Master in Performing Arts Management 2024 - Jorge Prendas

Conceived and organized by Accademia Teatro alla Scala in collaboration with the POLIMI - Graduate School of Management and the Piccolo Teatro di Milano - Teatro d’Europa, the Master in Performing Arts Management aims to give young professionals a global perspective on the world of the performing arts, in order to couple cultural and artistic knowledge with economic and managerial skills.
The course is completed with a guaranteed internship for each student at an internationally acclaimed cultural institution.
The faculty is composed by the best professors and professionals of the sector: meet #JorgePrendas, Head of Education of Casa da Música Education Service. His lecture is related to Cultural Policies, Community Engagement and Education.
About the professor:
Jorge Prendas was born in Oporto in 1968 and started his musical studies at the age of 10. He studied in the Conservatory of Oporto where finished the intermediate course of Piano and Composition. After graduating in Computer Science at the University of Oporto, he restarted his musical studies in the University of Aveiro choosing the course of Composition and today regularly writes music for different formations from instrument solo to orchestral works. Jorge Prendas taught Composition, History of Music and Acoustics at the Conservatory Oporto, Academy of Music Óscar da Silva in Matosinhos and at the Professional School of Music in Espinho. In September 2007 he started to work as workshop leader at Casa da Música, Porto, and developed mainly projects with special communities: prisons, hospitals, special need people or senior people. Since September 2010 he is the head of education of Casa da Música.
Find out more about the Master and the faculty on accademialascala.it!