MUSA - EUROPEAN YOUNG MUSICIANS SOFT SKILLS ALLIANCE
MUSA – European young MUsicians soft Skills Alliance is a European vocational training project for young string quartets. It aims to provide them with entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and competences that are usually missing in their curriculum although fundamental for their professional career.
MUSA is addressed to young professional string quartets specialized in the classical chamber music repertoire and composed by musicians between 20 and 35 years old who regularly work together.
MUSA 2020-2022 is born as a pilot edition that has developed in 3 different countries and has explored the following topics:
1. Italy, September 2021 | The string quartet image strategy
2. Portugal, October 2021 | Cross-fertilization among the arts
3. France, May 2022 | Recording and market distribution, physical and mental preparation
In each country, the quartets have experienced one week of artistic residency in historic houses and other places of cultural interest, classes and workshops on the specific topics, and concerts, thanks to which they have had the opportunity to put in practice the lessons learnt in front of an audience.
The first pilot edition of MUSA has ended in October 2022 with a final presentation event in Brussels.
At the end of the project, it has been released a Handbook for higher training programs in cultural entrepreneurship for young musicians and a Research on the educational and social values of European cultural heritage as economic and employment driver, together with a set of Guidelines that are useful to all the organizations that in the future could embrace the MUSA format for the vocational training of young musicians.
MUSA is co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union as Strategic Partnership to support innovation (Key Action 2).
The strategic partnership is composed by: Le Dimore del Quartetto S.r.l. Impresa Sociale as Leading Organisation, IED – Istituto Europeo di Design and ASK – Centre for Research on Management and Economics of Arts and Culture Institutions of University Bocconi in Milan for Italy, ProQuartet – Centre européen de musique de chambre in Paris and La Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin in Villefavard for France, and by experimentadesign in Lisbon for Portugal. Media partner Classica HD – Channel 136 of Sky.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US
European support project for young musicians MUSA – free handbook for new generations of artists
by Katarina Georgijević
[…]. During the month of October 2022, the cultural organization “Le Dimore del Quartetto”, which supports international young string quartets and chamber ensembles, presented its achievements in Brussels after the completion of all three parts of the MUSA project. On this occasion, the Research Center ASK (Art, Science, Knowledge) of the Bocconi University in Milan presents a new tool and a free handbook for higher education programs in cultural entrepreneurship for young musicians entitled “The Entrepreneurial String Quartet: Key Learnings from the MUSA Project” and Research – Case study on Le Dimore del Quartetto. […]
MUSA LAUNCHES NEW CAREER TOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS
On October 12th in Brussels, Le Dimore del Quartetto (a creative cultural enterprise that supports young string quartets and chamber music ensembles) is to celebrate the achievements of MUSA (European young MUsicians soft Skills Alliance) project. MUSA is the realisation of an essential career tool for this new generation of musicians who are taking their first steps in a transformed landscape that demands new skills,” says Francesca Moncada, founder and president of Le Dimore del Quartetto. This new learning tool has been developed by the ASK research centre of the Università Bocconi in Milan and will be made available free of charge to musicians, professionals, academies and conservatories, in order to strengthen the entrepreneurial skills of those who wish to pursue an artistic career in music in this century. […]
The European project supporting young musicians reaches Brussels
The MUSA presentation event aims to disseminate the results of the project at the European level through the direct testimonies of the musicians and representatives of the institutions involved. A new learning tool developed by one of the most important Italian universities that will be freely available to musicians, professionals, academies, and conservatories, to strengthen the entrepreneurial skills of those who want to pursue an artistic career in music in our century. […]
MUSA LAUNCHES NEW CAREER TOOL FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS
Le Dimore del Quartetto (a creative cultural enterprise that supports young string quartets and chamber music ensembles) is scheduled to celebrate the achievements of the MUSA project (European young MUsicians soft Skills Alliance). […]
It presents in fact a Handbook for higher education programs in cultural entrepreneurship for young musicians, entitled ‘The Entrepreneurial String Quartet: Key Learnings from the MUSA Project’, and a Research – Case study on Le Dimore del Quartetto. The handbook and research are the result of work done during MUSA’s 25 months of activities in the three partner countries: Italy, Portugal and France. […]
REPORTAGE FRANCE 3 SUR LE PROJET ERASMUS+ MUSA
Dei giovani quartetti tedeschi, rumeni e olandesi in residenza alla Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin.
Nell’ambito del progetto Erasmus+ MUSA con ProQuartet, il Centro Europeo per la Musica da Camera.
MUSA Italy, 2021 | The experience of the residency
[…] MUSA is co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union as Strategic Partnership to support innovation (Key Action 2).
The strategic partnership is composed by: Le Dimore del Quartetto S.r.l. Impresa Sociale as Leading Organisation […]
MUSA – EUROPEAN YOUNG MUSICIANS SOFT SKILLS ALLIANCE
It is with great enthusiasm that experimentadesign announces the beginning of the MUSA programme activities in Portugal, and invites you to attend the two concerts that it comprises.
Co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, the MUSA programme was developed through a strategic partnership composed by Le Dimore del Quartetto, as main promoter […]
Al Parco della Musica l’unica data italiana di Max Richter
by Angelo Curtolo
Il 30 settembre a Villa Pesenti Agliardi, il 1 ottobre al Castello di Lurano e il 2 Villa Vitalba Lurani Cernuschi ascoltiamo giovani quartetti: Ãtma Quartet (Polonia), Belinfante Quartet (Paesi Bassi), Quatuor Gabriële (Francia) e Azalaïs Quartet (Spagna/Paesi Bassi). Dal 26 al 2 sono in residenza a Villa Vitalba, grazie al nuovo progetto europeo MUSA promosso da Le Dimore del Quartetto. […]
Milano: il Quartetto riparte da Savall
[…] Niente affatto secondaria all’attività dell’associazione, Le Dimore del Quartetto presiedute da Francesca Moncada, che organizzano concerti in case e ville private, hanno dato il via in collaborazione con l’Università Bocconi a MUSA, una rete di supporto per i giovani quartettisti, sotto la direzione artistica di Simone Gramaglia (viola del Quartetto di Cremona). L’intento è quello di fornire un workshop relativo a problemi gestionali che uno strumentista esordiente non riesce ad affrontare da solo. Realizzare a esempio una registrazione audio o video, gestire i contratti di lavoro, amministrare il gruppo musicale come una piccola impresa, ecc. […]
Le Dimore del Quartetto: Musica e luoghi storici uniti per la valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale
[…] Tra le novità del 2021 troviamo MUSA (European young Musicians soft Skills Alliance), progetto europeo di formazione professionale dedicato ai giovani quartetti d’archi ideato e organizzato dalle Dimore del Quartetto in partnership con IED (Istituto Europeo di Design), ASK (Centro di ricerche dell’Università Bocconi), experimentadesign (Portogallo), ProQuartet (Centro europeo di musica da camera, Francia), Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin (France) e finanziato dal programma Erasmus Plus dell’Unione Europea. […]
Al via il progetto MUSA ideato da Le Dimore del Quartetto
Una settimana di formazione professionale, l’esperienza della residenza artistica in una Dimora Storica fra Milano e la Lombardia, concerti in luoghi spettacolari: si sono aperte le candidature per la prima fase del progetto MUSA (European young Musicians soft Skills Alliance), progetto europeo di formazione professionale dedicato ai giovani quartetti d’archi ideato e organizzato dalle Dimore del Quartetto e finanziato dal programma Erasmus Plus dell’Unione Europea. […]
Al via MUSA, il programma di formazione europea per giovani quartetti d’archi. Domande entro il 15 dicembre
Una settimana di formazione professionale, l’esperienza della residenza artistica in una Dimora Storica fra Milano e la Lombardia, concerti in luoghi spettacolari: sono aperte le candidature per la prima fase del progetto MUSA (European young Musicians soft Skills Alliance), progetto europeo di formazione professionale dedicato ai giovani quartetti d’archi ideato e organizzato da Le Dimore del Quartetto e finanziato dal programma Erasmus Plus dell’Unione Europea. […]
DOCUMENTARIES
THE STAGE IN ITALY
The string quartet image strategy
27 September – 2 October 2021
Milan and Bergamo
THE STAGE IN PORTUGAL
Cross-fertilization among the arts
24 – 30 October 2021
Mafra and Lisbon
THE STAGE IN FRANCE
Recording and market distribution, mental and physical preparation
30 April – 7 May 2022
Villefavard
THE QUARTETS SELECTED FOR THE LAST STAGE IN FRANCE
The European quartets taking part in the last stage of MUSA have been selected: they will be in residence at La Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin from Aprile 30th to May 7th, 2022
MUSA 2021, THE DOCUMENTARY OF THE ITALIAN STAGE
It is available on Youtube the documentary that narrates the first stage of MUSA which has taken place in Italy, from September 26th to October 2nd, 2021
THE QUARTETS SELECTED
FOR THE PROGRAM
IN PORTUGAL
Four quartets have been selected to participate to the MUSA program in Portugal, in Mafra and Lisbon from October 24th to 30th, 2021
THE QUARTETS SELECTED FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF MUSA IN ITALY
Discover the 4 quartets that take part in the first stage of MUSA in Italy, from September 27th to October 2nd 2021: a week of residency, concert and professional training.
COORDINATOR
Le Dimore del Quartetto S.r.l. Impresa Sociale
Via Carlo Torre, 28, 20143 Milan – Italy
+39 02 36753026
info@ledimoredelquartetto.eu
www.ledimoredelquartetto.eu
MUSA Project Manager
Alice Bovone
alice@ledimoredelquartetto.eu
MUSA – European young MUsicians soft Skills Alliance
Grant Agreement N. 2020-1-IT01-KA202-008397
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