Violin Academy
Director Boris Belkin
Teachers
The Violin Course aims to train highly professional figures with solid techniques and artistic skills, to start a solo or Chamber Music career. The musician is going to reach the technical knowledge to tackle, manage and sustain a concert event at a high level. Public performance is considered a fundamental feature of the course.
Attendance to the course is subject to passing the entrance exam by audition, with a programme of:
– one piece for solo violin, free choice
– one piece for violin with piano accompaniment, free choice.
For admission to the class of Maestro Francesco Manara, the program includes the performance of:
• the first movement of a Mozart concerto of your choice
• two steps or orchestral solos of your choice
• a piece for solo violin of your choice
TYPES OF COURSES
– Multi-Year Violin Course: for students up to the age of 19. The didactic activity will be parallel to the Three-Year course, to set a solid basement for an educational continuity within the Academy. The aim is to provide them with technical and interpretative skills to complete their studies at a high level.
– Three-Year violin Course: for students aged 20 and over. At the end of the course it is possible to take the final Diploma exam.
– Senior Violin Course: exclusively for students aged over 27 years. This course addresses to concert performers whose will is to deepen their repertoires. Admission to the course is only possible if presented by one or more teachers of the Academy and only after passing an entrance exam with the unanimous approval of the entire commission.
– Bachelor’s Degree Course (L-3) and Master’s Degree Course (LM-45)
For all the details about the study plan and tuition fees of Degree Courses, please refer to the related section of the website.
STUDY PLAN
Each year of the Multi-Year Course includes:
– a recital programme
– a piece for violin and orchestra
– a romantic concerto for violin and orchestra
– one virtuoso piece
– one piece from the contemporary repertoire
Each year of the Three-Year Course includes:
– two recital programmes
– two pieces for violin and orchestra
– two virtuoso pieces;
– one piece from the contemporary repertoire.
All pieces, with the exception of the sonatas and the contemporary piece, must be performed by heart.
Each year of the Senior Course includes:
– a 60-minute recital
-a concert for violin and orchestra
The repertoire on solos and orchestral excerpts will be integrated into the classes of Maestro Francesco Manara and agreed directly with the teacher according to the specific interests of the student.
In order to attend the following academic year, it is mandatory to pass the passage exam. Program to be agreed with the teacher.
ATTENDANCE
Lessons are individual and take place between October and June. The monthly schedule of lessons is based on the number of hours of the course attended.
Annual attendance Multi-Year Course € 2.100 to be paid meeting the following deadlines:
within 15th October € 1.050
within 15th February € 1.050
Annual attendance fee Three-Year course € 2.500, to be paid meeting the following deadlines:
within 15th October € 1.250
within 15th February € 1.250
Annual attendance fee Senior Course € 2.250 to be paid meeting the following deadlines:
within 15th October € 1.125
within 15th February € 1.125
For details about tuition fees of Degree Courses, please refer to the related section of the website.