ARCO – Art, Research and Creation Opus 2025 – is a binational academy dedicated to musical creation, association between the Mozarteum University Salzbourg, Gmem-Marseille (one of the French National Center of Musical Creation) and French ensembles Multilaterale and Les Métaboles.
This sixth edition will be hosted by Gmem from July 2nd to July 12th 2025. It will welcome twelve young composers from all over the world, along with six singers and one assistant conductor. Student composers will be coached by Elisabeth Gutjahr, Johannes Maria Staud, Sarah Nemtsov, Eva Reiter, Yann Robin and Francesco Filidei.
Throughout the week, public lectures and concerts will be given at the Gmem and in partner venues around Marseille. Written for the occasion, the students’ pieces will be rehearsed, performed and professionally recorded during two closing concerts.
FOR COMPOSERS :
-Lectures by composition teachers and invited artists
-Individual composition classes with Eva Reiter, Yann Robin, Johannes Maria Staud, Sarah Nemtsov and Francesco Filidei ensuring the supervision of the students’ projects.
-Two students especially selected will write for electronics and instruments; they will be coached by Christian Sebille and Eva Reiter on the electronic side of their pieces.
-Encounters with the soloists of Multilatérale who will share their secrets on the most advanced instrumental extended techniques
-Rehearsals with the Ensemble Multilatérale and Les Métaboles.
-“Body-Space-Conscience” workshops each morning with Elisabeth Gutjahr, rector of Mozarteum University Salzbourg
-Creation and recording of the student’s pieces during two closing concerts.
As part of a special partnership with SACEM, up to two member of the SACEM will see their expenses covered entirely for their participation to ARCo.
Tuition fees :
-From July 2nd to July 12th 2025 (included)
-Registration fees: 20€ (non-refundable)
-Tuition fees: 600€
-including: accommodation in twin rooms in Marseille and lunches during ARCo, classes, lectures, workshops, rehearsals and concerts entries.
-not including: travels and dinners
FOR VOCAL COACHING :
-Individual and group classes with Valérie Philippin
-The contemporary vocal repertoire is very rich. Though it does not require any particular skills to approach it, it is nevertheless necessary to know its various writings, the multiple processes to read and work on the scores, along with the technical aspects essential to be able to play with your voice and interpret it with simplicity.
-In this repertoire, all facets of the voice, spoken or sung, are integrated into many scores. The entire session will be dedicated to those vocal qualities, everyone possess and the way to technically associate those with the various vocal writings.
Tuition fees:
-From July 4th to July 12th 2025 (included)
-Registration fees: 20€ (non-refundable)
-Tuition fees: 450€
-including: accommodation in twin rooms in Marseille and lunches during ARCo, classes, lectures, workshops, rehearsals and concerts entries.
-not including: travels and dinners
Details are available at web pages:
https://arco-academy.eu/opus/academy