String classes have a privileged place at Musicalta Academy and the double bass class has naturally imposed itself for several years.

Directed this year by Alberto Bocini, renowned musician and Professor at the Haute École de Musique de Genève, the Musicalta double bass class is open to any double bass player wishing to improve his or her skills. No minimum level or prior audition is required.

To accompany the double bass students, piano accompanists are available throughout the course.

The double bass students are welcomed at the Large String Ensemble every day during the whole session at the end of which a concert is planned as part of the Musicalta Festival. The Grand Ensemble de cordes brings together students around large-scale artistic projects: the great works of the repertoire as well as rarer and lesser-known works for chamber orchestra, including concertos by renowned soloists such as Gilles Apap, Antonio Soria, Dominique Vidal, Botond Kostyak, Francis Duroy, Alberto Bocini, Mario Ancillotti, Antonio Saïote…