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Festival & Academy VERÃO CLÁSSICO 2024
Artistic Director: Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro
All information and applications: veraoclassico.com
VERÃO CLÁSSICO Festival 2024 will present concerts and masterclasses in Lisbon, between the 22nd of July and the 3rd of August, including works from the 18th to the 21st century. There will be four Masterfest concerts, with the presence of world-renowned musicians, as well as several TalentFest concerts in which will play VERÃO CLÁSSICO Masterclasses young musicians, already awarded nationally and/or internationally.
Founded in 2015, Festival and Academy VERÃO CLÁSSICO is an initiative that presents concerts and masterclasses annually in Lisbon, and has been recognized by the national and international press as one of the best festivals and academies in the world.
VERÃO CLÁSSICO Masterclasses are intended for music students, professional musicians and music teachers. In the 2023 edition, VERÃO CLÁSSICO Masterclasses had the participation of more than 200 young musicians, Portuguese and from countries like Germany, Austria, Armenia, Belgium, Canada, China, South Korea, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, USA, France, Georgia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and Venezuela.
For the 2024 edition of VERÃO CLÁSSICO Masterclasses, are already confirmed renowned musicians and teachers from famous Conservatories and Universities, such as Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Salzburg, Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Madrid, and Copenhagen, and from world renowned orchestras like the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Orchestre National de France:
From July 22nd to 27th:
Professor at the Berlin Music Hochschule “Hanns Eisler”
Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Viena and at the Royal Danish Music Academy in Copenhagen
Master in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium and Professor at the Superior School of Music of Geneva
Professor at the Superior School of Lausanne
Professor at the University of the Arts Berlin and Solo Double Bassist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Professor at the Royal Danish Music Academy in Copenhagen
Professor at the Berlin Music Hochschule “Hanns Eisler”
Artistic and Pedagogical Director of VERÃO CLÁSSICO
From July 24th to 29th:
Professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen
Professor at the Superior School of Music of Geneva
Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Viena
Professor at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg
Professor at the Superior School of Music in Zurich and Principal Solo Flute at the Orchester National de France
Professor at the Superior Conservatory of Music in Paris, the Superior Music Scholl of Lausanne, and the Reina Sofia Superior School fo Music in Madrid. Principal Solo Clarinet at Orchestre de Paris
Professor at the Berlin Music Hochschule “Hanns Eisler” and soloist at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin
Artistic and Pedagogical Director of VERÃO CLÁSSICO
VERÃO CLÁSSICO Professors will tutor Masterclasses on technique and musical interpretation, which will take place simultaneously in several rooms of Escola Artística de Música do Conservatório Nacional / Escola Secundária Marquês de Pombal, where rooms will also be available for practice and rehearsal by the young musicians participating.
All participants in the Masterclasses are candidates for VERÃO CLÁSSICO Awards, whose jury is composed by the Masterclasses teachers. These prizes, in the form of concerts included in musical seasons held in Portugal, have an important role of motivation and recognition of talent and the work done by the young musicians during VERÃO CLÁSSICO. Some of the young musicians awarded in the previous editions already had the opportunity to present themselves as soloists with Portuguese orchestras – Orquestra do Norte, Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras and Orquestra Clássica do Sul – and in international music festivals.
VERÃO CLÁSSICO, thus, promotes education and public presentation of young talents, encouraging and supporting them to build their careers, and at the same time, encouraging cultural exchange among participants of different nationalities. To Portuguese students it offers, in their own country, a platform for development of their artistic level and the exceptional possibility of learning with the most prestigious international teachers, worldwide references of their instruments.
The educational axis of VERÃO CLÁSSICO is complemented by the performative axis, formed by the Chamber Music Festival which, during the two weeks of the Festival, will present ten concerts with great works from the music repertoire from the 18th to 21st centuries: four MasterFest concerts, with the presence of musicians/teachers, as well as six TalentFest concerts, in which the young and talented VERÃO CLÁSSICO musicians, already awarded nationally and/or internationally, will participate.
The Festival & Academy VERÃO CLÁSSICO assumes itself as an unique artistic and pedagogical initiative in Portugal, a project of cultural excellence open to all audiences.
Calendar VERÃO CLÁSSICO 2024:
22.07.2024 : Masterclasses
23.07.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert MasterFest
24.07.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert TalentFest
25.07.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert TalentFest
26.07.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert TalentFest
27.07.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert MasterFest
29.07.2024 : Masterclasses
30.07.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert TalentFest
31.07.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert MasterFest
01.08.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert TalentFest
02.08.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert TalentFest
03.08.2024 : Masterclasses & Concert MasterFest