Invitation to the
5th International Festival 
MUSIC ACADEMY FORTE 2025
at Brussels, Belgium!

MASTERCLASSES | COMPETITIONS | CONCERTS

Registration is now OPEN!
via Online Registration Links:
Masterclasses
Competitions

Masterclasses: July 6-12th, 2025
and end with a Gala Concert on July 12th, 2025.
With great pleasure we would like to invite your students to take part in the fourth edition of the International Festival MUSIC ACADEMY FORTE which consists of Masterclasses in solo, chamber music, opera and orchestra;

Concerts will be performed daily by participants and class mastersthroughout the festival at Brussels, Belgium. 

Competitions: July 4-5th, 2025 

Competitions in two formats to choose from, online or on premise:

We invite musicians (Professionals or Amateurs) starting from age 6 (no age limit) to participate in
Competitions: 
CHAMBER MUSIC, PIANO ENSEMBLE (DUO & 4 Hands), also for the below SOLO Instruments:

INSTRUMENTS:
Piano, Guitar
Vocal: Classical and Contemporary
Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass
Woodwinds:  Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
Brass: Trumpet, French horn, Trombone, Tuba

*amateurs refers to participant who had never receive any music related diploma/certificate.

We invite young musicians between the age of 8 to 25 years old to participate in
Masterclasses: 
in solo, chamber music, opera and orchestra

INSTRUMENTS:
piano, violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, bassoon, guitar, trumpet, 
vocal*(vocal without age limit)

CLASSES GUIDED BY INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS INCLUDING:
Piano: Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Daniel Blumenthal, Yannick Van de Velde, Olga Zdorenko, Tatiana Kozlova, Lyudmyla Zakopets, Nataliya Chepurenko 
Violin:  Erik Sluys, Alice van Leuven, Alexandra Cooreman, Valeriy Sokolov, Magdalena Plociennik 
Viola: Vladimir Bukač
Cello:  Pierre Fontenelle, Steven Caeyers, Oleksiy Shadrin
Vocal: Sabine Conzen, Olga Artemenko
Trumpet: Philippe Ranallo
Flute: Franco Ascolese, Raffaele Ficuciello
Guitar: Stefano Palamidessi
Orchestra & Choral Conducting: Sergio Agreda de Ro, Pascale Van Os 
Composition: HueyChing Chong + Tomoko Honda (pno.)
Ensembles, Chamber Music, Accompanists:  Oksana Stechyshyn, Urszula Markowska, Jing Han, Kaliya Kalcheva, Khrystyna Korchynska, Cansu Şanlidağ, Myrto Sifaki, Jakub Jirásek, Silviu Dumitrache, Hyunshin Kim

Thanks to the collaboration with the world-class teachers and its favorable geographic location, International Music Academy FORTE provides young musicians a unique platform for creative development of their musical careers in Europe and other continents. Also, it encourage participants to meet and collaborate with peers with similar interests. All events of the masterclasses will be conducted in person at Brussels, Belgium.

COMPETITIONS:

We also organized the competitions in two formats, online via video recordings (5th July 2025) and on premises (4th and 5th July 2025). Musicians (professionals or amateurs) who are interested in friendly competition could opt to take part in the competition by choosing the format which is more suitable for their circumstances. Also, please be informed that these competitions are without pre-selection, application is based on first-come first-served, thus, the registration will be closed earlier if it reaches the maximum 200 participants quota before the registration deadline. For further details, please take a look HERE.  

Registration Links are now available on our website:
Masterclasses: registration starting from 1st Jan 2025 until 15th May 2025
Competition: registration starting from 1st Jan 2025 until 15th June 2025