FLORENCE CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS

August 26th – 31st, 2026

Teatro Niccolini, Firenze

Teacher: Michel Tabachnik

Orchestra:

La Filharmonie, Orchestra Filarmonica di Firenze and Professors of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

 

A huge amount of quality podium time with one of the finest orchestras in Italy, in the prestigious venues in Florence, with a wide repertoire that includes the most important symphonic works of the Classical and Romantic era as well as XX Century.

 

A unique opportunity to work at the highest level with the guide of a world class teacher like M° Michel Tabachnik, pupil of legendary conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Herbert von Karajan and Igor Markevitch, who represents today one of the few conductors who worked with most of major symphonic institutions in the world and is also a commited teacher, having held the position of Professor of Conducting at both the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, and the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen.

 

We are honored to have some of the most talented Italian musicians working for Florence Conducting Masterclass.

Musicians used to perform under the guidance of conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Carlo Maria Giulini, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Carlos Kleiber, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein Claudio Abbado, Georges Prêtre, Seiji Ozawa, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Semyon Bychkov, Myung-Whung Chung.

 

FLORENCE CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS

 

August 26 – 31, 2026

Teatro Niccolini, Firenze

 

Teacher:

Michel Tabachnik

Orchestra:

La Filharmonie, Orchestra Filarmonica di Firenze and

Professors of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

A huge amount of quality podium time with one of the finest orchestras in Italy, in the prestigious venues in Florence, with a wide repertoire that includes the most important symphonic works of the Classical and Romantic era as well as XX Century. 
A unique opportunity to work at the highest level with the guide of a world class teacher like M° Michel Tabachnik, pupil of legendary conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Herbert von Karajan and Igor Markevitch, who represents today one of the few conductors who worked with most of major symphonic institutions in the world and is also a commited teacher, having held the position of Professor of Conducting at both the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, and the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen.
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We are honoured to have some of the most talented Italian musicians working for Florence Conducting Masterclass.
Musicians used to perform under the guidance of conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Carlo Maria Giulini, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Carlos Kleiber, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein Claudio Abbado, Georges Prêtre, Seiji Ozawa, Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Semyon Bychkov, Myung-Whung Chung.

 

FINAL CONCERT

Monday, August the 31st 2026 – Teatro Niccolini, Florence

RULES

REPERTOIRE

CONTACTS

APPLICATIONS FOR ACTIVE STUDENTS ARE CLOSED

From this moment on, we accept only passive students.

In case you are interested in joining as active, please write us and we will insert you in the waiting list that we will use in case some of the active students cannot participate.

Passive students have priority on the waiting list.

We also invite you to consider taking part to Italian Opera Workshop, a new project that will be held from 22nd until 25th August, just before Florence Conducting Masterclass.

We are lucky enough to have as teacher M° Antonello Allemandi, one of the most sought-after Italian conductors of the last two decades!

The active students of Italian Opera Workshop will have the opportunity to attend Florence Conducting Masterclass as passive for free. Further details here: www.italianoperaworkshop.com

conducting.masterclass@gmail.com

THANKS TO ALL THE STUDENTS THAT CONFIRMED FLORENCE CONDUCTING MASTERCLASS THE LEADING MASTERCLASS FOR CONDUCTORS IN EUROPE !