MurciArt
Academy
One of the pillars of the project. An environment of excellence where young performers develop their skills alongside internationally renowned musicians.
The Academy aims for more than perfecting technique: it seeks musicians able to listen, converse and understand music as a shared experience.
Because chamber music demands something essential: listening to one another. And that is precisely one of MurciArt's great lessons.
Through the Academy, young people take part in masterclasses, rehearsals, concerts and meetings with acclaimed artists. Learning stops being a side activity: it becomes part of the festival itself, and the stage becomes an extension of the classroom.
Lesster F. Mejías
Academic Advisor of MurciArt Academy — 10 editions
Throughout his professional life, Lesster F. Mejías has built an outstanding career as a performer and teacher, working with some of Spain’s leading orchestras, including the Spanish National Orchestra, the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir, the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, the Community of Madrid Orchestra, the Region of Murcia Symphony Orchestra and the Franz Schubert Filharmonia.
On many occasions he has appeared as guest principal viola, working under distinguished conductors and sharing the stage with internationally acclaimed soloists.
His artistic and teaching experience, together with his commitment to training young musicians, have made him MurciArt Academy’s Academic Advisor throughout its ten editions, helping to develop and consolidate the Academy’s educational and artistic project.
Young talents who become artists
One of the project's greatest achievements is seeing young people who took part in the Academy return to the festival as professional performers.
The Academy doesn't only train for the future. It creates opportunities in the present.
Are you a young performer?
Write to us to find out about next edition's masterclasses and how to join MurciArt Academy.