COURSES – ENROLLMENT – FEES

Piano

20-30 July – André Gallo, Director
30-31 July – Enrico Pace
25-30 July – Boris Petrushanskiy (30/07 until 4:30 pm)
22-31 July – Igor Roma
20-22 and 30-31  July – Alessandro Taverna
20-23 July – Ingrid Fliter
20-24 and 27-30 – Mauro Minguzzi
24-31 July – Leonid Margarius *
20-29 July – Stefano Fiuzzi (exact dates to be defined)
20-29 July – Jin Ju (exact dates to be defined)
22-24 July – Riccardo Risaliti

* internal students are kindly asked to get in touch with the Academic Office, in order to get information about attendance.

If interested, students enrolled in Piano masterclasses have the chance to take the admission exam for Piano courses for the 2026-2027 a.y. during an extra session, with dates being defined. While applying for the Festival, candidates must notify via email the Academic Office about their will to take the admission exam. Please refer to the Piano Academy page to check the required admission exam programme.

Violin

4-23 July – Boris Belkin, Director*
20-21 July – Maurizio Sciarretta
7-9 July – Francesco Manara (09/07 morning only)

*External students wishing to participate in the masterclass with M° Boris Belkin must take and pass an admission exam. The exact date of the admission exam will be communicated via email by the Academic Office.

Cello

28 June-1 July – Luca Magariello
1-4 July – Enrico Bronzi 

Viola and String Quartet

5-10 July – Antonello Farulli, Director
7-8 July – Sascha Bota, visiting teacher

Flute

7-10 July – Andrea Manco, Director
7-10 July – Maurizio Valentini
9-10 July – Matteo Evangelisti

Guitar

13-17 July – Giovanni Puddu, Director
14-16 July – Arturo Tallini
16-17 July – Matteo Mela

Chamber Music

6-10 and 13-15 July – Marco Zuccarini, Director
13-15 July – Alain Meunier
dates to be defined – Anton Dressler

Composition

13-17 July – Giorgio Colombo Taccani

Conducting

7-10 and 13-17 luglio – Marco Boni

Enrollment 

Enrollment in the masterclasses is open to both internal and external students, with no age limits. Admission for external students is based on curriculum evaluation and subject to available places.

For the course with M° Boris Belkin, an in-person admission exam is required. The Academic Office will communicate the exact admission exam date via email.

To apply, candidates must follow the Application Procedure and submit their application by 3 May 2026, for both internal and external students.

Application for masterclasses of the Imola Summer Music Academy and Festival are still open until May 10. Admission will be subject to the availability of each class. We look forward to welcoming you in Imola for a summer of music and study, with the chance to meet great Teachers and young talents from all over the world.

Participation in the masterclasses requires the payment of a €100 registration fee (for external students only) and an attendance fee (see “Attendance Fees” section below). For the course with M° Boris Belkin, the registration fee corresponds to the fee required for taking the admission exam.

All payment deadlines and further information are available in the “Application Procedure” section.

Attendance Fees

Piano, Cello, Flute, Guitar, Violin (Maestri Manara and Sciarretta), Conducting

• External students: €400, for 3 hours of individual instrumental lessons. For the Conducting course the fee includes the entire lasting.
• Internal students: use of academic hours, up to 3 hours, other than the chance to add further lessons at a cost of €90 per hour, subject to availability.
• Conducting internal students: €300

Violin – Maestro Boris Belkin

• Internal and external students: €400
  The calendar will be managed by Maestro Belkin directly, with lessons to be taken throughout the three weeks.

Composition

• External students: €400
• Internal Degree courses’ students: no fee is required
• Internal Advanced course students: €400

Chamber Music

• External students (ensembles only): €600 per ensemble, for 3 lessons. Each lesson lasts 1 hour and a half. The attendance fee for ensembles who want to attend a double course is € 1000.
• Internal Chamber Music students: use of academic hours and the chance to add further lessons at a cost of €150 per ensemble, subject to availability. Each lesson lasts 1 hour and a half.

All Imola Academy students can participate in the Chamber Music masterclass of Maestro Marco Zuccarini, either with an already established chamber music ensemble, or one to be established with other internal students. If interested, please write an email to festival@imolamusicacademies.org.

Viola

• External students: €400, for at least 3 hours of individual lessons.
• Internal students: use of academic hours and the chance to add further lessons at a cost of € 90 per hour, subject to availability.

String Quartet

• External students: €100 per quartet, for at least 3 hours.
• Internal students: use of academic hours.

All enrolled participants are invited to attend lessons from all courses as auditors, subject to availability and classroom capacity limits.