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Monica Rittershaus
TRAINING
Theaterakademie August Everding
Theaterakademie August Everding
Singing contemporary music
with Topi Lehtipuu
11 - 15 July 2017
Theaterakademie August Everding
Working on essential technics and repertoire for contemporary music
What does exactly mean contemporary? Does contemporary mean modern? What is classical in contemporary music? And how to sing contemporary? These questions are the focus of a 5-days workshop with renown singer Topi Lehtipuu.
The participants will exemplarily work on contemporary opera and concert repertoire. It’s the main objective to practice how to deal exactly with contemporary music. Different opera arias/pieces from the second part of the 20th century will be examined to search for criterions defining ‘classical’ in contemporary music. Parallelisms between classical and modern singing technics will be pointed out.
Each day there will be a lecture, individual musical coachings and practical exercises and a masterclass with all participants.
The workshop can help young singers to be less ‘frigthened’ about contemporary music and to develop a much more general understanding for the meaning of contemporary.
At the end of the workshop there will be a public performance with regards to the content of the workshop programme.
Application process
- the artist must be connected to one of the 13 enoa member institutions
- the artist must contact his/her sending institution, which decides if they recommend his/her application
- the hosting institution confirms the list of participants after the registration deadline
- the network assumes the responsibility for the training fees, the costs of accommodation and travel
- per-diem are paid or not according to each institution’s internal rules
Practical information
Teachers: Topi Lehtipuu (singer, director of the Helsinki Festival)
Subscription's Deadline: 23rd June 2017
Quota: 4 positions reserved to enoa artists
Arrival date: July 10, 2017
Departure date: July 16, 2017
Artistic requirements
Selection Criteria: Please send your CV with accompanying audio recordings.
Programme to prepare: Each participant should prepare and bring:
- 1 contemporary aria/piece
- 1 aria/piece of Haydn or Mozart (or this period)
Please note:
The participants should first choose a contemporary piece and then look for a piece of Mozart/Haydn period/style. The classical piece must have a musical (technical) similarity with the contemporary piece.
In case the participants need help to choose the arias/pieces, they should send an email to christine.franke@theaterakademie.de.
