Summer Academy

If you are a young, talented violist, violinist, cellist or pianist from 12 – 25 years of age you can register for the annual Summer Academy of the Aurora Festival. The chamber music festival with masterclasses, chamber music lessons and concerts takes place from July 17th - 26th 2024 in Groningen, The Netherlands. About 60 young musicians from all over the world will work intensively and on a high level on their technique and repertoire.

Individual lessons and masterclasses

The Aurora Festival offers you the opportunity to broaden your horizon. There are daily individual lessons and masterclasses for all instruments. Under the guidance of musicians, with established reputations both as teachers and performers, you will work on your technique and expression. Pianists are available to accompany the masterclasses and for individual practicing.

Chamber music

You can also register for chamber music lessons. Ensembles will be made out of all interested participants and you will be coached by chamber musicians of great expertise. You can also register with your own, existing ensemble.

Participatory ensembles

There is also a concert where the Participatory Ensembles will perform. These are ensembles which are made of both participants and teachers. Together you will work on repertoire and these will be performed on the special Participatory concert. The repertoire is: 

- Johan Svendsen - String quintet op. 5 in C major

- Gabriël Fauré - Piano quartet no. 1 op. 15 in c minor

Festival orchestra

string participants can also register to take part in the Aurora Festival String Orchestra. With teacher Ilona Sie Dhian Ho you will study the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi. For four violinist there is an opportunity to perform solo in one of the Seasons!

Concerts

There are daily lunch concerts where you have the opportunity to perform, both individually and with an ensemble/duo.
A series of chamber music concerts is connected to the Summer Academy. The teachers of the Summer Academy perform on these concerts. Participants of the Summer Academy can visit all the concerts for free.

Facilities

All activities will take place at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen which offers excellent facilities for festival participants: a wonderful concert hall and there are numerous practice rooms and classrooms. The conservatoire is situated near the centre of the city.

Registration

If you want to register for the Summer Academy, please do so before May 1st 2024 with the online registration form. Please send a recording or a link to Youtube with two different works you have performed, a brief résumé and a copy of your passport to the festival office (see below). In order to register you need to make an advance payment of € 100,-. We kindly ask you to remit the amount to account number of the Aurora Festival, NL40 RABO 0329636278 stating “Advance payment 2024 Aurora Festival, and your name and instrument”. Only after payment of the deposit of € 100,- your application will be registered. The rest of the full amount of the participation fee has to be remitted before June 1st, 2024. You are enrolled as soon as we have received full payment of the registration fee. When you cancel your participation after June 1st we can not reimburse the participation fee. Please do not send cash. Payment by cheque, in instalments or cash is not possible either. There is a limited number of places per instrument. We advise you to respond as soon as possible! 

Costs

Participation fee: € 795,-. This is including all lessons, entrance to all concerts, housing in the Martini Hotel and daily breakfast, lunch and dinner. The costs without housing are € 645,-.

You will get a 100% refund if the Summer Academy will be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

More information?

For questions about the festival or registration please contact our festival office:

Festival Office Aurora Festival
Harrie de Vries
Meeuwerderweg 1
9724 EM Groningen
The Netherlands.
Tel. 0031 50 5951306
E-mail: h.a.de.vries@pl.hanze.nl
Fax: + 31 (0)50 595 1399