The Program
2026 CREMONA ACADEMY PROGRAM
JULY 12 – 29, 2026
The 2026 Cremona Academy offers programs for String and Wind instruments, Piano, Voice, and Composition.
Cremona Academy is an exciting intensive dynamic program that greatly enhances participants’ music-making skills, including technique, interpretation, ensemble collaboration, listening, performance, and communication with an audience.
The world-renowned faculty works with students daily in private lessons, chamber music and ensemble coaching.
The Academy Program is carefully designed for aspiring musicians of all ages, including young professionals, college, pre-college, and younger students. The Program offers a combination of the core program and a wide variety of optional classes, including educational and sightseeing tours.
The core program comprises private lessons, masterclasses, chamber music, instrumental and vocal ensemble coaching, orchestral classes, workshops, lectures, seminars, round-table discussions, and public performances. Optional classes and sightseeing tours are open to all students.
ACADEMY CITY
Core Program
- 7 Instrumental/vocal/composition private lessons
- 7 Chamber music/sonata classes
- Piano, winds, strings, and vocal ensemble classes
- Orchestral program (strings/winds)
- Masterclasses
- Technique, interpretation, and performance workshops
- Sightreading technique workshops
- Lectures, seminars, and round-table group discussions
- Student solo, chamber music, ensemble, and orchestral performances
- Young Performers Concert Series
- Distinguished Faculty Concerts Series
- Work with accompanists (strings/winds/voice)
FESTIVAL CITY
Optional Classes and Activities
- Composition Class
- Conducting Class
- Competition Preparation Class
- Audition Preparation Class
- Improvisation Class
- Ear Training, Theory, and Musicianship Class
- Collaborative Piano Class
- Technique Class for String Players
- Sightseeing and Educational Tours
STRADIVARI CITY
. . . and this is how it works:
- Students receive private lessons and participate in masterclasses with one or more faculty members.
- Students are expected to perform a solo in at least one of the student concerts.
- On chamber music days, all groups and ensembles have two sessions: one coached by a faculty member and another for independent work, allowing them to apply what they have learned.
- All chamber music groups, instrumental and vocal ensembles, and Academy orchestras are featured in special concerts held throughout the program. Students are expected to practice regularly, and individual practice rooms are available daily.
In addition to these rich learning opportunities and intensive musical work at the Academy, students are also offered unique sightseeing and educational tours that allow them to experience and appreciate Italy’s vibrant culture, history, and traditions.
Certificates
All students who have successfully completed the Academy program will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.
The information presented here was accurate at the time of posting. However, the Academy is a dynamic program and reserves the right to make changes in program offerings, regulations, and procedures.
MEET your personal goals and challenges through solo and chamber music performances
GAIN unique musical experience and tremendous artistic growth
ENJOY dynamic and exciting music-making in the medieval setting of Cremona
EXPLORE music, art, history of Italy, and the art of violin making in Cremona, the home of Amati, Stradivari, and Guarneri, and the Capital of Contemporary Violin Making