International Young Artists Project

The International Young Artists Project exists to give musicians the opportunity to study and perform in Italy, in the heart of Tuscany.

Get ready for a unique summer program in Italy that offers training and performance opportunities in all three vocal genres: opera, art song and musical theater; a piano institute that prepares pianists for careers as soloists and collaborators; an instrumental track that offers individual lessons in violin; conducting lessons for all interested participants; and performance opportunities in all t

hese areas. Come to beautiful Monte San Savino in the heart of Tuscany to drink in the culture, the language and the music of the Italian tradition. Take part in master classes and private lessons with musicians, teachers, and coaches from Italy, Argentina, and the US. Perform in historic theatres, a medieval castle, and beautiful amphitheaters in the Tuscan towns of Monte San Savino, Cortona, and Arezzo. Whether you are a singer, a pianist, an instrumentalist or a conductor, join us for a month-long experience that will change your life! Opera:
Puccini’s SUOR ANGELICA and Rossini’s IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - Two fully staged productions (double cast) in historic theaters in Monte San Savino, Cortona, and Arezzo, with orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Paolo Belloli of Milan Individual Italian diction coaching for operas with Francesco Attesti, Collaborative Coach Voice Master Classes with Italian Soprano and Teacher, Stella Peruzzi

Music Theatre:

Showcase of Musical Theater selections under the stars in the Amphitheater in Monte San Savino
Musical Theater Boot Camp with Michael Dixon, Director of Musical Theater at Universität der Künste, Berlin
Art Song:

Performance of Italian and American art songs in historic Teatro Verdi, Monte San Savino
Weekly lessons and intensive art song training with Dr. Denise Bernardini, soprano, University of Toledo, Ohio
IYAP Collaborative Piano Institute:

Intensive training and performances with master Italian and American coaches
Private lessons and Master classes with Italian Pianist, Hector Moreno
Solo recitals, piano ensembles, collaborative performance with instrumentalists and vocalists in Teatro Verdi and a medieval castle. Conducting Students and Instrumentalists also welcome! String lessons with Italian virtuoso and coach, Lorenzo Rossi
Private lessons and master classes
Solo and collaborative performances
Conducting lessons with Maestro Paolo Belloli to include
Theory lessons and technical conducting
Study of the score
Rehearsal with piano for score study
Rehearsal with singers
Creating small orchestra (strings - wind instruments - piano) for the realization of performances