CHAMBER
MUSIC SCHOOL
by Irina Krasotina

ABOUT THE SUMMER SCHOOL

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Applications are collected through an open call, student selection, and ensemble formation.

During four days of daily work with Professor Krasotina in the ensemble, you master the performance skills and work on the assigned piece, with the reporting concert at the end.

The learning journey for an active participant:

• Four days working with Irina Krasotina in an ensemble
• Reporting concert of the successful participants at the Arno Babajanyan Concert Hall, on 9 May 2025
• A maximum of FIVE ensembles will be selected. Those applicants who are not selected as active participants will be able to come to the Summer School as an audience for free.

Before filling in the application please make sure
that you meet the following requirements:

• Minimum two recent non-edited videos (preferably from an orchestra)
• A photo in JPG format (high resolution)
• Successful applicants will be notified by email and phone and announced on the Primavera Charitable Foundation social media profiles.

ELIGIBILITY & RULES

Age

From 12 to 22 y.o. Armenian passport holders or Armenian 10 years special passport holders

Repertoire

We accept all applications from all instruments if an applicant meets the requirements below. The number of places is limited. After the successful applicants’ announcement, Prof. Krasotina will form the ensembles for the summer school.

The repertoire will be announced along with the successful applicants’ announcements and the score for every ensemble will be provided by the Primavera Foundation.

Application Procedure

Before submitting your application, please ensure you have
the following at your disposal:

1. Contact details of your teacher.
2. An open-to-everyone link of your recent performance
   on any social media platform, such as YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram.
3. Copy of the passport/birth certificate.

Successful applicants will be notified by email and announced on
the Primavera Foundation Armenia social media profiles on April 22, 2025.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

By applying you accept and agree with the Сhamber Music School Terms and Conditions and give permission to proceed, store and use the personal information, photos and videos for the technical documentation, official website, and social media announcements.

The application is free for Armenian citizens. If you hold any other nationality, the application fee is a donation of $30 to the Primavera Foundation Armenian. The donation must be made via our website form, and donation confirmation must be provided along with the application.

All musicians born in 2012 or later may apply for the summer school.

Applicants must be fluent in English/Russian and Armenian (mother tongue).

The Summer School is run in person. All successful applicants shall arrange their travel and cover their travel expenses to the Summer School venue and back home, as well as accommodation costs (if applicable).

The Summer School organizing committee reserves the right to use participants’ photos and video materials. After the Summer School, all submitted video materials and results will be published on the Primavera Foundation Armenia website.

The Summer School organizing committee accepts only applications submitted using the Primavera Foundation Armenia website form by April 15, 2024, by 18:00.

ABOUT PROFESSOR IRINA KRASOTINA

Ms. Krasotina felt her passion for classical music when she was six and started her piano studies at seven. Her international performing career was launched after numerous Russian and international piano competitions. She was a laureate of international competitions in Italy (Senigallia, 1992; Ragusa, 1993; Trani, 1997), E. Granados Barcelona International Competition (Spain, 2001), A. Roussel Sofia International Competition (Bulgaria, 1996), D. Lipatti Bucharest International Competition (Romania, 1997) among the others. In many of those, she later served as a jury member.

Irina Krasotina holds the Professor position at the P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and a Ph.D. in Art History. She is the Head of the Ensemble Department at Ippolitov-Ivanov State Musical Pedagogical Institute. Ms. Krasotina also received a Master of Spanish Music degree from the Marshall Academy (Barcelona), a class of the legendary Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha.

Among her recent projects are the publication of her new “Issues of Ensemble Performance” monography as long as the launch, together with Mr. Vasily Pasetchnik, the new Ensemble chamber music project where she also holds the Artistic Director position. The Ensemble project explores the history of cultural connections between European countries through chamber music. It aims to reveal fascinating historical details supported by academic research and to offer insights into the mutual inspiration that contributed significantly to the development of chamber music.

Irina Krasotina regularly performs recitals in Russia and abroad. She collaborated with conductor Felix Korobov, as well as with Evgeny Petrov (clarinet), Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Alexander Ramm (cello), Artyom Dervoed (classical guitar), Stanislav Davydov (horn), Philipp Nodel (oboe), to mention a few.

Ms. Krasotina has been teaching since 2003. Her students are the laureates and winners of the prestigious International Chamber Ensemble Competitions in Russia, Spain, and the UK. She is also the author of 18 tutorials and treatises focused on ensemble performance studies, Spanish music, “Chamber Ensemble” discipline educational programs, and publications based on her Enrique Granados. Piano Heritage dissertation. She is a speaker and an organizer of several international conferences dedicated to Spanish music and modern music education in Russia and abroad issues.