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Early music festival in Callas (FR)

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International Baroque week.

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Nordisk Festival for medieval music.

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“Bolzano Festival Bozen is the annual classical music highlight in Bolzano.”

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“Begun on a shoestring in 1995, the Stoke Newington Early Music Festival has grown and flourished through the years. Generously supported by local businesses — but always independent of public funding — it is now an indispensable feature of the Stoke Newington summer, enjoyed by local residents and by lovers of early music from everywhere.

The setting is perfect — the beautiful Tudor church by Clissold Park.“

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“Sligo Festival of Baroque Music began life in 1995 as Sligo Early Music Festival, conceived and implemented by Rod Alston and the Sligo Early Music Ensemble – which had been formed five years earlier.

Now in its sixteenth year, the festival aims to present high quality performance of baroque chamber music in a notably friendly and informal context. There is always a mix of performers, some with an enviable international reputation, others at some early stage of their careers. A feature of the festival has always been an attempt to foster the development of young performers – from the local youngsters who work under an experienced and renowned performer in the Baroque Youth Orchestra, to recently formed ensembles of young professionals or third level students.

Among those who have appeared at the festival are, sopranos, Emma Kirkby, Julia Gooding and Lenneke Ruiten; tenor John Elwes; baroque violinists Elizabeth Walfisch, Maya Homburger, Claire Duff and Walter Reiter; flautists Wilbert Hazelzet, Eleanor Dawson, Julia Knight; sopranos Julia Gooding; recorder players Laoise O’Brien, Aedin Halpin and Kate Hearne; viola da Gamba players, Sarah Cunningham, Reiko Ichesi, Sarah Groser; harpsichordists Malcolm Proud,  and Laurence Cummins, David Adams.”

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“Arnstadt still features more original locations related to the Bach family than any other town. There is much to discover, experience, hear and marvel at. Treat yourself to a short holiday and visit the Bach-Festival 2012!

Did you know that there are 19 places in Arnstadt where the Bach family lived and worked? The tower of the castle ruin Neideck where Caspar Bach once lived with his wife and seven children; the Bachhouse where the young Johann Sebastian was regularly seen coming and going; the Bach Church where he held his first organ recital or the Church of Our Lady and the Upper Church where Heinrich Bach worked as an organist for 51 years.

And that's not all: 17 members of the Bach family were born in Arnstadt and at least 24 are buried in the historic graveyard. However, Arnstadt has a special position amongst all the places that pride themselves on being Bach towns.

To quote the author Hannelore Wallendorf: "Is it any wonder that the entire clan held here for their annual reunion?"  Even if there is no "annual reunion" nowadays, the annual Bach-Festival-Arnstadt revives the musical heritage of this family and is impressive in its versatility, charm and virtuosity! ”

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“La Pellegrina was founded in 1988 by dancer Dorothée Wortelboer and musician Dirkjan Horringa for the organization of summer schools abroad. In the first years of La Pellegrina the courses were held in Italy, with historical dance and -music as subject. Since 1991 the courses have acquired a much wider scope and take place in the Czech Republic, this summer for the 22^nd (!) time. …

La Pellegrina focuses on music from the Baroque, the Classical period, the Romantic era and the 20th/21st century. The courses in the Czech Republic focus on the rich Czech music culture. But there will also be attention for the German, Hungarian and Slovakian composers, who belong after all to the same cultural area. In the autumn course in France the music once played at the court of Louis XIV, at nearby Versailles, will be the main subject. …”

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Brezice early music festiva.

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Summer Festival held by the “(FR) Académie Bach”

“A summer festival, occuring during the last week of August, offering a few days bathed in early music. With the nerve center being the beautiful Gothic church of Arques la Bataille, shining along other historic places among the most remarkable of the Dieppe area, the churches of Colmesnil-Manneville, Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer, Varengeville sur-Mer, the floral park of the Bois des Moutiers, Bosmelet castle, the Saint-Remy de Dieppe, ...”

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“Every year since 1947, the Prague Spring International Music Competition has helped young artists on the threshold of their careers. The 64th Prague Spring International Music Competition, a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva, will be held from 7 to 15 May 2012 in Prague for the instrumentals Harpsichord and Cello. …“

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WHAT DOES Huismuziek do?

• Offers a variety of courses each year; 40 music courses with 1000 students! for young and old, beginners and advanced students of classical music, early music, world music, light music and customed arrangements by our teachers. These courses are about playing together.
• Allows member access to the Players Contact Bank , the Teachers Contact Bank and Musicians Bulletin Board . (Click here for more information about memberships).
• Allows Access to the Huismuziek Music Library that houses up to 8000 polyphonic music pieces. Members can borrow music against expenses (postage), but non-members can also borrow music from the library.
• Publishes the Huismuziek Newsletter , which is published twice a year, is packed with information on such matters as courses, teachers and ensemble events.
• Publishes the Huismuziek E-News; our monthly newsletter containing date information of the courses, ensemble projects and tips for the amateur musicians and singers.
• Publishes the 250 Music Annex (sheet music) that appears in each issue of the journal. This music is copyright free and free for download/print for members.
• Offers a discount for instrument insurance to Huismuziek members from the insurance company Zicht BV (ex Zuidstaete)..
• There are 25 independent regional Huismuziek associations across the country. Each "department" are connected ensembles, varying in shape and composition. Membership in a regional association is independent of the national membership.
• Contact Builder, is an important part of Huismuziek. The “Contact Builder” lists about 600 amateur builders, their knowledge and experience about building, sharing of their knowledge of maintaining and repairing musical instruments, and has its own building in Arnhem. Contact Builder organizes six annual building workshops. Contact Builder members information is published four times a year through the Construction Letter.

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International Festival of Toulouse les Orgues. Concerts from various ages being performed in the "organ-rich" area of Toulouse FR. Held in various locations. Website: http://www.toulouse-les-orgues.org

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International Course of Early Music “Ottaviano Alberti”

“The course, dedicated to Ottaviano Alberti, is open to all singers, instrumentist who are interested in the repertoire of the XVI, XVII, XVIII century. Students of different levels are welcome even if they do not have their own original instrument. “

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International festival of organ and early instruments. 

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“All instrumentalists and singers  who wish to enrich their education interpretation. They are short, intensive courses based on practice and also provide lessons for ear training and rhythmic improvisation.

We welcome all musicians in possession of classic and antique tools. It is recommended to participants to list, upon registration, the songs they wish to work on the course.”

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Voice competition held in Innsbruck (AT)

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“The first Dance Symposium at New College took place on 21 April 1999 with Dance on the English Stage, and has become a yearly event. Each symposium is designed to explore different aspects of dance, with particular reference to its musical, theatrical, literary and social context during the long eighteenth-century. …”

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"Bedford Early Dance and Music organises historical dance workshops and social events in and around Bedford. "

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Philippa Waite,
16 Blenheim Road,
Cardiff
CF23 5DS
U.K.

Phone: 029 2049 0680
Mobile: 07976 374482

E-mail: philippa[AT]ukbaroquedance.com

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“The Premio Bonporti is one of the most reputed early music competition around the world. Founded in 1995 by the Accademia di Musica Antica in Rovereto (Italy), the competition gives prizes in money, concerts, CDs and other oppurtunities for young concert players. Gustav Leonhardt, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Chiara Banchini, Ottavio Dantone, Gloria Banditelli, Werner Ehrhardt are just a few names of musicians who joined the Jury of the competition. over the past 15 years. The Premio Bonporti takes place every year in October in Rovereto (Italy), a small town 70km north from Verona.”

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Early music festival in Viterbo, IT.

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Association Collegium Pro Musica: The International Festival of Chamber Music

“The Festival of Chamber Music (formerly named as “I Concerti dell’Ateneo” and then “Genova Musica Antica”) is the concert event that the Collegium Pro Musica Association has been organizing for more than ten years: launched in 1994, dedicated to the great chamber music with a special predilection for the baroque and classical repertoire, it is the most important summer event in Genoa in the field of the classical and baroque music.

The Festival will take place from mid-June until the end of July in some historical or prestigious places in the centre of the cities of Genoa and Savona. Formerly organized only in Genoa, the Festival has then expanded to Savona and, today, it has consolidated itself as a concert event proposing soloists and bands of international level coming from all over Italy, from Europe and the United States.

The concert activity of the Association does not end in the city of Genoa, or in the region of Liguria. Since 2001, the Collegium Pro Musica has been organizing in the city of Turin another important event, named as “Le Vie del Barocco” ("the Baroque Ways"), a cycle of concerts dedicated to the music repertoire of the XVII and XVIII centuries, expressly thought for the city of Turin in its capacity as the Baroque capital of Northern Italy. From 2007 the Festival of Turin has been incorporated in the Genoa International Festival of Chamber Music - now taking place in the three towns of Genoa, Turin and Savona - and transfered to it his denomination "Le Vie del Barocco". 

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SeicentoNovecento

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“The Attingham Trust offers a special insight into one of Britain's greatest contributions to Western art: the country house, together with its collections and landscape setting, as well as the development of the royal palace in England.

Founded in 1952 as The Attingham Summer School Trust and named after the great neoclassical house in Shropshire at which the Summer School was first held, The Attingham Trust has built and sustained an international reputation for academic excellence. This development has been encouraged by the American Friends of the Attingham Trust, established in New York in 1962.

Three residential summer programmes are organised by the Trust each year:

• The Attingham Trust Attingham Study Programme
• The Attingham Trust Attingham Summer School
• The Attingham Trust Royal Collection Studies
  

From a large number of applicants from many countries, participants are chosen who have an architectural, historical, conservationist or academic background, or a close involvement with the fine and decorative arts.

Today many Attingham alumni are among the staff of museums, galleries, universities, heritage bodies, design practices, and conservation programmes throughout the world.

Scholarship assistance is available for qualified candidates.”

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