Musethica is a Spanish non-governmental organization that teaches

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be #Relationship to other music traditions, distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical mu ...

to music student. It was founded in 2012 in

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Avri Levitan Avri Levitan (; born 1973) is an Israeli Viola, violist based in Berlin. He conceived the nonprofit Musethica with Carmen Marcuello in 2009 and launched it in 2012 in Zaragoza, Spain. Levitan has received nominations at the ''BBC Music Magazine' ...

and Carmen Marcuello. A key part of the program is a large number of student concerts in the community. Musethica has affiliates in China,

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, and other European nations.

Model

The central objective of Musethica is to educate music students by giving them the opportunities to perform publicly on a frequent basis to a variety of audiences. The students participate in master classes conducted by professional musicians, who often perform with the students. The model provides the students with the opportunity to play a large number of yearly concerts, which improves their musical and instrumental abilities.r. it is considered a new element in music education,

History

The Musethica concept was conceived in 2009 by

. It was launched in 2012 in Zaragoza under the auspices of Levitan and Professor Carmen Marcuello. The concerts comprise the a

repertoire Repertory or repertoire () is the list or set of works a person or company is accustomed to performing. Whether the English or French spelling is used has no bearing, but it was the French word, with an accent on the first e, , that first took ho ...

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

from solo performances to octet. As of 2017, Musethica had five active associations: in Spain,

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, Israel,

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and Sweden. Musethica is also active in France, China and Austria.

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.musethica.org Arts organizations established in 2012 2012 establishments in Spain Music organisations based in Spain