A musical stroll from Venice to Dubrovnik in the 13th and 14th centuries
Faculty
Katarina Livljanić singer and musicologist
Katarina Livljanić, singer and musicologist, is an international specialist in medieval music and plainchant performance. Born on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, she decided to become a medieval music performer at a very early age, training at the Zagreb Music Conservatory before moving to France to study voice and musicology. She directs the vocal ensemble Dialogos, which she founded, specializing in medieval chant and liturgical theatre of the Glagolitic tradition. For her work in this field, she was decorated for cultural achievement in 2002 by the president of Croatia and received in 2016 the title Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. As a Maître de conferences in medieval music at the Sorbonne University in Paris, she directed a medieval music performance Masters programme for almost twenty years. Since 2019, she became a voice teacher at the medieval and renaissance department at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
Students
- 8 singers
Presentation
This course is intended for young singers entering the professional world. We will concentrate on the repertoire – from plainsong to liturgical polyphony – which was sung in basicilas and monasteries around the Adriatic Sea from the Republic of Venice along the Dalmatian coast as far as the Republic of Ragusa. We shall be exploring sacred vocal music – the manuscripts, but also their historical and liturgical context. Our aim is to trace the development of liturgical music from monody to the sumptuous polyphonic works which were based on plainsong, exploiting a rich vocal timbre to show at its best this repertoire which links the Middle Ages with the Renaissance.
Schedule
Selection
Pre-selection via application by associated conservatories – no audition
End of application
October 3rd 2021
Sessions
14th to 17th april 2022
15th 17th may 2022
7 days – 49 training hours
Public presentation
concerts between the 18th to 28th of june 2022
La Fondation Etrillard soutient le programme Chanter l’Ars Nova qui vise à travers la coopération de plusieurs partenaires européens à redonner un nouveau rayonnement aux musiques médiévales.
La Fondation Bettencourt Schueller est le mécène principal du Pôle Voix et répertoire de la Fondation Royaumont.