The accompaniment Master classes are directed by Paul Montag.
Dates : From 22/07/26 to 26/07/26.
Target Audience :
- Advanced pianists (minimum level required: DEM / specialised cycle).
- Advanced amateur or professional pianists wishing to develop or deepen the specific skills related to piano accompaniment.
- Musicians wishing to prepare for entrance exams to advanced accompaniment programmes, notably at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, CNSM, as well as other European and international institutions.
Content :
- One individual lesson of 45 minutes per day.
- Performance opportunities with participants from other masterclasses (notably voice and flute).
- Access to practice rooms between lessons.
- All classes are open to participants, who are strongly encouraged to attend in order to enrich their listening skills and collective experience.
- A public masterclass as well as a final performance will be held at the end of the course.
Objectives of the workshop :
- Develop the technical and musical reflexes specific to accompaniment: flexibility, listening, musical breathing, and adaptability to partners.
- Deepen the accompanist’s core skills: sight-reading, reduction, transposition, and stylistic understanding of scores.
- Prepare pianists wishing to apply for advanced accompaniment programs at leading French and international institutions.
Number of participants per workshop : maximum 10.
Fee : €530 *
* Fees include tuition, accommodation, and half board (excluding travel expenses).
Contact of the instructor : paul@montag.fr
A professor at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, Paul Montag has been performing on major stages across Europe, the United States, Canada, Asia, and North Africa since his childhood. He is one of the few contemporary pianists to have had the privilege of performing multiple times in Salzburg on W.A. Mozart’s original pianoforte, and his discography, unanimously recognized by the specialized press, includes the early piano music of Paul Hindemith, Claude Debussy, as well as various integrals.