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“Instrument-Makers, concerts, folk dances and a unique atmosphere, the festival has  become THE meeting place of traditional music in Europe.
 
A unique show of instrument makers which welcomes 130 instrument makers from the whole world presenting and selling their instruments: bagpipes, hurdy-gurdies, accordions, wind instrument, percussion and many more…
 
30 concerts and folk dances are proposed, providing an opportunity to hear the variety and the wealth of traditional music.

Some animations are proposed in the day : initiations folk dances, presentation of instruments, competition, , folk dances for children, Apérosol, meetings with the musicians …“

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Added on: Apr 23, 2010 | Hits: 306

“The Warsaw Chamber Opera was founded in 1961 by Stefan Sutkowski, who has served as its Managing and Artistic Director ever since. The company’s inaugural production was G.B.Pergolesi’s La serva padrona (4 September 1961). 

Since October 15th 1986 the Warsaw Chamber Opera has performed in its own Theatre at Solidarnosci Avenue 76 B. It is an ancient building from 1775 having a small lovely audience with excellent acoustic. This building is entered in the register of historical monuments of Warsaw. 

At present, the Warsaw Chamber Opera company consists of 2 directors, 2 designers, 7 conductors, over 75 soloists, and 2 small-size symphony orchestras (the Warsaw Sinfonietta and the Orchestra of Warsaw Chamber Opera). It also has the period-instruments ensemble Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense, a Mime Group and the 40-strong Chamber Choir. .. 

he music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has long occupied a prominent place in the company’s repertoire. A series of successful productions encouraged the decision to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death with the 1st Mozart Festival (15 June – 26 July 1991). Its programme included all of Mozart’s stage works (26 productions). The Mozart Festival has been organised on an annual basis since then. Every edition of the event (15 June – 26 July) comprises Mozart complete stage output and a selection of his chamber, symphonic, and vocal-instrumental works. The Warsaw Chamber Opera is the only company in the world to have Mozart’s entire operatic output in its permanent repertoire. Small wonder that this unprecedented achievement won the Warsaw’s company wide international recognition. ..“

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Added on: May 14, 2010 | Hits: 310

“The Hurdy-gurdy Forum was started as an online forum for hurdy-gurdy enthusiasts on the 31st of May 2006 by Scott Marshall, then a newcomer to hurdy-gurdies. Although there was an existing hurdy-gurdy mailing list in the US, Scott wanted to contact and meet players from the UK. Somehow the idea of meeting up grew into the First UK Hurdy-gurdy Festival, which took place on the 20th-22nd of April 2007 in Lancaster. Ever since the Forum has been growing and thriving, and we have new subscribers every week! It has become an important hub forThe idea of a hurdy-gurdy festival in the UK was conceived by Scott Marshall, the founder of the UK Hurdy-gurdy Forum. He started to organise the first UK Hurdy-gurdy Festival, which took place on the 20th-22nd of April 2007 in Lancaster. It was followed by the second festival on 25-27th April 2008 in Lancaster and the third festival on 14th-17th May 2009 in Youlgrave, Derbyshire. friendship, discussion, resources and trade for hurdy-gurdy fans worldwide. ..“

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Added on: Jun 05, 2010 | Hits: 352

Bach Festival in Combrailles. 

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Added on: Jun 12, 2010 | Hits: 286

“Since its inception in the 1980s, the Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music has established itself as one of the largest and most important musicological meetings in the academic calendar. It attracts leading established scholars while fostering young and upcoming talent. Previously held in cities such as Dublin, Logroño, Manchester, Warsaw and Leeds, the event takes place for the first time in Northern Ireland.  ..“

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Added on: Jun 17, 2010 | Hits: 307

“In 1999, the Festival adopted the new identity Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore and increased its programming both in terms of concerts (from 16 in 1998 to 30 in 1999) and venues. New ancillary activities were introduced: promotional partnerships with other institutions and the extension of knowledge of classical music through involvement in other forms of artistic expresssion.

The Stresa Festival offers an annual festival replete with concerts of high artistic value: internationally renowned musicians and young prospects present works spanning baroque to contemporary styles, as well as perform original productions. In the past several young talent, winners of important international competitions, participated in the Festival and then became very renowned. ..“

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Added on: Jun 17, 2010 | Hits: 323

Bach Festival in Leipzig. 

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“The Bach Competition in Leipzig is one of the world's major competitions for young performers. He was first issued in 1950, carried out from 1964 to 1996 in the four-year cycle with five compartments and is since 1996 every two years instead of three in varying subjects. ..“ (Google Translate)

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Stockstädter Musiktage (Stocktadt Exhibition/Festival). One of the largest recorder festival/exhibition in Europe.

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Added on: Jun 29, 2010 | Hits: 296

“The Aula offers an introduction to early music for any students curious about original instruments or interested in developing their knowledge of early repertoire. It also brushes up on basic theory and provides excellent preparation for further study.

Eligible students will be those with existing musical qualifications, or those who have already completed three years of the standard “Aula Course”. The Open Course offers theoretical and instrumental classes, renaissance polyphony workshops, chamber music and improvisation. 2010 also sees the introduction of Renaissance and Baroque Dance to the curriculum.

Each Open Course is one year long and takes place over six weekends. It is split into individual and group instrumental lessons and is interspersed with theory sessions. At the end of the course, students who have attended the sessions regularly will be awarded a Participation Diploma. Students who completed the full three years of the Aula Course beforehand will receive a Graduation Diploma certified by the “Aula de Música Antiga”.

The Open Course at the “Aula De Música Antiga” can be followed as an optional subject forming part of the Professional Degree syllabus (equivalent to a Bachelor Degree). This option is available to both members of the Conservatoire and to students from other institutions (in accordance with the accreditation procedures laid out by the Catalan Government's Sub-Directorate General for Artistic Teaching).

The “Aula de Música Antiga” provides a stimulating environment in which to study the beautiful, fascinating, yet often neglected early repertoire. Teachers can share their ideas and students can develop their knowledge in a school situated in one of Europe's most picturesque and cultured cities.“

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Added on: Oct 13, 2010 | Hits: 406

“It may take two to tango, but it took several to create a festival of Baroque music. It is perhaps rare that a collective vision should converge and be realised in a single event, but that is what happened, and that is what no doubt laid the foundations for its success.

 In 1984 Ivor Bolton and I were married in the Wren church of St. James's, Piccadilly, where he had been appointed Director of Music by the then rector, the Reverend Donald Reeves. Donald was a man with a vision: for him, St. James's was to be a centre for as many activities of a positive and creative kind as possible. A more than competent organist himself, he set out to enable music (among many other things) to happen in the church, and his energy and enthusiasm were matched by those of Ivor, not long graduated from Clare College, Cambridge, where he had been Organ Scholar. And, it could be said, it was in the formation of the St. James's Baroque Players to accompany Ivor's performances of Bach cantatas at Sunday services that the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music had its roots. The St. James's Baroque Players also performed in some of the concerts that formed part of the 1984 Piccadilly Festival, a wide-ranging arts events organised at the church; the following year the concerts were grouped under the title of the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music with Ivor as Musical Director.  …“

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Added on: Feb 19, 2011 | Hits: 245

Instruction for early music enthusiasts and modern instrumentalists with an interest in Baroque and Renaissance music. All baroque instruments welcome!

        * Viola da gamba, baroque Violin & Violoncello
        * Baroque flute
        * Harpsichord, basso continuo and improvisation
        * All other baroque instruments welcome

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Added on: Apr 14, 2011 | Hits: 363

“The Festival Armoniche Fantasie takes place every year between June and July at Mondovi and elsewhere in the province of Cuneo in Piedmont and the initiative of the Fondazione Academia Montis Regalis. The title of the event is inspired by the eponymous collection of vocal works that Giovanni Battista Bassani published in Venice in 1690, is aimed at vocal and instrumental repertoire from the XVIII century, expressed in a manner with the use of historical instruments. …”

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Added on: Apr 24, 2011 | Hits: 273

Summer workshop supported by the Piccola Accademia.

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“The Tallis Scholars Summer Schools are dedicated to exploring our great heritage of renaissance choral music, under the direction of Peter Phillips and members of the Tallis Scholars. Set in beautiful campus surroundings in the UK, USA and Australia, each of our three summer schools welcomes singers from across the globe for an exhilarating week of music-making.”

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Added on: May 06, 2011 | Hits: 205

“Dartington International Summer School takes place at the heart of the idyllic Dartington Hall estate, just outside Totnes in South Devon. For five weeks every summer, the estate welcomes a vibrant community of musicians and music-lovers drawn from all corners of the globe.

Dartington International Summer School offers a wide range of courses, embracing a huge range of instruments, genres and periods. We also present a rich and varied programme of performances and lectures. Dartington welcomes everyone who wants to enjoy music, from conservatoire students and professionals to enthusiastic amateurs and late starters. All convene in one place to experience Dartington’s particular blend of musical alchemy.”

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Added on: May 10, 2011 | Hits: 207

“Since its inception in 1997, the Biennial Conference on Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain has established itself as one of the most significant musicological meetings in the academic calendar. In an area that has seen an upsurge in scholarly interest in the past two decades, it attracts established scholars and students alike from Europe, North America and Australia. Recent venues have included Leeds, Nottingham, Birmingham and Bristol; papers given at several of these conferences have later been published in collections of essays by Ashgate publishing, as part of their Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain series.“

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Added on: May 15, 2011 | Hits: 262

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“Language and Music for Life was born in Spring 1997 and is committed to providing training in both music and foreign languages to students of all ages, with a lower age limit of 10 years old  for the main Summer course, from 3 to 10 years old for the Peter Pan Course and no upper age limit.

The first LMFL summer course was held in 1997 and has grown in size and quality ever since.

Our music and language project functions in a context which is rich in individual ability, motivation, language, culture and generations.

Learning is not to be restricted to its manifestation in performance, though this is an essential part, but is to be intimately linked to the dynamics of the whole individual who is able to learn while changing, and able to change while learning.

 

Our linguistic premise: a language is learned not just for its own sake but also for a purpose. Language is used to communicate, to organise music making with others, to facilitate professional development and because we want to enjoy exchanges with those whom we have chosen to be with, and like, and because we don't want to live like a "foreigner" in an English speaking environment.

 We learn a language to live and, as the name of our organisation puts it, to survive. …”

LMFL offers summer music programmes with some early music instrument instruction. Visit the LFML website and summer workshop listings for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 28, 2011 | Hits: 211

Exhibition of Early Keyboard Instruments (originals or copies) 

WORKSHOP(S)

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Added on: Jun 29, 2011 | Hits: 194

“Article 2 - Aims of the Association

The Association is unaligned and was founded in order to carry out socially useful activities in favour of associated third parties. It is a non-profit association, which fully respects the freedom and dignity of its members.

The purpose of the Association is specifically:

• to coordinate and promote studies that can enrich and develop the cultural identity of Vignanello. This includes studies on historical, artistic, and archaeological findings, as well as awareness for the preservation and protection of' the environment and the processing of ancient crafts. It also encourages the discussion of current issues through research activities, conferences, publications, guided tours, travel, training, updating, workshops and laboratories, as well as interaction with other countries;

• to create a bridge between the practical realities of local Vignanello and the rest of the world, through participation, exchanges, projects with various Provincial, National and International associations and universities with the aim of enhancing the potential of individuals, the community and the territory of Vignanello. The aim is to create a basis of active participation in the process of sustainable development in ecology, equity and economy as proposed by UNESCO and the EU. This will be obtained through the strengthening of cultural identity on the territory, as well as direct international confrontation, thus giving future generations the opportunities to find in their territory the conditions for a better life;

• to grant scholarships, organize refresher courses and / or study courses for teachers of compulsory education, announce and publish competitions, etc… ;

• to provide consultancy services, workshops, refresher courses and training to promote studies and research. Furthermore, to aid in editing books and DVD editions of music; manage exhibitions and museums; make movies about all kinds of activities; manage the hospitality for visitors; promote events (congresses , concerts, cultural events, etc…); manage merchandising and refreshment points; organize tourist events and guided tours; produce multimedia documentation, both for television and radio, as well as textual and archival records;

• to carry out its activities, and in doing so the association may cooperate with Italian and international associations, engaging in relationships with the relevant public and private organizations;

• to operate, for the pursuit of specific goals, throughout the country, promoting activities and projects to find regional, national and international funding.“

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Added on: Jul 19, 2011 | Hits: 179

“Music on Chabotterie is a baroque music festival held every summer since 1997, and has a backdrop of Le Logis Chabotterie. Hugo Reyne is the artistic director.

Since 2006, the Music Chabotterie is also the name of a record label, a label whose interest is to share with all music lovers of wonderful musical moments experienced during the festival. To date, six albums have been published, recorded by Hugo Reyne and The Simphonie Marais, and already critically acclaimed. …”

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Added on: Jul 20, 2011 | Hits: 221

International Early Music Competition

“It is the aim of this competition

• to show the importance and the beauty of Early Music through historically informed performance.
• to draw attention to the music history of Zeeland with a special price for the best performance of a work related to this province.
• to portray the depth of the current Early Music movement as a rich source of knowledge, experience, and artistic endeavour, as well as the position held by the Netherlands within this movement.
• to create a platform for new impulses in Early Music.
• to provide stepping stones for talented international musicians during the formative period of their careers.”

Added on: Sep 27, 2011 | Hits: 210

“For over 20 years, we have programmed the festival within the walls of the prestigious baroque churches of Tarentaise. The “ Festival Baroque de Tarentaise” is organised by the music and heritage association of Tarentaise.”

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Added on: Sep 30, 2011 | Hits: 226

“This is the facebook page of the "Festival delle Viole". We recommend to all lovers of classical music to come and visit our Festival of Viol in the beautiful medieval town of Gerfalco. “ …

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Added on: Oct 01, 2011 | Hits: 249