The 9th Morgenland Academy will take place from August 6-12, 2025.

In the one-week music camp, up to 17 musicians aged 14-20 years can gain unique experiences with improvisation, rhythms and music from the Arab world under the guidance of three professional musicians.

The entire workshop takes place in the Fattoria Musica recording studio, a former farm in the middle of nature in the Osnabrück countryside. Participation is completely free of charge, including accommodation, supervision and delicious meals.

During the day, participants rehearse together or in small groups and try out new things, while in the evenings they continue to make music, play or simply relax together, depending on their mood. It is not important for participants to have a perfect command of the instrument or their voice, but to have the desire to move away from just reading music, to open up to new sounds, to contribute their own ideas to the group and to bring a final concert to the stage together with like-minded people.

The academy is open to music enthusiasts aged 14-20 who have at least three years of experience on their instrument or voice.

The entire workshop is taught in English.

THE TEACHERS

This year's music coaches are once again the singer Dima Orsho (Syria/Germany), violin virtuoso Maias Alyamani (Syria/Austria) and percussionist Rony Barrak (Lebanon). You can find more information about them here.

SCHOLARSHIPS

In addition to young people from Germany, up to four young scholarship holders from Turkey and Greece can also take part in this year's academy.

We take over:

- Support with visa application (if necessary)

- Payment of visa fees

- Flight and return flight from the nearest airport to your place of residence

- Arrival and departure from the airport to Osnabrück (if necessary, independent rail travel with costs covered by the Academy)

- Free participation in the entire academy including accommodation and meals

- Arrangement of a host family for 2-3 days before and after the academy, depending on your flight dates.

On August 12 at 19:00 there will be a big final concert for families, friends and the music-loving public in the Lagerhalle Osnabrück.


WANT TO JOIN US?

Are you between 14 and 20 years old and absolutely passionate about music?

Are you open to new things and have a good knowledge of an instrument or your own voice and would you like to bring a new program to the stage with others?

If you can answer all these questions with “yes”, then send your application* for the Morgenland Academy 2025 in the form of a short audio or video clip with 1-2 pieces of music to akademie@morgenland-festival.com. A simple cell phone recording of 3-4 minutes is absolutely sufficient!

Please don't forget to tell us where you are from, how old you are and which instrument you would like to play.

Feel free to contact us at any time if you have any questions about the academy.

Registration deadline for students from Turkey and Greece is May 1st, 2025.

The registration deadline for early birds is May 16, 2025 – for those who want to know early on whether they have a place.

The registration deadline is June 29, 2025.

We look forward to meeting you!

The academy is a project of the Gesellschaft der Freunde.Morgenland Festival Osnabrück e.V. and the Morgenland Festival Osnabrück

We ask for your understanding that places for the academy are limited and that there is no entitlement to participation.

Morgenland Academy Trailer

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