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The application for instrumentalists are now open !

You are a baroque instrumentalist born after 1 january 1980 :

Click here to download the application form

The Academy gives you the opportunity to complete your training as an orchestral player or section leader through working with renowned specialist Maestro Hervé Niquet and a team of specialists. You will have a unique chance to work on French early 18th baroque music and especially Rameau's les Indes Galantes.

To learn more about Les "Indes dansantes"

Hervé Niquet's project

Performers required :

31 instrumentalists on baroque instruments (pitch = 415Hz)
4 violins I, 4 violins II, 3 altos, 3 cellos, 1 Double-Bass, 4 flutes (playing Piccolo), 4 oboes, 4 bassoon, 1 trumpet, 1 timpani, 2 harpsichord

Conditions :

Open to instrumentalists born after 1 january 1980.

Calendar:

- Application deadline on 15 december 2009

- Auditions :

  • Basel : January 19th, 2010

  • Paris : February 1st, 2010

  • Barcelona : February 15th, 2010 (To be confirm)

  • Amsterdam : February 17th, 2010

  • Lyon : February 18th, 2010


- Preparatory course (unpaid) : 13 - 21 september 2010
- Rehearsals (paid) : 21-23 september 2010
- Application Tour (paid) : 24 september - 13 october 2010
- Possible Reprise : 24 march - 10 april 2011

Retour à la présentation de l'Académie 2010

Last update Monday 11 January 2010
The application for instrumentalists are now open !