Since January 2024, the IN.TUNE programme has brought together eight European partners to promote the development of music and arts education across Europe. Beyond collaboration in knowledge and expertise, such alliances carry a strong political vision aimed at strengthening solidarity among countries while promoting democratic values, academic freedom, and cultural diversity. The goal is to build a Europe open to the world, capable of addressing current social, economic, and environmental challenges. Within this framework, the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris has decided to spotlight one of the universities in this alliance each season. The first stop on this European journey: Serbia. Journalist, Balkan specialist, and correspondent for numerous French-speaking media outlets, Louis Seiller travelled in early May to meet the students and professors of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.

This July, the Barcelona Arts Summer School (BASS) welcomed 150 emerging artists from nearly 30 countries to the heart of Catalonia for two weeks of creative experimentation, collaboration, and chaos. Hosted in iconic venues like Montjuïc Castle and Barcelona’s Design Hub, BASS brought together interdisciplinary teams to tackle social issues through performance, technology, and art.

Fifty students from six IN.TUNE partner universities took part, using this vibrant artistic lab not just to push their personal boundaries, but to contribute to a broader conversation: how interdisciplinary artistic pedagogy can fuel curricular innovation in the alliance and across Europe’s arts institutions. For IN.TUNE, BASS wasn’t just a summer school — it was a living prototype of the alliance’s evolving vision. Have a look at the impressions from our students.