Académie supérieure de musique of Strasbourg - Haute école des arts du Rhin

From early music to classical, contemporary or jazz, the Académie supérieure de musique of Strasbourg prepares its students for world-class careers in music performance, composition and teaching.

© Florian Machot — Salle d'orgue de l'Académie supérieure de musique

Teaching

Students learn with internationally renowned professors, performers and composers, and participate in numerous master classes with eminent guest artists throughout the year.

They also have the chance to develop their skills with a number of professional ensembles and projects.

Admission
The Académie supérieure de musique of Strasbourg
offers the following diplomas and degrees: a joint bachelor degree — Diplôme national supérieur professionnel de musicien (DNSPM)/Licence Composition et interprétation musicale (CIM), a Master de composition et interprétation musicale, and a Diplôme d’État (DE). Conditions, procedures
and application forms available here.

Contact
Thibaut Gindensperger
+33 (0)3 68 98 60 73
thibaut.gindensperger@hear.fr

Diplomas and Degrees

Diplôme national supérieur professionnel de musicien (DNSPM)/Licence Composition et interprétation musicale (CIM)
A three-year double degree designed to develop a range of musical skills and knowledge, as well as ensuring students can devote the necessary time for personal practice. It offers the possibility for students to concurrently prepare the Diplôme d’État de professeur d’enseignement artistique.

Diplôme d’État (DE)
In combination with the license/DNSPM, and delivered over five semesters, students can also obtain the Diplôme d’État de professeur de musique. Students will have a range of classes with leading professors at our partner institution, the Conservatoire of Strasbourg, and have the chance to observe teachers and discuss with them their methods and ideas. Strasbourg is home to many music schools, where Académie students can work with all levels of students and discover a diverse range of 21st century teaching styles.

Master de composition et interprétation musicale
In partnership with the University of Strasbourg, this degree develops the student’s virtuosity and expertise in their chosen major, as well as advancing their theoretical, historical and analytical musical knowledge. This internationally recognised master’s degree gives students the opportunity to work or continue their studies in a doctoral program anywhere in the world.

An array of exceptional equipments

The Académie supérieure de musique of Strasbourg is situated in Strasbourg’s Cité de la musique et de la danse. The building is also home to the Conservatoire of Strasbourg, and the contemporary music festival Musica. Inaugurated in 2006, it is a landmark of a new cultural and commercial hub that includes libraries and archives, cinemas, and scientific and community spaces. Dedicated to the teaching and performance of the arts, the Cité de la musique et de la danse boasts a 500-seat auditorium that hosts major symphony orchestras, ballet and dance, and theatre productions.

The building also includes several other concert spaces of 50 to 150 seats, a full sized orchestra rehearsal stage, and over one hundred rooms for classes and personal practice. Thanks to its partnership with the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, students of the Académie benefit from all areas of this cultural institution: music rooms equipped with grand pianos, percussion, organs, and harpsichords, a library with over 50,000 items, instrument rental, specialised dance and theatre rehearsal spaces, and access to a vast and diverse concert season.

Teaching staff

The Académie supérieure de musique of Strasbourg comprises ten music departments and offers more than forty music majors, including instruments that are rare even amongst French institutions, such as the accordion, ondes Martenot, and cimbalom.

Woodwind
French bassoon
Jean-Christophe Dassonville
Clarinet
Jean-Marc Foltz et Sébastien Kœbel
Bassoon
Eduardo Calzada
Flute
Mario Caroli et Sandrine François
Oboe
Sébastien Giot et Christian Schmitt
Saxophone
Philippe Geiss

Keyboards
Accordion
Marie-Andrée Jœrger
Ondes Martenot
Thomas Bloch et Christine Ott
Organ
Francis Jacob, Daniel Maurer et Johann Vexo
Piano
Michel Benhaiem, Masako Hayashi Ebbesen, Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt, Amy Lin, Michèle Renoul et Dany Rouet
Pianoforte
Michel Gaechter

Strings
Viola
Jean-Christophe Garzia
Double bass
Christophe Béreau et Stephan Werner
Classical guitar
Alexis Muzurakis et Susana Prieto
Harp
Pierre-Michel Vigneau et Anne Vonau-Spannagel
Violin
Samika Honda, Hedy Kerpichian-Garzia, Philippe Lindecker et Ana Reverdito-Haas
Cello
Eva Böcker et Véronique Fuchs

Composition and electronic music
Composition
Daniel D’Adamo
Creation and performance of electronic music
Tom Mays

Brass
French horn
Kevin Cleary et Jérôme Hanar
Euphonium
Philippe Wendling
Trombone
Nicolas Moutier
Trumpet
Patrick Carceller et Vincent Gillig
Tuba
Micaël Cortone d’Amore

Conducting
Vocal conducting
Jean-Philippe Billmann
Orchestral conducting
Miguel Etchegoncelay et Theodor Guschlbauer
Direction d’ensemble et d’orchestre en musique contemporaine
Jean-Philippe Wurtz

Jazz and improvised music
Michaël Alizon, Philippe Aubry, Jean-Daniel Hégé, Jean-Pierre Herzog, Luc Isenmann, Claudia Solal, Bernard Struber et Eric Watson

Early music
Baroque voice
Martin Gester
Chef de chant
Martin Gester
Harpsichord
Martin Gester
Recorder
Patrick Blanc et Renata Duarte
Baroque flute
Patrick Blanc
Baroque oboe
Renata Duarte
Lute and baroque guitar
Yasunori Imamura
Viola de gamba
Franziska Finckh
Baroque Violin
Stéphanie Pfister-Reymann

Percussion
Cimbalom
Luigi Gaggero
Percussion
Emmanuel Séjourné, Stephan Fougeroux et Denis Riedinger

Voice
Singing
Jean-Noël Briend, Marie Kobayashi, Marie-Madeleine Koebelé, Françoise Kubler et Silvana Torto

Accompagnement au piano et direction de chant (master only)
Judith Gauthier

Musique de chambre (master only)
Craig Goodman, Armand Angster, Michel Benhaïem, Pierre Brégeot, Denis Dercourt et Samika Honda

Professional experience

The Symphony Orchestra of the Académie and Conservatoire of Strasbourg, along with the Contemporary Music Ensemble and Concert Band, gives students the opportunity to participate and learn in a professional environment and perform the master works of the repertoire.

Under the direction of esteemed conductors, each ensemble has two to three sessions a year that culminate in concerts in the auditorium of the Cité de la musique et de la danse. Chamber music is an essential part of the Académie degrees. Professors assist students with all facets of their chamber music, helping them to gain a profound knowledge of the repertoire as well as performance and practice techniques. Their work is showcased in public concerts at the end of each trimester.

Partners

With its exceptionally rich musical history and Germanic influences, the Académie has partnerships with many leading musical institutions: l’Opéra du Rhin–Opéra d’Europe, l’Ensemble de musique baroque, Le Parlement de musique, the jazz festival Jazzdor, the contemporary music ensembles Accroche note and Ensemble Linéa, les Percussions de Strasbourg, the Théâtre national de Strasbourg, etc. HEAR’s partnership with Musica, the Strasbourg international festival of contemporary music, has led to the creation of a concert series involving Académie students and composers.

Additionally, composition students can participate in the Académie de composition headed by Philippe Manoury, where they can study with other young French and international composers. As the music department of a school that encompasses both music and the visual arts, the Académie encourages students to develop and participate in interdisciplinary projects (painting, illustration, visual learning, scenography, etc.).

Master classes

Students of the Académie can also benefit from numerous master classes with internationally renowned musicians and composers throughout the year.

Some of our recently invited artists:
Leon Fleisher: Piano • Emmanuel Pahud: Flute • Frédérique Cambreling: Harp • François Le Roux: Voice • Christian Ivaldi: Chamber Music • Jan Michiels: Piano • Anssi Karttunen: Cello • Michel Becquet: Trombone • Jim Black: Drum kit • Roger Boutry: Composition • Alexis Galperine: Violin • Pablo Marquez: Guitar • FrançoisBernard Mâche: Composition • Otis Taylor: Blues…

International

HEAR has partnerships with many worldwide institutions, giving students the opportunity to develop a rich international network and share ideas and practices Students enrolled in the DNSPM or Master degrees at the Académie supérieure de musique of Strasbourg have the opportunity to participate in an exchange program with one of 30 partner institutions.

In addition to the financial support from the Erasmus program, they can benefit from several grants awarded by HEAR or the Région Alsace.