Tosti
International
Singing
Academy
Part of the Luxon-Rose Foundation
Two weeks.
One extraordinary faculty.
Two weeks of intensive teaching and coaching and performance for emerging singers, with some of the finest artists in the world in the faculty.
What it is
Each summer the Academy brings around twenty gifted young singers from across the world to Folkestone for two weeks with masterclasses, individual coaching, and language work, followed by public recitals and opera scenes where the young singers get to stretch their vocal legs.
FORMAT
Public masterclasses
SINGERS
20 emerging singers
WHERE
Folkestone, at The Grand, Earlscliffe College and Holy Trinity Church
NEXT ACADEMY
16-29 August 2027
On the day
The days have a rhythm.
Mornings are for individual coaching and language work, in rooms across The Grand and Earlscliffe College.
Afternoons are for opera scenes with the full team of director and conductors.
In the late afternoon the doors open: public masterclasses and recitals at The Grand and Holy Trinity Church, and, at the close, a public performance of opera scenes.
TOSTI ’26
Last Years Faculty
Patrons
Applications for the 2027 Academy will open soon. Register your interest and we will write to you as soon as they do.
Sir Antonio Pappano
Chief Conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Dame Sarah Connolly
Mezzo-soprano
Sir Mark Elder
Conductor
Sir Bryn Terfel
Bass-baritone
Joyce DiDonato
Mezzo-soprano
Sir Willard White
Bass-baritone
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Composer
John Gilhooly
Director, Wigmore Hall
With the support of…
The Richard Stoker Trust
Oak Foundation
Dukes Education / Earlscliffe College
Grand Arts CIC, The Grand, Folkestone
The Tosti Academy supported by The Richard Stoker Trust
