Lied and song cycle 2 advanced study

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The training programme in interpretation of the lied and art song is one of the pillars of the Royaumont Foundation’s Voice programme. Cycle 2 enables performers to affirm a personal repertory and can lead to recitals withing the context of the Saison musicale or at partner venues.

> Faculty

> Places available for

> Professional career insertion

> Status of participants

> Presentation

> Method

> Practical instruction

> Theoretical instruction

> Calendar

> Fee Information

Faculty

Ruben Lifschitz, pianist

At the outset a solo pianist who came to the attention of Alfred Cortot and Wilhelm Kempff, Ruben Lifschitz since 1975 has devoted himself to the accompaniment of lied and French art song. For many years, he was a song instructor at the Atelier Lyrique of the Lyon Opera, the Paris National Opera School, the Conservatory of Lausanne, as well as the National Conservatories in Lyon and Paris, and now holds interpretation sessions devoted to lied and French art song at the Royaumont Foundation. Numerous singers have worked with him at Royaumont, among them Natalie Dessay, Karine Deshayes, Stéphane Degout…

Places available for

4 pianist-singer duos

Professional career insertion

Concerts at Royaumont in the framework of the 2012 Saison musicale and that of partnerships.

Status of participants

For the period from Friday 6 April through Friday 27 July 2012, participants have a training contract.
Beginning with the period of production, participants benefit from a limited-duration (CDD), professional engagement contract.

Presentation

One must know how to sing: the recital is not a fallback for voiceless singers.
Knowing how to convey a text; the singer as well as his/her pianist must be “literary-minded,” just as passionate about the poems and languages as about the music.
The singer must be endowed with a good memory: the recital is not a reading, and it is given from memory.

The composers of song and lied were all pianists, so that many accompaniments require a very high degree of instrumental proficiency.

Once these prerequisites are met, the goal of this instruction is:
> to build together the firm foundation of basic repertory for the future;
> to discover how much the works are all unique and different and that, to bring them to life, there are neither systems, receipes nor tricks;
> to learn to place oneself at the service of the music and the poetry
> to become interpreter/performers.

Method

The classes are mainly individual lessons (1 1/2 to 2 hours per duo and per day) alternating with time for individual practice.

Practical instruction

Working on diction and style, on phrasing, colors and voice/piano articulations, an approach to stylistic evolution within a song, and of the song (or lied) in a cycle or ensemble.

Theoretical instruction

In-depth study of the meaning of the texts (poems) making possible a better approach to the interplay of text and music, and of the direct relationship between singer and pianist.

Calendar

Audition

Audition on Thursday 5 April 2012
Selection of the portfolios among the participants in Cycle 1 of preceding years

Sessions

From Friday 6 through Sunday 8 April 2012
From Monday 23 through Friday 27 July 2012
Another session to be determined

Public presentations

Fenêtres sur cour[s] on Sunday 8 April 2012 at 5 pm
and on Friday 27 July 2012 at 6 pm

Fee Information

The cost-sharing fee is made up of a compulsory registration fee (including membership in the Association des amis de Royaumont and access to the François Lang Music Library), tuition, and boarding expenses.

The Royaumont Foundation takes over expenses for accomodations (room, board and breaks) during the entire duration of the training.

Financial aid for tuition

› for salaried employees (full or part time): via their employers’ continuing education programs.
› for the unemployed: instructions available from the local funds or Pôle emploi.
› 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, only the enrolment fee remains at your expense, that is in the amount of 174 €.

Scholarships

The Association des Amis de Royaumont grants scholarships to singers born after the 1st January 1984 and instrumentalists born after 1st January 1987 who do not yet have a regular professional activity.
This grant is made during Board meetings of the Association on the basis of a portfolio (resume, letter of motivation).
If you are eligible for financial aid from the Association des amis de Royaumont, a total amount of 174 € remains at your expense.

For participants who cannot qualify for any other financial aid, the Foundation grants scholarship stipends on request and based on a portfolio.
If you are eligible for this scholarship from the Association des amis de Royaumont, a total amount of 264 € remains at your expense.