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Baroque Summer Academy in Siena

Since 2021, the Moarteum University's Department of Early Music has organised a Baroque Summer Academy in Siena, Italy, as part of the renowned Accademia Musicale Chigiana. The cooperation with Siena's Chigiana Foundation enables the teaching of Early Music in a unique setting influenced by Baroque and Renaissance.

Baroque Summer Academy
Palazzo Chigi Saracini
Via di Città 89
53100 Siena

The academy takes place over the period of one week, with the department's team of lecturers conducting intensive master classes for students from all over the world. In addition to classes, participants can expect concerts by students and faculty, orchestra projects and other activities.

Events

26.8.—1.9.2026

Teatro dei Rinnovati

Baroque Summer Academy Siena

Seit 2021 findet im Rahmen der renommierten Accademia Musicale Chigiana die Barocke Sommerakademie des Departments Alte Musik der Universität Mozarteum in der Stadt Siena in Italien statt. Die Zusammenarbeit mit der Chigiana-Stiftung von Siena ermöglicht den Unterricht in Alter Musik in einer besonderen, von Barock und Renaissance geprägten Atmosphäre.

Summer course

News

26.6.2024

Academy Summer at Mozarteum University

Masterclasses, concerts, operettas, contemporary composition and much more between Salzburg, Bad Ischl and Siena: an exciting academy summer awaits at the Mozarteum University!

Press release
28.8.2023

With Baroque Summer Academy as guest in Siena

Numerous master classes, a contemporary BaroqueLab, concerts and an opera production: The Baroque Summer Academy of the Department of Early Music of the Mozarteum University will take place for the third time in 2023 within the framework of the renowned Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. A highlight in 2023 is the performance of the baroque opera "Dido & Aeneas" by H. Purcell with contemporary prologue and epilogue "Elissa" by Henry Fourès and Rector Elisabeth Gutjahr. "Elissa" was successfully premiered at the Mozarteum University in June 2023.

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8.7.2022

Top-class academy summer

Press release
11.6.2022

Workshop of artistic exchange

The International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University starts anew and expands with ARCO - Art, Research and Creation Opus and the Summer Academy Baroque (in Siena). The program connects teachers, students and musicians from all over the world in Salzburg and establishes cultural connections across Europe.

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1.3.2021

Historical agreement between the Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena) and the University Mozarteum

On February 3, 2021, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena and the Mozarteum University in Salzburg launched a unique program: a series of master classes to deepen the study of Baroque music, beginning in the summer of 2021.

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