French Music Piano Academy | July 1-5 2025

Teachers

Henri BARDA – Jean-Efflam BAVOUZET – Hortense CARTIER BRESSON – Jean-Philippe COLLARD – Claire DÉSERT – Marie-Catherine GIROD – Marie-Josephe JUDE – Claire-Marie LE GUAY – David LIVELY – Jean-Claude PENNETIER – Anne QUEFFELEC – Bruno RIGUTTO – Pascal ROGÉ – Emmanuel STROSSER – Françoise THINAT

The Academy

The French Music Piano Academy is aimed at top-level French and international pianists wishing to delve deeper into the repertoire of French piano music.

PRESENTATION
The Academy offers a complete training programme with:

• 1 hour of individual tuition per day with different teachers (a total of 5 hours)
• Free access to all Academy courses
• 3 public masterclasses at the Salle Cortot
• 1 museum visit
• Participation in the Académy’s final concert at the Salle Cortot

RATES
350€*
*Free access for the students enrolled in the Artist Diploma program or the Advanced program at the École

Admission

Admission is by application.
Please send a CV and a 30mn recording (MP3 file, YouTube link)
to: clemence.guibout@enmp.fr
specifying ‘AMFP 2025’ in the subject line

“Auditor” and “general public” packages

For all those who are interested in this repertoire and wish to participate in the Academy without being active, the Academy offers two packages:

“Auditor package”
This package entitles you to attend all individual classes, the 3 masterclasses and the visit to the museum. It also gives you access to a reserved seat at the final concert and to a drink with the artists afterwards.
Rates: €75*
* Free access for the students of the École.

“General public package”
This package entitles you to attend the 3 masterclasses and gives you access to a reserved seat at the final concert and to a drink with the artists afterwards.
Rates: 50€*
* Free access for the students of the École.

A unique immersion into the heart of France’s musical heritage accompanied by passionate artists.

BOOKING OF PACKAGES:
https://www.billetweb.fr/academie-de-musique-francaise-pour-piano-2025

FRENCH PIANO MUSIC

“The French piano music repertoire has proved to be one of the richest and most prolific in the history of music from Couperin and Rameau to the present day, including Debussy, Ravel and many others. French music spreads throughout the world from its origins taking root in its land, culture and human genius. 

French music is imbued with the qualities of refinement and elegance, which require a specific approach and appropriate teaching to be performed well.

Far from the traditional teaching, it takes specific criteria to understand, analyze and perform this huge repertoire.

Thanks to its wide register, the piano conveys better than any other instrument the evocation of nature which is so important in French Music. Tones, echoes, iridescent colors in its high notes, clouds, vibrations and dark shades in the low range, the piano and with its myriad sounds and harmonies communicates clearly the immaterial evocations of the scores. 

Many great artists, ambassadors of the French culture, have travelled the world to pass on these interpretations of color, landscape, half tones, sunrises, mist and resounding fog.  

Alfred Cortot was among those who embodied so well the art of French interpretation. Tireless traveler, constantly requesting new pieces, cheerfully imparting the rich repertoire, he also wanted the school that he founded to remain a productive environment where that heritage would be transmitted.   

Supported by the teachers at the Ecole Normale and other outside specialists steeped in that pedagogy, I will convey these values to new generations.  

Jean-Philippe Collard