The ACADEMIE DU PAYS d'AUGE

For 30 years, the Promenades musicales du Pays d'Auge have been offering classical music concerts in the most beautiful heritage sites in the heart of Normandy.

Sébastien Daucé, founder of the Correspondances ensemble, took over the artistic direction of the festival in 2023 and is launching a new adventure at the heart of the festival aimed at future artists: an academy of young singers and instrumentalists.

Pays d’Auge Academy 2024 | from July 21-27, 2024

Ten places have been opened for the 2024 edition: six singers and four continuo instrumentalists will train for a week in the heart of Saint-Pierre-en-Auge.

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Lucile Richardot, an unclassifiable voice and personality who has accompanied the ensemble Correspondances since its beginnings and performs in numerous French and foreign ensembles and orchestras as a soloist, will be the guest of this academy accompanied by harpsichordist Valentin Rouget. The instrumentalists, primarily violists, will benefit from the accompaniment of Mathilde Vialle. Work on polyphony will complete this session, under the direction of Sébastien Daucé.

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In the heart of the Pays d'Auge, housed in an exceptional heritage site – the Château de Cesny-aux-Vignes – students selected for this week of study and discovery will be able to deepen their understanding and mastery of the French baroque repertoire (vocal technique, polyphonies, interpretation, ensemble music and solos).

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This team of young academy winners will have the opportunity to perform at the closing of the festival on Saturday July 27, 2024 during a public concert at the Saint-Pierre-en-Auge auditorium.

The Academy will open up to new aesthetic horizons in 2025.

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