Lied and song cycle 1
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Three vast lands make up the marvelous world of singing: Opera, Oratorio and Recital.
Yet the recital is the least visited, and access to it the most demanding. This is where the saying prima le parole, dopo la musica takes on its full meaning. Great composers, most of them outstanding pianists, fall under the spell of a poem well before setting it to music. And the word is not that of a librettist, however proficient he may be, but of a poet, often one among the greatest. It is not the singing that lets the text speak, but rather always the text that brings forth the singing!
The recitalist is no longer “One”: one Papageno, one Pelléas, one Suzanne. He/she should be able to take on multiple visages, for each lied, each song is a new character within a given situation.
Hence the recital requires the artist at its service to bring forth an infinite variety of colors and the entire span of human emotions.
The pianist ought to be the unmitigated equal of the singer. Often the keys to entering into the work are to be found in the accompaniment. Everything demanded of the singer will be demanded of the pianist as well: he sets up the lighting, as the indispensible illuminator of the singer.
Ruben Lifschitz makes it a point to work on the intagible relationship that exists between text and music, for the singer and the pianist as well.
Theoretical instruction
In-depth study of the meaning of the texts (poems), making possible an enhanced approach to the relationship between text and music, and the direct rapport between singer and pianist.
Practical instruction
Work on diction, style, phrasing, tone colors, and the voice/piano interactions; an approach to stylistic evolution within a song, as well as that of the song within a cycle or other set.
Method
The course consists mainly of individual lessons (11/2 to 2 hours per duo and per day) alternating with time set aside for individual practice (1 rehearsal room per duo).
Faculty
Ruben Lifschitz, pianist
Calendar
Auditions
Saturday 13 February 2010
Sessions
Tuesday 13 through Saturday 17 July 2010
for a total of 5 days of instruction
Public presentation
Fenêtre sur cour[s] Saturday 17 July 2010
Places available for
3 pianist-singer duos
Fee information
The cost-sharing fee is made up of a compulsory registration fee, a compulsory membership in the Association des amis de Royaumont, tuition, and boarding expenses.
For this session a scholarship arrangement with the AFDAS is pending.
Financial aid for tuition
› for casual entertainment workers (intermittents du spectacle): through the AFDAS under the following conditions: 2 years in activity, 48 fee units (days) within France, as attested by payslips and Congés Spectacles certificates.
› for salaried employes (full or part time): via their employers’ continuing education programs.
› for the unemployed: instructions available from the local ANPE and/or ASSEDIC offices.
› for RMI beneficiaries: via authorities in each département (Conseil Général) – contact the appropriate services for further information.
If you are eligible for such financial assistance, a total amount of 150 € remains at your expense.
Scholarships
Every year L’Association des amis de Royaumont grants scholarships to artists under 29 years of age who do not yet have a regular professional activity.
This grant is made by a commission on the basis of a portfolio (resume, photo, letter of motivation).
If you are eligible for this scholarship from the Association des amis de Royaumont, a total amount of 150 € remains at your expense.
For participants who are not in a position to qualify for any other financial aid, the Foundation grants scholarship stipends on request and based on a portfolio.
If you are eligible for such financial assistance, a total amount of 250 € remains at your expense.