operatic repertoire.The course will be held in Albano Laziale, an important town in the Castelli Romani area, in the splendid setting of Villa Altieri (https://www.villaaltieri.it/) from 6 to 11 October 2026. The first day will include a piano rehearsal, while the remaining three days will feature 6-hour orchestral sessions. At the end of the course, selected active participants, chosen at the sole discretion of the Maestro and the Artistic Director of the Accademia, will conduct one public performance. The masterclass is aimed at professional conductors or conducting students, as well as composers and musicians interested in deepening their understanding of conducting practice.

Full orchestra. World-class coaching. Myrtus International Orchestra Conducting Masterclass with Nicolas Pasquet (Escuela Superior Reina Sofia Madrid) Murcia, Spain 12 to 16 October, 2026. Twelve active conductors maximum. Real podium time - 110 to 130 minutes in five orchestra sessions + dress rehearsal; laser-focused 1:1 feedback. REPERTOIRE: Beethoven, Symphony No.3 (Eroic) Stravinsky, Danses Concertantes Mozart, Symphony No.35 (Haffner) Selected participants conduct the public concert at Auditorio Víctor Villegas (pro video provided); others receive a final recording session. A high-impact conducting course in Europe for emerging maestros, postgraduates and professionals. Auditors welcome. Apply by 31 Aug 2026. (Early bird deadline, 20 of August 2026 priority in selection process)

The Hochrhein Musikfestival AG is delighted to announce a Vocal Masterclass led by the internationally acclaimed baritone Ludovic Tézier. From 29 September to 2 October 2026, Ludovic Tézier will teach a four-day masterclass at Don Bosco Basel, together with his wife, the soprano Cassandre Berthon, and Thomas Voigt, coach for diction and stage performance. Eight selected singers will receive intensive individual coaching throughout the course. The masterclass will focus exclusively on artistic and musical development in a concentrated working environment. There will be no public final concert; however, the masterclass sessions will be open to observers. Registration fee: CHF 10.-

REPERTOIRE: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade, Op. 35 Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird, (1919 Suite) Béla Bartók — Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 Our conducting masterclass offers a unique opportunity to study three major symphonic masterpieces in collaboration with the North Czech Philharmonic Teplice under the guidance of Maestro Norbert Baxa. Following individual lessons with piano accompaniment, each participant will receive at least 120 minutes of podium time with the North Czech Philharmonic Teplice, gaining extensive practical experience working with a professional symphony orchestra. The course concludes with a public final rehearsal, during which each participant will present the results of their work. The performance will be professionally video recorded, providing each conductor with high-quality footage suitable for a professional portfolio.

Award-winning Belgrade Baroque Academy is pleased to announce its 26th international academy, dedicated to a new baroque opera – G.F. Handel's Ariodante, one of the masterpieces of the Baroque repertoire. Academy will take place from 24 September to 2 October 2026, culminating in two semi-staged performances. We invite applications from advanced singers for all principal roles (Ariodante, Ginevra, Polinesso, Dalinda, Lurcanio, King of Scotland, and Odoardo), as well as from accomplished baroque instrumentalists for this intensive, performance-led academy. Musical direction and vocal coaching will be led by Predrag Gosta, while instrumental coaching will be provided by Simone Pirri, alongside members of the award-winning period-instrument ensemble New Trinity Baroque. Other coaches include Handel opera expert Sonia Prina, Sandro Rossi, et al. Tuition Fee: £600–1200, with scholarships available. We invite young, passionate, advanced singers & instrumentalists to apply.