Global master in performing arts management

ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT

• Accounting and performance management
• Microeconomia 
• Business Strategy 
• Management and innovation for the performing arts 
• Human resources and corporate organizations

 

DEVELOPMENT

• Sponsoring and Fundraising

 

HISTORY OF PERFORMING ARTS

• History of music and dance performance

 

PRODUCTION

• Theater/opera as production model
• FEstival as production model
• Tour management intensive
• Orchestra management intensive
• Dance management intensive
• Artistic curatorship
• Supply chain management
• Commercial production

 

PRESENT & FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

• Cultural policies
• Educational projects and outreach activities
• Global Markets (USA, Middle East and Asia)
• Milano project
• Italian project

 

ROFESSIONAL GROWTH

• Team building
• Soft Skills in the World of Performing Arts –
• Skills, Concepts, Experiences

 

MARKETING & COMMUNICATION

• Marketing and audience devolpment
• Communication and Media
• Field project in collaboration with Piccolo Teatro

 

ADMINISTRATION

• Law and performing arts
• Artistic administration

For the last two editions of the Master, the percentage of placement has been between the 75% and the 95%, within one year from the graduation.

Among the relevant institutions where our MPAM graduates have gained professional experience are: Teatro alla Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Piccolo Teatro, Opera North, Seattle Opera, Warner Classics, Deutsche Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar, Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Franco Parenti, Teatro Elfo Puccini, Fondazione Cariplo, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, InArt Management, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Regio di Torino, Flash Entertainment Abu Dhabi, Orchestra Sinfonica laVerdi, Operabase, Daniele Cipriani Entertainment, Aterballetto, ATER Fondazione, Nostromo Live Barcellona, Al Bustan Festival Beirut, Teatro Regio di Parma, Orchestra Haydn, Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, The Global Food Innovation Summit.

Admission to the Master's programme is rolling basis, so the class may be full even before the final deadlines (17 September for non-EU citizens, 1 October for EU citizens).

Selection involves a written assignment, which is given after completing the online application and must be sent to master.mpam@gsom.polimi.it by the candidate before the interview, and an individual interview held either face-to-face or via Microsoft

Teams.

 

There will be 11 interview sessions in 2025, according to this schedule:

25 February - registration must be completed by 13 February

25 March - registration must be completed by 19 March

29 April - registration must be completed by 22 April

29 May - registration must be completed by 20 May

18 June - entry must be completed by 11 June

15 July - entry must be completed by 8 July

24 September - entry must be completed by 17 September

7 October - registration must be completed by 1 October (open to EU nationals only)

 

Further details can be found in the Masters' brochure.

For information write to: infocorsi@accademialascala.it

 

 

To register for the selections, you must register or login to the GSoM application platform.

 

You will be asked to pay the application fee and attach:

• cv
• motivational letter
• two letters of reference
• copy of passport or identity card 
• one passport photo
• copy of qualification 
• certification of English level (optional)

 

After verification of what has been submitted, the Master's staff will send each candidate the written assignment.

 

 

 

Candidates resident outside the European Union must submit by the start date of classes - if they pass the selection - the documentation required by law and by the provisions of the Italian Public Security Authorities for non-EU citizens (request to obtain a residence permit for study purposes).

Various scholarships are awarded each year to cover part or all of the tuition fees. Announcements are published in this section, when available, along with all application details.

The Academy has agreements with accommodation, catering establishments, theatres, cinemas and other shops, from which students can benefit - by presenting their ID card - or even candidates for selection, by presenting their full registration.

Upon completion of the Master's programme, you become part of the POLIMI GSoM alumni network, with over 20,000 graduates, and of the broader Politecnico di Milano community, with more than 210,000 members, including over 35,000 School of Management graduates, as well as the Accademia Teatro alla Scala alumni network.

The Alumni Engagement Team works constantly to provide the entire alumni community with opportunities to meet and exchange skills and experiences. All this with the aim of nurturing and nourishing a cohesive community: a successful career is, in fact, the result of a unique fusion of exceptional skills and expertise.