The exceptional nature of this composition academy, organised for the first time by Archipel and OSE L'Orchestre, comes from the training offered to young composers (an orchestra of 65 musicians), the rehearsal time granted them (2 partials, 2 tutti, dress and concert for each one - well beyond what they will often have in the course of their symphonic career), and, above all, the quality and renown of the supervision: Kaija Saariaho, super-star of Finnish music whose orchestral works and operas are performed in the most prestigious venues, and Daniel Kawka, founder-conductor of the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain and OSE L'Orchestre, a frequent guest at Archipel and experienced in the training of young artists.

The six interns selected on the basis of the applicants' dossier in January 2017, will write a short piece for orchestra that will be rehearsed then premiered in concert at the end of a 7-day academy taking place successively in Lyon (20-22 March), Annemasse (23-25 March) and Geneva (26 March: public reading and concert).

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