Program Details
- Location:
- Florence, Italy
- Program Type:
- Study Abroad
- Degree Level:
- Undergraduate
- Term:
- Academic Year, Fall Semester, MayMester Intersession, Rolling Starts, Spring Break, Spring Semester, Summer, Winter Semester, Year Round
Program Overview
- Program Description:
The Istituto Europeo Music Program offers a variety of options for individual music tastes. Courses are highly professional and direction is by experienced and accomplished musicians.
Istituto Europeo offers many music courses including music history, opera, vocal technique, and a variety of instrumental courses. Music programs are tailored to the student's interests and are paired with Italian lessons to emphasize the understanding of Italian music and culture. Preparatory Course for Admission to Conservatories and Music Schools, and for Professional Auditions
- Setting Description:
- The Istituto Europeo campus is located at Via del Parione, 1, adjacent to Piazza Trinità on Via de' Tornabuoni and steps away from the Arno River. Our Music Department is equipped with spacious practice rooms available for all music students during their free time.
Additional Program Information
- Scholarships:
- No
- Scholarships Description:
- ISTITUTO EUROPEO awards, more than 100 Italian Cultural Institutes, school or Universities, Consulates or Embassies, scholarships for a 100% reduction and scholarships for 50 % reduction in the cost of a 4L Intensive italian course (4/weeks 80 lessons).
Program Reviews
Overall Rating
Based on 9 Reviews
- from Sri Lanka to Florence, Istituto Europeo09/26/16
I’m attending Italian language classes in the morning. For music classes I do Repertoire class, just recapping on what repertoire is; the teachers helps me out in expressing and placing the voice in my pieces. Then I’m doing Libretto class which is
mainly to analyze the text and discover really what the characters are alike in opera. Now I’m focusing on Don Giovanni because I love it, it’s a beautiful opera. And then last class is Diction class, because I’m not Italian so I don’t know how to speak Italian and get the Italian pronunciation, especially when I sing. I definitely enjoy the program: the classes are really useful. I feel that I’m improving: before I came here I had a huge problem with my Italian, people couldn’t understand me when I was singing. Now my Italian is getting better and people understand me! I would definitely recommend this program. For singers, I really recommend to go to the place where the music was born, because you get a full understanding of what the culture was like and what the people were like. For example, the little characters in opera are born from Italy, they were actual people at that time. If you are here you see these people, you see them walking, laughing, eating and you see how it was like.
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend - Young American singer studied opera at Istituto Europeo09/26/16
I’m doing first level Italian and vocal technique with Monica. Then Italian diction with Valeria and Repertoire with Francesca. I really enjoy the courses and I feel like I’m improving a lot: all the teachers are incredibly gifted and they really
know what they are talking about, which is good. Florence is beautiful, there’s so much art everywhere. All the museums are great, even the buildings are beautiful, which is nice. What I like about Florence is that there is art everywhere. If a friend was looking to study this sort of things and take it seriously, then I would recommend this program.
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend - Tanya Cordero, pianista y profesora en la Universidad de Costa Rica09/20/16
Sono una pianista e lavoro all’università in Costa Rica come insegnante di pianoforte e come pianista specializzata nell’accompagnamento. Da 20 anni sono anche insegnante in un corso di musica per bambini. Firenze mi piace molto, è una città
bellissima con dei paesaggi unici. E’ molto diversa dal Costa Rica, ed è un luogo privilegiato per chi ama la musica: ci sono tantissimi spettacoli ed eventi a cui assistere. Sto frequentando all’Istituto Europeo un corso di italiano per migliorare la mia conoscenza della lingua ed un corso di pianoforte d’accompagnamento. Dato che il mio lavoro in Costa Rica è proprio pianista d’accompagnamento, mi interessa conoscere la tradizione di accompagnamento d’opera. Il corso mi piace e mi trovo molto bene, i professori sono molto bravi e l’ambiente della scuola è molto piacevole.
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend - Ernesto Rodriguez tenor y profesor de la Universidad de Costa Rica09/20/16
Mi nombre es Ernesto Rodriguez, vengo de Costa Rica y soy profesor de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Tengo 47 años, soy un tenor y enseño canto. Vine en Italia a estudiar italiano; pero no pensaba en Florencia como la ciudad que es, una ciudad historica
y llena de cultura, de arte... ¡Un museo a cielo abierto! He conocido la información del Istituto Europeo por internet y me pareció que la oferta de estudio era interesante. Entonces, cuanto ye estuve aquí me he sentido muy impresionado y contento de estar en Florencia, porqué además que estoy estudiando italiano y música, cuando salgo de las clases puedo alimentarme el alma del espíritu artístico y de todas las manifestaciones artísticas que ofrece una ciudad como Florencia. Estoy llevando el curso intensivo de italiano y me gustó mucho la forma de trabajo de ambas las profesoras que tenimos. También estoy llevando un curso de canto, con Valeria y Diego, los dos con diferentes formas pedagógicas pero para mí fue enriquecedor de ver la manera en que ellos explican la parte técnica del canto. También trabajo con Fabio, llevo un curso de historia de la música italiana. Por último el curso de lírica de cámara con Francesca: estoy muy contento, me ha ayudado mucho. Con ella vine a trabajar una ópera que tengo que cantar pronto en Costa Rica: Francesca tiene una forma maravillosa de entender la música, he aprendido mucho. Entonces, para mis estudiantes eso es el consejo: vengan al Istituto Europeo, porqué yo me he sentido muy contento. Me dieron una oportunidad maravillosa de conocer Florencia y gente tan amable, porqué todos nos han tratado muy bien. Aquí al Istituto nos han acogido con amabilidad y amistad, y todos los que trabajan aquí son como una familia y uno siente ese calor. También los servicios que ofrecen, me parece que el Istituto Europeo se convierte en una alternativa agradable y con un alto nivel de calidad.
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend - Tiffany, from Canada to ISTITUTO EUROPEO in Florence, to study opera singing09/20/16
I chose Italy and Florence for my music studies because I had just entered a point in my life where I was, and still am, “starting over”, it made sense to me that I wanted to go back to the beginning in all other aspects regarding this change. So,
it was logical that in order for me to understand the city where opera was born I needed to move to Florence, which just happens to be in the beautiful country that is Italy. My experience at Istituto Europeo has been absolutely positive, I would recommend the same experience to a friend. My teacher, Valeria, is very good. She places importance on every aspect of my life, not only the voice – but nutrition and my physical health as well - now I run 5 days a week!
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
- Maria Jesús, joven soprano costarricense y estudiante curso de técnica del canto09/20/16
Me llamo Maria, vengo de Costa Rica, y soy estudiante de canto en la Univesidad de Costa Rica. Estoy perfeccionando no solo la parte musical sino la parte de la cultura: me gusta mucho también el arte, la danza y la pintura. Soy soprano. Estoy frecuentando
el curso intensivo de italiano, que ha sido muy interesante y me ha gustado mucho; he aprendido mucho para estar poco tiempo. Despues estoy llevando el curso de técnica del canto, donde tuve la oportunidad di estar con Valeria y con Diego: excelentes los dos. Con ellos ha sido muy claro y muy fácil de entender, entonces me ha gustado mucho. La ciudad de Florencia es mágica. Es una ciudad muy rica en cultura, no solo en música, sino también en arte en general. Es muy impresionante también ver estos grandes edificios de tantos años atrás: es muy rico no solo en arquitectura, sino también en el lenguaje – aquí el italiano es facil de entender, ¡en Roma no entendíamos nada! Por eso, me he sentido muy a gusto en la ciudad.
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend - José Daniel, tenor costarricense y estudiante del Istituto Europeo09/20/16
Me llamo José Daniel, y soy de Costa Rica. Me gusta cantar, es mi profesion: soy un tenor. También toco guitara, piano, escribo música... Soy un músico. Escogí Florencia porqué de antemano ya sabía que esta ciudad es una cuna del arte en Italia
y casi en el mundo en general. Hay muchisimo arte, no solo de la parte del canto, sino escultores, pintores, arquitéctos. Entonces escogí Florencia para estudiar la lengua, puesto que aquí comenzó casi todo lo que tiene que ver con la lengua italiana y la ópera: Florencia es una ciudad somamente importante para Italia. En el Istituto Europeo estoy frecuentando un curso de italiano, un curso de libreto de ópera y un curso de canto con dos profesores; todos los cursos me gustan mucho. En particular, me gusta muchisimo la clase de libreto, el profesor Fabio es una persona muy amable, inteligente y tiene mucho vocabulario y facilidad para explicar una cosa, encuentra siempre los ejemplos. También la clase de canto con Valeria es muy buena, me aclaró muchas cosas, y con Diego lo mismo: es práctico, rápido, me gusta su forma de enseñar.
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend - Vincent, Opera Singer at ISTITUTO EUROPEO09/20/16
I was looking for language schools in Florence and Istituto Europeo came out first. Then I realized that Monica Benvenuti was teaching at Istituto Europeo. Basically yes, Monica made me decide to come to Istituto Europeo. I have a friend who studied here
with Monica Benvenuti and for this reason I knew that she is a great teacher. Monica expects a lot from me…but she’s very motivating. Here in Italy you have teachers that teach only one subject, they are specialized in one subject and this is good, because you can concentrate solely on one subject at one time.
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend - young Canadian soprano at ISTITUTO EUROPEO for a Study Abroad in Music09/20/16
When I was researching places to study in Italy, I came across Istituto Europeo and I kind of just knew I had to study here. I researched the teachers at Istituto Europeo and came across Susanna Rigacci. I listened to her singing on YouTube, then I spoke
to my teachers back home and they all agreed that she would be the right choice for me. Before coming here I was focusing completely on technique and Susanna gave me the opportunity to actually sing and blossom in my own singing style. The Study Abroad experience changed me in a lot of ways. It taught me to be independent: being alone in another country made me stronger mentally and taught me to be my own support system. I would definitely recommend this experience to students. Especially If you are studying opera as I do. I think it has helped me to grow, and to learn a lot. Studying Italian in Italy (as studying any language in its home country) is extremely helpful, because you are forced to speak it with people who don’t understand you. Studying Italian here helped me immensely to learn it much quicker. But also singing: where else you can study opera if not in Italy?
read moreBottom Line:Yes, I would recommend this to a friend