Kick-off workshop

European Forum of Opera Institutes (EFOI)

25^th and 26^th November 2023

The European Forum of Opera Institutes initiates an international dialogue between European institutes for the training of opera singers. The forum will explore novel approaches to training opera singers, develop interdisciplinary and participatory course formats, and network training institutions and opera houses across Europe. It will thus drive innovation in the training of young opera singers in the 21st century.

A series of workshops, master classes and summer schools in Stuttgart and at the international partner institutes will identify common areas of interest and extensively explore novel approaches and projects, which will then be tested in depth and broadly assessed for future implementation.

The BWS plus project European Forum of Opera Institutes (EFOI) is carried out by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung as part of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM programme for university students.

The inaugural workshop will focus on:
The Physiology of the Operatic Voice – Training Resilient, Healthy, Self-Reliant Singers in the 21st Century

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Richter, Prof. Dr. Dr. Claudia Spahn (Freiburg Institute for Musicians' Medicine), Prof. Dr. Michael Fuchs (Leipzig University Hospital) and and the dramatic mezzo-soprano Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as well as faculty  and students from the six EFOI partner institutes from Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Poland, Belgium and Switzerland will meet from 25^th and 26^th. November at the HMDK Stuttgart (final dates and schedule available from the end of October here) for a practice-oriented exchange of ideas about the application of the latest scientific findings to the training of opera singers.