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EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO DUBAI

April 6-21, 2025.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

For the third time, the “Music for the Future” Cultural Foundation is initiating an “Educational Trip” to Dubai, UAE, to participate in the Middle East Classical Music Academy (MECMA), which will be held from April 6-21, 2025. The Foundation has received an unprecedented offer from the organizers of the Academy for students and teachers of Armenian music schools.

WHO CAN APPLY?

Young musicians who are students of a music and art school/college/conservatory of the Republic of Armenia and who are 12-18 years old (18 inclusive) as of the date of application and have the following professions may be included in the program:

  • stringed (violin, viola, cello)

  • brass (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trumpet, trombone, saxophone)

  • piano

The program is also intended for teachers and lecturers of music educational institutions as passive participants in all master classes and lectures, providing them with an excellent opportunity to retrain, get acquainted with representatives of various schools of classical music performing arts, gain access to the teaching methods of internationally recognized musicians, master new interpretations and approaches to performing classical works, and spend cultural days filled with classical music. Participation in this educational trip will give Armenian teachers the opportunity to apply the rich experience gained in Armenian musical institutions and use it to benefit the education and development of the younger generation of musicians.

People accompanying children can also participate in the program.

TYPES OF PARTICIPATION

The Academy assumes the following forms of participation, which must be indicated in the registration application:

  • active participant - student

  • passive participant - student

  • passive participant - teacher

 

Active participants of the Academy:

  • will have 3 individual master classes, each lasting 45 minutes,

  • will listen to master classes from other participants,

  • will participate in lectures and meetings,

  • will be present at all concerts of the InClassica 2025 international music festival,

  • will interact with internationally renowned artists and lecturers,

  • will receive a graduation certificate.

 

Passive participants of the Academy:

  • will listen to master classes of active participants,

  • will participate in lectures and meetings,

  • will be present at all concerts of the InClassica 2025 international music festival,

  • will interact with internationally renowned artists and lecturers,

  • will receive a certificate of participation.

MASTERY CLASSES

The master classes will be conducted by famous musicians.

DASHNAMUR

Cordelia Hofer-Teuch (Austria)

Miroslav Kultyshev (Russia)

Giuliano Mazzocante (Italy)

Giza Lacker (Germany)

Gabriel Leporati (Italy)

Nikita Mndoyants (France)

Stepan Simonyan (Germany)

WIRES

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin, Russia)

Sergey Dogadin (violin, Russia)

Giuseppe Gibboni (violin, Italy)

Zohrab Tadevosyan (violin, Spain/Armenia)

Andrey Usov (viola, Russia)

Alexander Chaushyan (cello, Armenia/Great Britain)

Alexander Ram (cello, Russia)

MONEY

Tommaso Benciolini (flute, Italy)

Sergey Yeletsky (clarinet, Russia),

Antonia Tinelli (clarinet, Italy),

Nikita Zimin (saxophone, Russia)

Master classes on oboe, bassoon, cornet, trumpet, and trombone will be held by musicians from renowned orchestras: the Schubert Philharmonic (Spain) and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Japan).

SPECIAL GUESTS

INCLASSICA FESTIVAL CONCERTS

As part of the InClassica 2025 international music festival, the Academy participants will listen to 16 concerts at one of Dubai’s most famous cultural venues, the Dubai Opera. The concerts will feature performances by the renowned Franz Schubert Philharmonic (Spain), the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Japan), and world-renowned artists and conductors such as Maria Dueñas, Mikhail Pletnev, Maxim Vengerov, Gil Shaham, Fabrizio Meloni, Andrea Batistoni, and others.

Attendance at all concerts of the InClassica festival is mandatory for all participants (both active and passive) and their accompanying persons.

Sergey Smbatyan

HOTEL AND FOOD

The accommodation and meals of the Academy participants will be organized in one of the most prestigious hotels in Dubai, the Two Seasons Hotel & Apartments (address: Sheikh Zayed Rd - Al Sufouh - Dubai Internet City), which is equipped with all modern amenities for an efficient and comfortable stay. Participants will live in double and triple rooms. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be organized in the hotel restaurant with a pre-selected menu.

There are cafes, restaurants, a laundry, a metro station, a pharmacy, supermarkets, and a hospital near the hotel.

All master classes, lectures, and meetings will also be organized in the same hotel.

PARTICIPATION COST

The “Music for the Future” Foundation has received a special offer from the MECMA Academy for students and teachers of music schools in Armenia. For all those who apply for the Foundation’s “Educational Trip to Dubai” program and win the competition, the Foundation will cover all expenses for the participants (young people and teachers) and their accompanying persons to attend the MECMA Academy:

  • Accommodation at one of the best hotels in Dubai: Two Seasons Hotel & Apartments (16 nights)

  • The cost of attending master classes with famous musicians

  • The cost of attending lectures with famous professors

  • Ticket prices for 16 classical concerts at the prestigious InClassica international festival

  • Urban transport

The departing person will pay only for his/her air ticket (Yerevan-Sharjah-Yerevan), travel insurance and food (lunch and dinner), which will cost 547,650 AMD (instead of the previous 597,650 AMD) by non-cash transfer to the Fund's account, according to the contract signed between the participant and the Fund.

Payment can also be made in stages, paying the trip amount in three installments:

  • 20% - December 15-25,

  • 40% until February 10,

  • 40% until March 25.

 

* The cost does not include the cost of a flight ticket for a musical instrument, if the instrument exceeds the hand measurements allowed by the airline.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The departure from Yerevan will be on April 6, 2025, and the return from Dubai will be on April 22, 2025.

To participate and register for the program, you must have a valid passport, which must be valid for at least 6 months from the last day of travel.

RA citizens do not require a visa to travel to the UAE and Dubai. In the case of foreign citizens, the requirement for a visa must be clarified by the participant, and the visa application process and necessary expenses must be covered by the person traveling.

HOW TO APPLY TO THE PROGRAM

To participate in the program, applicants (youth and teachers) must complete an application for the competition by clicking the "Apply to the Program" button.

For young people applying to the Academy as an active participant, a YouTube link to the applicant’s video recording must be submitted in the application. The requirements for the video recording are: a free program with a maximum duration of 15 minutes. The video recording must be no more than 1 year old. It is also allowed to submit a video recording of a solo concert.

Applications are accepted until December 10, 2019 .

It is important.

  • If you indicate in the applicant-student registration application a person accompanying the applicant who is the child's teacher, then the teacher must in turn fill out an application as a passive participant-teacher.

  • If you indicate in the applicant-student registration application that the person accompanying the applicant is the child's parent/friend, then the latter does not need to submit an additional application.

 

After the applications are finalized, the applicants-students registered as active participants will be notified of the results of the competition by December 20 of this year .

Teachers and students registered as passive participants will be invited for an interview by December 20, 2019 .

 

A contract will be signed with the participants who applied to the Foundation's program and won the competition.

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