The Accademia Italiana per la Direzione d’Orchestra (Italian Academy of Conducting), born in 2011, is certainly a new reality in the Italian panorama of teaching Conducting and has its roots in the fertile ground of the great Italian tradition in Conducting. The intent of the Academy is to give back a new force, new impetus and new gloss to this tradition.

Thus, the Academy seeks to be the leading protagonist of its time, its mission being to promote a virtuous dialogue between the certainty of tradition and the attractiveness of new ways, the necessary tension that belongs to the artistic experience.

The Academy is a singular, idealistic, high-level, artistic project created by the Scuola Grande di San Filippo based in Faenza, a splendid city of Art in the heart of Romagna, whose fame shines since the Renaissance period for the production of ceramics of exquisite workmanship.

The first important innovation is given by the presence of the orchestra. 'La Grande Orchestra', direct expression of the Scuola Grande, in three different formations, from the string orchestra to the chamber and symphonic orchestra, is available for students for all scheduled meetings.

The particularity of this project is its twofold educational value. Not only will the figure of the conductor be treated, but also that of the orchestral performer with some "ad hoc" training sessions for the orchestra. This model will tend to form an effective link between the orchestra and the conductor, an innovative and productive mechanism for mutual growth.

Each session begin on Thursday and end on Sunday. A theoretical opening lesson and a final and necessary synthesis frame the two full days of lessons with the orchestra.

This activity may finalize in concerts throughout the year, creating an effective synergy with the surrounding territory, otherwise impossible at organisational and economical levels.

All the rehearsals are videotaped and all the material is filed in the database of the Academy. It can be used by teachers and pupils for further study and deepening.

There will be favourable conditions for board and lodging during the stay of the students in Faenza.

COURSES 2013

The Italian Academy of Conducting in 2013 offers a course articulated in 7 stages, from June to December, wich will always be involved the orchestra.

The principal Teacher is M° Massimiliano Caldi from Milan, young conductor in career.

The Italian Academy for Conducting invited with great pleasure for 2013 as the guest conductor M° Donato Renzetti, who held a master class from 11 to 14 November

The course will range from instrumental to the Opera repertoire , including the solo repertoire and it will be divided in several sections:

• 2 stages dedicated to the repertoire for strings and symphonic, each consisting of 1 meeting theoretical and 2 days of lessons with the orchestra
• 2 stages dedicated to the work 'Le nozze di Figaro' by Mozart, a master within 6 days (2 and 4 with the piano with the orchestra), ending with a public concert
• 3 stages, divided into two master, dedicated to various organic and linked concert halls and theaters of the province, each consisting of 1 meeting theoretical and 3 days of lessons with the orchestra

N.B The master of M° Renzetti and the one dedicated to 'Le nozze di Figaro' may enroll also those who are only interested in these segments of the course, consistent with the available places.