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Summer Academy | 26 June to 5 July, 2026

The Geneva International String Academy is a summer music academy that fosters encounters and knowledge-sharing between internationally renowned musicians and professors and promising young artists.

For one summer, outside the academic framework of conservatories, rigorously selected young violinists, violists, and cellists from around the world come to enhance their training in the heart of Geneva’s Old Town. They benefit from masterclasses, practice chamber music alongside the Academy’s professors, and perform in concerts. They build a network of artistic and personal connections that can open new professional horizons.

Thanks to the generous contributions of its partners, the Geneva International String Academy continues to provide full coverage of participation costs for every selected young musician. This support includes musical training and masterclasses, accommodation, meals, and instrument maintenance facilitated by the presence of a luthier. As a result, participants are chosen solely based on their exceptional talent and desire to join the Academy, without financial circumstances limiting their engagement.

Steven Isserlis

Guest of honor 2026 Academy
Steven Isserlis

Acclaimed worldwide for his profound musicianship and technical mastery, British cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a unique and distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster.

Biography

Musicians selected for the 2026 edition!

selected students 2026

Results of candidatures will be communicated by April 30

  • Invité d'honneur 2026

    Masterclass Steven Isserlis cellist

    Monday 29 June 2026 14:30 -17:30

    Steven Isserlis - cellist
    https://stevenisserlis.com 

    The cellist Steven Isserlis will give a masterclass open to the public from 14h30 to 17h30.

    Free admission.

  • Invité d'honneur 2026

    Masterclass Steven Isserlis cellist

    Tuesday 30 June 2026 14:30 -17:30

    Steven Isserlis - cellist
    https://stevenisserlis.com 

    The cellist Steven Isserlis will give a masterclass open to the public from 14h30 to 17h30.

    Free admission.

  • Students 2026

    Beethoven · Mozart · Ysaÿe · Schumann

    Tuesday 30 June 2026 20:00 -22:00

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12

    Sofya Vardanyan - violin, Natalia Grines - piano

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478

    Haerim Oh - violin, Noémie Bialobroda - viola, Adi Varon - cello, HunJu Sohnn - piano

    Eugène Ysaÿe: Caprice after the Étude en forme de valse by Camille Saint-Saëns, Op. 52 No. 6

    Léa Bensaid - violin, Natalia Grines - piano

    Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47

    Dániel Hodos - violin, Yiqun Huang - viola, Peter Bruns - cello, Annegret Kuttner - piano

  • Students 2026

    Bach · Ernst · Kurtág · Cassadó · Martinů · Hindemith · Mendelssohn

    Wednesday 01 July 2026 20:00 -22:00

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

    Jinseok Jeong - cello

    Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Grand Caprice on Schubert's 'Der Erlkönig', D.328

    Dániel Hodos - violin

    György Kurtág: Signs, Games and Messages for solo viola: selection of 4 pieces

    Baptiste Donadio - viola

    Gaspar Cassadó: Suite for cello solo

    Anouk-Minou Toth - cello

    Bohuslav Martinů: Madrigals for violin and viola, H. 313

    Sofya Vardanyan - violin, Sophie Kiening - viola

    Paul Hindemith: Cello Sonata, Op. 25 No. 3

    Adi Varon - cello

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80

    Georgii Moroz - violin 1, Clara Messina - violin 2, Noémie Bialobroda - viola, Jinseok Jeong - cello

  • Students 2026

    Clarke · Poulenc · Prokofiev · Beethoven · Chostakovitch

    Thursday 02 July 2026 20:00 -22:00

    Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for viola and piano

    Lénaëlle Planat - viola, HunJu Sohnn - piano

    Francis Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143

    Jonathan Gerstner - cello, Annegret Kuttner - piano

    Sergey Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

    Eliana Razzino Yang - cello (I), Matteo Fabi - cello (II-III), Annegret Kuttner - piano

    Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, "Kreutzer", Op. 47

    Haeun Honney Kim - violin, Natalia Grines - piano

    Dmitry Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

    Sergey Ostrovsky - violin 1, Sherzod Abdiev - violin 2, Sophie Kiening - viola, Daphne Richman Poleg - cello

  • Students 2026

    Brahms · Schumann · Schubert

    Friday 03 July 2026 20:00 -22:00

    Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100

    Georgii Moroz - violin, Natalia Grines - piano

    Robert Schumann: 5 Pieces in Folk Style, Op. 102

    Daphne Richman Poleg - cello, Annegret Kuttner - piano

    Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 121

    Sherzod Abdiev - violin, Natalia Grines - piano

    Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821

    Vincenzo Calcagno - viola, HunJu Sohnn - piano

    Johannes Brahms: String Quintet No. 2, Op. 111

    Haerim Oh - violin 1, Sofya Vardanyan - violin 2, Noémie Bialobroda - viola 1, Baptiste Donadio - viola 2, Eliana Razzino Yang - cello

  • Students 2026

    Concert of the young talents

    Saturday 04 July 2026 11:15 -13:00

    Recital of the yound talents

    Carte blanche to the musicians of the Academy!

    The program, consisting of solo works or sonatas, will be announced at a later date.

  • Students 2026

    Enescu · Prokofiev · Piazzolla · Britten · Weinberg

    Saturday 04 July 2026 20:00 -22:00

    George Enescu: Concertstück for viola and piano

    Louise Metzger - viola, HunJu Sohnn - piano

    Sergey Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 80

    Clara Messina - violin, Natalia Grines - piano

    Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango for viola and piano

    Gustavo Vieira Rebelo - viola, HunJu Sohnn - piano

    Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland, Op. 48a

    Yiqun Huang - viola, HunJu Sohnn - piano

    Mieczysław Weinberg: Piano Quintet, Op. 18

    Sergey Ostrovsky - violin 1, Dániel Hodos - violin 2, Gustavo Vieira Rebelo - viola, Jonathan Gerstner - cello, Natalia Grines - piano

  • Students 2026

    Concert of the young talents

    Sunday 05 July 2026 11:15 -13:00

    Recital of the yound talents

    Carte blanche to the musicians of the Academy!

    The program, consisting of solo works or sonatas, will be announced at a later date.

  • Students 2026

    Wieniawski · Brahms · Schubert

    Sunday 05 July 2026 17:00 -20:00

    Henryk Wieniawski: Theme original varié, Op.15

    Haerim Oh - violin, Natalia Grines - piano

    Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18

    Sofya Vardanyan - violin 1, Haeun Honney Kim - violin 2, Vincenzo Calcagno - viola 1, Louise Metzger - viola 2, Peter Bruns - cello 1, Matteo Fabi - cello 2

    Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"

    Sergey Ostrovsky - violin 1, Léa Bensaid - violin 2, Lénaëlle Planat - viola, Anouk-Minou Toth - cello

Summary 2025

Summary 2024

Summary 2023

Summary 2022

Summary 2021

Intensive Individual Work

At least 4 individual lessons with distinguished faculty

Chamber Music

Ensembles featuring faculty and students playing together

Concerts in different locations

The Société de Lecture, Museum Barbier-Mueller, ...

100% Full Scholarship

For all admitted participants

Testimonials

Geneva Old City

Learning in cultural centers of rare exception

Masterclasses, chamber music rehearsals and public concerts will be held in the inspiring salons of the Société de Lecture, the Barbier-Mueller Museum, and the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique. All sites are ideally located in the beautiful old city of Geneva.

The Société de Lecture

The Société de Lecture

The Société de Lecture, created in 1818, is nowadays considered one of the most dynamic cultural places in Geneva

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Musée Barbier-Mueller

Musée Barbier-Mueller

A public interest foundation, the Barbier-Mueller museum hosts the largest collection of world and cultures arts in private hands.
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Practicing and Rehearsals

Conservatoire Populaire

Conservatoire Populaire

The Conservatoire populaire has been transmitting the passion for music, dance and theater to its students in Geneva since 1932.
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Talented string players: this is the place to be on first week of July !


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Concert 2021 at the E. Fitzgerald theatre
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