The Academy is an orchestra project that brings together 20 young musicians working and playing under the direction of a renowned conductor. In 2025, violinist and conductor Amandine Beyer will lead the project, offering participants the chance to deepen their knowledge of Venetian concertante music from the early 18th century (Vivaldi, Albinoni, Dall’Abaco, Hasse).  

The Academy will be taking place from June 22 to July 20, 2025 (2 weeks of training and 2 weeks of European Tour) – (travel days June 21 and July 21). 

The Academy is free of charge for the participants: transportation, meals and accommodation will be provided. 

Auditions of the pre-selected musicians will be held remotely in November 2024. 

To join this training and professional integration program, applicants must: 

  • Be 30 years old maximum on the day the training begins
  • Have a Historically Informed practice of their instrument
  • Have completed higher studies at a national conservatory or equivalent institution 
  • Have previous experience of playing in a group. 

Here’s the list of the different profiles we need: violins, violas, cellos, double bass, bassoon, theorbo and harpsichord. 

Calendar: 

  • June 22nd – July 4th, 2025: training session in Ambronay (France) and Torroella De Montgrí (Spain)
  • July 5th – 20th 2025: European tour  

If you want to join the Ambronay Academy Sustainable-EEEMERGING, click here to apply.

Application deadline: October 6th, 2024

The auditions will take place online on November 20th and 21st November 2024 

For any questions, please contact juliette.brasseur@ambronay.org 

Sustainable EEEMERGING 

Sustainable-EEEMERGING (S-EEE) is a European cooperative project aiming at the professional integration of young early music ensembles, with the distinctive feature of placing the sustainability at the core of the support. This program is coordinated by the Centre culturel de rencontre d’Ambronay. 

The program was launched in 2014. It was born of two main observations:
– early music is essentially European, not national, hence the need to encourage it through cooperation at the European level,
– small ensembles (2 to 12 musicians), very flexible in terms of performance and repertoire, are the perfect medium for transmitting this music. 

After a first phase (EEEMERGING, 2014-2018), the program has evolved from competitive to cooperative. EEMERGING+ (2019-2023) offered tailor-made support in which innovation played a key role. With this third phase (Sustainable-EEEMERGING, 2024-2027), the program brings the professional integration of young ensembles, as well as the whole early music sector, into the concept of sustainability.