The dates for the 4th Edition of the Altschuler Summer Music Institute will be July 15-28, 2024 at the newly inaugurated music Academy in Premilcuore, Italy. ASMI’s faculty hails from The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, the Royal College of Music, Bologna Conservatory, Pesaro Conservatory, Cesena Conservatory, and pupils of the Leopold Auer, Andrés Segovia, and Vladimir Horowitz legacies.

One of the key differences between ASMI and other international festivals, is that develops special relationships with Italian musical institutions. The academy boasts approximately 16 classrooms, many with pianos, a large hall, an auditorium, a hatch shell theater, and a church. Students from the Emilia-Romagna region students also participate in the program. With an administration that is bilingual, international, and passionate for Italian culture, we pride ourselves in fostering our relationship with Italian institutions, its faculty, and students. We believe in an exchange of cultures and ideas, inviting Italian teachers and students to participate in the program.

We invite students of all ages and levels, and cultivate an inclusive, open, and non-competitive atmosphere amongst students and faculty. They flourish by focusing on themselves and the music, rather than competing directly with each other. Students have attended from around the world including Ukraine, Venezuela, China, Denmark, Croatia, Romania, Mongolia, Israel, Mexico, Italy, Greece, and the USA.  

ASMI improves musicians of all levels and ages that are serious about developing their technique and artistry, through participation in masterclasses, private lessons, chamber music, and orchestra, taught by world-renowned artists. The institute creates high level musical opportunities for all of the participants: students, teachers and professionals. It is a diverse, inclusive, and immersive program, with an intense and joyful atmosphere, that inspires the growth and development of the students during the year. 

The institute is open to all orchestral instrumentalists, guitarists, pianists, collaborative pianists, composers, and conductors.

The orchestra performs standard repertoire from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods, as well as explores contemporary music. It offers opportunities to the students and faculty to perform as soloists and experiment with new repertoire and arrangements. This summer, we are planning a collaboration with the Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, performing a final concert in Teatro Manzoni (Bologna).
ASMI invites both student and professional composers to write for and collaborate with the orchestra in world premieres.

Students are coached and perform with faculty in chamber ensembles, learning through high level demonstrations. Some students will be invited via their video auditions and their performance at the institute, to perform with faculty in the United States and abroad. 

The program has many performances open to the public, both inside and outside of the academy. The concerts include student solo concerts, chamber music concerts, and orchestra concerts.

Teachers share their artistry and cover technique including scales, etudes, caprices, sonatas, orchestra excerpts, unaccompanied Bach, sonatas, concerti, showpieces and transcriptions.

One of the objectives of Founder & Director, Emil Altschuler – pupil of Erick Friedman who was himself a protégé of the legendary Jascha Heifetz – is to raise awareness of his legacy, and to prepare young talent for a professional future, focusing on technique and interpretation, directing them toward artistic channels suitable to their personalities and propensities. The institute aspires to grow and become a international point of reference for young musicians of today and tomorrow. 

Read more about Appennino in Musica, the host school here: https://www.appenninoinmusica.com

Premilcuore is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southeast of Bologna and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Forlì. It was ranked as one of Italy’s
“wild swimming spots” in the Financial Times. Read more about “La grotta urlante” (The Howling Cave) here: https://www.ft.com/content/42dc09b6-d511-11e3-9187-00144feabdc0

Enjoy Stanley Tucci’s ‘Searching For Italy’ Emila-Romagna episode on CNN. Here is a Forbes article about the region: https://www.forbes.com/sites/irenelevine/2021/02/19/searching-for-italy-tuccis-bologna-episode-showcases-gems-of-emilia-romagna/

We hope to have the opportunity to work with you this summer! 
– The ASMI Team


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