MUSA – European young MUsicians soft Skills Alliance is a European vocational training project for young string quartets. It aims to provide them with entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and competences that are usually missing in their curriculum although fundamental for their professional career. MUSA is addressed to young professional string quartets specialized in the classical chamber music repertoire and composed by musicians between 20 and 35 years old who regularly work together.
The first stage of MUSA has taken place in Italy at the end of September 2021, between Milan and Bergamo. The selected String Quartets, Ãtma Quartet, Azalaïs Quartet, Belinfante Quartet and Quatuor Gabriële have taken part in a week of activities and workshops related to Image Strategy and held by professionals selected by IED – Istituto Europeo di Design.
The musicians have been hosted in residency at Villa Vitalba Lurani Cernuschi (Almenno San Salvatore, BG) where they have also played in concerts, as well as at Villa Pesenti Agliardi (Paladina, BG) and at Castello di Lurano (BG).
Thanks to Dimore Storiche Bergamo for the collaboration.
Media partner Sky Classica HD.
The following stages are:
• Portugal, October 2021 | Cross-fertilization among the arts
• France, May 2022 | Recording and market distribution, physical and mental preparation
MUSA ends in October 2022 with a final event in Brussels.
MUSA is co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union as Strategic Partnership to support innovation (Key Action 2).
The strategic partnership is composed by: Le Dimore del Quartetto S.r.l. Impresa Sociale as Leading Organisation, IED – Istituto Europeo di Design and ASK – Centre for Research on Management and Economics of Arts and Culture Institutions of University Bocconi in Milan for Italy, ProQuartet – Centre européen de musique de chambre in Paris and La Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin in Villefavard for France, and by experimentadesign in Lisbon for Portugal. Media partner Classica HD – Channel 136 of Sky.
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