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

Dame Sarah Conolly DBE
Matthew Rose
Sir Thomas Allen
Ben Glassberg

Join the Academy

Applications for the 2027 Academy will open soon. Register your interest and we will write to you as soon as they do.

Matthew Rose Artistic Director

Matthew@luxonrosefoundation.org

Dan Luxon Chair

Dan@luxonrosefoundation.org

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

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