
Internationale Sommerakademie am Rhein
03/08 - 17/08/2025
Jean-Noël Briend
Masterclass opera/lied/mélodie 2025

THE ACADEMY
The Academy has the objective of bringing a very rich and diversified teaching responding to all the needs of a young singer and repetiteur.
The teachers speak several languages, it's a great opportunity to learn these languages...
COURSE
During all the academy , all the singing lessons will be provided by Jean-Noël Briend (fr,de,en,sp.) 50 minutes every two days. The singing lessons will take place alternately with Kanako Nakagawa's interpretation classes (de, jp, en) .
In addition, stage performance work will be done with Arila Siegert for the duration of the course
Lessons from 10:00am to 13:00pm then from 15:00pm to 18:00pm. Every morning from 9:15am to 10:00am Jean-Noël Briend offers to wake up the body and the mind with some breath exercices.
All the students are welcomed to attend the other participants' lessons.
First week
A Masterclass is planed on the 8th and the 9th of August : Italian Recitatives from Baroque to the present days given by italian conductor Marco Comin
Second week
an audition preparation workshop with Winfried Hofinger, opera agency will take place on the 14th of August.
During 6 days (from 11th to 16th of August) the yoga-teacher but also mezzo-soprano Petra Gruber (de,en,fr) will give individual lessons with a customize approach to every singer.
Academy for repetiteurs
Judith Gauthier (fr,en,de) will dispense to the repetiteurs, lessons of accompaniment, transposition, orchestra's reduction, etc....
A Masterclass is planed on the 8th and the 9th of August : Italian Recitatives from Baroque to the present days given by italian conductor Marco Comin
The mezzo-soprano but also yoga-teacher Petra Gruber (de,en,fr) will give individual lessons with a customize approach to every pianist.
Furthermore, 6 students will deepen their apprenticeship by accompanying the lessons of Jean-Noël Briend and Arila Siegert. They can attend Kanako Nakagawa's lessons. They will also be welcome in the studio "breath" every morning from 9:15 am till 10:00am.
Final concert
At the end of the programme, on the night of the 17th of August 2025, the students will present their work during a final concert with the participation of Kanako Nakagawa and Jean-Noël Briend. Director: Arila Siegert

Working studios
A few working studios will be available for those who want to work outside the worktime of the academy.
The region
With bicycles you can visit the lovely region with its lakes, forests....
Relax
There will be a day "off" , maybe in the Black Forest between the two working weeks, the 10h of August