Astona International Summer Music Academy

Astona International is a two-week summer music academy for highly talented string players and pianists aged 12 to 24. Eighteen violins, six violas, six cellos and two pianists are taught through private lessons, chamber music and orchestra. There are also five public concerts.

Violin
Ruth Hahn, Guildhall School of Music & Drama London
Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Universität der Künste Berlin
Judith Ingolfsson, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Baltimore
Alf Richard Kraggerud, Barratt Due Institute of Music Oslo

Viola
Eivind Ringstad, Royal College of Music London

Cello
Troels, Svane, Musikhochschule Lübeck, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin

Piano
François Killian, Hochschule der Künste Bern - Musik

Conductor
Joonas Pitkänen, Switzerland

Musical Director
Alf Richard Kraggerud, Barratt Due Institute of Music Oslo

Course fee: CHF 1850
Application fee: CHF 100 (will not be refunded or substracted)
Scholarships: limited, on request