Master class for young talents

Youth Classics, the Swiss International Music Academy (Sima) is a private initiative to promote young musical talent. The artistic director is Philip A. Draganov. The Academy offers intensive, high-quality musical training during the summer vacation period to young musicians who aspire to study music in the near or distant future. From July 15 to 24, 2022, 95 talented musicians from 20 countries - 40 of them from Switzerland - will take part in the 12th Swiss International Music Academy, the Youth Classics master class, on the music island of Rheinau.

Selected lecturers from renowned music academies in Switzerland and abroad work with the participants during the Academy as part of the solo lessons. In addition to individual lessons, there are rehearsals with accompaniment and chamber music lessons as well as various workshops. Various special prizes are also awarded to selected participants, such as a solo violin from Stefan-Peter Greiner or a joint concert with world star Aleksey Igudesman.

Participants and lecturers from all over the world live in one place during the Academy on the Rheinau Music Island. This also encourages encounters with important music teachers and exchanges with like-minded people. The internationally renowned cellist and conductor Michael Sanderling (Principal Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra) will be a special guest at Sima 2022 and will give insights into his work as an artist as part of a workshop.

The participants give samples of their skills at various public concerts. At the final concert on July 24, 2022, some of this year's Sima graduates will perform in the large concert hall at Zurich University of the Arts.