Join Claudia Patacca and Hans Schellevis in an inspiring two-day masterclass for singers and pianists
The masterclass is dedicated to the wonderful world of art song, with a particular focus on Schumann Liederkreis opus 39
✨ Get yourself ready for an intensive and inspiring weekend of music-making, artistic exploration, and collaboration.
📅 Course Details
📆 Dates
30 & 31 January 2027
📍 Location
Hans Schellevis Piano Studio
Voorschoten, The Netherlands
💶 Course Fee
€450 per duo
⚠️ There are only 6 places available for participating duos.
Individual Coaching
🎹 Each participating duo will receive 60 minutes of tuition per day. This means a total of 120 minutes of individual coaching throughout the two-day masterclass.
During the sessions, Claudia Patacca and Hans Schellevis will work with each duo on aspects such as:
🎭 Interpretation and musical expression
📖 The relationship between text and music
🎼 Style and performance practice
🤝 Communication and balance between voice and piano
✨ Musical storytelling
🎶 Repertoire
The central repertoire theme of the masterclass is:
Robert Schumann – Liederkreis, Op. 39
Each duo will be assigned two lieder from the cycle. Furthermore, we would like you to bring two other pieces from your repertoire, in any desired language.
🎓 Student Payment Options
Students have the possibility to pay the course fee in three instalments.
If you would like to make use of this payment option, please indicate this in the “Other Details” box in the Enrollment section when submitting your registration.
We will then contact you with further information about the payment arrangements.
👀 Observer Tickets
Observers are warmly welcome to attend the masterclass and experience the coaching sessions.
A limited number of observer tickets will be available each day, with approximately 10–15 places available.
🎫 Observer Fees
One-Day Ticket: €27
Two-Day Ticket: €50
Final Presentation Concert
To conclude the masterclass, we will hold a small informal presentation in the form of a concert on Sunday late afternoon, following the final coaching sessions.
This will be an opportunity for the participating duos to share their work and perform selections from the repertoire they have explored during the weekend.
A wonderful way to bring the masterclass to a musical conclusion — and to share the results of two intensive days of collaboration with an audience.
Registration for participants
Observer tickets
Observers are welcome to attend the masterclass and experience the sessions from the audience.
A limited number of observer places are available each day (maximum 15 per day).
Tickets
- 1-Day Observer Pass: €27
- 2-Day Observer Pass: €50
👉 Purchase your observer tickets here (you’ll be forwarded to Eventbrite):
https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/masterclass-for-lied-duos-tickets-1999902624586?aff=oddtdtcreator
Claudia Patacca
Dutch soprano Claudia Patacca is a principal subject teacher of Classical Voice at the ArtEZ Conservatory in Zwolle. Her mission is to guide students in becoming well-rounded singers who are able to find their own path within the professional world of vocal performance. With great passion and technical expertise, she helps students discover the quality and individuality of their voices while encouraging them to follow their own artistic journey.
Claudia graduated cum laude from the Conservatory in Enschede (Saxion Universities of Applied Sciences, now ArtEZ), where she was also awarded the Tubantia Prize. She subsequently continued her studies at the International Opera Centre Amsterdam.
During her studies, she made her debut in Poulenc’s Gloria at the Muziekcentrum in Enschede. Her operatic debut followed at the Concertgebouw during the Holland Festival, performing in Chausson’s Le Roi Arthus under the direction of Edo de Waart.
Claudia is currently a principal subject teacher of Classical Voice at the ArtEZ Conservatory. She has given masterclasses in, among other places, Barcelona, Tallinn, Riga, Aarhus and Malmö.
Alongside her teaching career, Claudia has developed a flourishing concert practice. Her repertoire includes a wide range of opera, oratorio and symphonic works. She has performed, among many other engagements, Handel’s cantata Arminda abbandonata and Telemann’s Der Weiberorden at the Valletta Baroque Festival in Malta with Combattimento, in productions directed by David Prins. Other recent performances have included opera arias by Puccini from Manon Lescaut, La Bohème and Tosca with the Orkest van het Oosten under Jeppe Moulijn; Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 under Michael Rein with the Wunderhorn Ensemble; Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher under Jos Vermunt; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under Kenneth Montgomery; and works by Poulenc and Frank Martin with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
She has also appeared at festivals in the Netherlands and abroad, including performances on Crete as Elettra in Mozart’s Idomeneo, and in Malta in Telemann’s opera Pimpinone with the Combattimento Consort Amsterdam. At the Valletta International Baroque Festival, she performed Bach’s Coffee Cantata and La Toilette de Vénus by François Colin de Blamont.
Her operatic engagements include Ortlinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre with the Dutch National Touring Opera under Ed Spanjaard, and First Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte under Ton Koopman. She has appeared with De Nederlandse Opera and La Monnaie as a Flower Maiden in Wagner’s Parsifal, under Sir Simon Rattle and Antonio Pappano, respectively. Other roles include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Opera Zuid, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus in Halle, and the Sandman and Dew Fairy in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel in Frankfurt.
Highlights of her career also include numerous concerts and opera productions in the Netherlands and abroad, including the prestigious ZaterdagMatinee and Robeco Summer Concerts. She has worked with conductors including Jaap van Zweden, Antonio Pappano, Ion Marin, Jan Willem de Vriend, Edo de Waart, Gerd Albrecht, Andreas Spering and Johannes Leertouwer.
Claudia is also deeply committed to the art song repertoire and chamber music. In November 2011, the distinctive album Arthur Honegger: Mélodies et Chansons was released, featuring Honegger’s complete and highly diverse body of songs. For the Brilliant Classics label, she recorded four Mozart operas, including La clemenza di Tito in the role of Vitellia. Her recording of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Residentie Orkest was released by Deutsche Grammophon.
