Youth Orchestra and Choir Professional Academies (YOCPA) is a project conceived and directed by Jordi Savall, managed by the Fundació Centre Internacional de Música Antiga (Fundació CIMA), and supported by the European Union.
This initiative offers training and professional opportunities to emerging musicians through both in-person and online academies. Each academy lasts between 8 and 12 days, during which the orchestra and choir members study, rehearse, and perform the artistic repertoire under the direction of Jordi Savall and Lluís Vilamajó.
The impact of the YOCPA project stems from the diversity of our ensembles, which bring together three different profiles: established musicians with more than 25 years of experience performing with Le Concert des Nations, young professional musicians who took part in the first academies, and new talents selected through the audition process.
To ensure this balance within our ensembles, we follow the following formula:
