The Internationale Sommerakademie am Rhein is a summer academy in Germany, near Strasbourg, which gives to some young singers the opportunity to improve their singing technique, their diction in foreign languages and their way of evolving on stage. During two weeks (from the 26th of July to the 8th of August 2026), 14 singers and 6 pianists will received advices from prestigious artists in different languages (german, french and english) and will also become acquainted with the universe of auditions and all which concernes the "business" side of a singer.

   For this eleventh edition of the academy, Jean-Noël Briend, international soloist and Professor at the Ecole Normale de Musique Paris chose to surround himself with the teaching position as a song coach at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin Kanako Nalagawa, the great stage director Arila Siegert, the mezzo-soprano and yoga-teacher Petra Gruber,  and for the pianists the soprano and ex-teacher of musical accompaniment at the High Music School Strasbourg, Judith Gauthier.

Big event: two days of masterclasses on french repertoire  , given by french vocal coach Nathalie Dang (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris) on the 31.7 and the 1.8.2026.

29 July 2026 will be a day dedicated to preparing for auditions with the opera agent Axel Mendrok (ZAV-Künstlervermittlung).

A Workshop « how to follow a conductor » will be done by Etienne Ferrer at the beginning of August.