Academia
Academy
5th to 13th August 2023
Saint-Julien-du-Sault
We are delighted to present the second edition our ancient music academy. This academy will allow young musicians and singers to deepen and develop their knowledge and practice of historical interpretation. They will be guided by artists renowned for their individual approach, whether in terms of their teaching or their performance style. This approach, the very essence of Les Epopées, is at the heart of the Academy's teaching.
Application
Admission, subject to acceptance by the professors:
- Singers: on CV and recording
- Instrumentalists: on CV
End of applications:
June 30, 2022
The teaching team
Singing and interpretation class
Claire Lefilliâtre and Stéphane Fuget
Baroque violin class
Odile Édouard
Cello and viola class
Christophe Coin
Organ and chamber music class
Vincent Bernhardt (lessons in french, english or german)
Vocal coach class
Stéphane Fuget
Initiation to baroque dance
Gudrun Skamletz
Stéphane Fuget
Stéphane Fuget is a harpsichordist, organist, pianist and conductor. He started his career as a vocal coach alongside C. Rousset, J-C Spinosi and M. Minkowski on major international stages: Staatsoper and Theater an der Wien (Vienna), DNO (Amsterdam), Liceu (Barcelona), La Monnaie (Brusells), Opéra de Paris, Châtelet and Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Strasbourg, Toulouse and Bordeaux operas. He teaches a vocal voaching class and a baroque opera class at the CRR in Paris, the only of their kind in France. At the conservatoire he has put on many operas, by Monteverdi, Handel, Cavalli, Cesti, Lully, Rossi, Peri, Marais and Grétry. In 2018 he created Les Epopées, a lyrique company, advocating a decidedly new manner of interpretation.
Claire Lefilliâtre
Claire Lefilliâtre is recognised as one of the most gifted specialist interpretators of French and Italian XVIIth century music. She has collaborated with several ensembles including Le Poème Harmonique, The Holland Baroque Society, La Tempête and Les Epopées, with whom she has performed internationally (Opéra-Comique, Opéra d’Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, but also Brusells, Beijing, Delhi). Equally interested by one-off projects, Claire has collaborated with Oxalys Ensemble (Mahler, Canteloube, Berio, Jongen, etc.), Benjamin Lazare, Emily Loizeau, the circus troupe CIRCA and Aurélien Baury. A passionate teacher, she has given many master classes in France and abroad.
Odile Édouard
A violin professor at the Lyon CNSM since 1996, Odile Edouard is an important figure in the second generation of musicians dedicated to period instrument interpretation. She most often performs chamber music, as well as solo recitals. Following her inquisitive nature, she and Alain Gervreau founded the ensemble Les Sonadori, based on their research into the birth of the violin family. In addition, she has played for over 20 years with Les Witches ensemble, with whom she explores themes of theatricality and improvisation. She frequently performs with Freddy Eichelberger, as well as Philippe Despont and Alain Gervreau in their ensemble Les Conversations. She has appeared at most significant European festivals. She has featured in over 30 recordings.
Vincent Bernhardt
Combining instrumental mastery with in-depth musicological research, Vincent Bernhardt is a complete musician: an internationally renowned harpsichordist and organist, doctor in musicology, and ensemble director while at the same time pedagogue and researcher. As a soloist, Vincent’s recording of the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier was released in the summer of 2020 by Calliope to unanimous international critical acclaim—and was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.As a researcher, his field of expertise concerns early 18th century instrumental music. He completed a doctoral dissertation on the performance of Vivaldi’s music, and his future publications include articles on a little-known manuscript copied by Johann Georg Pisendel (a student of Vivaldi), the rise of perfidia as a musical genre, and Vivaldi’s concertos transcribed by J. S. Bach. He has also discovered an unknown sonata by Vivaldi, the attribution of which is currently being studied by the editorial board of the composer’s thematic catalogue. After teaching organ at the conservatory of Metz for ten years, Vincent was invited to succeed Ludger Lohmann and Nathan Laube as a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, where as of 2022 he is directing an international organ class.
Gudrun Skamletz
After studying in Germany and France, Gudrun Skamletz embarked on her journey as a dancer, both in contemporary dance and renaissance and baroque dance (Bayle, Massin, Roussat/Lubek, Hazebroucq). Since 2008, Gudrun Skamletz has choreographed many productions, including Cadmus et Hermione (Lully) at Opera Comique in Paris, Pygmalion (Rameau) in Trondheim and Des Facheaux (Molière). She has collaborated with conductors (Gardiner, Christie, Minkowski, Rousset, Dumestre, Malgoire etc.), directors (Lazar, Moaty, Monory), composers and fine artists. Gudrun Skamletz is also dedicated to the transmission of dance through regular lessons, courses and workshops for people of all ages. She has developed her own choreographic art at La Cie and Les Grands Ecarts since 2018.
Entry requirements
Vocal coaching class - Stéphane Fuget
Open to harpsichordists, pianists and theorbists wishing to develop their skills in working with singers on baroque repertoire.
Singing and interpretation class - Claire Lefilliâtre et Stéphane Fuget
Open to all singers, students, pre-professionals and professionals wishing to develop their skills in baroque interpretation. 17th and 18th century vocal repertoire.
Baroque violin class - Odile Édouard
Open to baroque or modern violinists, amateurs, professionals, or students (minimum post-graduate level). In harmony with the aesthetics of the organs we will be working with, two principal repertoires will be explored: Italian music from the late 16th and early 17th centuries: diminished songs, sonatas, canzonas, motets and madrigals... French music from the first half of the 18th century: sonatas and cantatas or religious pieces with voice.
Cello and viola class - Christophe Coin
Open to baroque or modern cellist and violist, amateurs, professionals, or students (minimum post-graduate level). In harmony with the aesthetics of the organs we will be working with, two principal repertoires will be explored: Italian music from the late 16th and early 17th centuries: diminished songs, sonatas, canzonas, motets and madrigals... French music from the first half of the 18th century: sonatas and cantatas or religious pieces with voice.
Classes will only start on Tuesday August 8 for the bass bow class.
Organ class - Vincent Bernhardt
Open to amateur organists, professionals or students (undergraduate minimum level), but also to harpsichordists and pianist wishing to start the organ. Due to the instruments available, the repertoire studied will be from the Renaissance to c. 1800. In particular, European music from the beginning of the 17th century, and French 17th and 18th century music. Work will be centred around interpretation and registration. During the chamber music classes, accompaniment (written or figured bass) will also be covered.
Lessons in french, english or german.
Baroque dance
Gudrun Skamletz will lead initiation to baroque dance workshops, as well as the Baroque Ball which will end the course. No previous experience required. Open to all.
Organisation
The days will be organised around individual and group lessons, chamber music classes and baroque dance initiation workshops. The week will close with student concerts.
For instrumentalists
Daily group lesson to work on posture, historical techniques, improvisation, division....
Individual lessons
Chamber music class
Baroque dance workshop
Classes will only start on Tuesday August 8 for the bass bow class.
For singers
Individual lessons alternating between Claire Lefilliâtre and Stéphane Fuget
Chamber music class
Baroque dance workshop
Tarif
Tuition fees
450 euros (350 euros for the viola and cello class for which lessons will only start on Tuesday August 8)
Accomodation and meal cost
200 euros.
Single or double rooms within the MFR of Villevallier.
Full board meals provided.
Administration fee for registration: 30 euros
The festival concerts are open free of charge to academy students. Bus trips to concert venues are paid for by the Academy.