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“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: 309

“The Froville priory, built in 1080, is one of the first settlements the benedictine monks of Cluny established in Lorraine. Its steeple dominates a small village, home of 120 inhabitants, midway between Nancy and Epinal.

The romanesque nave, inherited from the 11th century, is lengthened by a gothic choir and a magnificent cloister dating from the 13th century and of which several windows are exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

The nave's ceiling of Carolingian origin has been restored exactly according to historical and acoustic tradition. Therefore, the Froville church provides a prestigious arena for the mightiest voices during the festival of sacred and baroque music.

The Association of the friends Frovilles cultural patrimony has shown great dedication for animation and promotion this prestigious site since 1997 through especially organisation the festival of sacred and baroque music and the priory's 3D reconstitution project.

Its ambition is revealed in a fondatory text, "Odouin's choice".

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Added on: Jul 28, 2009 | Hits: 308

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Added on: Jul 28, 2009 | Hits: 308

“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

“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: 306

Festival of the Seven Roses of Saint Quirin. Visit website for more details. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 22, 2009 | Hits: 303

"The summer school offers exciting and diverse opportunities for young players under the guidance of experienced tutors. Playing opportunities include chamber groups, large ensembles, viol consorts, recorder consorts and mixed ensembles, catering for every age and ability (grades 2 – 4, 5 – 7 and 8+).

More advanced players will play in small chamber groups and consorts, tackling challenging repertoire and developing the all important skills of a chamber musician. Cellists and keyboard players (playing harpsichord) will have plenty of continuo playing experience in trio sonata groups with the most advanced recorder and viol players.

Less experienced players will enjoy the variety of different ensembles, playing both within larger groups and also being encouraged to play chamber music.

There will be plenty of time for recreational activities, making full use of the facilities available to us. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 15, 2008 | Hits: 301

Bach Festival in Leipzig. 

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Added on: Jun 20, 2010 | Hits: 300

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

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Added on: Jun 29, 2010 | Hits: 295

"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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Bach Festival in Combrailles. 

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Added on: May 21, 2011 | Hits: 284

“The International Heinrich Schütz Society, founded in 1930 as New Schütz-Gesellschaft by Hans Joachim Moser, Fritz Schmidt, Karl Vötterle and others, has its headquarters in Kassel, the first home of the composer.

Since 1954, numerous sections in other European and non-European countries.

The members of the International Heinrich Schütz Society Music lovers are not only musicians but also music researchers, theologians, journalists and church musicians as well as musicological institutes, libraries, government agencies and companies.

The International Heinrich Schütz Society regularly organizes smaller Heinrich-Schütz-day or larger-scale Heinrich Schütz festivals with different themes. Such meetings serve not only the intensive care and practical scientific penetration of Schütz's music, but also give members the opportunity for mutual exchange of ideas and to deepen existing and establish new contacts.”

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Added on: Oct 10, 2011 | Hits: 276

“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: 271

“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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Added on: Nov 07, 2011 | Hits: 271

“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

“The Festival concerts are held in August and early September. These events offer the opportunity to hear historically informed performances of early music on either original instruments or copies.  The antique beauty of the buildings in which they take place, a 12th-century church and the town's 17th-century church, enhance this experience. ..“

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Added on: Apr 17, 2010 | Hits: 259

“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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Added on: Dec 12, 2011 | Hits: 249

“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: 248

“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

“The Baroque Festival dedicated to Leonardo Leo was born with its first edition in 1997 with the intention of recovering the historical memory and artistic master composer, born in San Vito of the Normans in 1694.

Since then the event has grown from year to year, calling him international artists and ensembles and a wide audience.”

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Added on: Feb 26, 2012 | Hits: 238

Website for the international festival of early music of Xàtiva.

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Added on: Feb 26, 2012 | Hits: 235

“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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Added on: Feb 18, 2012 | Hits: 233

International Baroque week.

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Added on: Feb 25, 2012 | Hits: 232

Early music festival in the region of Knechtsteden

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