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"Marnaves Summer Baroque, a summer course in baroque period string-playing with the international violinist MARGARET FAULTLESS with Lucy Robinson (viola da gamba) and Andrew Wilson-Dickson (harpsichord and organ.”

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“In the year 1963, to celebrate the 600th anniversary of Tyrolean apartenage to Austria, the Innsbruck musician Prof. Otto Ulf (1907 - 1993) presented the first Ambras Castle Concert, and every August since 1976 Innsbruck with its Festwochen has been a mecca for Early Music fans. Famous conductors such as René Jacobs, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, John Eliot Gardiner and Alan Curtis have performed here, opera stars such as Jennifer Larmore and the counter-tenor Derek Lee Ragin have enthralled audiences, musicians such as Jordi Savall and Sigiswald Kuijken have given spellbinding concerts in Innsbruck.”

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Added on: Apr 22, 2008 | Hits: 698

"In response to numerous requests for master-classes by its renowned guest performers, Grandezze & Meraviglie, the XIth Festival of Music from the Estense Collection, launches a series of residential Early Music courses in the ideal period location of the Corte Ospitale di Rubiera. In partnership with Rubiera City Council and the Province of Reggio Emilia, as well as with its traditional sponsors, the Festival intends to create an opportunity to reflect on performance practice in Italian music of the 17th and 18th century. This period is one of the most creative and prolific in the history of music. Between the 25th and 29th of June, students resident at the Corte Ospitale will have the chance to attend masterclasses given by Enrico Gatti (Violin), Lavinia Bertotti (Voice), Gaetano Nasillo (Cello) and Michele Barchi (Harpsichord and Chamber Music). For the modest enrolment fee of 350 Euro, they will be able to attend classes, dine and lodge at the Court. The residential course will also include public lectures and a final concert. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"45 years old is this festival, but still quite alive and kicking. We have chosen a new common name (Festival of Flanders - Bruges, Musica Antiqua - from now on MAfestival) and a new graphic presentation as part of an evolving context. MAfestival is fitting in with the historically informed performance practice, which acknowledges the important role of contemporary music like that of Benjamin Britten, Gavin Bryars, Dick Van der Harst, Eric Sleichim and Hans-Jürg Meier. " Visit website for more information on this year's festival details. (ed.)

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"We are proud to announce you the tenth edition of the International Gregorian Festival of Watou. It will be held from 20 May until 24 May 2009. This is the Ascension weekend. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 18, 2008 | Hits: 486

Pescara, Italy, 18-24 August 2008 The early music course consist of classes, workshops, lectures. CLASSES Viol and Lirone Renaissance and Baroque singing Renaissance Historical Dances Recorder and Cornetto Pluked Instruments WORKSHOPS Viol Consort Chamber music Musical theory in XVI and XVII Music, didactics and computer Pescara is a beautiful small city on the Adriatic Sea, and the Maiella and Gran Sasso Mountains are very near: so it's possible to join the musical activities with the holiday. Visit website for more information

Added on: May 29, 2008 | Hits: 315

"The Tilford Bach Festival is held annually in the Great Hall of Farnham Castle and All Saints Church Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey, and specialises in performances of Baroque music using authentic instruments and orchestration.

Denys Darlow, who established the Tilford Bach Society in 1952, directed the London Handel Festival and became well known as a conductor and interpreter of 17th and 18th century music. Following the 50th Festival in 2002, Denys Darlow retired as Director. Laurence Cummings and Adrian Butterfield are now the Music Directors of the Society. Laurence works with many well-known period ensembles as director, conductor and harpsichord player and Adrian is a very prominent baroque violin player and teacher.

Throughout the year the TBS organises concerts of baroque, classical and contemporary music played by young and exciting professional musicians in the Great Hall of Farnham Castle. Temporary members are welcome at all concerts. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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July 14 – 19, 2008 "In preparation for Haydn Year 2009, this year's Summer Academy focuses o­n small and large scale instrumental works by the genius and his contemporaries. From the single Sonata for Piano and Violin, the solo concertos to o­ne of the late symphonies, the unbelievably colourful creations of themaster offer a wealth of material. A programme for the official closing concert with chamber and orchestral music will be prepared during the course week. There will also be dance training and training in body posture; this will provide an enriching element to the course by improving understanding of Haydn's music as well as the ability to cope with instrumental challenges. ...

The Summer Academy is a forum for Early Music and historical instruments. It provides musicians already experienced with historical instruments, conservatory students, professional musicians, advanced lay musicians, and pre-formed ensembles the opportunity to meet each other and share ideas and experiences. Equally welcome are musicians who have so far o­nly played modern instruments and now want to tap into the stylistic insights of the historical performance practice movement in order to enhance their everyday musical lives. This course provides the ideal environment for doing this in a focused and meaningful way. ..." Visit the Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein website for more information. (ed.)

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"... Seviqc Brežice, Semper Viva Quam Creata: always live as created, is a synonym in Slovenia for old music, being one of the biggest European festivals of old music and one of the most important cultural events in this country. Our programme seeks the participation of the most acclaimed local and foreign performers, with great attention paid to young talents, education and cultural tourism. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The International EARLYMUSIC Festival, established in St Petersburg in 1998, is now recognised as one of Russia’s leading musical forums. The Festival takes places annually in September-October and presents the musical legacy of the Middle-Ages, Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras to audiences in St Petersburg, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Ekaterinburg and Novosibirsk, performed by world-renowned ensembles and soloists.

Thanks to the Festival, Russian audiences have been able to hear ‘live’ such musical legends as: Il Giardino Armonico (Italy); Fretwork (UK); Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI (Spain); Trio Sonnerie (UK); Freiburgbarockorchester (Germany); Akademie fuer Alte Musik Berlin (Germany); Oltremontano (Netherlands); Le Poeme Harmonique (France); L’Arpeggiata (France); Mala Punica (Italy); Il Fondamento (Belgium); Gerard Lesne & Il Seminario Musicale (France); Ensemble William Byrd (France); Orchestre Baroque de Limoges (France); Les Basses Reunies (France); Gustav Leonhardt (Netherlands); Michael Chance (UK); Paul O’Dette (USA); Andrew Manze (UK; Richard Egarr (UK); Emma Kirkby (UK); Christophe Coin (France); Bruno Cocset (France); Alla Francesca (France); Micrologus (Italy); and many others.

The Festival also offers a series of public master-classes and lectures on the cultural context of the music, given by leading specialists in this field. ... "

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"International Music Festival Summer Festivities of Early Music aims to enrich the cultural life of our time by performin music from past centuries. Initiates search of songs that so far have remained outside our horizon, or are not of such attention, what would deserve. ...

One of the privileges of the festival is appreciated by the placement of concerts historical Prague. Experience has confirmed that such spaces enhanced the atmosphere of the music played o­n period instruments.

Visitor response in previous years has proven that the Summer Festivities of Early Music for the period of seven years of its existence became an essential part of Prague's music scene. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Festival Musica Antigua Aranjuez was created in 1994 to recover the huge musical creation of past centuries, to publicize the musical activities that took place in the city and show the very high level of creative artists in different historical moments and influence that his work exerted on the rest of Spain and Europe. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The NGO Association "Early Music in Jaroslaw" was founded in 1995. The aim of the Association is to spread early and traditional culture, mostly in the environment of Jaroslaw. Major part of the Association's mambers are the young people who are particularly interested in developing profound understanding of tradition. Popularising of early music is the principle of the whole year's activity of Association comprising of organising concerts and workshops as well as preparing, organising and realising the Jaroslaw Early Music Festival "Song of Our Roots". ...

Activities of the Association are divided into groups of people who work o­n particular subject and participate in meetings/seminars led by invited guests. These meetings with professionals have character of formation and are intended to acquaint the youth with traditoin and draw attention to what is tradition's most precious value. Invited specialists talk about their experience and attempts to research and arrive to the sources of tradition as well as teaching us songs and dances connected with ancient culture." Visit Early Music Festival, Jaroslaw website for more information and music programme. (ed.)

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"Welcome to the homepage of the Radovljica Festival, the oldest early music festival in Slovenia. With ten concerts taking place in Radovljica and Ljubljana between 9 and 24 August, this year's festival will present a broad spectrum of music, from reconstructions of musical performances from before the beginnings of musical notation to Schubert's Winterreise with fortepiano accompaniment. In addition to this, o­ne of the programmes will also feature contemporary works written under the influence of medieval music. ...

We have invited well-known musicians and ensembles, such as Andrew Lawrence-King, Manfredo Kraemer, Sequentia, Trio Mediaeval and Zefiro, but also young promising ensembles. Noted Slovenian musicians will participate at three concerts, and we will witness the first concert appearance of Harmonia Antiqua Labacensis, a new international ensemble based in Slovenia. " Visit Radovljica Festival website for more information. (ed.)

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Each year, at the start of the month of June, the Festival de Musique A Maguelone takes place at the Cathédrale de Maguelone. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"From September 13 to October 19, 2008, the 23rd edition of the Festival of Baroque Pontoise offers a rich programme of twenty concerts and performances investing some of the greatest heritage sites in the Val d'Oise. Attached to its artistic ethics, the Festival promotes o­nce again the dialogue of music with other arts, supporting those already involved with theatre, dance and film at previous editions. ..." (Google translation) Visit Festival Baroque de Pontoise website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jul 13, 2008 | Hits: 459

"The Week of Ancient Music Estella is o­ne of the most cultural programs among veterans organized by the Government of Navarre. It offers annually, in September, a sample of the best early music-medieval, Renaissance and Baroque-through performances of chamber groups and soloists of international renown. The concerts are headquartered in the Church of San Miguel de Estella. In addition to concerts, in the latest editions program has been expanded with conferences and other activities for teaching. ..." (Google translation) Visit Semana de Música Antigua de Estella website for more information. (ed.)

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"Founded in Nantes in 1984 by the director Philippe Lénaël, the Spring Festival des Arts de Nantes et des Pays de la Loire fixed its focus on the artistic period of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, feeding on the current rebirth of ancient music ... The Festival du Printemps uses each year vocal ensembles and orchestras while working actively to the promotion of young artists ... " Visit wesite for more information. (ed.)

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"The Early Music Festival in Ubeda and Baeza was born in 1997 with the idea of boosting the candidacy of both cities as a World Heritage Site by Unesco. The high international body approved the declaration of Ubeda and Baeza cities as World Heritage Site on July 3, 2003. In its report, UNESCO stressed the union culture and the important contribution of both cities in Spain for the introduction of ideas from Renaissance Italy ...

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"The event aims to return with scientific methodology - philological and through concerts, conferences and recordings vocal technique known as the "Cantar lontano". The objective of this project is to shed light over the years on this important aspect of seventeenth-century practice voice not yet studied, both as to its origin, to be placed in Pesaro in 1612 and its development in the Marche in Italy and abroad all its forms and characteristics. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Festival Sablé celebrates its 30 years in 2008

30 years in the service of music and baroque dance, listening to all research, 30 years accompanying artists. And also 30 years of the International Academy of Ancient Music and Dance: thousands of artists for hundreds of concerts, students from all continents. A faithful public coming from upt to 75 french regions and 20 foreign countries.

Since 1979, the Festival de Sablé has contributed to the revival of music and dance old. Today he took part in the construction of Europe by increasing cultural exchanges initiatives, research, development and training with the countries of Central Europe. ... " (Google translation) Visit Festival Baroque de Sablé website for more information and concert programme. (ed.)

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"Year after year, the Music Festival du Haut-Jura traces its path "Early Music" through its architectural heritage. Early Music and Baroque vocal art, remain the guiding principle of this cultural event enabling music lovers to find enchantment with a musical repertoire a little forgotten. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"A euphoric musical experience in the unbeatably atmospheric historic setting of Stockholm's old town – what more could one ask for? Fill your senses to overflowing with the magnificent sounds of the baroque, renaissance and medieval era, and let your imagination take you away to the musical world of a past era. ... "

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"Since its foundation, the Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay Festival has been constructed each year around a central theme, presented in music by illustrious ensembles, always including Arsys Bourgogne, conducted by Pierre Cao. ... " Visit Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jul 13, 2008 | Hits: 419

Early music festival held yearly in Utrecht, Holland. Visit website for more information on concerts; symposium; fringe concerts and EM exhibition. (ed.)

Added on: Jul 14, 2008 | Hits: 327