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Early music festival in the region of Knechtsteden

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Added on: Mar 01, 2012 | Hits: 225

“The theme of the festival each year is not an end in itself, a self-imposed restriction to creating a programme, but more of a guiding light that lends a unique color to each edition of the event. “La Folia” is a venue that has made it is possible to encounter early music in all of its facets, a series of concerts over an extended Whitsunday weekend, each “an earful” in itself. The previous festivals offered tours of the great musical traditions in Europe, taking listeners to Flanders, Austria, Bohemia and even to… Switerland! …”

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“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: 223

“Founded in 2011, the Festival de Música Antiga dels Pirineus is an Early Music festival held annually in July / August in the Catalan Pyrenées. The festival aims to combine Early Music with the beauty of the traditional Romanesque Art that characterizes the North of Catalonia. The concerts take place in small churches in several towns and villages in the Pyrenées. Visit the FeMAP’s website for more information on the location and dates of the concerts.“

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Added on: Feb 27, 2012 | Hits: 222

Summer workshop supported by the Piccola Accademia.

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Added on: Apr 29, 2011 | Hits: 221

Voice competition held in Innsbruck (AT)

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Added on: Jan 15, 2012 | Hits: 217

“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: 216

“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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“The artistically inclined Margravine Wilhelmine, one of the most important female personalities of 18th-Century Germany, transformed the Royal Seat Bayreuth into a radiant cultural metropolis. Still today the splendor of the buildings and charm of the gardens fascinate city visitors from near and far.

We are eternally indebted to the influence of this Prussian princess for creating a courtly "ensemble" in Bayreuth with French, Italian and German artists. The "Neues Schloss" (New Palace) with court gardens, "Schlosspark" (Palace Park), "Eremitage" with "Sommerschloss" (Summer Residence), "Ruinentheater" (Theater in the Ruins) "Wasserspielen" (Water Fountain), the "Felsengarten Sanspareil" (Cliff Gardens Sanspareil) - also with Theater in the Ruins - and Wilhelmine's favorite, her Margravial Opera House, can be counted among her substantial creations.

In just four years the construction was completed in 1748. At the time, this Bayreuth opera house was only comparable in size and grandeur with those in Vienna, Dresden, Paris and Venice. Completely intact even today, the theater interior radiates a festive and cheerful atmosphere.

Experience the magic of the Baroque in a performance in the Margravial Opera House and take a stroll on the historical path of Bayreuth's patron of the arts, Princess Wilhelmine. …”

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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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Added on: Feb 18, 2012 | Hits: 210

“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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“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.)

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“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: 206

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.”

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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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Early music festival in Bavaria.

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Added on: Mar 01, 2012 | Hits: 199

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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Added on: Nov 16, 2011 | Hits: 198

Early music festival in Asfeld (FR). The Asfeld church is said to have been build along the lines of a viola da gamba.

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Tags: Société française de viole, Viola da Gamba Society of France.

Added on: Feb 25, 2012 | Hits: 197

Early music festival in Viterbo, IT.

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Added on: Nov 17, 2011 | Hits: 197

“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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Exhibition of Early Keyboard Instruments (originals or copies) 

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Added on: Jun 29, 2011 | Hits: 191

Early music festival in Reveauvillé, France.

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Added on: Feb 25, 2012 | Hits: 187

Early music fair/exhibition held in Aracena ES.

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Early music festival in Callas (FR)

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Added on: Feb 25, 2012 | Hits: 181

International festival of organ and early instruments. 

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Added on: Jan 29, 2012 | Hits: 179