SienAgosto, our prestigious residential summer music academy for singers and continuo players, directed by world-renowned countertenor Michael Chance, is back!
Hosted by the Siena Art Institute in collaboration with Michael Chance, and coordinated by Valeria Indice, the program offers an intensive and enriching music experience in Siena. With a focus on vocal communication and expressive interpretation, SienAgosto invites students into a world where historical and modern repertoires intertwine, and the act of singing becomes a powerful tool for study and celebration.
Through the years the program has hosted over 160 students from 30 countries around the world and international faculty of highly experienced performers and instructors.
More about the program: Siena Art Institute – Special Programs | Michael Chance Masterclasses
The 2025 edition of SienAgosto
The 2025 edition of SienAgosto promises to be ambitious and diverse. Running from August 25 to 29, it will feature an outstanding faculty including Lynne Dawson, Elisabeth Priday, Daniel Taylor, Paul Beier, Giulia Nuti, and Michael Chance himself. The course places special emphasis on early repertoire as a foundation for all vocal expression and culminates in a rare and extraordinary event: the performance of Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers for the Blessed Virgin (1610): a first for Siena.
Three public concerts will showcase the results of the Academy’s collaborative work, with students performing alongside the Chamber Choir of the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) and an ensemble of Italian instrumental virtuosi.
2025 Public Concerts Schedule
📅 Wednesday, August 27 – h. 17:00
📍Palazzo delle Papesse
A chamber concert featuring soloists and ensembles from SienAgosto.
🎟️Free entry
📅 Thursday, August 28 – h. 20:30
📍Basilica di San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi – Siena
Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
With Nicholas Mulroy and Guy Cutting (tenors), RNCM Chamber Choir, and the Virtuosi di SienAgosto, conducted by Giulia Nuti under the musical direction of Michael Chance.
🎟️Free entry; donations to the church encouraged
📅 Friday, August 29 – h. 21:00
📍Chiesa di Santa Lucia al Borghetto – Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
A second performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers.
With Nicholas Mulroy and Guy Cutting (tenors), RNCM Chamber Choir, and the Virtuosi di SienAgosto, conducted by Giulia Nuti under the musical direction of Michael Chance. For details see: Amici della Musica Tavarnelle
🎟️Free entry
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