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VASILY PETRENKO ACADEMY FOR CONDUCTORS

VASILY PETRENKO ACADEMY FOR CONDUCTORS

Period:

Annually, during summer

LOCATION:

Yerevan, In person

Costs:

Free of charge for Armenian citizens

The Conductor Academy is the opportunity for young emerging conductors to master their skills under the guidance of the world leading conductor – maestro Vasily Petrenko.

Armenia has the unique opportunity to become a home for maestro Vasily Petrenko’s Conductor Academy on an annual basis.

The Academy will bring to Armenia young conductors from all over the world, therefore bringing Yerevan to the spotlight for both classical music lovers and professionals.

The five-day learning journey ends with the gala evening in Yerevan, bringing successful Conductors Academy students on stage together with Mo Petrenko himself.

The initiative includes:
  • 5 days of in person work in Yerevan for successful applicants  
  • Intensive training process focused on gaining skills and resources for a conductors career
  • Gala-concert featuring active Academy participants and Mo Petrenko at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan.
DETAILS

COMPETITIONS FOR YOUNG ARMENIAN MUSICIANS

17-20 June, 2024

COMPETITIONS FOR YOUNG ARMENIAN MUSICIANS

LOCATION:

Ijevan, Gyumri, and Yerevan – 
semi finals, Yerevan – finals

Eligibility:

Primarily target audience the participants 
of the foundation Classical Guitar Artistic 
Training Program

Costs:

Free of charge for Armenian citizens

Due to its recognizability, accessibility, and mobility, the guitar is among young people’s most demanded instruments. The general interest in the instrument creates the basis for attracting more youngsters to classical music through the guitar. We based our educational activities priorities on the existing demand, and during 2023, the foundation organized 54 one-to-one in-person classical guitar master classes, primarily in Armenian regions.

We continue our Classical Guitar Artistic Training Program in 2024, and to analyze the results, support students and teachers motivation we are planning to end the 2023/24 educational season with the two-level competition system, starting with regional classical guitar competitions, and then organizing the finals in Yerevan.

The competition jury will consist of Armenian and international musicians, as well as the foundation curators, tutors, and mentors.

We intend to invite some of the competition laureates to participate in the Chamber Music Summer School by professor Irina Krasotina on a yearly basis.

DETAILS

CHAMBER MUSIC SUMMER SCHOOL BY PROFESSOR IRINA KRASOTINA

20–27 June, 2024

CHAMBER MUSIC SUMMER SCHOOL BY PROFESSOR IRINA KRASOTINA

LOCATION:

Yerevan

Costs:

Free of charge for Armenian citizens

An ensemble is invaluable for learning collaboration and communication on stage, building mutual trust and understanding, creating additional social connections, and building friendships for young musicians. Summer school format provides a safe and collaborative space for musicians to enhance their skills and explore chamber repertoire for future collaborations under professional guidance. On top of everything, this is an opportunity for musicians who won’t make a career as a soloist to remain on stage and pursue a successful artistic life. We plan to run the school annually.

How Does It Work?
  1. Applications collection through an open call, students selection, ensembles formation
  2. Six days of daily work with professor Krasotina, mastering the performance skills and working on the assigned piece
  3. Summer school reporting concert in front of a jury and an audience
Project Development Potential
  • Based on the Jury’s decision on the potential of the ensemble, the Primavera Foundation may provide one of the new-born ensembles with an opportunity to perform in Armenian regions in the series of free performances for the audience.
  • Publishing of Armenian edition of Chamber Ensemble tutorial (author – Irina Krasotina)

IRINA KRASOTINA
Professor of the Moscow State Conservatory, Ph.D. in Art History, a Master of Spanish Music

Irina Krasotina is the Foundation Educational Academy Curator on Chamber Music and regularly performs recitals in Russia and abroad. She is a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory and has a Ph.D. in Art History and a Master of Spanish Music. Her students are the laureates and winners of prestigious competitions in Russia, Spain, and the UK. She is also the author of 18 tutorials and treatises focused on ensemble performance studies, Spanish music, and “Chamber Ensemble” discipline educational programs.

DETAILS

IRINA KRASOTINA – CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. TOOLKIT FOR TEACHERS

IRINA KRASOTINA –CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. TOOLKIT FOR TEACHERS. ARMENIAN EDITION

Production Period:

6 months starting the licensing agreement signature date

Сirculation:

300 copies

The project aims to publish the Chamber Ensemble toolkit by Professor Irina Krasotina in Armenian. A musical ensemble is an invaluable tool for learning collaboration and communication on stage, building mutual trust and understanding, creating additional social connections, and building friendships at any stage of a musician’s development. The toolkit provides support and advice to chamber ensemble teachers across Armenia. The methodological guidance and repertoire advice, as well as the recommendations for organizing work with student ensembles and an overview of approaches to teaching methods and practices, will become a knowledge source in the field.

The Target Audience
  • Teachers of the discipline “Chamber Ensemble” at pedagogical universities and colleges
  • Students of advanced training courses
  • Professional skills development

IRINA KRASOTINA
Professor of the Moscow State Conservatory, Ph.D. in Art History, a Master of Spanish Music

Irina Krasotina is the Foundation Educational Academy Curator on Chamber Music and regularly performs recitals in Russia and abroad. She is a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory and has a Ph.D. in Art History and a Master of Spanish Music. Her students are the laureates and winners of prestigious competitions in Russia, Spain, and the UK. She is also the author of 18 tutorials and treatises focused on ensemble performance studies, Spanish music, and “Chamber Ensemble” discipline educational programs.

VISAGES D’ARMÉNIE FESTIVAL

MARCH 15-16-17, 2024  

VISAGES D’ARMÉNIE FESTIVAL

LOCATION:

La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois, France

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COLLABORATION WITH THE ACADÉMIE DE L’OPÉRA ROYAL DE VERSAILLES (FRANCE)

COLLABORATION WITH THE ACADÉMIE DE L’OPÉRA ROYAL DE VERSAILLES (FRANCE)

The Primavera Foundation supports an initiative by Académie de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles, which together with Fondation Royaumont and Institut Français proposes to explore Armenia’s musical heritage by deciphering manuscripts of pre-14th century music preserved in Matenadaran in Yerevan.

Collaboration includes:
  • Project infrastructure support in Yerevan
  • Production of presentation concerts in Armenia and France
  • Coordination of the media presence of the project
  • Recordings and broadcasts
  • Insertion of Primavera Academy students

TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PIANO REPAIRS & TUNERS

TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PIANO REPAIRS & TUNERS

Program Running Period:

3 years

Location:

Educational modules – Yerevan, repairing practice workshops Yerevan, and marzes

Every eighth resident of Armenia gets in touch with the musical education system as a student, teacher, parent, or relative of a pupil/student or as an audience. Almost 20,000 pupils study music in music schools, cultural centers, colleges, and conservatories. More than 5,000 teachers support our pupils across the country. The piano is the most used instrument during the music education process, and every student uses the piano as a primary or additional instrument.

Primavera Foundation Armenia is taking the initiative to design and produce an educational program for piano repairs and restoration so that every piano is well-served and available in playable condition for our children and their teachers. To bring more pianos to Armenia, firstly, we should secure the professional level of piano repairers and tuners and secure at least two tuners in every marz.

DETAILS ARE COMING SOON

CARL FLESCH – THE ART OF VIOLIN PLAYING. VIOLIN TEACHING BOOK

CARL FLESCH – THE ART OF VIOLIN PLAYING. VIOLIN TEACHING BOOK. ARMENIAN EDITION

Production Period:

Nine months since the licensing agreement with the publisher is signed

Сirculation:

500 copies

A monumental undertaking of Carl Flesch’s work for teachers and students. The range of material covered by this massive book is enormous: Body Posture, The Left Arm (positions & fingerings), Vibrato, Bowing (including all varieties of strokes), Tone Production, Musical Memory, etc., musical examples, and covers experts from the works of all the master composers, hand diagrams and a table for the consistent use of bowing and fingering symbols.

Armenian teachers know the work by Carl Flesch. We intend to produce the Armenian edition with Berlin publisher Ries & Erler.

Why Is It Important?
  • No less than 1500 pupils study violin every year, and several hundreds of teachers guide them
  • Teachers and students need a source of guidance in their native language