The course will have a workshop format with daily sessions.

At the beginning of the course, regular students must present an original composition, either solo or for a chamber ensemble, initiated (or the project’s sketches) for a maximum instrumentation of eight instruments: 2 flutes (including alto flute), 2 clarinets (including bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello and piano. As the work progresses, the piece will be rehearsed by the performers in residece: the MDI Ensemble (Sonia Formenti flute, Paolo Casiraghi clarinet, Corinna Canzian violin, Paolo Fumagalli viola, Giorgio Casati cello, Luca Ieracitano piano), flutist Matteo Cesari, and clarinetist Paolo Ravaglia. If possible, the composition will be performed in the final concert by the students.

The performers in residence, with their presence, will contribute to lessons and analyses aimed at the necessary understanding of both classical and modern repertoire.

Auditors are allowed to attend the course.

The candidate must submit, along with the application for admission, the score of one or two recent compositions. Additionally, candidates are required to create a transcription specifically for quintet (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano) of Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonata in E minor, K. 394, L. 275. The section to be transcribed, from the original harpsichord work, can be sent to candidates via email upon request by the Student Office.

Scores for these pieces must be received by the student Secretary’s Office of the Accademia Chigiana, together with the application form, and payment of the entrance-examination fee by May 15th.

The Accademia Chigiana will communicate to all candidates the result of the selection made by the examining commission.