YOMA International Summer Academy Advanced and For students

1) For music college students

A comprehensive summer course at a high national and international level for music college students from all Nordic countries and the rest of Europe. The Summer Academy is for those playing an orchestral instrument or piano. The course is given in Vänersborg, Sweden and is free of charge.  

• 5 individual lessons of 40 minutes  
• Piano accompaniment or masterclass with pianist   
• Focus on chamber music/ensemble playing   
• Orchestral playing: Sibelius’ second symphony   
• Concert performances during the summer festival  
• Lectures and exercises (yoga etc.) for your personal development  

Optional extras  

• Extended chamber music/ensemble playing  
• Advanced chamber orchestra   
• Training in section leading and coaching 

The course ends with a concert at Helsingborgs Konserthus. 

Read further under Teachers and professors.

2) Advanced course

A comprehensive summer course at a high national and international level for young musicians aged 12-20 from all Nordic countries and the rest of Europe. The Summer Academy is for those playing an orchestral instrument or piano. The course is given in Vänersborg, Sweden and is free of charge. 

• 5 individual lessons of 40 minutes  
• Piano accompaniment and master classes   
• Chamber music/ensemble playing  
• Orchestral playing: Sibelius’ second symphony 
• Concert performances during the summer festival  
• Lectures and exercises (yoga etc.) for your personal development  

Optional extras  

• Extended chamber music/ensemble playing  
• Advanced chamber orchestra   
• Training in section leading and coaching 

The course ends with a concert at Helsingborgs Konserthus. 

Teachers and professors

The instructors are distinguished musicians, professors and educators from the professional orchestras, music academies, centres of excellence and music schools of the Nordic countries and the rest of Europe.   

The list will be updated regularly:

• Randi Krogvold Lundqvist, flute (Barratt Due Musikkinstitutt)
• Kaitlyn Cameron, bassoon (Göteborgs Symfoniker)
• Björn Olsson, French horn (Kungliga Musikhögskolan)
• Tom Poulson, trumpet (Kungliga Musikhögskolan)
• Jonas Olsson, piano and accompaniment (freelance, Young Musicians Academy)
• Lorenzo Soulès, piano and accompaniment (freelance)
• Johannes Lörstad, violin (Kungliga Filharmonikerna, Stockholm)
• Kristoffer Dolatko, violin (Syddansk Musikkonservatorium, Odense)
• Laura Groenestein, viola (Göteborgs Symfoniker)
• Dan Styffe, double bass (Barratt Due Musikkinstitutt)
• Andreas van Tol, conductor (freelance, Young Musicians Academy)

Practical info and application

We will offer accommodation and breakfast for about 500 SEK/night in shared rooms. Generally, all participants, except adults, are accommodated in shared rooms. We also offer lunch and dinner for about 120 SEK/meal. Once you are accepted, we will send you a link for booking meals and accommodation. 

If you are admitted to the course and play oboe, bassoon, French horn, tuba, viola or double bass and live more than 300 kilometres from Vänersborg, we pay for your travelling expenses up to an amount of 800 SEK. You book the trip yourself and send the receipts to us.

There are some online spots on the course to apply to for those who want to participate online instead.

You apply here. The application closes on 2025-05-18 and is valid only when you    

• have sent a link to a recording on YouTube or Vimeo (it can but does not have to be with piano accompaniment) – the link is sent to yoma@yomacenter.se with ‘Recording Summer Academy + your name’ in the subject line 
• have sent the sheet music for your individual lessons as an attached PDF file (no link) in an e-mail to yoma@yomacenter.se with ‘Sheet music Summer Academy + your name’ in the subject line 

Organiser  

Organised by the National Centre for Music Talents, involving the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and all music colleges in Sweden. 

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