ACADEMY 2010
"... ohne Worte, Vocality and Instrumentality in the era of Schumann and Chopin"
Mo 29 March through Thu April 1, 2010
The year 2010 will see Orpheus Institute's eighth edition of its "International Orpheus Academy for Music Theory". During four days, highly respected performers, composers, and guest lecturers will meet (pre)professional musicians, music theorists and musicologists from all over the world. The academy's aim is to allow a select crowd to work on the highest possible level for the sessions to be perceived as rewarding for all attendants and speakers.
The Orpheus Academy 2010's theme will be "... ohne Worte, Vocality and Instrumentality in the era of Schumann and Chopin".
In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Chopin and Schumann's birth, the theme for the Orpheus Academy 2010 is linked to a generation of composers (Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn) who played an important role in the development of music as an autonomous art form. In their artistry and aesthetic endeavours, they explored new and emancipated forms of musical expression against the background of a rich functional and textocentric past. Understanding and expressing the relation between instrumental and vocal musical thinking challenges both scholars and musicians.
True to our tradition, a carefully selected guest faculty will take on this challenge and will develop new ideas for a newly inspired artistic practice:
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Prof. Jean-Pierre Bartoli, Prof. Hubert Mossburger, Prof. Douglass Seaton, Prof. Edoardo Torbianelli
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Prof. Jean-Pierre BARTOLI
Professeur des Universités, UFR de Musique et musicologie de Paris-Sorbonne, France -
intitulé du poste: "Musique des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles"
1. Vocal Patterns in the Themes of Berlioz's instrumental Music
2. Vocal Images in the Fantasy for piano until Chopin's and Liszt's Time (co-presentation with Jeanne Roudet) -
Dr. Jeanne ROUDET
Maître de conférences à l'Université Paris-Sorbonne, France
1. Frédéric Chopin, Clara Schumann and the Singing Piano School
2. Vocal Images in the Fantasy for piano until Chopin's and Liszt's Time (co-presentation with Jean-Pierre Bartoli)
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Prof. Hubert MOSSBURGER
Professor Music Theory at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Germany
1. the "Inner Voice" and the "Deep Combinatorial".
Robert Schumann's approach to romantic polyphony.
2. Robert Schumann's poetic paraphrases: analytical implications. -
Prof. Douglass SEATON
Warren D. Allen Professor of Music at The Florida State University, U.S.A.
1. Plot and narrative in Mendelssohn's chamber music for strings and piano - I
2. Plot and narrative in Mendelssohn's chamber music for strings and piano - II -
Prof. Edoardo TORBIANELLI
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Hochschule für Alte Musik - Basel), Switzerland
Hochschule der Künste Bern, Switzerland (Research Project "Le Guide-Mains")
Playing with images: character and emotion in the age of romanticism
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Practical Information
Application is possible through our online application form.
The admission fee is 100 euros for students (Bachelors & Masters until the age of 26!) and 175 euros for non-students; this fee includes coffee breaks, lunches during the Academy and also dinner on Thursday April 1, 2010.
If desired (not obligatory!) accommodation can be arranged by the Orpheus Institute:
60 euros per night for a single room in a Bed & Breakfast or 100 euros per person per night for hotel accommodation. Some limited basic double rooms (twin beds) are available at 35 euros per person/per night for people willing to share a room.
For all practical information concerning the Academy: joyce.desmet@orpheusinstituut.be