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“The international festival of early music of the College Ghislieri starring some of the greatest European artists of ancient music. The exhibition was well received in the European Network of International Festival of Early Music ( REMA ).  …” (Google Translate)

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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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“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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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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Early music course. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“The Amsterdam Early Music Summer School is an Early Music course targeting the historically informed performance of Baroque and Classical music. The course is open to participants of all ages (instrumentalists as well as vocalists) and will include private lessons from expert teachers from the Early Music Faculty at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, as well as workshops, masterclasses, lectures, concerts, and lots of chances to play with fellow students from all over the world.” (** More information of the 2012 summer school details are forthcoming. -- ed.)

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

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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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“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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“The International Competition of Wassenaer is the world's leading and oldest competition for early music ensembles. The competition has succeeded for over 20 years in young, ambitious ensembles support towards the concert stage. With top musicians in the international jury at the program and the competition has become a festival, with competitions, concerts, master classes and more.”  (Google translations)

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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 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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"The Komorniki Festival of Organ and Chamber Music (Polish: Ogólnopolski Festiwal Muzyki Organowej i Kameralnej - Komorniki) is a summer series of concerts held annually in Komorniki, Wielkopolska, Poland. The festival was established with Polish conductor and organist Krzysztof Czerwinski as its Artistic Director. The festival features choral, organ and chamber music concerts among its events held in local churches including St Andrew's Church, Komorniki and St Florian's Church, Wiry. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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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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"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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Nordisk Festival for medieval music.

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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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"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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"... 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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Brezice early music festiva.

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

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"The Festival remains one of the cultural landmarks of the East Riding of Yorkshire – utilizing some of the Riding’s finest historic venues, the Festival embraces a mix of concerts, illustrated talks and educational activites.

The Festival is administered by the National Centre for Early Music and funded by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council with support from Schroder's Financial Management and Orchestras Live. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“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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"Great concerts, international stars and exciting and inspirational programmes brought to the heart of Birmingham. Birmingham Early Music Festival (BEMF) is enjoying a growing reputation for producing creative and stimulating events enabling the people of Birmingham and surrounding areas to become better acquainted with early music of the highest calibre from around the world. " ...

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Brighton Early Music Festival (UK) ... (see the site for more info. ed.)

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