Samuele Piccinini

Samuele Piccinini

Inspiring the next generation

MASCARADE OPERA SEASON 2024/25

2024, Opera Recital, Rising Stars, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

2024, A studio version of Gounod’s “Faust”, A Devilish Pact, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

2024, Oratorio Recital, Unto us a Child is born, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS

Répétiteur

2024, Alcina, Guildhall School Theatre

2024, The Casserole, Guildhall School Theatre

2023, La bella dormente nel bosco, Guildhall School Theatre

2023, Maria Egiziaca, Guildhall School Theatre

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

2023, Margery & Frederick Stephen Wright Eisinger Award at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London

2021, X International Piano Competition "Andrea Baldi", Bologna, First Prize

EDUCATION

2023 - 2024, Répétiteur Course, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London

2021 - 2023, Master’s degree,  Francesco Venezze Conservatoire, Rovigo

2019 - 2021, Piano Short Course, Pinerolo Music Academy, Pinerolo

The Florence Choral Course as an annual summer course, which thanks to our supporters is made entirely free for participants and dedicated to the study, performance and promotion of Italian choral music. Up to 25 singers from all over the world have the unique opportunity to come to Florence for in immersive period of daily rehearsals, choral technique workshops, individual singing lessons, archival tours, history lectures and masterclasses with world famous practitioners, including soprano Dame Emma Kirkby and director of Milan Cathedral Choir Maestro Massimo Palombella.
The week culminates in concert and ecclesiastical performances in some of Florence’s most iconic buildings, including Palazzo Tornabuoni, Santissima Annunciata and Santa Maria Novella, as well as a sung mass in the great cathedral of Milan.

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for the Florence Choral Course July 2024 will open on 1 January 2024.

To apply please send two recordings and your CV to thesacredmusicprogramme@mascaradeopera.com