Why choose our International Masterclass?

• Broad curriculum
  Continuous development is essential for the careers of young singer-pianist duos. That’s why our masterclass is an inseparable part of the International Lied Festival Zeist. We offer a unique opportunity to work with renowned singers and pianists who have earned excellent reputations. You can expect a broad and immersive curriculum ranging from public sessions on interpretation to private performance coaching and lectures on poetry, culture and history.
  
  
• Become a unique duo
  The masterclass offers both private and public teachings. During the private sessions, the masters will work with you on forging and moulding your craftmanship to become a unique duo of your own by focusing on the unity of text and music. Music and poetry will be treated equally and thoroughly. Due to the private setting, masters and students build the trust necessary to enhance artistic expressiveness through experiment.
  
  
• Interaction with a warm audience
  The public sessions are attended by a relatively large, educated, and eager but friendly audience. It is offered a rare chance to see artists grow on the spot, a ‘glimpse behind the scenes’. But, more importantly, it has a function on its own. As young singers and pianists, you experience whether what you have learned as a duo comes across, which enables you to craft your musicianship in dialogue with the audience. The intricate interaction between music and text, your duo, and the audience comes to life during these sessions. When young talents succeed in establishing this threefold relationship, a bright future lies ahead. That is what makes our masterclass so extraordinarily special.
  
  
• Working together as a group
  Our aim is to create a welcoming and friendly environment, in which artistry can blossom and you feel invited to explore your ambitions. Setting goals and working hard to reach them can be a personal, somewhat lonesome journey at times. Inspired by Schubert’s Freundeskreis – the theme of our first festival but always at the heart of everything we do – we offer an opportunity of a lifetime where you also find new professional friends for the rest of your career.
  
  
• International opportunities
  Participating in the masterclass also means embarking on our Next Generation programme. Participants of our International Masterclass will be invited to join our Young Artists Platform in the coming years. Winning this audition means further performance opportunities in future editions of the International Lied Festival Zeist and our international collaborators, such as Oxford Song and Vilabeltran.