19 events this week

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Quote of the Week

“A festival is a unique occasion for meeting different people and different cultures. Together with artists who are real masters of communication through art, a festival is a strong builder of bridges between different cultures - and even between civilizations."

Ján Figel’, former European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture, and Youth

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Art, Space & Audience: 2013 Reykjavik Arts Festival kicks off on 17 May

16 May 2013

Launching the 2013 Reykjavík Arts Festival programme (17 May-2 June), Hanna Styrmisdóttir, Artistic Director, said: “The focus of the 27th Reykjavík Arts Festival (RAF) is on the creative space where the arts intersect, on the creation of new works and the reinterpretation of older works; on innovation, and also on history as a source of inspiration. The great diversity that has been a major strength of the RAF shows up this season in the extraordinary number of artists, both Icelandic and international, who are participating or whose works are being shown, and in this Festival’s focus on the richly varied audience experience. As a temporary platform, the Reykjavík Arts Festival is inherently experimental. It thereby provides an opportunity for non-traditional approaches to the basic function of art institutions, that of bringing together art, space and the audience. - more...

Malta Arts Festival 2013: varied programme of theatre, music, dance and visual arts

07 May 2013

There’s the passion of flamenco, a cutting edge visual arts exhibition, Shakespeare’s Globe, harrowingly intimate dance-theatre, bracing brassy music and orchestral concerts and even a performer-based circus show… The 15-day-long Malta Arts Festival (30 June-14 July) is approaching – and this year promises to be more intriguing than ever. - more...

Ankara International Music Festival concluded with premier of Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand”

06 May 2013

On 30 April 2013, the 30th Ankara International Music Festival, organised at Turkey’s capital, concluded with a spectacular finale with an international mix of musicians and vocalists performing Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major, which is often called the “Symphony of a Thousand” because of the large instrumental and vocal forces required. The Ankara premiere has been the second performance of the piece in Turkey. - more...

Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre announces Georgian Theatre Showcase 2013

02 May 2013

From 5-8 October 2013, the Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre will present the best of Georgian theatre with its Georgian Showcase Programme for the fifth time. During the four days, the festival invites to see the most interesting and challenging works of established and famous stage directors as well as works of young and bright talents. - more...

Fergus Linehan appointed new Director of Edinburgh International Festival as of October 2014

22 April 2013

Today the Festival Council announced the appointment of Fergus Linehan as the Director Designate of the Edinburgh International Festival. The post begins on a part time basis on 1 May 2013 to allow time to plan for his first Festival in 2015. Fergus Linehan will become Festival Director and Chief Executive of the Festival full time from 1 October 2014. - more...

Conductor Premil Petrovic awarded City of Belgrade Prize

12 April 2013

Conductor Premil Petrovic has been awarded the City of Belgrade Prize for the best music performance in 2012, i.e. for his concert with the No Borders Orchestra at the Opening of the 44th Belgrade Music Festival BEMUS. The concert was produced by Jugokoncert. The prize shall be presented to Premil on 16 October at the Belgrade City Hall. - more...

14th Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival to kick off tonight

11 April 2013

The Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival will launch its 14th edition with a concert of the legendary Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on 11 April in Yerevan at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall. This truly historical concert will be conducted by famous American conductor, 11 rimes Grammy awards winner Michael Tilson Thomas; soloist of the festive evening is greatest virtuoso pianist Yefim Bronfman. - more...

2013 ISPA June Congress to take place in Wroclaw from 17-22 June

09 April 2013

The Witold Lutosławski Philharmonic in Wrocław, founder of the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans, will manage the 27th June ISPA Congress of the International Society for the Performing Arts taking place in Wrocław, Poland from 17-22 June 2013. Register now as the early bird registration deadline ends on 12 April. - more...

Music Biennale Zagreb to transform Zagreb into a centre of New Music

26 March 2013

Every April of odd number years, ever since 1961, Zagreb is transformed into a centre of the latest in contemporary, alternative, cutting edge culture and art, into a centre of New Music, which is gravitated by composers and top performers, but also music critics and fans of contemporary music from wider region and entire Europe. This is when the Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) is taking place. The 2013 edition runs from 6 until 13 April. - more...

Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi looks back on successful 2013 edition

04 March 2013

From 15 to 24 February 2013, Sochi hosted the 6th Winter International Arts Festival under the artistic direction of Yuri Bashmet. For the past six years Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi brought together leading Russian and foreign musicians, artists, filmmakers and art agents. - more...

Abu Dhabi Festival 2013 celebrates 10th edition

25 February 2013

Celebrating its landmark 10th edition in 2013 (3-31 March), Abu Dhabi Festival (ADF) will bring a spectacular three-week programme of world-class and innovative artistic talent to the UAE capital, further affirming itself as one of the leading cultural events on the world stage. The Festival’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of cultural and artistic expression runs throughout the entire fabric of the 2013 Festival with a schedule combining classical music, theatre and performing arts, ballet and fine arts. - more...

38th International Music Festival Janacek May: comebacks and debuts, classical music and jazz

22 February 2013

The largest classical music festival in the Moravian-Silesian Region will take place for the 38th time in 2013. The Janacek May 2013 (20 May to 11 June) builds upon successful previous years and again offers its audience the symphonic and chamber concerts, as well as the jazz, opera and ballet performances. - more...

Norwegian Nirvana: Anders Beyer presents his first Bergen International Festival

20 February 2013

The 61st Bergen International Festival (22 May – 5 June) marks the first by Festival Director Anders Beyer. Well known for his varied work within the field of Arts and Culture in Denmark and the Nordic countries, as well as internationally, Beyer is looking forward to presenting his first Bergen Festival: “In my view, the Bergen International Festival is the most interesting festival in the North because it brings together cultural heritage, a national festival and modern experiments. For years this combination has given audiences great experiences and food for thought.” - more...

REMA European Day of Early Music on 21 March 2013: Events in Europe and Online

15 February 2013

A new festive day is born in Europe! On 21 March 2013, the REMA European Day of Early Music will launched for the very first time, an initiative of the European Early Music Network (REMA). With concerts, conferences, and other events taking place simultaneously all over the continent as well as a number of free online streamings, the day will be a living memorial to the European historical musical heritage with the aim of promoting early music to a wide audience. - more...

Dubrovnik Summer Festival: preliminary programme of the 64th festival presented

06 February 2013

The Dubrovnik Summer Festival new executives have announced the Preliminary Programme of the Festival's 64th season, which traditionally takes place from 10 July to 25 August, within the Festival of St Blaise and the City of Dubrovnik Day. Krešimir Dolenčić, Festival Director, and Mladen Tarbuk, Music Programme Director, have presented the Programme at the Festival palace on 2 February. The press conference has been attended by Andrea Zlatar Violić, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, Nikola Dobroslavić, Prefect of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, and Andro Vlahušić, Mayor of Dubrovnik, who expressed their support of the Festival. - more...

Flanders Festival’s Managing Director Jan Briers to become provincial governor for East Flanders

05 February 2013

The Board of Directors of Flanders Festival Brussels, one of the branches of the Flanders Festival International, reports that Jan Briers has been appointed as the provincial governor for East Flanders. The Board of Directors and all contributors to the Festival wish Jan Briers all the luck in his new position. - more...

29th International Festival “Sarajevo Winter“ to take place from 7 February to 21 March

30 January 2013

As in previous years, the XXIXth International Sarajevo Winter Festival 2013 will be an encounter of artists from all over the world. The festival will take place from 7 February until 21 March 2013 and will be held under the motto “Art of Touch”. The organiser of the Sarajevo Winter Festival is the International Peace Center in Sarajevo. The guest of honour of the festival is the Republic of Ireland, currently chairing the EU Presidency. Special events of the festival will be dedicated to the European Year of Citizens 2013. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL celebrates its 75-year jubilee in 2013

29 January 2013

In 2013 LUCERNE FESTIVAL celebrates its 75-year jubilee. The Festival was founded on 25 August 1938, when Arturo Toscanini took up the baton in the park in front of Richard Wagner’s villa in Tribschen on the outskirts of Lucerne to conduct an elite orchestra of acclaimed soloists and chamber musicians that had been recruited specifically for him. And in 2013 two major institutions also look back over a decade: the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, founded by Claudio Abbado and Executive and Artistic Director Michael Haefliger in 2003, and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY, which Pierre Boulez first established that same year. On the official birthday of the Festival, 25 August 2013, a colorful surprise program consisting of a cross-section of eras and genres will be presented in and around the KKL Lucerne. - more...

Programme of the Concentus Moraviae Festival 2013 out now

28 January 2013

Italy comes to Moravia! From 1 to 29 June 2013, the 18th Concentus Moraviae International Music Festival of 13 Towns will invite its audience to attend 33 concerts performed by excellent musicians, many of whom will come to Moravia from Southern Europe. All of the invited performers share a passion for early music. The programme includes works by Italians and by composers of the 17th and 18th centuries who were significantly influenced by Italy. - more...

Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre: Call for Application

Tbilisi, Georgia

25 January 2013

The Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre announces the Call for Applications for young and emerging artists for participation in the festival. The programme "NEW 2013" is an unlimited space for artistic freedom. It celebrates works by artists from all over the world, but priority will be given to emerging and mid career artists. NEW! is for artists who want to take risks and challenge new audiences. It is a voyage of discovery, an adventure for your artistic concepts. - more...

Alexander Schubert wins ECPNM Competition

27 November 2012

At the final concert of the 5th European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2012, organised by the European Conference of Promoters of New Music (ECPNM) on 3 November in Antwerp, Belgium in the framework of the ISCM World Music Days, five works were performed: works by Ilya Ziblat, Robert Rusconi, Jasna Velickovic, Alexander Schubert and Marco Dunnarumma. They were selected by the jury, consisting of Helmut Erdmann, Miguel Azguime and Henk Heuvelmans. - more...

No Borders Orchestra ready for next steps after inauguration concert at BEMUS Festival

23 November 2012

The first No Borders Orchestra concert took place at the Opening of the 44th Belgrade Music Festival (BEMUS) on 11 October 2012. After rehearsal sessions and workshops in Kanjiza which were led by musicians from distinguished German orchestras and hosted by the Regional Creative Atelier Jozsef Nagy, the inauguration concert took place on the stage of Sava Center. The stage provided space for both, the musicians and the audience, thus creating a unique creative atmosphere and close communication between usually strictly separated bodies in a standard concert performance. The inauguration concert received utmost positive reviews. The programme for 2013 and beyond is prepared and includes appearances in a series of festivals throughout Europe. - more...

REMA Conferences in Copenhagen on Early Music in Nordic countries, and "early early music"

Copenhagen, 16-18 November 2012

25 October 2012

From 16 to 18 November, REMA meets in Copenhagen, by invitation of the Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival. Conferences organised in partnership with NORDEM (Nordic Early Music Federation) about Early Music in Nordic Countries and medieval and renaissance music (open to the public). - more...

BOZAR and ECHO invite to seminar on “Funding for the Arts in Challenging Times” in Brussels

12 October 2012

BOZAR (Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels) & ECHO (European Concert Hall Organisation) are pleased to invite to their upcoming seminar on “Funding for the Arts in Challenging Times”, co-organised with PROMETHEA. Taking place on 28 November 2012 at the BOZAR in Brussels, it will explore the following questions: With reducing public subsidies for the cultural sector and governments offering less fiscal incentives for giving, how will European Arts and Cultural institutions survive in the future? - more...

Nordic-Baltic Festival Conference to take place in Stockholm on 12-13 October 2012

03 October 2012

Swedish Music Festivals has been granted support from the Nordic Culture Fund and Music Development and Heritage Sweden to arrange the second Nordic-Baltic Festival Meeting and a member’s conference on 12-13 October 2012 in Stockholm. The meeting is a follow-up to the 2011 Nordic-Baltic Festival Conference arranged by SMF in collaboration with the concert hall Harpa in Reykjavik, Iceland. - more...

ECSA interviews Ivo Josipovic, President of Croatia: a journey from music to politics

24 September 2012

Ivo Josipovic, President of Croatia, professional composer and former Director of Music Biennale Zagreb, talked to the European Composers and Songwritr Alliance (ECSA) about his background in music, and the journey from music to politics. The interview was conducted by ECSA Executive Chairman Alfons Karabuda in Zagreb in June 2012. - more...

BOZAR organises roundtable with President Barroso, artists and intellectuals

21 September 2012

On 17 September 2012, the Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels (BOZAR) and the European Commission co-organised a roundtable with its President, José Manuel Barroso, and 20 renowned artistes and intellectuals from the cultural world (see list below). Three main topics were discussed: the impact of the financial crisis on European citizenship and the notion of European identity, what artists can do for Europe, and what Europe can do for artists. - more...

REMA to organise European Day of Early Music

11 September 2012

In 2013, the European Early Music Netowrk (REMA) will organise for the first time a European Day for Early Music. It will take place on 21 March, a symbolic date, as it is the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach and the beginning of spring. The aim of the Day is to promote Early Music on a European level. Various activities will be organised by REMA members and be transmitted by the media. - more...

Sir Simon Rattle encouraged young composers at MusMA Atelier in Ljubljana

10 September 2012

From 20-23 June 2012, the latest atelier of the collaboration project MusMA – Music Masters on Air was organised in Ljubljana. MusMa is an ambitious international collaboration on many artistic fields. As patron of the MusMA event in Ljubljana, renowned Sir Simon Rattle participated in the atelier hosted by the Ljubljana Festival. - more...

MITO SettembreMusica: a month of music in Milano and Torino

07 September 2012

MITO SettembreMusica, a month of music turns Milano and Torino on their ears! The programme is brimming with concerts featuring classical, jazz, rock and pop, ancient music and avant-garde, world music and some of today's most innovative musical trends. Audiences are treated not only to loads of great music – they'll be experiencing it all in the host cities' most enthralling – and in some cases little known – locations. The festival runs from 5-23 September, with a total of 190 events in Milano and Torino, including 156 concerts and the participation of some 4,100 artists, bringing music to ever-expanding audiences. A hallmark of MITO SettembreMusica is its accessibility, with affordably priced tickets and many performances with free admission – a genuine opportunity to get out and enjoy some truly great music without spending an arm and a leg! - more...

Ravenna Festival partner of EU funded project “Network for African Talents”

05 September 2012

The Fondazione Ravenna Manifestazioni (project leader and organiser of the Ravenna Festival) engages in a partnership with Kulungwana Associação para o Desenvolvimento Cultural, Festival Internacional de Mùsica de Maputo (Mozambique), Association Takku Liguey de Ndiol Ndiaye (Senegal), and Theatre du Chocolat FATEJ Festival (Cameroon) in a project entitled “Network for African Talents”. The initiatives receives funding of the ACP-EU Support Programme to ACP Cultural Sectors. - more...

REMA Showcase for young ensembles

Marseille, 15-17 March 2013

03 September 2012

The next REMA Showcase will take place from 15 to 17 March in Marseille. It is a unique opportunity for young ensembles to meet and perform in front of many early music promoters at an early stage of their careers. - more...

No Borders Orchestra to open 44th Belgrade Music Festival

30 August 2012

The No Borders Orchestra is to be launched with the first concert at the Gala Opening of the 44th Belgrade Music Festival (BEMUS) on 11 October 2012. The Orchestra selected in the auditions held by the end of 2011 includes some 50 brilliant musicians coming from all music centers in the region: Ljubljana, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Podgorica, Skopje, Pristina, Belgrade and Novi Sad. - more...

European Early Music Network announces Showcase 2013

24 July 2012

The European Early Music Network (REMA) announces its next REMA Showcase – a showcase for young European artists which takes place every two years. The next edition will take place in Marseille, France, from 15 to 17 March 2013. Application deadline is 15 October 2012. - more...

Interview Davinia Galea, Malta Arts Festival: More than just a series of events

23 July 2012

The Malta Arts Festival, which joined the European Festivals Association (EFA) this year, took place from 1-18 July 2012. In an interview Davinia Galea, Executive Director of the Malta Council for Culture and the Arts, spoke about the festival’s wide-ranging scope and what’s in store for Malta’s cultural future. By Teodor Reljic, maltatoday. - more...

Edinburgh International Festival is looking for Festival Bloggers

18 July 2012

Are you a keen blogger and writer? Do you love music, theatre, opera and/or dance? Edinburgh International Festival is looking for a team of passionate and enthusiastic bloggers to write reviews, previews and articles for the #edintfest blog during Festival 2012, taking place from 9 August to 2 September. - more...

Ljubljana Festival: Orchestra Academy and Master Classes in Slovenia

05 July 2012

The Ljubljana Festival is delighted to inform about the BRANIMIR SLOKAR ACADEMY – Orchestra Academy (Maribor International Orchestra 2012) and Master Classes in Slovenia. The Orchestra Academy is organised for the fourth time, starting on 12 July and ending on 4 August in Slovenia. In 2012 the project will bring together 350 musicians from 36 countries. - more...

Sir Simon Rattle patron of next Music Masters on Air atelier in Ljubljana

20 June 2012

From 20 to 23 June 2012, the next atelier of the collaboration project MusMA – Music Masters on Air is organised in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The project brings together some of the most influential European festivals. Its goal is to promote young composers of contemporary music from different European countries through exchange, and to create a network to promote the new composers and musicians. As patron of this upcoming MusMA event, renowned Sir Simon Rattle will participate in the atelier. It is hosted by the Ljubljana Festival which kicks off its 60th edition on 20 June with a concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. - more...

Zubin Mehta and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to open 61st Santander International Festival

19 June 2012

The Santander International Festival (FIS) will offer 61 events throughout the month of August, the same number as years of the FIS. Ten premieres, four world premieres and six in Spain, will be included. The FIS opens on 1 August in style with Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philarmonic Orchestra, which will perform Beethoven’s eighth symphony, Spanish Caprice by Rimsky-Korsakov and Anton Dvorák's ninth symphony. - more...

Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre announces 2012 Georgian Theatre Showcase

13 June 2012

The fourth edition of Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre takes place from 14-30 September, 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Established in 2009, TBILISI INTERNATIONAL aims to attract creative, challenging, innovative artists from the Far East to the West. The festival brings them together in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, cherishing their artistic ideas and creating unique experience with new environment and public. - more...

BOZAR CEO Paul Dujardin meets Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament

12 June 2012

[Press release – Brussels, 7 June 2012] European Parliament President Martin Schulz insists on the importance of young Europeans and young artists for Europe
Amid the current European debates on competitiveness and banks, the crisis in the European Union has today been addressed through a different perspective by the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz. During an exchange held with Paul Dujardin, CEO and Artistic Director of the Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels (BOZAR), and various press representatives, President Schulz highlighted the importance of young people and young artists to re-strengthen the European project and reconnect it with its citizens. - more...

Istanbul Music Festival opened its 40th anniversary edition

04 June 2012

The Istanbul Music Festival, the first festival of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012. From 31 May to 29 June, the 40th Music Festival will host more than 750 local and foreign artists in Istanbul and will present a month full of music. - more...

Vilnius Festival starts on 1 June

01 June 2012

Today, 1 June 2012, the Vilnius Festival starts. It was eagerly awaited for the whole year, and it will last for just a week. From New York to Paris, from medieval melodies to jazz passages - the world's brightest stars are coming to Vilnius. - more...

Results of ECPNM European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2012

18 May 2012

For this year's ECPNM European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects in total 24 proposals were received from composers coming from 14 different European countries. The jury, consisting of Miguel Azguime, Helmut Erdmann and Henk Heuvelmans (and for the category Double bass / electric bass also John Eckhardt) has studied all proposals and has selected five projects for performance. - more...

Lucerne Festival 2012: Music – A Question of Faith?

18 April 2012

LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer 2012 (8 August – 15 September) will focus on the theme of “Faith.” For centuries European composers wrote their works almost exclusively for the church, for liturgies, for holy feast days, for devotion—music that was meant to uplift. Even Johann Sebastian Bach declared that he created his music for the greater glory of God alone. But musicians thereafter began to follow a different path, directing their gaze no longer necessarily upward but rather inward. During the 19th century, music itself ultimately became a kind of religion. The concert hall developed into a temple of bourgeois art-worship, and composers came to be regarded as prophets, if not saints. - more...

ECPNM hosts 5th European competition for live-electronic music projects 2012

15 March 2012

ECPNM, the European Conference of Promoters of New Music, hosts the fifth European competition for the composition and interpretation of live-electronic music projects. The deadline for entry of projects is 1 April 2012. - more...

Line up announced for Edinburgh International Festival 2012

15 March 2012

Launching the Edinburgh International Festival programme for 2012 (Thursday 9 August to Sunday 2 September), Festival Director Jonathan Mills today said, ‘Every year, since 1947 we have set out to create an event to inspire and uplift audiences. In the words of Sir John Falconer, Lord Provost of Edinburgh at the time, the Festival exists to “provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit”. In hard times as well as good the Festival remains one of the world’s most important examples of the power of culture and the arts to transform individual ambitions and lives. - more...

Edinburgh International Festival announces 2012 Season

14 March 2012

Line up announced today for Edinburgh International Festival 2012 (Thursday 9 August to Sunday 2 September 2012)! Launching the Edinburgh International Festival programme for 2012, Festival Director Jonathan Mills today said: "Every year, since 1947 we have set out to create an event to inspire and uplift audiences." - more...

Berliner Festspiele: appeal for a worldwide reading on 20 March 2012 for Liu Xiaobo

08 February 2012

The international literature festival Berlin (ilb), one of the festivals of Berliner Festspiele calls on cultural institutions, schools, radio stations and interested parties to participate in a worldwide reading of prose and poems by the Chinese author and 2010 Nobel Peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo on 20 March 2012. - more...

Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre calls for applications: 1 March deadline approaching

01 February 2012

The Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre calls for applications for participation for its 2012 festival edition (5-15 October 2012) under the motto “NEW!”. It celebrates works by artists from all over the world, but priority will be given to emerging and mid career artists. NEW! is for artists who want to take risks and challenge new audiences. It is a voyage of discovery, an adventure for your artistic concepts. - more...

New artistic management of the Music Biennale Zagreb

25 January 2012

Eight very successful festivals, more accurately since the last century’s 19th Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) in 1997, and all the way to our 50th anniversary MBZ in 2011, Berislav Šipuš, in his function of the artistic director, created and realized the artistic content, transforming the impossible – dreams and fantasies into reality, into the festival programme and unforgettable experiences. - more...

New Artistic Coordinator at Ghent Festival of Flanders

Ghent

23 January 2012

Press release - After five beautiful years at Ghent Flanders Festival, the talented Jelle Dierickx makes an international career move. The 2012 edition will be coordinated by the promising young musicologist Isaline Claeys. - more...

Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada looking for new Director

16 January 2012

The International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada is looking for a new Festival Director. The successful candidate will occupy the position of Director of the Consortium of the International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada and of the Manuel de Falla Courses. The duration of this post will be from 2013 to 2017, both included. Deadline for the reception of applications is 15 February 2012. - more...

Berliner Festspiele: Thomas Oberender and his new artistic team introduce themselves

11 January 2012

[Press release by Berliner Festspiele; Berlin, 10 January 2012] An Edition, a new homepage for our website and a new image designed by the Swiss studio CRR mark the Berliner Festspiele’s new beginning under the artistic directorship of Thomas Oberender. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY 2012: application deadline 20 January

09 January 2012

For 2012 the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY has once again created a multifaceted programme to equip highly gifted young instrumentalists from around the world with the knowledge and skills they need to perform music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Framing it are two symphony concerts to be conducted by Pierre Boulez and Peter Eötvös, which will juxtapose key works of modernism – Arnold Schoenberg’s Expressionist monodrama “Erwartung” and Charles Ives’s Fourth Symphony – with more recent compositions by Peter Eötvös, Jonathan Harvey, Tristan Murail, and this year’s composer-in-residence, Philippe Manoury. The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra and Pierre Boulez will perform one additional concert, following their stay in Lucerne, in Paris (Salle Pleyel) on 9 September 2012. - more...

Festival Ljubljana 2012: celebrating 60th anniversary

04 January 2012

The Festival Ljubljana is in full preparation of its 60th anniversary, which will be celebrated in 2012. The celebration will start with the opening of the festival on 20 June in Cankarjev dom, with the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by the world-famous Sir Simon Rattle and performing works by J. Brahms, A. von Webern and R. Schumann. - more...

Padovani wins ECPNM European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2011

29 November 2011

The Italian/Brasilian composer José Henrique Padovani has won the ECPNM European Competition for Live Electronic Music Projects 2011 with his composition “Aviagem e o rio”. The competition was open to works for orchestra and live-electronics. - more...

Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2012: A journey to “the beauty of the unknown”

28 November 2011

Artistic director Alessandro De Marchi presented the programme of the Innsbruck Festival 2012. The 36th Innsbruck Festival will feature performances of operas by Provenzale, Bontempi, Monteverdi and D. Scarlatti, with a special focus on the “beauty of the unknown”. Tickets for the 2012 Festival can be purchased from Saturday 26 November. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL at the Piano in 2011 is dedicated to Franz Liszt

21 November 2011

Whoever wishes to gain an overview of the art of piano music should pay a visit to Lake Lucerne in November. LUCERNE FESTIVAL at the Piano annually brings together the outstanding representatives of the pianistic guild: legendary masters and promising young artists, philosophers at the keyboard and the celebrated virtuosos. The latter will be particularly in demand in 2011, since this year’s programming (21-27 November) will of course centre around the anniversary of Franz Liszt, the phenomenal pianist, innovative composer, and influential teacher whose 200th birthday will be celebrated. - more...

Audition call for participation in No Borders Orchestra tour 2012 launched

30 September 2011

The audition call for participation in the No Borders Orchestra (NBO) tour in 2012 has been launched. The No Borders Orchestra aims at the establishment of a symphonic orchestra that gathers the best musicians from the former Yugoslavia territory. It is a cross border project with cultural impacts based on universal human values and focused on further progress of social, environmental and cultural awareness. Deadline: 1 November. - more...

Nordic music festivals meet in Reykjavik from 5-7 October 2011

28 September 2011

A conference of music festivals called "Nordic-Baltic Festival Meeting" will take place from 5-7 October in Reykjavik/Iceland at Harpa, Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre. The conference is the first of its kind and its participants come from the Nordic and Baltic countries. Representatives from each country present their country‘s various festivals and the purpose of the conference is to strengthen ties and investigate further co-operation between festivals as well as being educative and informative. - more...

Baalbeck International Festival spreads cultural image of Lebanon

27 September 2011

The 2011 edition of the Baalbeck International Festival was a great success. Despite the political situation which discouraged tourists from spending their summer in Lebanon, the high-quality programme attracted a numerous audience. The festival spread over July and offered a vast diversity of performances. - more...

Giovanni Antonini appointed Artistic Director of Festival Wratislavia Cantans as of 2013

26 September 2011

From 2013 on Giovanni Antonini is going to be the Artistic Director of the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans – an oratorio and cantata festival which has been taking place in Wroclaw, Poland for 46 years. Paul McCreesh has been the festival’s Artistic Director since 2006 and he is going to hold the position until 2012. Andrzej Kosendiak is the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans’ General Director. - more...

Music Masters on Air: “We have to do more for young composers”

13 September 2011

Ten festivals from all over Europe have joined forces in the festival collaboration project MusMA – Music Masters on Air: European Broadcasting Festival. After one year of cooperation, the initiative shares its ambitions and first results in a newly released video clip. “We have to do more for young composers,” stresses Jan Briers, representative of the Flanders Festival, initiator of MusMA. - more...

Successful finish to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival 2011

07 September 2011

On Sunday, 28August, the 26th annual Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (SHMF) concluded its season to much adulation with a closing concert at the Kieler Schloss. After 130 concerts and 5 Music Festivals in the Countryside, this year’s festival came to a successful end. - more...

46th International Festival Wratislavia Cantans running from 2-18 September

05 September 2011

"Wratislavia Cantans" is one of the most prestigious festivals in Europe and takes place in the beautiful city of Wroclaw and the surrounding area of Lower Silesia. For over forty years the festival has celebrated vocal and choral music of all kinds and has been a showcase for outstanding performing artists from all over the world. The programme of the 46th edition (2-18 September 2011) is built around three different themes. - more...

Santander: plaque commemorates 60 years of Santander International Festival

02 September 2011

The Regional President, Ignacio Diego; the Mayor of Santander, Iñigo de la Serna; and the Director of the Santander International Festival (FIS), José Luis Ocejo, uncovered a plaque on Thursday, 1 September 2011, on the Porticada Square in Santander to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the festival, which is "among the elite" of European festivals. - more...

Imagine Paradise at the KlaraFestival: Man between utopia and reality

31 August 2011

On 1 September 2011, the opening night of the KlaraFestival takes place with free concerts in and near Brussels’ central station. The Brussels edition of the Flanders Festival International is running until 16 September. - more...

Berliner Festspiele celebrated on 27 August with 4,000 visitors

30 August 2011

10 years of the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, 10 years of Artistic Director Joachim Sartorius, 60 years of the Berliner Festspiele and the completion of the renovations to Haus der Berliner Festspiele - more...

Berliner Festspiele celebrate Jubilee on 27 August

27 August 2011

On 27 August at 4 PM, the festive opening of the Jubilee Festival of the Berliner Festspiele takes place. Marking 60 years of the Berliner Festspiele, 10 years of the directorship of Joachim Sartorius, and 10 years in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, the freshly renovated building throws open its doors to present a thrilling, top-notch programme for the entire family which will continue late into the night - on all stages, in the lobby, and in the loveliest theatre garden in all of Berlin. - more...

Lucerne Festival Academy kicks off

26 August 2011

Just a week ago, 130 or so LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY participants from all over the world arrived in Lucerne, and on 2 September they will perform their first symphonic concert with a programme traversing a century of the history of French music, from Maurice Ravel to Marc-André Dalbavie. The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY, founded by Pierre Boulez in 2004, gives the LUCERNE FESTIVAL its own educational institution for highly gifted young musicians, who are specially initiated into the performance of 20th and 21st century music. - more...

60th edition of Santander International Festival draws to a close

26 August 2011

The programme of the 60th Santander International Festival was composed of an intense schedule of summer events that try to elicit the historical weight of the European tradition with future cross-cultural appeal looming in the new Europe. From 1 to 26 August, audiences could enjoy over sixty artistic proposals at the Festival Palace of Cantabria and in other historic settings. The Santander Festival confirms its important position in Spain’s and Europe’s cultural life: with its diverse programme including grand concert versions of operas; ballet; theatre productions; recitals and chamber music concerts; as well as exhibitions and discussion rounds, the festival – as in previous years – strikes a balance between the most traditional shows and the most avant-garde and innovative styles. - more...

Stresa Festival celebrates 50th anniversary

23 August 2011

This year – 2011 – the Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore (Stresa Music Festival) is celebrating its 50th anniversary (21 May to 4 September). For the last five years it has been under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic. - more...

Magic Moments at the 2011 Innsbruck Festival from 10 to 28 August

Innsbruck 10.8. - 28-8.

05 August 2011

With a focus on baroque music from German lands at the 2011 Innsbruck Festival, artistic director Alessandro de Marchi also throws light on revolutionary political and social events that impacted on the lives and work of the musicians of that time: Georg Philipp Telemann, for example, was the first composer to self-confidently represent the rising bourgeoisie in cities like Frankfurt and Hamburg with his music. The imposing church music and magnificent operas by George Frederic Handel (both in Italy and in London) and Johann Adolph Hasse (in Italy, Dresden and for the Habsburgs in Austria) on the other hand, reflected the refined rule of the church and nobility. A composer of the likes of Heinrich Schütz used mighty and splendid musical means to raise voices in song against the Thirty Years’ War and its repercussions while Dietrich Buxtehude provided the believers of the Reformed faith in Germany’s upper north with music for contemplation. Finally, Johann Sebastian Bach set the conditions of musical performance practice against new artistic and intellectual demands that apply to this day.   - more...

Festival Ljubljana: A tribute to the great Franz Liszt

Križanke Knight's Hall, Ljubljana

28 July 2011

Festival Ljubljana supports young Slovene artists and pays tribute to the great Franz Liszt
Festival Ljubljana is a proud supporter of the international project Music Masters on Air, or MusMA, which was initiated two years ago by ten European festivals in order to help performers and composers of the younger generations promote their work. This year, the participating artists will also mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great composer and pianist Franz Liszt. - more...

Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre announces 2011 Georgian Theatre Showcase

27 July 2011

The third edition of Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre takes place from 29 September until 16 October 2011, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Tbilisi International (in short) is a very young festival. Established in 2009, the Festival aims to attract creative, challenging, innovative artists from the Far East to the Far West. Tbilisi International brings them together in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, cherishing their artistic ideas and creating an unforgettable experience. - more...

Orfeo ed Eurídice in the Festival Castell de Peralada

Festival Castell de Peralada, 29 -31 July 2011

27 July 2011

“Orfeo ed Eurídice”, the new performance of La Fura dels Baus under the production of the Festival Castell de Peralada, will open on 29 July 2011 at 22.00 pm. The performance will be played again on Sunday, 31 July 2011. - more...

Czech Dreams 2011 were successfully kicked off

25 July 2011

On 2 July 2011 in Adorf/Germany, the festival opening concert of the international part of the third edition of the international cultural project Czech Dreams 2011 took place under the auspices of Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Jiří Besser. In his speech, he emphasised the scope and exceptionality of the project as well as its enormous significance for strengthening the contacts between the regions and collaboration in Europe. - more...

MusMA Atelier for contemporary composers and performers in Granada great success

20 July 2011

From 27 until 30 June 2011, the first European MusMA Atelier for contemporary composers and performers took place in Granada. MusMA – Music Masters on Air: European Broadcasting Festival – is a platform for new music created for young composers. Composers of the new generation, masters of the new era, take a flight to present their work abroad. European Festivals join forces to develop a platform to welcome this new, unknown contemporary music. 10 - and soon 15 - major European festivals, with the support of the European Union, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the European Festivals Association (EFA), pitch these contemporary composers beyond the borders, straight into the air. - more...

BELEF festival opens its 20th edition in Belgrade

18 July 2011

The 20th Belgrade Summer Festival BELEF, which will last until August 7 and comprise various programmes, started late on 15 July 2011 by a classical concert staged in the concert hall of Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment. - more...

Innsbruck Festival of Early Music announces International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera

12 July 2011

97 young singers from 34 countries will attend the 2nd International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti 2011!
The 2nd International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti 2011, held by the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, has drawn a strong response from young singers worldwide. Out of the more than 120 applications, 97 young singers from 34 countries and five continents were chosen to participate in the 1st round. From 20 to 25 August, female singers (born 1980 and later) and male singers (born 1978 and later), who come from “A” as in Armenia to “U” as in USA, will face the jury in this Academy Project. - more...

The Berliner Festspiele will celebrate on 27th August

04 July 2011

10 years of the Haus der Berliner Festspiele
10 years of Artistic Director Joachim Sartorius
60 years of the Berliner Festspiele
The Berliner Festspiele will open the new cultural season in Berlin on 27th August from 4pm with a huge jubilee celebration. The occasion for these celebrations is provided by 60 years of the Berliner Festspiele, 10 years under the artistic directorship of Joachim Sartorius and 10 years of the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, coupled with our delight at the successful completion of the extensive modernization work on the building. - more...

Festival Ljubljana invites for concert on 3 July celebrating Slovenia’s 20th anniversary

28 June 2011

Slovenia and Croatia are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the states. During those 20 years, Slovenia realised its long dreams and successfully paved its way into the European Union; the country’s neighbour Croatia is looking forward to be part of our EU very soon. The Festival Ljubljana would like to underline the foundation and invites to a special gala event on 3 July 2011 at 9pm. - more...

'George Enescu' Festival with "new identity" for its 20th edition

09 June 2011

Cultural exchange, excellence and new discoveries rank among the hallmarks of this September’s 20th ‘George Enescu’ Festival (1-25 September 2011). The biennial event offers a programme as rich and diverse as any on the international festival circuit, its artistic scope widened this year thanks to heavyweight government investment and distinctive repertoire choices. Romania’s resurgent capital will host many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors during its late summer festival time. It’s also set to stage performances of works by great names in Romanian music and outstanding talents among the nation’s emerging cohort of composers. In short, the Festival packs the programme punch and artistic armoury required to attract worldwide attention. - more...

EUROPEAN MusMA ATELIER* for contemporary composers and performers in Granada

08 June 2011

“MusMA”, Music Masters on Air: European Broadcasting Festival, is an international collaboration project of some 10 major European festivals initiated by the Flanders Festival Brussels. MusMA was brought to life in the framework of the project “FestLab for Creativity and Innovation” of the European Festivals Association (EFA) in 2009. From 27 until 30 June 2011, the first EUROPEAN MusMA ATELIER* for contemporary composers and performers takes place in Granada. - more...

International Izmir Festival celebrates 25th anniversary

06 June 2011

The International İzmir Festival organized by the İzmir Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSEV) uninterruptedly since 1987 is 25 years old. The International İzmir Festival, which is a respected member of the European Festivals Association, takes place June 20 – July 21, 2011. - more...

China Shanghai Arts Festival delegation visits Vilnius Festival

30 May 2011

From 30 May until 2 June 2011 a delegation of the China Shanghai Arts Festival visits the Vilnius Festival. The guests participate at the festival opening performance on 31 May. The meeting symbolises the close collaboration ties that have been set up over the past years. - more...

Festival Ljubljana 2011 ultimate events – tickets already available

03 May 2011

For the 59th time, Festival Ljubljana has done its best to make the summer at the Slovenian capital a memorable cultural treat. This year's festival will open on July 3 with more than 1000 musicians performing at the refurbished Kongresni trg. - more...

VILNIUS FESTIVAL 2011: seven evenings ushering in the summer season

02 May 2011

This year the 15th Vilnius Festival will usher in the musical summer season with seven concerts to be presented at the National Philharmonic Hall and the National Opera and Ballet theatre in Vilnius from May 31st to June 14th. An illustrious crew of the internationally acclaimed Lithuanian and foreign musicians will demonstrate breathtaking musicianship and technical brilliance in diverse orchestral and chamber music programmes. Three Lithuanian composers – Vytautas Bacevičius, Vykintas Baltakas and Vidmantas Bartulis – will be featured among many other composers from various epochs and countries. - more...

Interview with Berislav Šipuš, Music Biennale Zagreb: Mirabilia Memorabilia

04 April 2011

Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ), the most important contemporary music festival in the region, is celebrating its jubilee. Full fifty years have passed since the first Biennale, which some still vividly remember. As the Festival is soon to begin (7-17 April 2011), MBZ Artistic Director, Berislav Šipuš, talked in an interview about what the audience can expect at the Biennale this year, how the programme is conceived, and if and how the economic conditions affected the programme of this year's Biennale. - more...

ECPNM calls for entries for 4th European competition for live-electronic music projects

28 March 2011

The ECPNM – European Conference of Promoters of New Music – hosts the fourth European competition for the composition of live-electronic music projects for orchestra. Deadline for entry of projects is 15 April 2011. - more...

Interview with Jonathan Mills: “What Europe needs is initiative”

16 March 2011

In an interview in the run-up of the European Culture Congress – organised from 8-11 September 2011 in Wraclaw in the framework of the Polish EU Presidency – Jonathan Mills, director of the Edinburgh International Festival, talks about cosmopolitanism, cultural education, and the global challenges facing Europe. - more...

President of the Republic of Croatia patron of the Music Biennale Zagreb

08 March 2011

The management of the Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) is honored to announce that it has received a memo from the Office of the President of Croatia confirming that H.E. Ivo Josipović has accepted the invitation to become patron of the 26th Music Biennale Zagreb. - more...

Berliner Festspiele celebrate three jubilees in 2011

02 March 2011

Today, 2 March 2011, marks the beginning of the celebrations for the Jubilee Year 2011 – WE ARE CELEBRATING of the Berliner Festspiele. In 2011, the festival celebrates: 10 years at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, 10 years of Artistic Director Joachim Sartorius and 60 years of the Berliner Festspiele. - more...

Budapest Spring Festival with respect to the EU presidency and the Liszt Year

28 February 2011

The programme of the 31st Budapest Spring Festival (BSF), which was communicated to the press this Thursday[17 February 2011] in Vienna, reflects on two important events for Hungary in 2011: the acting EU presidency and the bicentenary of Franz Liszt's birth. - more...

Concentus Moraviae Festival releases 2011 programme

20 January 2011

The Concentus Moraviae International Music Festival of 13 Towns celebrates its 16th festival year. It will take place from 28 May to 25 June 2011 under the motto “Czech Dreams – Imprints and Recollections“. - more...

Cooperation Agreement signed between Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation and Carnegie Hall

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 12 January 2011

12 January 2011

A new accord sets the stage for establishing a legacy of cultural excellence and fostering an understanding of the arts across the Region.
In a momentous act the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Carnegie Hall - a non-profit organization that presents extraordinary music and musicians to the widest possible audience - signifying a new era of cooperation and collaboration between both organisations. The agreement articulates areas of mutual interest, development of common programs to meet unified goals and potential alliances that Carnegie Hall will actively explore with ADMAF. - more...

Canary Islands Music Festival: first festival of 2011 kicks off its 27th season

07 January 2011

Music lovers from around the world are invited to the 27th edition of the Canary Islands Music Festival. From 7 January to 14 February 2011, the unique winter festival combines excellent music with a pleasant climate and festive atmosphere. Enjoy a wonderful classic concert with works by Bach and Liszt in the Canary Islands. - more...

Launch Abu Dhabi Festival 2011: World Orchestra for Peace concluded to a thunderous applause

Abu Dhabi Emirates Palace

05 January 2011

Exhilarating concert truly embodied the theme of Abu Dhabi Festival 2011 ‘Harmony for Humanity’.
UNESCO Artists for Peace Maestro Valerie Gergiev and the World Orchestra for Peace launched the Abu Dhabi Festival 2011 with a stunning repertoire of much loved classics during their performance at the Emirates Palace last night. The mixed audience of young Emiratis and music connoisseurs were treated to a breathtaking performance from some of the world’s most eminent performers. These musicians travelled from more than 30 countries and more than 60 internationally acclaimed orchestras. - more...

Ghent and Rotterdam music festivals to enter into an artistic collaboration

29 November 2010

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival and the Ghent Festival of Flanders are to launch an intensive collaboration. The link between the festivals will be the 33 year-old Jelle Dierickx, who will take on the artistic coordination of both music events. The deal was clinched and announced to the media yesterday on the ship the Nieuwe Maze in Rotterdam by Ahmed Aboutaleb and Daniel Termont, the respective mayors of Rotterdam and Ghent. - more...

MITO SettembreMusica wins two “Festival of Festivals” Awards 2010

25 November 2010

The participation in the third edition of the Festival of Festivals (Bologna 3 to 7 November 2010) has been productive for MITO SettembreMusica: the four workshops focusing on various sectors of the organisation (ticket office, production, logistics and communication) have seen groups of participants interested and attentive, and so was for the frontal presentations, followed by a large audience. - more...

Festival Internacional Cervantino kicked off its 38th edition

25 October 2010

From 13 October to 7 November 2010, the Festival Internacional Cervantino (FIC), an annual multi-disciplinary festival, takes place in the city of Guanajuato/Mexico. The programming of the festival includes music, opera, theatre, dance, art exhibitions, literary seminars and film. - more...

EFA members join forces in collaboration project “MusMA”

20 September 2010

“MusMA”, Music Masters on Air: European Broadcasting Festival, is an international collaboration project of some 10 major European festivals initiated by the Flanders Festival Brussels. MusMA was brought to life in the framework of the project “FestLab for Creativity and Innovation” of the European Festivals Association (EFA) in 2009. On 2/3 September 2010 at the European House of Culture in Brussels, directors from participating festivals held their General Meeting which paved the way for future collaboration in the next three years. - more...

Marko Nikodijevic wins Gaudeamus Prize 2010

16 September 2010

At the final concert of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2010, which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 6 to 12 September, the Gaudeamus Prize was awarded to the Serbian German composer Marko Nikodijevic (1980). He receives the award of 4,550 Euros, intended as a commission for a new work to be performed at the next edition of the International Gaudeamus Music Week in 2011. - more...

Edinburgh International Festival: Performance dedicated to the 2010 European Year

01 September 2010

The 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion has set up a partnership with the Edinburg International Festival running from 13 August to 5 September. Paco Peña, a renowned flamenco dance company, will dedicate part of its show to the topic of poverty and social exclusion. - more...

Job offer: Flanders Festival looks for officer responsible for funding

Brussels, 11 August 2010

11 August 2010

Flanders Festival Brussels is the biggest festival of classical Music in Belgium and is the proud organiser of the European Gala Concerts, Village on the Move, Living Room Music, Festival on Tour, children's choir Shanti! Shanti! and as the crown jewel: the KlaraFestival! This is the only broadcasting festival in Belgium, in tight partnership with the public radio and television. For all information: www.festivalbrxl.be! For our office at the heart of Brussels (close to the central station) we are looking for a new enthusiastic colleague. - more...

Interview: Bergen International Festival gives impulses in the Nordic region

10 August 2010

In an interview in the framework of the Varna Broadcast project, launched by the Varna Summer International Music Festival, Per Boye Hansen, Director of the Bergen International Festival, explained the special characteristic of the festival as it creates “Nordic Impulses”. - more...

Interview: Israel Festival as stepping stone for young artists

05 August 2010

The 49th edition of the Israel Festival, Jerusalem, run from 25 May to 10 June 2010. Since 1966 the festival has been a member of the European Festivals Association (EFA) and benefitted from the Association as a space for the exchange of information, experiences and best practices. In an interview Director Yossi Tal-Gan shares the mission of the festival to act as a platform for unknown, young artists. - more...

Interview: Ankara Music Festival opens doors for young artists and audiences

05 August 2010

In an interview in the framework of the Varna Broadcast project, Ibrahim Barisik from the International Ankara Music Festival – one of the biggest music festivals in Turkey – spoke about the importance of supporting young artists, attracting young audiences and engaging in international collaboration between festivals. - more...

“Crossing Borders”: Mosel Musikfestival celebrates 25th anniversary

03 August 2010

In 2010, the Moselle Music Festival (Mosel Musik Festival) invites its audience to celebrate 25 years of breathing new life into the ancient cultural landscape of the Moselle with outstanding ensembles and musicians. From June until December the festival opens its doors for 56 cocnerts at 31 venues along 180 kilometres of the river. The festival converts the Moselle region into one brilliant concert stage. - more...

Stresa Festival heading for weekend full of concerts

30 July 2010

The international festival Settimane Musicali di Stresa – known as Stresa Festival – is running from 8 May to 5 September. “Visions is the word inspiring the 49th edition of Stresa Festival. It has been chosen to recall sound constructions, whether slender or mighty, rational or irrationally creative, harmonious or knowingly dissonant, stylistically coherent or eclectic, dutiful or desecrating. They are ancient buildings of the times when the music to be performed at our Festival was composed.,” says the festival’s President Giovanni Medeot. - more...

Max Emmanuel Cencic Thrilled Dubrovnik Summer Festival's Audience

Dubrovnik, Croatia

19 July 2010

On July 13, one of the best countertenors of today according to the Opernwelt, Max Emanuel Cencic performed at the 61st Dubrovnik Summer Festival, accompanied by the Swiss Baroque ensemble I Barocchisti and Fiorenza De Donatis as concertmaster. Their performance in the Rector’s Palace of the arias from G.F.Händel's operas Agrippina, Floridante and Rodrigo, T.Albinoni's Il Nascimiento dell’Aurora and A.Vivaldi's Farnace enchanted the audience. - more...

Dubrovnik: Stefan Milenkovich and Edin Karamazov Seduced With the Cantos Desiertos

Dubrovnik, Croatia

19 July 2010

These two charismatic virtuosos, Stefan Milenkovich at the violin and Edin Karamazov at the guitar, seduced the numerous audience of Dubrovnik Summer Festival at the concert titled Cantos Desiertos, that took place on July 17, in the Rector’s Palace Atrium. - more...

Stefan Milenkovich and Edin Karamazov Seduced With the Cantos Desiertos

Dubrovnik, Croatia

19 July 2010

Festival de Wallonie celebrates Namur Music Festival 2010

07 July 2010

From 19 June to 17 July 2010, the Namur Music Festival is running. It is one of the festivals organised by the Belgian Festival de Wallonie. Every year from June to October, the Festival de Wallonie is staging some 70 concerts in the four corners of the Walloon Region and in Brussels. - more...

Rheingau Musik Festival started its 23rd edition on 26 June

29 June 2010

The 23rd Rheingau Musik Festival takes to the stage from 26 June until 28 August 2010 under the artistic direction of Michael Herrmann and is focused on the main themes »Fernweh« (Wanderlust), »Schumann / Chopin 200th anniversary«, »Festival Special: Opera«, and the composer portrait »Kaija Saariaho«. 154 concerts will be performed at 42 venues in the Rheingau and in neighbouring regions. Numerous castles, concert halls, palaces, charming old churches, monasteries and basilicas, traditional wine estates are among the attractive venues. - more...

2010 Baalbeck International Festival kicks off on 24 June

21 June 2010

In 2010, again, the Baalbeck International Festival, the oldest and the most prestigious festival in the Middle East, sees the participation of great names. The festival is expected to attract crowds from all over the world to attend the amazing line-up set for this years promising festival. - more...

European Early Music Network celebrates its 10th Anniversary

16 June 2010

The European Early Music Network – REMA – celebrates its 10th anniversary as part of the 2010 York Early Music Festival (Friday 9 July, 2.00pm) with a special conference entitled “Early Music: The End of a Movement.” - more...

Granada Festival launches 7th edition of its Festival Extension: FEX

15 June 2010

This year the FEX, the extension of the Granada Festival, will increase even further the number of performances and concerts around the city and the province. The diversity and variety of the activities on offer will enable audiences to enjoy venues in monumental ancient buildings, beautiful intimate spaces, wide public squares, crossroads, and new venues and stages; it will be, in fact, the broadest and most inclusive mix of audiences. - more...

Flanders Festival Bruges presents winners of International Competition "Musica Antiqua"

04 June 2010

Since 1964 the Flanders Festival Bruges organises every year the famous International Competition "Musica Antiqua". They are open to young, highly qualified performers from all over the world, who specialise in the historically informed performance practice. - more...

Interview: Director Rheingau Musik Festival stresses importance of festivals for European culture

21 May 2010

In an interview on 9 May 2010 in the framework of the Varna Broadcast project, launched by the Varna Summer International Music Festival, Michael Herrmann, Director of the German Rheingau Musik Festival and Vice President of the European Festivals Association (EFA), spoke about the festival’s mission and vision and the role of an umbrella organisation such as EFA. - more...

Varna Summer Festival launches broadcast project: Festivals of Europe in the spotlight

05 May 2010

On 2 May 2010, the Varna Summer International Music Festival launched a broadcast project entitled “The Festivals of Europe”. The project includes a series of interviews of members of the European Festivals Association (EFA) that are broadcasted at a weekly basis on Radio Varna (Branch of the Bulgarian National Radio) – at www.radiovarna.com. - more...

International contests Musica Antiqua Bruges 2010

Bruges, 6 - 14 August 2010

30 April 2010

Since 1964 the Flanders Festival Bruges organizes every year the famous International Contests "Musica Antiqua". They are open to young, highly qualified performers from all over the world, who specialize in the historically informed performance practice. - more...

Music Biennale Zagreb hosts World New Music Days 2011

22 April 2010

Having successfully hosted ISCM's World Music Days in 2005, the Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) has once again been chosen to host this festival, now called the World New Music Days. This way, the 2011 MBZ (7-17 April 2011) will, in fact, consist of two festivals, the 50th anniversary edition of the Biennale as well as the World New Music Days. - more...

“Spring of Mostar” opens its 2010 edition with high-level patrons

20 April 2010

The festival „The Spring of Mostar“ in Bosnia and Herzegovina kicked off its 2010 edition on 15 April. The festival is running until 1 June and includes classical concerts as well as opera, theatre, film, workshops for young musicians, literature events, exhibitions, and a programme for children. The festival has become a member of the European Festivals Association in 2009. - more...

Baalbeck International Festival announces 2010 programme

16 April 2010

The Baalbeck International Festival (FIB) announces its 2010 programme. This year’s edition is running from 24 June to 7 August. The full programme is available on the EFA website! - more...

Ms Kathrin Deventer at the March Music Days Opening concert tonight, Ruse, Bulgaria

Ruse, Bulgaria

13 March 2010

We are happy to announce that Kathrin Deventer, EFA Secretary General, is our special guest at the 50th jubilee opening of the March Music Days International Festival in Ruse that will take place tonight, 19.00h at the Theatre Hall. Ms Deventer will take part in the official opening of the Festival and will congratulate the festival's audience and the citizens of Ruse on this remarkable event. - more...

Kathrin Deventer at the March Music Days Opening concert tonight, 19.00h, Theatre Hall, Ruse, Bulgar

13 March 2010

We are happy to announce that Kathrin Deventer, EFA Secretary General, is our special guest at the 50th jubilee opening of the March Music Days International Festival in Ruse that will take place tonight, 19.00h at the Theatre Hall. Ms Deventer will take part in the official opening of the Festival and will greet the festival's audience and the citizens of Ruse with this remarkable event. - more...

Sarajevo Winter 2010 is closed - Motto for 2011 is "Art of Love"

Sarajevo

09 March 2010

The 26th International Festival Sarajevo “Sarajevo Winter“ was realised under the title “WAT (World Art Tendency) – What Now?“ with 129 projects on 39 venues including 1.500 artists form 43 countries. Tens of thousands of visitors attended the festival. Closing one festival edition means opening the next one: the 2011 festival will be celebrated under the motto “Art is Love”. - more...

March Music Days International Festival presents its 2010 programme

2 March 2010, Ruse Municipality, Bulgaria

28 February 2010

In 2010, the March Music Days International Festival (Ruse/Bulgaria) is celebrating its 50th anniversary from 13 - 28 March. On 2 March 2010, the festival programme and schedule was officially presented by the Director of the Festival, Mrs. Iva Chavdarova, at a press conference at 11:00 in the Round Hall of Ruse Municipality. - more...

Programme of Festival de Mexico available on the EFA website

23 February 2010

Under the motto "Déjate transformar!" (Let yourself be transformed!) the Festival de Mexico kicks off its 26th edition on 11 March 2010. Thanks to the diversity of its events (opera, music, theatre, dance, visual arts, electronic arts, activities for children, academic workshops and round tables etc.) and its undeniably modern hallmark that refuses to lose sight of its beginnings, the festival caters to a broad range of public interests. The full programme is available on the EFA website. - more...

Sarajevo “Sarajevo Winter” receives international support for 26th edition

22 February 2010

The International Festival Sarajevo “Sarajevo Winter” is a traditional meeting place for artists and citizens from all over the world. The 26th edition takes place from 7 until 28 February 2010. The diverse programme ranges from visual and performing arts to music and theatre, from workshops and literary gatherings to children’s activities and film. - more...

Italiafestival to organise 2nd edition of European Week of Festivals

17 February 2010

The first edition of the European Week of Festivals (30 July - 5 August 2009), which was a pilot event, was joined by members of the European Festivals Association (EFA) from: Macedonia, Portugal, France and, in Italy: Emilia Romagna Festival, Festival della Valle d’Itria, Festival Puccini, Paestum Festival and Stresa Festival. The theme was creativity and technological innovation on the occasion of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. - more...

Seminar to focus on festivals’ ability to support creativity and increase access to arts

02 February 2010

At the occasion of the 5th Annual EFA Collective and Affiliate Members’ Meeting, Swedish Music Festivals (SMF) together with the European Festivals Association (EFA) cordially invite you to a half-day public seminar entitled “Festivals – Increasing Access, Supporting Creativity”. It takes place on Friday, 12 February, from 9.30 until 12.30 in the Immanuel Church at Kungstensgatan 17. - more...

Berliner Festspiele release MaerzMusik Programme: “Utopia [Lost]”

15 January 2010

MaerzMusik, the festival of contemporary music by the Berliner Festspiele, will take place in Berlin from 19th until 28th March. Under the dialectic motto "Utopia [lost]", the ninth edition of MaerzMusik, with more than 30 performances, exemplary works, six new music theatre productions and 19 premieres, explores music as a realm of utopian thought and practice, of memory and hope, but also as a place for the reflection of loss and failure, resignation and decline, death and beyond. - more...

Ivo Josipovic elected President of Croatia

11 January 2010

Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic, a scholar, composer and the director of Music Biennale Zagreb (member of the European Festivals Association since 1997), convincingly won the presidential election in Croatia on 10 January 2010. - more...

REMA announces its Grand Audition 2010

18 December 2009

The purpose of the GRAND AUDITION of REMA, the European Early Music Network, is to create a platform for all experienced European early music ensembles wanting to be auditioned by REMA member European festival organisers. - more...

53rd edition of Ghent Festival of Flanders: 18 September - 10 October 2010

Ghent

25 November 2009

Ghent Festival of Flanders is already busy preparing for its — wait for it — 53rd edition in 2010. The festival’s success is in great part due to its unique mix of diversity and creativity.
Each year, over 180 concerts (classical and world music) are presented by more than 1400 (inter)national artists. Superb performances, splendid locations and fresh concepts, like “OdeGand”, “Festival Avanti!”, “Festival Made!” and “uFo!” usually attract a 40.000-strong audience. - more...

REMA meeting lays down objectives for 2010

18 November 2009

The most recent meeting of REMA, the European Early Music Network, on 30 and 31 October 2009 in Louvain brought together around 20 participants, to discuss music and the visual arts. - more...

Edinburgh International Festival attends seminar on “European Festivals”

16 November 2009

On 2 December 2009, Brussels celebrates the ‘Scotland Week’, with the participation of the Edinburgh International Festival and a seminar on “European Festivals: Driving Success Through Culture”. The European Festivals Association (EFA), the Scottish Government, the European Commission and the City of Edinburgh Council participate in the seminar. - more...

Blue Note and More adds “Schwing” to the JazzFest Berlin ’09

10 November 2009

JazzFest Berlin ’09 culminated in a triumphant finish Sunday evening with John Scofield’s Piety Street Band and Booker T. in a fully sold-out hall. Other closing night highlights were the duo performance by jazz singer Sheila Jordan and Steve Kuhn at ‘Haus der Berliner Festspiele’ and Paolo Fresu (Blue Note Italy) late-night at club Quasimodo. - more...

France Festivals celebrates 50th anniversary

06 November 2009

France Festivals celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special evening on 13 November. The French federation of international music festivals demonstrates the artistic dynamic and the diversity of programmes of its members with a series of concerts selected by the member festivals. - more...

international literaturfestival berlin: After the festival is before the festival

03 November 2009

After the festival is before the festival. The team of the international literaturfestival berlin (ilb) is currently preparing the 10th edition, with the focus on Eastern Europe. It will take place from the 15th to the 26th of September 2010. - more...

Alex Nowitz wins 2. ECPNM European Competition for Live-Electronic Music Projects

16 October 2009

More than 40 projects from all over Europe were proposed for the 2. ECPNM European Competition for Live-Electronic Music Projects. An international jury selected 6 projects; on 4 October they were premiered at the final concert of the ISCM World New Music Days 2009 in Gothenburg. The jury awarded Alex Nowitz (Germany) as winner of the competition. He performed himself in his work "Minotaurus" (for singer/performer, live-el. gestural controllers). - more...

Festival Internacional Cervantino running in Mexico: 14 October to 1 November 2009

14 October 2009

The colonial city of Guanajuato is the stage for one of the most relevant artistic events in Mexico and Latin America: the Festival Internacional Cervantino (FIC). For its 37th edition, guests of honor Quebec and Zacatecas feature the best of their artistic productions. - more...

France Festivals: Colloque sur l'audience des festivals (12/13 novembre, Montpellier)

07 October 2009

Après avoir abordé la question de l’utilité des festivals et leur apport dans l’univers musical à Royaumont en 2003 (‘‘La musique a-t-elle besoin des festivals ?’’) puis le fonctionnement des festivals à l’Epau en 2006 (‘‘Les nouveaux territoires de festivals’’), France Festivals s’intéresse en 2009 à la question des publics. - more...

Christian Gerhaher awarded Rheingau Musikpreis 2009

Oestrich-Winkel, 30 September 2009

06 October 2009

Baritone Christian Gerhaher is awarded the Rheingau Musikpreis 2009. The Award is an initiative of the Rheingau Musik Festival. Read the press release in German here below. - more...

Emilia Romagna Festival concluded season with exceptional concert

01 October 2009

Music to promote remembrance. This is the theme chosen this year to close the 2009 edition of the Emilia Romagna Festival. On September 11, a date that has become highly symbolic, the Festival presented Estaba la Madre, a masterpiece by Academy Award winner Luis Bacalov, composed by the Argentine maestro to commemorate over 30,000 desaparecidos. They were the victims of a most cruel and bloodthirsty dictatorship that plagued Argentina beginning in 1976. - more...

Ted Hearne wins Gaudeamus Prize 2009

Amsterdam, 10 September 2009

14 September 2009

At the final concert of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009, which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 7 to 12 September, the Gaudeamus Prize was awarded to the American composer Ted Hearne (1982). He receives the award of 4,550 Euros, intended as a commission for a new work to be performed at the next edition of the International Gaudeamus Music Week in 2010. - more...

Baalbeck Festival represented at first ever World Innovation Summit for Education and Culture

01 September 2009

The first World Innovation Summit for Education and Culture is taking place from 16-18 November 2009 in Doha/Qatar. The Festival International de Baalbeck, the oldest and one of the most prestigious festivals in the Middle East, will be represented by Mrs May Arida, President of the Baalbeck Festival. - more...

KlaraFestival 2009 takes you on a musical journey

21 August 2009

The KlaraFestival 2009 will soon be flooding Brussels with compelling, classical, fresh sounds for the sixth year in a row. From 28 August to 11 September, it will release the Power of Music to audiences in the concert halls of Bozar, Flagey and the public spaces of Brussels: Forza Musica! This year, the KlaraFestival takes you on a musical journey with the Far East and Sweden as its main stops. - more...

iCalendar for Edinburgh International Festival 09 out now

Edinburgh

11 August 2009

Our programme of events for this year's Festival is now available as an iCalendar download. This enables you to view all our events in your desktop calendar application, and find out dates, times and details quickly. It makes it easy to check your personal appointments against our Festival schedule and copy events you're attending into your own calendar. It's compatible with Outlook, Apple iCal and Google Calendar, and will even sync with your iPhone. - more...

Edinburgh International Festival 09: Gate | Friel season discount

Edinburgh

15 July 2009

Celebrate the work of Brian Friel at the Edinburgh International Festival 09 as the Gate Theatre present three plays from Ireland's greatest living playwright: Faith Healer, The Yalta Game and Afterplay. - more...

Actus tragicus competition at Festival 09

Edinburgh

15 July 2009

Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Opera) presents the staged opera Actus tragicus at Festival 09. Set to the music of Bach, with its eloquence and connection to the human spirit, the minutiae and repetition of human behaviour is brought to life within the cross-section of a four-storey building set. The chorus is amongst the most successful in Europe and has won the title of 'Opernwelt's Opera Choir of the Year' seven times. - more...

One month until the beginning of Edinburgh International Festival 09

Edinburgh

14 July 2009

The 2009 Edinburgh International Festival is running from 14 August until 6 September. With only one month to go until the start of Festival 09 find tickets for the events you want to see in various ways below. - more...

Festival della Valle d'Itria (Martina Franca) running from 16 July until 5 August

06 July 2009

The Festival della Valle d'Itria (Martina Franca) - a prominent festival which is devoted mainly to the great tradition of Italian and French opera - is running its 35th edition in 2009: it takes place in Martina Franca from 16 July until 5 August. - more...

Job opening: Europäische Wochen Passau is looking for new director

Passau

23 June 2009

The festival Festspiele Europäische Wochen Passau is looking for a new director as of 1 January 2012. Read the job advertisement (in German). Applications can be sent in until 15 September 2009. - more...

Arundhati Roy opens the 9th international literature festival berlin on 9 September 2009

Berlin, 9 -19 September 2009

15 June 2009

This year, the 9th international literature festival berlin (ilb) will be opened with a talk by Arundhati Roy in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. As one of the world’s most prestigious literature festivals, the ilb will attract 140 writers from 50 countries to the German capital from 9 - 19 September. In previous years, the festival’s readings, author’s talks, political debates and concerts have attracted as many as 34,000 visitors. - more...

Gaudeamus Music Week 2009: preliminary programme available

12 June 2009

From 7-12 September 2009, the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009 takes place in Amsterdam. The annual Gaudeamus Music Week (now presented by Music Center the Netherlands) focuses on music by young composers from all over the world. - more...

Programme Flanders Festival International Ghent - Some Joy in dire times!

04 June 2009

Press Release – Some joy in dire times!
(“Joy is not in things—it is in us”, Richard Wagner (translated from the original German))
Flanders Festival Ghent refuses to be bogged down by the crisis and instead opts for unbridled joy! After all, even in difficult times there needs to be room for the occasional smile, a warm feeling, and the odd unforgettable moment. - more...

Press conferences of Ljubljana Festival 2009 in Zagreb, Vienna and Trieste

29 May 2009

A series of press conferences for the presentation of the programme of the Ljubljana Festival 2009 took place in May in Zagreb, Vienna and Trieste. The programme of Ljubljana Festival has been attracting more foreign visitors year after year; that’s why is was decided to present the events of the Festival Summer 2009 in some of the neighboring countries - Croatia, Austria and Italy. - more...

Festival della valle d'Itria (Martina Franca) announces programme 2009

Milan, Teatro Strehler

21 May 2009

The President Franco Punzi and the Artistic Director Sergio Segalini have announced in a press conference in the hall of the Teatro Strehler in Milan the programme of the 35th Festival della Valle d'Itria, which will take place in Martina Franca from July 16 until August 5, 2009. - more...

Press conference at the presentation of the programme for the Ljubljana Festival 2009

19 May 2009

At a press conference held at the Ljubljana Town Hall on 9 April, the Ljubljana Festival presented the events of the 2009 Summer Festival, along with the accompanying programme and the principal sponsors. - more...

BBC Proms announces 2009 edition

20 April 2009

2009 is the 115th year of the BBC Proms and it still remains true to its original aim: to present the widest possible range of music, performed to the highest standards, to large audiences. - more...

Tickets now on sale for Edinburgh International Festival 2009 – the world on stage in Edinburgh.

Friday 14 August - Sunday 6 September

08 April 2009

Edinburgh International Festival Director Jonathan Mills has announced his programme for the 2009 Edinburgh International Festival. This year’s programme is inspired by The Enlightenment, an incredible period in the 18th century which saw an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. - more...

Erik Söderblom appointed Helsinki Festival Director

Helsinki, April 2009

03 April 2009

Helsinki Festival is delighted to announce the appointment of Erik Söderblom (b. 1958) as Festival Director. Söderblom, who takes up the post from 1 May 2009, will assume responsibility for the festival’s artistic direction and organisational management. - more...

"George Enescu" Festival promotion tour in March stops in 6 European Capitals

Bucharest, March 2009

09 March 2009

An international promotion tour for the XIX edition of the "George Enescu" International Festival and Competition brings the festival to a series of European Capitals including Brussels, Paris, London, Rome, Vienna and Berlin. - more...

Press conference at the 24th Slovenian Music Days

Ljubljana

04 March 2009

On Tuesday, March 3 there was a press conference in Križanke Knigt's hall in Ljubljana. The conference was organized to present the 24. Slovenian Music Days, that will take place between March 10. and 14. This four day music festival is composed of an international musicological symposium and of the musical part. The topic of this year's symposium is "The Mediterranean - Source of Music and Longing of European Romanticism and Modernism. Therefore the composers and performers from Slovenia's Primorska region ant the areas just beyond Slovenia's border will be the centre of attention. The musical part of the music days will be performed by The Slovenian National Theatre Opera and Ballet Maribor (Viktor Parma: Goldenhorn, opera); The RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra with Anton Nanut, Choral Music 2009 Slovenian Composers Society, The Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra with Simon Krečič and Big Band RTV Slovenia with Jani Kovačič. In June there will also be a concert Destinees Machinales at the 27th Anniversary of Vinko Globokar. - more...

Press conference at the 24th Slovenian Music Days

Ljubljana, Maribor

04 March 2009

Al Bustan Festival started its 2009 edition

25 February 2009

From Wednesday 18 February until Sunday 22 March 2009, the Al Bustan International Festival of Music and the Arts takes place in the village of Beyt Meri, Lebanon. This year’s motto is “Music and Life”. - more...

Jury selects 15 compositions for the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009

Amsterdam, February 2009

12 February 2009

PRESS RELEASE
Jury selects 15 compositions for the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009.
The jury of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009, consisting of Huba de Graaff (The Netherlands), Akira Nishimura (Japan), and Julia Wolfe (USA), has nominated fifteen compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize 2009. - more...

EFA and collective and affiliate members launch statement on the excellent work of FestClásica

Ubeda, 29 January 2009

30 January 2009

At the occasion of the European Festivals Association’s annual collective and associated members meeting held in Ubeda from 28-30 January 2009, EFA and 15 national festivals associations and networks launched a statement expressing their appreciation of the excellent work and importance of FestClásica, the Spanish Association of Classical Music Festivals. - more...

Sarajevo Winter 2009: "Organic Art Life"

Sarajevo, 7 -28 February 2009

12 January 2009

In 2009, the Sarajevo Winter festival will be marking 25 years of existence.
This year's edition is organised under the motto "Organic Art Life", in the spirit of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. - more...

Festival of all art forms in Iceland

Reykjavík Iceland May 15 - 31 2009

30 October 2008

Reykjavík Arts Festival 2009 will be held from May 15 to May 31 2009. The Festival will be a fiest of all art forms, including music, theatre, dance,opera, literature and visual arts.
The whole programme will be presented in February next year. - more...

La Roumanie Capitale Européenne du Théâtre: 11 Octobre - 22 Décembre 2008

14 October 2008

17° FESTIVAL DE L’UNION DES THÉÂTRES D’EUROPE
UPFest – la fête itinérante du théâtre européen
ORGANISÉ PAR TEATRUL BULANDRA ET THEATRE HONGROIS D’ETAT DE CLUJ
Aujourd’hui à l’ambassade de Roumanie a eu lieu l’annonce en avant-première du programme du 17ème Festival de l’Union des Théâtres de l’Europe en présence de l’Ambassadeur Teodor Baconschi et de la directrice de l’Institut Culturel Roumain de Paris, Magda Carneci. - more...

2008 BAFA Annual Conference

Liverpool, 23-25 October 2008

29 September 2008

Against the backdrop of the UNESCO World Heritage waterfront and in the year of European Capital of Culture, BAFA brings its Annual Conference to Liverpool in 2008.
When? Thursday 23, Friday 24 & Saturday 25 October 2008 - more...

LAUS POLYPHONIAE 08 starting soon

13 August 2008

LAUS POLYPHONIAE 08
Music in the Hanseatic cities / Age-old trade routes resound
This August, Antwerp’s reputed early music festival Laus Polyphoniae spotlights the fascinating, musical past of the Hanseatic League. The Flanders Festival will lead its visitors on an enthralling journey from the North Sea to the Baltics. The concerts, which are conceived as imaginary visits to the Hanseatic towns of the middle ages and the renaissance, will offer a glimpse into the commercial seed-beds for thriving music scenes. Renowned ensembles like Concerto Palatino (artist in residence), Cantus Cölln, Huelgas Ensemble and Capilla Flamenca will unveil the often neglected, but splendid repertories of Danzig, Königsberg, Copenhagen, Cracow, Lübeck, Hamburg etc. Come and explore the centuries-old trade routs, through which polyphony was passed on from town to town … - more...

EFA President Darko Brlek on the importance of networking in Spain

13 June 2008

A major editorial is attributed to the European Festivals Association and its new member, the Spanish Association of Music Festivals FESTCLASICA in the June edition of the Spanish magazine 'Opera Actual'. - more...

Emilia Romagna Festival announces programme 2008

Emilia Romagna

13 June 2008

We are glad to inform you that the new 2008 website of Emilia Romagna Festival is on-line!
www.emiliaromagnafestival.org
We wish you a lot of fun surfing through our pages and recommend all of you who are interested in following our festival more closely, to register to our newsletter. - more...

Invitation to the XXV Jubilee International Festival Sarajevo

12 June 2008

“Sarajevo Winter 2009” Organic Art Life - February 7-28, 2009
It is a great pleasure for us to invite You to take part in the XXV International Festival Sarajevo – “Sarajevo Winter 2009”– a traditional cultural and artistic event taking place in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Festival will be held under the motto “Organic Art Life”. - more...

REMA press release

03 April 2008

Bart Demuyt new President of REMA
New Board
Meeting EFA-REMA on EU year of Intercultural dialogue
On April 3 2008 Bart Demuyt (Belgium) was elected President of REMA.
He succeeds to Jan Van den Bossche, Director of the Holland Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht. - more...

The Arts Festivals' Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue signed in Oslo

Oslo

03 March 2008

The Arts Festivals’ Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue has been signed by Norwegian festivals in Oslo on 3 March 2008: festivals and officials from Norway signed the Declaration and committed to its objectives and obligations. - more...

Reykjavik Arts Festivals presents programme 2008

29 February 2008

The Reykjavik Arts Festival presents its programme 2008 dedicated mainly to visual arts this year: see the detailed programme on the EFA website and download the programme overview from the Reykjavik Arts website. - more...

BAFA News and Events

01 February 2008

Festivals mean business
BAFA is taking the high road.
Bookings are now being taken for the 2008 BAFA Spring Road Show – visit the BAFA Website for an on-line booking form at www.artsfestivals.co.uk - more...

Teatro Europe - Colloqium Porto 7/8 December 2007

26 November 2007

Organised by the Union of the Theatres of Europe (UTE) and the Teatro Nacional São João, in collaboration with the European Theatre Convention (CTE) and the Relais Culture Europe, Teatro Europa wishes to establish a place of exchange, where to question artists, art managers, politicians and other essential cultural agents from all over Europe on the conditions and limitations of the relationship between the “territories” of contemporary creation within the performing arts,specifically within the theatre, and the public policies developed and established at different levels:local, national and European. This first meeting is the starting point of a process of reflection that should be developed more intensely from 2008 onwards. - more...

16th UTEfest in Torino

06 October 2007

Ute - l'Union des Théâtres de l'Europe is having its 16th festival from 25 October - 31 December. Read more about it here.

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Duo Con:Fusion winner of the first ECPNM competition

12 September 2007

Duo Con:Fusion winner of the first ECPNM competition for live-electronic music projects 2007.
The ECPNM – European Conference of Promoters of New Music is has hosted a European competition for the composition and interpretation of live-electronic music projects. - more...

CHRISTOPHER TRAPANI WINS GAUDEAMUS PRIZE 2007

12 September 2007

CHRISTOPHER TRAPANI WINS GAUDEAMUS PRIZE 2007
At the final concert of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2007, which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 3 to 9 September, the Gaudeamus Prize was awarded to the American composer Christopher Trapani (1980). He receives the award of 4,550 Euros, intended as a commission for a new work to be performed at the next edition of the International Gaudeamus Music Week in 2008. - more...

Sarajevo Winter 2008

08 August 2007

The 24th International Festival Sarajevo „Sarajevo Winter 2008“ will be held from February 7 to March 21, 2008. The official title of the Festival will be „Baricades without borders -'68. New (Brave) World”. - more...

“Nouveaux territoires des festivals” lancé

14 June 2007

A PARAÎTRE !
France Festivals et les éditions Michel de Maule vous annoncent la parution de l’étude réalisée par Emmanuel NEGRIER, et Marie-Thérèse Jourda, chercheurs au CNRS, sur les “ Nouveaux territoires des festivals”. - more...

Jury selects 17 compositions for the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2007

06 March 2007

The jury, this year consisting of Mary Finsterer (Australia), Kevin Volans (South Africa) and Yannis Kyriakides (Cyprus/the Netherlands), made a selection of seventeen works out of more than threehundred and eighty entries written by composers from fifty-four different countries ranging from Argentina to Iceland and from Taiwan to Costa-Rica. The selected pieces will be performed in the Music Week and are nominated for the Gaudeamus Prize. At the end of the festival the jury awards the Gaudeamus Prize for best work. In addition to these selected works, a number of compositions by young composers will be programmed. A preliminary program will be available on our website in May. - more...

2008 - Results on Call for Ideas online

01 March 2007

The European Commission published the results of the "Call for ideas" for promoting intercultural dialogue in Europe.
The call for ideas has been addressed to civil society and all other interested parties to engage them into the year and enable the Commission to define guidelines for future calls for proposals, which will be published at the beginning of April 2007, in the framework of the Year of Intercultural Dialogue. - more...

Sumpteous feasts and small delicacies

27 February 2007

Reykjavík Arts Festival
Sumpteous feasts and small delicacies
The Reykjavík Arts Festival will open unusually early this season, on May 10th this coming spring. The first festival days overlap the final days of the French Culture Festival “Pourqouis Pas? A French Spring in Iceland 2007”, featuring magnificent street theatre spectacles, on a scale such hitherto unseen in this city, courtesy of the French troupe Royal de luxe. School children in Reykjavík are invited for at trip down town on this occasion, and they will fill the streets of the city centre. The minister of Culture and Education, Ms Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, will open the Festival at the National Gallery, followed by the Hamrahlíð Youth Choir, the African musicians of Konono N° 1 and Icelandic duo Ghosdigital. - more...

International Festival Sarajevo Winter

05 February 2007

The International Festival Sarajevo "Sarajevo Winter" is a traditional meeting place for artists and citizens from all over the World.
The first "Sarajevo Winter" Festival was held from 21 December 1984 to 6 April 1985. In the course of twenty two years of its existence, the Festival has become an inseparable part of the city life. In the 1026 Festival days Sarajevo saw 2.763 performances and exhibitions with over - more...

Early box office opening

04 December 2006

The box office will open its doors on-line to Festival guests a little earlier than usual, in order to get a head start on three of the major events at the upcoming Festival. These are the seven performances of the San Francisco Ballet, directed by Helgi Tómasson at the Reykjavík City Theatre as of May 16, and the double baritone recitals of Dmitri Hvorostovsky on May 20 and Bryn Terfel on May 21, both in Háskólabíó Concert Hall. This is the first time the Festival opens the box office for selected events in December. - more...

LEPAGE – PERSONALE

04 December 2006

Theater und Film mit Robert Lepage
Zum ersten Mal in Deutschland zeigt der frankokanadische Theatermagier ROBERT LEPAGE sein fulminanten Solo „The Andersen Project“ auf.
Ab 7. bis zum 17. Dezember spielt er im Haus der Berliner Festspiele die multimedial verarbeitete und eigens interpretierte Geschichte des dänischen Dichters. - more...

Early box office opening for three of the Festival´s main events

04 December 2006

Hebe de Bonafini zu Gast bei den Berliner Lektionen 06|07

27 November 2006

„Verschwunden, aber nicht vergessen! – Der lange Marsch der Mütter der Plaza de Mayo für Menschenrechte und Gerechtigkeit“
Sonntag, 3. Dezember 2006 | 11:30 Uhr | Renaissance-Theater Berlin
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spielzeiteuropa 06|07: Okt 2006 – Jan 2007

06 November 2006

Es ist wieder Zeit für Theater im Haus der Berliner Festspiele! Save the date: 16. Nov 19.00 Uhr
Am 16. November 2006 startet die dritte spielzeiteuropa 06|07 und macht das Haus der Berliner Festspiele in den Wintermonaten erneut zu einer wichtigen Theateradresse der Stadt - more...

Orhan Pamuk erhält den Nobelpreis für Literatur

16 October 2006

Orhan Pamuk erhält den Nobelpreis für Literatur
Joachim Sartorius gratuliert dem türkischen Schriftsteller

„Orhan Pamuk ist nicht nur ein sehr wacher und couragierter Zeitgenosse, sondern auch ein großartiger Schriftsteller, der östliche Erzählkunst mit den großen Traditionen des europäischen Romans zu verbinden weiß. Die weise Entscheidung des Nobelpreiskomitees für Orhan Pamuk hat auch weltliterarisch Bestand. - more...

Evenement: Colloque France Festivals: 16 et 17 novembre 2006

09 October 2006

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Après le colloque tenu à Royaumont sur le thème “La musique a-t-elle besoin des festivals”, France Festivals organise les 16 et 17 novembre 2006, à l’abbaye de l’Epau (Le Mans), un colloque ayant pour thème : Les nouveaux territoires des festivals. - more...

Record Attendance at Lucerne Festival, SOMMER 2006

18 September 2006

Record Attendance at LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2006
After 39 days with more than 100 events, 16 of which were premières, LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2006, now draws to a close. With more than 80,000 concertgoers and 92% tickets sold, it proved to be a record year. The highly varied general programme found great acclaim as well and, thus, this year’s summer festival counted a total of more than 100,000 visitors. - more...

21. Treffen Junger Autoren vom 23. bis 27. November 2006

18 September 2006

Zum 21. Mal: Treffen Junger Autoren in Berlin
vom 23. bis 27. November 2006
Die Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger stehen fest!
Aus 791 Bewerbungen hat die Jury des 21. bundesweiten Wettbewerbs „Treffen Junger Autoren“ - more...

Berliner Lektionen werden 20!

18 September 2006

Saison 2006/2007 beginnt am 19. November mit Hermann Nitsch

Seit 1987 bringen die Berliner Lektionen prominente Künstler, Politiker, Wissenschaftler u.a. nach Berlin. Innerhalb von kurzer Zeit hat die Reihe ihr Stammpublikum erworben. Im zwanzigsten Jahr gesellen sich weitere Persönlichkeiten zu dem illustren Reigen, in dem Willy Brandt, Michail Gorbatschow, Christo, Vanessa Redgrave und Herbert Grönemeyer auftraten. - more...

The Last Night of the KlaraFestival

08 September 2006

Après deux semaines de tentation musicale, le KlaraFestival de Flandre se clôture en apothéose et en beauté le 15 septembre avec The Last Night of the KlaraFestival.
À huit heures, le Palais des Beaux-Arts ouvre ses portes pour une soirée de Tentations et de Musique finlandaise. - more...

Martina Gedeck und Werner Rehm spielen ungarisches Theater

04 September 2006

Auf Tod, auf Leben
Ein ungarisches Theaterdoppel

Von Péter Esterházy und Péter Nádas
Es spielen: Martina Gedeck und Werner Rehm
Regie: Laszlo Kornitzer
Bühne: Wigand Witting - more...

George Benjamin is fourth Roche Commissions composer

01 September 2006

Basel, 1 September 2006
George Benjamin is fourth Roche Commissions composer
World premiere of the third Roche Commissions composition by Hanspeter Kyburz
Tomorrow morning, Roche will present the commission for the fourth work in the Roche Commissions series to the British composer and conductor George Benjamin. A presentation ceremony will be held at Roche Forum Buonas near Lucerne to commence the fourth round of this innovative cultural project. George Benjamin’s work will be performed as a world premiere on 30 August 2008 at the Lucerne Culture and Convention Centre (KKL) as part of the Lucerne Festival Summer. It will have its New York premiere at Carnegie Hall in the following concert season. - more...

Berliner Festspiele | Theaterabend mit Martina Gedeck

01 September 2006

„Auf Tod, auf Leben.“
Ein Theaterabend mit Texten von Péter Esterházy und Péter Nádas
Es spielen: Martina Gedeck und Werner Rehm
Regie: Laszlo Kornitzer
Bühne: Wigand Witting - more...

Festival Get Together

01 September 2006

The Annual Conference of the British Arts Festivals Association will take place in Cardiff, Wales, from 19 – 21 October.
Members of The European Festivals Association will be very welcome at the conference, which provides a fantastic opportunity to interact with people running UK festivals and a chance to share experiences and swap ideas. - more...

Barbara Bonney remplacée par Monica Groop

30 August 2006

Barbara Bonney, qui devait participer, le 5 septembre prochain, au KlaraFestival de Flandre, a dû annuler tous ses concerts jusqu’en 2009. Aussi, le KlaraFestival de Flandre présente, en remplacement, deux brillants musiciens : la mezzo soprano Monica Groop et le pianiste Rudolf Jansen. - more...

Film muet avec accompagnement musical en live par le Anssi Tikanmäki Film Orchestra

30 August 2006

Juha (1998) par Aki Kaurismäki (Cannes – Grand Prix 2002)
Film muet avec accompagnement musical en live par le Anssi Tikanmäki Film Orchestra

Le samedi 9 septembre, le Anssi Tikanmäki Film Orchestra accompagne en live la présentation du film satirique Juha d’Aki Kaurismäki – devenu célèbre grâce à son Grand Prix à Cannes pour The Man without a Past. Dans cet hommage au film muet, la collaboration entre le metteur en scène Kaurismäki et le compositeur de musique de film Tikanmäki atteint un sommet. Juha présente un récit satirique rempli d’intrigues piquantes, de plaisant adultère et une certaine nostalgie des temps révolus: une simple paysanne se laisse séduire par les charmes d’un citadin et part pour la ville - ce que son mari bien entendu ne peut laisser passer sans broncher. - more...

Laura Aikin übernimmt den Sopranpart in Hanspeter Kyburz’ Uraufführung "touché"

28 August 2006

Laura Aikin übernimmt den Sopranpart in Hanspeter Kyburz’ Uraufführung «touché» am Samstag, 2. September 18.30 Uhr im Konzertsaal des KKL.
Laura Aikin ist in der Schweiz vor allem durch ihre Aufsehen erregende «Lulu» am Opernhaus Zürich unter der Leitung von Franz Welser-Möst bekannt. - more...

Das Musikfest Berlin 2006

23 August 2006

Vom 1. bis 17. September veranstalten die Berliner Festspiele in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker zum zweiten Mal das Musikfest Berlin. Das Festival widmet sich der der traditionellen Orchesterliteratur und bietet dem Unbekannten und Neuen ein Forum. - more...

JazzFest Berlin 06: Filme, New Orleans und Alpenländer

18 August 2006

Das Programm ab sofort online
Das JazzFest Berlin findet 2006 vom 1. bis 5. November statt. Schwerpunkte des Programms sind
Jazz und Film, ein Tribute an New Orleans und die alpenländische Jazzszene. Eröffnet wird das Festival mit der Premiere eines neuen Films von Julian Benedikt. In Play Your Own Thing widmet sich Benedikt der Geschichte des Jazz in Europa – mit viel Musik und vielen Interviews mit u.a. Coco Schumann, Juliette Greco, Tomasz Stanko, Till Brönner und Louis Sclavis. Teile des Films entstanden auch beim letztjährigen Jazzfest. Gezeigt wird außerdem Lubitschs Stummfilm-Komödie Die Austernprinzessin, musikalisch live untermalt von der belgischen Großformation Flat Earth Society. Die Vorführung von Robert Mugges 2006 entstandenem Dokumentarfilm New Orleans Music in Exile verbindet zwei Programmschwerpunkte: Der Film, den das Jazzfest als Benefiz für die Tipitina’s Foundation zeigt, folgt den Spuren zentraler Protagonisten der Musikszene von New Orleans nach der Vertreibung durch Katrina und beschreibt eindrücklich die spezifischen Auswirkungen des Hurrikans auf das legendäre Musikleben der Stadt. Klar: es werden beim Jazzfest auch Musiker wie Allen Toussaint und Eddie Bo aus der Südstaatenmetropole live zu erleben sein. - more...

Jordi Savall et le Collegium Vocale Gent pour la première fois ensemble dans L'Orfeo de Monteverdi

17 August 2006

Bruxelles a de la chance avec le premier opéra de l’histoire de la musique. Après la version contemporaine de la chorégraphe Trisha Brown et du chef René Jacobs, à la Monnaie, le Palais des Beaux-Arts accueille, le mercredi 6 septembre, la reconstitution historique de L’Orfeo de Monteverdi, produite en 2002 par le metteur en scène Gilbert Deflo et le génial gambiste catalan Jordi Savall. Une production flamboyante à découvrir aussi en DVD (Opus Arte/Codaex). - more...

Eröffnung von LUCERNE FESTIVAL

16 August 2006

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2006 startete gestern mit einer fulminanten Eröffnungsrede von Bundespräsident Leuenberger und einem umjubelten Konzert mit Claudio Abbado und Cecilia Bartoli. Die Live-Übertragung des Eröffnungskonzerts auf das Inseli war mit weit über 2000 Zusehern ein voller Erfolg. - more...

Pressekonferenz Literaturfestival am 23. August 2006 um 12.30 Uhr im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

16 August 2006

Das 6. internationale literaturfestival berlin (ilb) findet vom 5. bis 16. September 2006 statt.
Wir möchten Sie herzlich zu unserer Pressekonferenz einladen, am 23. August 2006 um 12.30 Uhr im Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin. - more...

Programme Card 2006 Janacek May International Music Festival

08 August 2006

Please find herewith the Programme Card 2006 of the Janacek May International Music Festival.

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Programme Card 2006 Budapest Spring and Autumn Festival

08 August 2006

Please find herewith the Programme Card of the Budapest Spring and Autumn Festival.

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PROGRAMME CARD 2006 Rheingau Music Festival

08 August 2006

Please find herewith the Programme Card of the Rheingau Music Festival.

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REMA General Assembly and conference

08 August 2006

The next General Assembly of REMA (Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne - European Early Music Network) will take place from 24 until 26 August 2006 in Utrecht in the framework of the 25th Early Music Festival in Utercht. REMA and the Festival will jointly host a three-day international conference with representatives of early music festivals, venues, and promoters from all over the world. Have a look at the REMA website. - more...

Start KlaraFestival le 2 septembre - Musique sans complexes pour toute la famille

08 August 2006

Le samedi 2 septembre, le Klarafestival de Flandres débutera dans un tourbillon virevoltant. Dans le quartier du Kaaitheater (Quai des Péniches) on pourra profiter toute la journée de musique, danse et animations de rue. - more...

Musikfest Berlin 06 - Klassische Vielfalt auf höchstem Niveau

07 August 2006

Vom 1. bis zum 17. September 2006 veranstalten die Berliner Festspiele in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker zum zweiten Mal das Musikfest Berlin.
Das Festival widmet sich der traditionellen Orchesterliteratur und bietet dem Unbekannten und Neuen ein Forum. Nach dem großen Publikumserfolg der ersten Ausgabe präsentiert das Musikfest Berlin 2006 international gefeierte Orchester und Ensembles; u.a. das Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest unter Mariss Jansons, The Philadelphia Orchestra unter Christoph Eschenbach, die Staatskapelle Berlin unter Daniel Barenboim und die Berliner Philharmoniker mit Sir Simon Rattle. - more...

All Change at BAFA

04 August 2006

Its all change at the British Arts Festivals Association with a new website, new office and new personnel.
Following a review of its operations last year BAFA was awarded funding from Arts Council England to enable it to make significant changes to the services it offers its members. This will include a new-look website, development of its annual conference, which this year will be held at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, and an enhanced advocacy service for its members. - more...

Flanders Festival Brussels and Ghent have a full-time job opportunity dramaturge

22 June 2006

Flanders Festival Brussels and Ghent (Belgium) have a full-time job opportunity for an: Dramaturge/Assistant Programming (m/f)
Entrance into office: August 16th, 2006 Please contact the Flanders website for more information www.festival.be. - more...

westöstlicherdiwan lädt zu interkulturellen Lesungen ein

02 June 2006

Gamal al-Ghitani und Ingo Schulze sowie Qassim Haddad und Ilija Trojanow
Mit zwei Doppellesungen geht die interkulturelle Literatur-Begegnungsreihe „westöstlicherdiwan“ im Juni 2006 weiter.
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Colloque France Festivals 2006

31 May 2006

France Festivals organise un colloque le 16 et 17 novembre 2006 à l'abbaye de l'Epau, au Mans sur "les nouveaux territoires des festivals".
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CD from the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival released

23 May 2006

The next CD from the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival has been just released

The Ludwig van Beethoven Association has released the first two CDs from the new series “Great Performances at the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival”. The series presents the best performances recorded during ten years of the Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. - more...

Strasbourg (France) 1-4 juin 2006 - festival du théätre

22 May 2006

Festival « Premières », 2ème édition
un Festival organisé par le Théâtre National de Strasbourg et Le Maillon
avec le soutien de l'Union des Théâtre de l'Europe
Qu’en est-il du théâtre en Europe aujourd’hui : quelles en sont les nouvelles figures, les dernières tendances, les futurs artisans ? Comment se transmet-il ici et là de maître à élève ? Fait-il toujours actualité ? - more...

Strasbourg (France) 1-4 Juin 2006 Theater festival - supported by UTE

22 May 2006

Festival “Premières” second edition
A festival organised by the Théâtre National de Strasbourg and Le Maillon
with the support of the Union of the Theatres of Europe
There are many questions surrounding today’s European theatre: who are the new figure-heads, the up and coming ones, what are the last trends? How are skills passed on from teachers to learners? Is European theatre still performing in-the-world? - more...

Union of the Theatres of Europe : 15th Festival

20 April 2006

The Union of the Theatres of Europe was created fifteen years ago at the initiative of Giorgio Strehler and Jack Lang, with support from the French Ministry of Culture. It is an alliance of public theatres whose mission is to contribute to the building of the European Union through culture and theatre, to encourage a collective cultural movement that breaks through language barriers in order to develop an art theatre which is seen as a vector of fraternity among people. The UTE promotes productions and co-productions, theatre exchanges and shared experiences, while respecting individual identities and cultures. - more...

Union des Théâtres de l'Europe : 15ème Festival

19 April 2006

L'Union des Théâtres de l'Europe est une association de théâtres publics créée il y a quinze ans à l'initiative de Giorgio Strehler et de Jack Lang, avec le soutien du Ministère de la Culture français. Son objet est de contribuer à la construction de l'Union européenne par la culture et le théâtre, de développer une action culturelle commune, qui dépasse les barrières de la langue, en faveur d'un théâtre d'Art considéré comme instrument fédérateur de poésie et de fraternité entre les peuples. Elle encourage les productions et coproductions, les échanges entre théâtres et le partage des expériences, en respectant identités, traditions culturelles et différences de chacun. - more...

Klarafestival - Festival International de musique à Bruxelles: Invitation conférence de presse

12 April 2006

Le 2 septembre 2006, le Festival de Flandre, le Palais des Beaux-Arts, le Kaaitheater, Klara et Canvas donneront le coup d'envoi de la troisième édition du KlaraFestival / Festival international de musique à Bruxelles. Du 2 au 15 septembre, près de 100 concerts seront ainsi proposés, de midi à minuit, autour de deux thèmes: la Finlande, à l'occasion de la présidence finlandaise de l'Union européenne, et la tentation. - more...

Berliner Festspiele | Nachtmusik beim Theatertreffen

11 April 2006

Nachtmusik beim Theatertreffen
5. bis 21. Mai
Im Theater wird gefeiert. So auch beim Theatertreffen. Die tt nachtmusik präsentiert zwei junge Musikerinnen im Konzert und die legendäre Russendisko von Wladimir Kaminer im Haus der Berliner Festspiele. Auch die zahlreichen Premierenpartys stehen allen Nachtschwärmern offen. - more...

Musikalische Meilensteine - Musikfest Berlin 2006

07 April 2006

Vom 1. bis 17. September veranstalten die Berliner Festspiele in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker zum zweiten Mal das Musikfest Berlin.
Das Musikfest Berlin widmet sich der Aufgabe, neben den bedeutenden Werken des symphonischen Repertoires und der Orchesterliteratur der Tradition insbesondere auch das Unbekannte und Neue zu präsentieren und der innovativen künstlerischen Arbeit der Orchester und Ensembles, der Komponisten, Dirigenten und Solisten des internationalen Musiklebens ein Forum zu bieten. - more...

Theatermarathon in Berlin - Theatertreffen 5. bis 21. Mai 2006

27 March 2006

Der Countdown läuft: vom 5. – 21. Mai 2006 laden die Berliner Festspiele zum 43. Theatertreffen.
Ein Jahr lang bereiste die Jury die deutschsprachige Theaterlandschaft auf der Suche nach den besten Stücken der Spielzeit. Sie hat entschieden. Eingeladen sind 11 Inszenierungen aus Berlin bzw. Berlin/Basel, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Halle an der Saale, Hannover, Mannheim, München, Stuttgart und Wien. Als einzige Regisseurin beim diesjährigen Festival, zeigt Karin Henkel ihre Stuttgarter Inszenierung von Anton Tschechows „Platonow“ in Berlin. - more...

Orchestermusik bei MaerzMusik

21 March 2006

Sonnabend, 25. März 2006
20.00 Uhr Philharmonie

ORCHESTERMUSIK
Vykintas Baltakas
Poussla
für Ensemble und Orchester (2006) UA der Neufassung / AW - more...

Neue Musik für neue Hörer

14 March 2006

Kulturelle Wechselbeziehungen und Fernost auf musikalisch
Am kommenden Donnerstag, den 16. März 2006, beginnt die diesjährige MaerzMusik, das Festival für aktuelle Musik der Berliner Festspiele. Die MaerzMusik beleuchtet jährlich verschiedene Themenfelder im Spektrum der zeitgenössischen Musik. Die Themen Interkulturalität und Japan und der Westen stehen im Mittelpunkt des diesjährigen Festivals. Den Auftakt der MaerzMusik bildet die Uraufführung von Welt im Quecksilberlicht nach Gedichten des berühmten „obskuren“ Dichters Gu Cheng, einer Computeroper des chinesischen Komponisten Cong Su, der in seinem Werk die Identitätssuche beim Aufeinandertreffen unterschiedlicher kultureller Sphären thematisiert. Die Aufführung findet am 16. März 2006 um 19.30 Uhr im Theater HAU EINS statt. - more...

MaerzMusik – Festival für aktuelle Musik startet am 16. März

13 March 2006

Musiktheater und Orchestermusik
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

MaerzMusik, das internationale Festival für aktuelle Musik unter dem Dach der Berliner Festspiele, wird am 16. März eröffnet. - more...

Programmvorstellung Lucerne Festival 2006

09 March 2006

Am Freitag, den 7. April 2006 um 17.00 Uhr werden
Michael Haefliger, Intendant, Mark Sattler, Dramaturg und Projektleiter MODERNE und Katharina Rengger, Projektleiterin LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY das Programm von LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2006 vorstellen. - more...

MaerzMusik – Festival für aktuelle Musik

23 February 2006

Vormusik mit Kaija Saariaho: L’Amour de loin
Sonnabend, 4. März 2006
20.00 Uhr Haus der Berliner Festspiele

Kaija Saariaho
L’ Amour de loin (2000)
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Meeting: THE FUTURE WITHOUT MUSIC

Milan, 20 February 2006

14 February 2006

MEETING - THE FUTURE WITHOUT MUSIC
MILAN 20 FEBRUARY 2006

MORNING (10.30 – 1.00 PM)
Corso San Gottardo, 42/A “La Verdi” Foundation, Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of Milan - more...

Theatertreffen 2006 - Auswahl

13 February 2006

Theatertreffen
05. – 21. Mai 2006

Die Jury des Theatertreffens hat getagt und ist zu folgendem Ergebnis gekommen: Die bemerkenswerten Inszenierungen des Theatertreffens 2006 kommen aus Berlin bzw. Berlin/Basel, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Halle an der Saale, Hannover, Mannheim, München, Stuttgart und Wien von den Regisseurinnen und Regisseuren Paul Binnerts, William Forsythe, Jürgen Gosch, Dimiter Gotscheff, Helgard Haug und Daniel Wetzel (Rimini Protokoll), Karin Henkel, Christoph Marthaler, Sebastian Nübling, Thomas Ostermeier und Andres Veiel. - more...

Lucerne Festival Ostern 2006: Nikolaus Harnoncourt eröffnet am 1. April

06 February 2006

Nikolaus Harnoncourt eröffnet LUCERNE FESTIVAL, OSTERN 2006 am 1. April mit Mozarts Singspiel «Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots».
Er dirigiert dieses Werk zum ersten Mal.
Der telefonische Kartenverkauf für OSTERN beginnt am kommenden Montag, den 13. Februar unter der Nummer +41 (0)41 226 44 80. - more...

Naechste Woche bei den Berliner Festspielen:William Forsythe und Orhan Pamuk

26 January 2006

William Forsythe zu Gast bei spielzeiteuropa
Zum kroenenden Abschluss praesentiert spielzeiteuropa erstmalig die Neufassung von "Three Atmospheric Studies", einer Produktion von William Forsythe und seiner neu gegründeten Forsythe Company. Die im November mit großem Erfolg in Frankfurt uraufgeführte Performance "Clouds after Cranach" wird nun als Teil I + II in "Three Atmospheric Studies" einfließen (2.– 4.2.2006). - more...

1st Fringe Festival in Budapest

23 January 2006

First time ever in Hungary, the organization of a Fringe type Festival will take place during the 2006 Budapest Spring Festival. This movement originates from the Edinburgh International Festival, initiated in 1947 and has been a related program to the various international world-wide festivals ever since. - more...

Free recruitment Cheltenham Arts Festivals

17 January 2006

Cheltenham Arts Festivals is a charitable company that promotes a range of festivals of international standing, currently covering music, literature, jazz and science. There is potential to extend these activities and the company has established a challenging new position of Chief Executive. - more...

Federazione CEMAT and RAI celebrate TransDADAexpress Art's Birthday 2006

16 January 2006

Trans dada Express – Art’s Birthday 2006. This is the title of Art’s Birthday celebrated worldwide on January 17.
A concert of electroacoustic music including works by Luciano Berio, Maurizio Giri, Michelangelo Lupone, Alessandro Melchiorre, Luigi Nono, Walter Prati, Massimiliano Viel will be broadcast live via Euroradio from Rome at 9 pm on RAI Radio 3. The performers are Lucia Bova (harp), Luca Sanzò (viola), Federica Vignoni (violin). Sound engineering and live electronics by Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, Maurizio Giri, Walter Prati. - more...

MaerzMusik 2006 – Festival für aktuelle Musik: 16-26. März

16 January 2006

MaerzMusik, das internationale Festival für aktuelle Musik unter dem Dach der Berliner Festspiele, findet 2006 vom 16. bis 26. März statt. Im Mittelpunkt der fünften Ausgabe des Festivals stehen Wechselwirkungen und Parallelen zwischen europäisch-amerikanischer und japanischer Musik und – eng damit verbunden – Interkulturalität als zunehmend wichtiger werdendes Phänomen in Musik und Kunst der Gegenwart. In Form von Musiktheater, Orchesterkonzerten, Kammerensembles, Intermedia Performances und Sonic Arts Lounges beleuchten eng miteinander verwobene Programmlinien diese Schwerpunkte aus verschiedenen Perspektiven. Programmiert sind fast 30 Projekte: zahlreiche Uraufführungen – zumeist Auftragswerke – und mehrere Deutschlandpremieren werden u. a. im Haus der Berliner Festspiele, in der Philharmonie und im Kammermusiksaal, im Konzerthaus, im Hebbel am Ufer HAU 1, in den Sophiensælen, im Haus der Kulturen der Welt, im Krönungskutschensaal im Neuen Marstall, im Hamburger Bahnhof und in der St. Matthäus-Kirche am Kulturforum stattfinden. - more...

Vorverkauf für MaerzMusik beginnt

14 January 2006

Attraktive Angebote für Musikfreunde und Entdeckungslustige
Am 14. Januar 2006 beginnt der Vorverkauf für die fünfte MaerzMusik, das Festival für aktuelle Musik unter dem Dach der Berliner Festspiele. An der Kasse im Haus der Berliner Festspiele in der Schaperstraße, an allen bekannten Vorverkaufsstellen und im Internet unter www.maerzmusik.de sind dann Eintrittskarten für die Veranstaltungen des Festivals erhältlich. - more...

The Reykjavík Arts Festival 2006

01 January 2006

The 2006 Reykjavík Arts Festival will be held from May 12th to June 2nd. We are proud to announce that this edition marks the 20th Festival from its 1970 inception.
This year, music will be especially prominent on our programme, and it can be said that this festival will focus on its co-operation with the exceptional culture institutions in Iceland which from the beginning have been among the pillars of the Arts Festival, among these the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, The Icelandic Opera, The Reykjavik City Theatre and The Iceland Dance Company. The Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra and the Caput Ensemble will also feature prominently on the 2006 programme bill. - more...

Highlight im Mai 2006: Theatertreffen in Berlin

05 December 2005

Vorhang auf für das Berliner Theatertreffen: Vom 5. – 21. Mai 2006 reisen Theatermacher, Kritiker und Zuschauer aus dem In- und Ausland zum bedeutendsten Festival des deutschsprachigen Theaters nach Berlin. Das Theatertreffen ist ein Marktplatz kreativer Ideen, auf dem aktuelle und innovative Tendenzen beobachtet und diskutiert werden. - more...

Schlussbericht zu LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2005 und PIANO Off-stage

27 November 2005

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2005 und PIANO Off-Stage verzeichnen mit rund 20.000 Besuchern und einer Gesamtauslastung von über 70% bei PIANO ein erfreuliches Ergebnis.
Das achte LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO präsentierte in der Zeit vom 22. bis 27. November 2005 in neun Konzerten die unterschiedlichsten Spitzeninterpreten mit einer Werk-Palette von Bach bis zu Uraufführungen von Thomas Larcher und Rebecca Saunders. Neben dem restlos ausverkauften Konzert von Mikhail Pletnev fanden die Rezitale von Fazil Say, Jean-Yves Thibaudet und Angela Hewitt mit einer durchschnittlichen Auslastung von 87% den grössten Zuspruch des Publikums. Hinsichtlich der Integration zeitgenössischer Werke bei PIANO waren die Konzerte von Emanuel Ax und Thomas Larcher besondere Höhepunkte. Sämtliche Konzerte endeten mit Zugaben und teils mit Standing-Ovations. - more...

Berliner Pianist Martin Helmchen Preisträger des CREDIT SUISSE GROUP Young Artist Award 2006

11 November 2005

Der junge Berliner Pianist Martin Helmchen ist Preisträger des hochdotierten «CREDIT SUISSE GROUP Young Artist Award 2006».
Während der vergangenen Tage wurde im Brahms-Saal der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien das Vorspiel für den «CREDIT SUISSE GROUP Young Artist Award» durchgeführt. Die Jury unter dem Vorsitz von Michael Haefliger, Intendant von LUCERNE FESTIVAL, verlieh den Preis einstimmig an den Pianisten Martin Helmchen. Die Preissumme beträgt CHF 75'000.-- und der Preisträger gibt ein Debutkonzert mit den Wiener Philharmonikern im Rahmen von LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2006. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2005 - 22. – 27. November

03 November 2005

Wenn die Tage kürzer werden und es draussen kälter wird, steht bei LUCERNE FESTIVAL alles im Zeichen der Klaviermusik. Von wohlbekannten Werken bis zu Uraufführungen: Zahlreiche Facetten der Tastenspielkunst sind in der kurzen Zeitspanne von LUCERNE FESTIVAL PIANO 2005 zu erleben. - more...

spielzeiteuropa 05 | 06 - Tanz und Theater im November/Dezember

01 November 2005

Isabelle Huppert und Gérard Watkins sind die Stars in „4.48 Psychose“ von Sarah Kane in der Regie des französischen Altmeisters Claude Régy (23. – 26.11.2005).
Anfang Dezember setzen wir mit dem neuesten Projekt Lloyd Newsons und seiner Londoner Compagnie DV8 Physical Theatre die Tanzreihe fort. In „Just for Show“ untersucht die Truppe mit virtuellen Projektionen, visuellen Täuschungsmanövern und unverblümten Wortspielen die Bedeutung von Sein und Schein in unserem Leben (1. – 3.12.2005). - more...

spielzeit Europa 05/06 - Oktober 2005 - Februar 2006

26 October 2005

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
unsere Programmreihe spielzeiteuropa geht ins zweite Jahr. Präsentiert werden internationale Tanz- und Theaterproduktionen. Schwerpunktthema in diesem Jahr ist der menschliche Körper, seine Fähigkeit des Sprechens (Körpersprache) und des Sich-Erinnerns. Die Grenzüberschreitungen der Genres Theater und Tanz, die Beziehungen zwischen Regisseur und Choreograf sind ebenfalls Thema dieser Saison. - more...

Pierre-Laurent Aimard spielt Mozart bei LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2005

26 October 2005

In Luzern ist der Meisterpianist hauptsächlich für seine Interpretationen der zeitgenössischen Musik bekannt. Dabei ist sein Spektrum viel breiter und er hat bereits von der Kritik viel beachtete Aufnahmen von Ludwig van Beethoven und Antonin Dvorák gemacht. - more...

Joachim Fest und Jan Roß zu Gast bei den Berliner Lektionen 05 | 06

26 October 2005

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
am 20. November 2005 um 11:30 Uhr ist es wieder soweit - die Berliner Lektionen gehen in die zweite Runde. Jan Roß, Redaktionsmitglied der „Zeit“ spricht mit dem Publizisten, Historiker und Biografen Joachim Fest. - more...

Erfolgreiche Residenz der LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA in Rom

17 October 2005

Während der einwöchigen Residenz im Auditorium–Parco della Musica besuchten rund 17'000 Personen die elf Konzerte (sechs Sinfonie- und fünf Kammermusikkonzerte). Das Publikum war begeistert und verabschiedete sich vom Maestro Claudio Abbado, den Solisten Martha Argerich und Maurizio Pollini und dem LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA immer mit stehenden Ovationen. - more...

Success of the Nuits de Fourvière 2005 – An increasing attendance

12 October 2005

The 2005 edition of the Nuits de Fourvière festival attracted 87 311 spectators, an increase of 8407 attendance with regard to the previous edition of the festival which had attracted 78 684 spectators. - more...

Succès des Nuits de Fourvière 2005 - UNE FRÉQUENTATION EN HAUSSE

12 October 2005

Les Nuits de Fourvière 2005 ont accueilli 87 311 spectateurs, ce qui représente une progression de 8407 places par rapport à l’édition précédente du festival qui avait rassemblé 78 684 spectateurs.
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Positive Results for the 67th LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005

16 September 2005

Positive results for the 67th LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005
Following a full 39 festival days and more than 80 events and 15 first performances, the 67th edition of LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005, slowly draws to a close. LUCERNE FESTIVAL has, once again, proven to be a platform for world-class symphony orchestras, both as a focus of sophisticated, contemporary music programming and an institution that dedicates its every effort to promoting and encouraging new talents. - more...

”SIXE” Suono italiano per l'Europa a Santa Severina in Calabria - 1/16 ottobre 2005

15 September 2005

Dall’1 al 16 ottobre, due settimane di musica a Santa Severina per riprendere l’ormai consueto appuntamento con lo stage del SIXE, che da ormai cinque anni offre la possibilità ai giovani finalisti del Concorso RAI per la EUYO e per altre orchestre giovanili di approfondire repertori per piccola orchestra e per musica da camera e di suonare insieme. - more...

Berliner Philharmoniker spielen erst wieder bei LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2007

06 September 2005

Berliner Philharmoniker spielen erst wieder bei LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2007
Aufgrund einer grossen Produktion im Rahmen des Musikfests Berlin im Sommer 2006 sehen sich die Berliner Philharmoniker gezwungen, ihre Sommertournee zu verkürzen. Daher werden sie erst wieder ab LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2007 regelmässig bei uns auftreten. - more...

Besetzungsänderung beim New York Philharmonic Orchestra

05 September 2005

Besetzungsänderung beim New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Melanie Diener singt für Deborah Voigt am 13. September in der Philharmonie

Leider musste die Sopranistin Deborah Voigt ihre Teilnahme am Konzert der New Yorker Philharmoniker unter Lorin Maazel am 13. September in der Philharmonie aus gesundheitlichen Gründen kurzfristig absagen. Statt ihrer wird Melanie Diener die „Sieben frühe Lieder“ von Alban Berg singen. Lorin Maazel, das New York Philharmonic und die Berliner Festspiele danken Frau Diener für ihre Bereitschaft, diese anspruchsvolle Rolle schnell zu übernehmen. Melanie Diener übernimmt den Part auch bereits beim Luzerner Konzert des Orchesters am 4. September. - more...

Besetzungsänderungen bei LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005

05 September 2005

Sonntag, 4. September / Sinfoniekonzert 22, 19.30 Uhr
Deborah Voigt musste aus gesundheitlichen Gründen ihr Konzert am 4. September 2005 mit den New Yorker Philharmonikern und Lorin Maazel in Luzern absagen. Wir schätzen uns ausserordentlich glücklich, Melanie Diener als Solistin für die „Sieben frühen Lieder“ von Alban Berg gewonnen zu haben und sind glücklich, dass sie so kurzfristig diese Partie übernommen hat. - more...

Music for airports (Brian Eno) @ Aéroport de Zaventem

30 August 2005

KLARAFESTIVAL 2005
MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS DE BRIAN ENO: CONCERT UNIQUE À L’AÉROPORT DE ZAVENTEM.

Le vendredi 9 septembre, l’avant-première du Klarafestival aura lieu dans un endroit insolite, avec une composition musicale tout aussi inhabituelle: Bang on a Can interprétera Music for Airports de Brian Eno dans le hall de départ et ensuite dans le Sky Hall de l’aéroport de Zaventem. - more...

Hanspeter Kyburz erhält dritten Roche-Commissions-Kompositionsauftrag

26 August 2005

Roche vergibt morgen Samstagvormittag den dritten Kompositionsauftrag von Roche Commissions an den Schweizer Künstler Hanspeter Kyburz. Mit einer Feier im Roche Forum Buonas bei Luzern beginnt damit der dritte Zyklus dieses innovativen Kulturprojekts. Die Uraufführung des Werks von Hanspeter Kyburz wird am 2. September 2006 im Rahmen des Lucerne Festival SOMMER im Luzerner Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) stattfinden, die amerikanische Premiere in der New Yorker Carnegie Hall voraussichtlich am 5. Oktober 2006. - more...

Musica Antiqua 1-3 am Samstag, 27. August 2005 abgesagt

26 August 2005

Nach Rücksprache mit dem städtischen Krisenstab aufgrund der Hochwassersituation zwischen den Veranstaltungsorten der Serie Musica Antiqua 1-3 sieht sich
LUCERNE FESTIVAL gezwungen, die Konzerte Musica Antiqua 1-3 am Samstag, 27. August, in der Hofkirche und in der Franziskanerkirche abzusagen. Diese Absage erfolgt angesichts der programmatischen Geschlossenheit der drei Konzerte und aufgrund der Tatsache, dass die unterschiedlichen Veranstaltungsorte zwischen den Konzerten nicht zeitgerecht erreichbar sind. - more...

Today’s symphony concert and lied recital will take place

24 August 2005

Today’s symphony concert and lied recital will take place
Today, August 24 the symphony concert 11 at 7.30 p.m. in the concert hall of the KKL Lucerne and the lied recital 2 with Thomas Quasthoff at 7.30 p.m. in the Luzerner Theater will take place. The introduction to the symphony concert 11 at 6.30 p.m. in the concert hall will also take place. - more...

Communiqué de presse Klarafestival: PROMS in the Park

23 August 2005

KLARAFESTIVAL 2005: PROMS IN THE PARK
Le samedi 10 septembre, le KlaraFestival sera inauguré de façon grandiose avec la première version continentale de The Proms in the Park: une fête musicale gratuite à la Place des Palais à Bruxelles avec de l’excellente musique anglaise interprétée par le Vlaams Radio Orkest et le Brussels Choral Society sous la direction de Peter Stark, ainsi que l’inégalable Michael Nyman Band, connu pour sa musique du film The Piano. À la Place des Palais, nous pourrons voir le Last Night of the Proms de Londres en live sur de grands écrans. - more...

Das Trio Tecchler eröffnet die Konzertreihe «Debut»

23 August 2005

Die Gewinner des Prix CREDIT SUISSE Jeunes Solistes werden im Rahmen von LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005 mit ihrem Spiel die Konzertreihe «Debut» eröffnen. Am Dienstag, 23. August um 12.15 spielen Benjamin Engeli, Esther Hoppe und Maximilian Hornung in der Lukaskirche. - more...

spielzeiteuropa 05|06 wird fortgesetzt

18 August 2005

spielzeiteuropa 05|06
Oktober 2005 – Februar 2006
Die im letzten Jahr gestartete neue Programmreihe der Berliner Festspiele mit internationalem Theater und Tanz, spielzeiteuropa, wird fortgesetzt und beginnt in der zweiten Oktoberhälfte 2005 mit einer ukrainischen Koproduktion: „Romeo und Julia“, Regie Andrij Zholdak (in Zusammenarbeit mit der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz). - more...

Invitation conférence de presse Klarafestival

18 August 2005

Cher monsieur,
Chère madame,
Le 9 septembre, le Festival de Flandre, Bozar, l'Ancienne Belgique, Klara et Canvas donneront le coup d'envoi de la deuxième édition du KlaraFestival / Festival international de musique à Bruxelles. Du 10 au 23 septembre, près de 100 concerts seront ainsi proposés, de midi à minuit autour de deux thèmes: la Grande-Bretagne ("Everything UK?"), à l'occasion de la présidence britannique de l'Union européenne, et le minimalisme ("Minimal - Less is more"). - more...

Programm LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2005 erschienen

17 August 2005

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2005
22. – 27. November
Während das Sommerfestival in vollem Gange ist, erscheint das Programm von LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2005 – ein Vorgeschmack auf einen klangvollen Herbst. - more...

Ein fulminanter Start für LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005

12 August 2005

Ein fulminanter Start für LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005
Mit einem feierlichen Eröffnungsanlass und einem grandiosen Konzert von der LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA unter der Leitung von Maestro Claudio Abbado fiel gestern der Startschuss zu einer Reihe herausragender Konzerte im KKL. - more...

Hören und Entdecken - Musikfest Berlin

09 August 2005

Hören und Entdecken
Musikfest Berlin
31. August – 13. September 05
Das Musikfest Berlin wird zum Auftakt der jährlichen Konzertsaison herausragende Orchester, Ensembles und Solisten nach Berlin holen. In Zusammenarbeit mit der Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker und Sir Simon Rattle stehen die Berliner Festspiele damit am Beginn einer neuen Sicht auf die internationale Orchester- und Ensemblelandschaft und ihrer innovativen künstlerischen Entwicklung. Das Musikfest Berlin geht aus den alten Festwochen hervor, die eine lange, glanzvolle Geschichte aufweisen, jedoch in einem von Grund auf gewandelten Berlin der Neuorientierung bedurften. - more...

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE: KLARAFESTIVAL 2005: JOHN CALE

08 August 2005

KlaraFestival & AB 2005
EVERYTHING UK?
JOHN CALE: CONCERT EXCLUSIF À ANCIENNE BELGIQUE (BRUXELLES)
John Cale est un compositeur, chanteur, performeur, auteur de chansons, producteur et inspirateur pour beaucoup, qui peut se targuer d'une carrière impressionnante qui s'étend sur plus de 40 ans. - more...

Moderne bei LUCERNE FESTIVAL vom 9.-11. September

08 August 2005

MODERNE Package 2
9.-11.9.2005

Ein Wochenende voller Highlights: Das Abschlusskonzert der LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY, ein Konzert des weltberühmten New Yorker Ensemble Continuum und ein Klavierrezital, das Pierre-Laurent Aimard ausschliesslich der Klaviermusik Boulez’ widmet. - more...

Moderne bei LUCERNE FESTIVAL vom 24.-27. August

08 August 2005

MODERNE / Package 1
24. – 27.August
Neue Musik einem breiten Publikum zugänglich zu machen, zeitgenössische Musik mit Kompositionsaufträgen zu fördern und grosse Komponisten unserer Zeit als Composer-in-Residence bei LUCERNE FESTIVAL mit einem breitangelegten Überblick über ihr Schaffen zu portraitieren: all das macht die Konzertreihe MODERNE von LUCERNE FESTIVAL aus. - more...

30th anniversary of the Estoril Festival

31 July 2005

The Estoril Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary on 16 July 2005 at the presence of Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal; at this occasion an exhibition as well as a commemorative brochure and a CD gave evidence of the last 30 years of the festival. The Estoril Festival, directed by Prof. Dr. Pineiro Nagy, is member of the European Festivals Association since 1983. The Festival hosted twice the General Assembly (in 1985 and in 1998). The EFA asbl/vzw President Valmy Féaux has been representing EFA at the ceremony which was completed by “The Full Monteverdi”, performed by “I Fagiolini” from London. - more...

Einladung PK zu Berlin- Alexanderplatz

08 June 2005

Pressekonferenz zu „Berlin- Alexanderplatz“
am 14. Juni, Dienstag, um 13.00 Uhr
im Palast der Republik
Schlossplatz in Berlin-Mitte

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
- more...

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ im Palast der Republik

01 June 2005

BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ im Palast der Republik
Die erste Saison der spielzeiteuropa wird im Sommer mit der Inszenierung
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ von Frank Castorf im Palast der Republik beendet. - more...

Jubiläumstournee des New York Philharmonic

26 May 2005

Jubiläumstournee des New York Philharmonic
Mit einer großen Europa-Tournee durch 13 Städte in 5 Ländern erinnert das New York Philharmonic in diesem Herbst an das 75. Jubiläum seines ersten legendären Europabesuchs unter Arturo Toscanini im Jahre 1930. Die Berliner Festspiele präsentieren zum Abschluss des ersten Musikfest Berlin am 13. September ein Konzert des Orchesters mit seinem Chefdirigenten Lorin Maazel und der Sopranistin Deborah Voigt in der Berliner Philharmonie. - more...

tt förderpreis für neue dramatik 2005 verliehen

19 May 2005

Der tt stückemarkt 05 ist heute Abend mit der Verleihung des Förderpreises für neue Dramatik an Oliver Schmaering für das „Seefahrerstück“ erfolgreich zu Ende gegangen.
Mit 551 Einsendungen hat der Dramatikerwettbewerb, der seit 2003 für Autoren aus dem ganzen europäischen Raum offen steht, eine Rekordzahl erreicht. In diesem Jahr gab es einen Länderschwerpunkt Kroatien. - more...

Lucerne Festival Sommer 2005 - Kartenverkauf

19 May 2005

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005
11. August – 18. September
Am Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2005, beginnt der telefonische Kartenverkauf!
TEL: +41 (0)41 226 44 80
38 Tage – 13 Aufführungsorte – 73 Konzerte – Oper – - more...

Spielortverlegung im Rahmen des Theatertreffens

11 May 2005

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
das für heute Abend angekündigte „Seefahrerstück“ im Rahmen des Theatertreffens wird heute als öffentliche Probe auf der Unterbühne im Haus der Berliner Festspiele gezeigt, nicht wie geplant auf dem tt talente schiff. Die Uhrzeit bleibt gleich. - more...

Bergen International Festival in 2005

14 April 2005

The Bergen International Festival 25 May to 5 June 2005
A full stage opera performance, a festival for children, a provocative political dance production and the Swedish national orchestra at this year’s Bergen International Festival. Twelve days of wide variety in a record-breaking total of 180 events. Ticket sales start immediately after the programme release. - more...

Der Spielplan zum Theatertreffen ist da

14 April 2005

Theatertreffen
6. bis 22. Mai 2005

Das Theatertreffen bietet vom 6. bis 22. Mai Gastbühnen aus München, Zürich, Hamburg und Hannover unter selbigem Motto eine tt vereinsheimat in Berlin. Inszenierungen von Jossi Wieler, Andreas Kriegenburg, Stefan Pucher, Johan Simons, Michael Thalheimer und Barbara Bürk sowie zwei Berliner Inszenierungen von Christoph Schlingensief und Jürgen Gosch sind an verschiedenen Spielstätten zu sehen. - more...

Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo (from 1 to 17 April 2005), cancels events of 2005 festival

06 April 2005

April 6, 2005

Press release
Due to the death of Prince Rainier III and in full respect and memory to his life, the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo (from 1 to 17 April 2005) cancels all events from today onwards. - more...

Le Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo annule l'ensemble de ses manifestations

06 April 2005

Le 6 avril 2005

C O M M U N I Q U É

A la suite du décès de S.A.S le Prince Rainier III et en témoignage de respect pour Sa mémoire, Le Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo (1er au 17 avril 2005) annule l'ensemble de ses manifestations à dater d'aujourd'hui. - more...

New Head of PR and Communications at LUCERNE FESTIVAL

23 March 2005

We are pleased to announce that Ms Barbara Higgs will take over as head of PR and Communications at LUCERNE FESTIVAL from November 1, 2005.
Ms Higgs worked, among other things, as press relations officer of the Vienna Festival and personal speaker and consultant of A Pereira at the Zurich Opera. From 2001 till March 2005, she managed the PR department at the Zurich Theatre. It will be possible to meet Ms Higgs in person during LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005. Mr Michele Paparone will manage the press office in the interim until November and then continue as assistant and deputy to Ms Higgs within the LUCERNE FESTIVAL team. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, OSTERN 2005

18 March 2005

Mit einer Aufführung der Mariazeller von Joseph Haydn und der Vesperae solennes de confessore von Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, konzertiert durch den Concentus Musicus und den Arnold Schoenberg Chor Wien unter der Leitung von Nikolaus Harnoncourt ging LUCERNE FESTIVAL, OSTERN 2005 am 20. März zu Ende. - more...

American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL organisieren erfolgreichen Fund-Raising Abend

15 March 2005

LUCERNE FESTIVAL zu Gast in der New Yorker Carnegie Hall American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL organisieren erfolgreichen Fund-Raising Abend
Zum dritten Mal veranstalteten die American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL vergangene Woche einen Fund-Raising Abend in der renommierten New Yorker Carnegie Hall. Ziel des Abends war die Gewinnung von Mitteln, die dem Auftritt amerikanischer Orchester und Solisten in Luzern zugute kommen. - more...

Italian cultural world - outcomes of the initiative in Italy

02 March 2005

Open Theatres: 100 cities for Culture

Outcomes of the initiative
More than 1.000 people have participated in the national agitation of the Italian cultural world against governmental cutbacks in Rome on February 21. - more...

EU conferentce on intercultural dialogue

01 March 2005

On Friday and Saturday, 25 and 26 February 2005, at the initiative of the Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission, an international high visibility two-days conference on the Dialogue between Peoples and Cultures took place in the prestigious setting of the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. - more...

Reykjavík Arts Festival dedicated to Visual Arts

17 February 2005

VISUAL ARTS
After three decades, the Reykjavík Arts Festival announces its first festival dedicated to contemporary visual arts. This year it will focus on the legacy of Dieter Roth, the German-born Swiss artist who spent a large part of his life in Iceland, and who influenced both established and younger artists. - more...

Italiafestival to take part in the national agitation of the cultural world

07 February 2005

Please find here below some very important news involving actually all the cultural world in Italy, but above all the sector of performing arts and music in particular.

"Gisella Belgeri announces that Italiafestival, member of the 'Associazione Italiana dello Spettacolo', participates in and promotes the mobilization 'Teatri Aperti' (Open Theatres) on February 20 and 21 in Rome. - more...

Peter Brook bei spielzeiteuropa!

07 February 2005

Im Februar ist Peter Brook mit seiner internationalen Truppe zu Gast bei spielzeiteuropa.
Seit mehr als 30 Jahren beschäftigt sich Brook mit dem Thema Afrika. In seinem neuen Stück „Tierno Bokar“ (nach dem Buch von Amadou Hampathé Bâ) zeichnet er ein eindringliches Porträt des westafrikanischen Gelehrten Tierno Bokar, der sein Leben lang die Gleichwertigkeit der Kulturen lehrte und selbst Opfer von Intoleranz und Zensur wurde. - more...

Claudio Abbado prolongs his agreement with the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

01 February 2005

The LUCERNE FESTIVAL Foundation and Maestro Claudio Abbado have agreed to prolong their co-operation regarding the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA till 2010. Claudio Abbado will, therefore, continue as Chief Conductor and Musical Director of LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA within the scope of LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER, as well as on tours abroad. - more...

LUCERNE Festival Ostern 05: Starke Emotionen bei Dvoráks Requiem

28 January 2005

Starke Emotionen bei Dvoráks Requiem
Tod und Gericht, Angst und Trauer, Trost und Zuversicht erklingen mit grosser Intensität im Requiem in b-Moll op. 89 des böhmischen Komponisten.
Freitag, 18. März, 19.30 Uhr, Konzertsaal Chorkonzert 4 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - more...

LUCERNE Festival, OSTERN: Vorverkauf startet

20 January 2005

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, OSTERN
12. bis 20. März 2005
Bei LUCERNE FESTIVAL, OSTERN beginnt am kommenden Montag, 24. Januar, der telefonische Kartenvorverkauf unter der Nummer
+41 (0)41 226 44 80. - more...

Jutta Limbach zu Gast in der Reihe Berliner Lektionen

20 January 2005

Jutta Limbach im Renaissance-Theater
Begrüßung: Prof. Dr. Joachim Sartorius
Die ehemalige Präsidentin des Bundesverfassungsgerichts und jetzige Präsidentin des Goethe-Instituts Jutta Limbach gehört zu den Personen, deren Stimme ein besonderes Gewicht im politisch-moralischen Diskurs der Bundesrepublik hat. Und sie ist eine der wenigen Frauen, die es zu diesem Rang gebracht hat. Dass mehr Frauen dahin kommen, dafür kämpft die geborene Berlinerin. - more...

Prousts Jahrhundertwerk als Theaterereignis - Einmaliges Gastspiel im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

17 January 2005

Am 31. Januar gastiert der flämische Theatermacher Guy Cassiers mit dem 3. Teil seines Proust-Zyklus „De kant van Charlus“ (In Charlus’ Welt) - beruhend auf dem gewaltigen Romanzyklus „Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit“ - im Rahmen von spielzeiteuropa im Haus der Berliner Festspiele. - more...

Spielzeiteuropa: Programmänderung

10 January 2005

Programmänderung: „Berlin Alexanderplatz“ findet im Juni/Juli im Palast der Republik statt

Wie bereits gemeldet, werden die im Rahmen von spielzeiteuropa für Januar geplanten Vorstellungen von „Berlin Alexanderplatz“ (Regie: Frank Castorf) im Palast der Republik - more...

Constanza Macras im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

10 January 2005

Die in Buenos Aires geborene Tänzerin und Choreografin Constanza Macras präsentiert die Uraufführung von BIG IN BOMBAY im Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
In ihrem neuen Projekt wird sich Constanza Macras gemeinsam mit ihrem internationalen Ensemble Dorky Park mit den Themen kulturelle Identität und Starkult befassen. - more...

Arabisches Theater im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

03 January 2005

Vom 13.-15. Januar ist einer der wichtigsten Protagonisten des neuen arabischen Theaters zu Gast im Haus der Berliner Festspiele: Ahmed El Attar, der 34jährige Theaterregisseur, Übersetzer und Dramatiker, pendelt zwischen dem Nahen Osten und Paris. - more...

Reykjavik Arts Festival 2005 for the first time dedicated to visual arts

14 May - 5 June 2005

09 December 2004

The first Reykjavík Arts Festival dedicated to visual arts opens on May 14th and 15th 2005. A major Dieter Roth exhibition in his adopted homeland will take place in two of Iceland’s largest museums: The National Gallery of Iceland and Reykjavik Art Museum, as well as in Gallery 100°. Curator is Björn Roth. - more...

Giovanna Marini im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

19.12.2004, 19 Uhr

08 December 2004

Die italienische Musikerin und Komponistin Giovanna Marini führt ihre Kantate „La Torre di Babele“ für 4 Stimmen im Haus der Berliner Festspiele auf.
Der A-cappella-Chor wird in einem Vorweihnachtskonzert präsentiert: - more...

Der Januar im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

Januar 2005

06 December 2004

spielzeiteuropa beginnt das neue Jahr mit der großartigen israelischen Schauspielerin Smadar Yaaron aus Akko, die ihr Soloprogramm „Wishuponastar“ extra für spielzeiteuropa erarbeitet hat.
Am 4.,9.,18.,19.,25. Januar : 20.00h - more...

Robert Lepage und The Busker's Opera zu Gast im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

8. - 11. Dezember

24 November 2004

Robert Lepage
The Busker’s Opera
Vom 8.-11. Dezember ist der gefeierte kanadische Regisseur Robert Lepage mit seiner freien Bearbeitung der „Beggar’s Opera“ von J. Gay und Ch. Pepusch zu Gast im Haus der Berliner Festspiele. - more...

János Mohácsis Inszenierung „Csak egy szög“ (Nur ein Nagel) im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

26./27. November 2004

23 November 2004

Nach der erfolgreichen Präsentation von Béla Bintérs „Roncsolt Kópia“ am vergangenen Wochenende folgt nun der zweite Teil des Ungarn-Schwerpunkts bei spielzeiteuropa:
Am 26. und 27. November, jeweils um 19.00 Uhr stellt János Mohácsi seine Inszenierung „Csak egy szög“ (Nur ein Nagel) im Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstr.24, 10719 Berlin-Wilmersdorf vor. - more...

The Lucerne Easter and Summer Festival Programme 2005 out

22 November 2004

Hot from the press and available now:
The LUCERNE FESTIVAL, EASTER 2005 and
LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SUMMER 2005 programmes.

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, EASTER 2005
12 March to 20 March - more...

Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.2 available on DVD

22 November 2004

Claudio Abbado’s LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, «Resurrection», now also available on DVD
«And even though it is a recording, that heavenly spark can still be sensed; one looks, listens, enjoys and imagines that never had Debussy's colours appeared so luminous or Mahler's Maestoso seemed so free of pathos and so transparent.» - more...

Licht - Spielzeiteuropa mit Ausstellung im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

21 November 2004

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
in den dunkelsten Monaten des Jahres, Dezember und Januar, widmet spielzeiteuropa dem Element eine Ausstellung, ohne das Theater nicht denk- und wahrnehmbar wäre: dem Licht. In den Arbeiten von sechs bildenden Künstlern (Bas Bossinade, Du Zhenjun, Holger Förterer, Gabriele Heidecker, Christian Partos, Erwin Redl) wird es in den Räumen des Hauses der Berliner Festspiele sowie in einer Einzelinstallation im Atelier der Künstlerin als eigenständig agierendes Phänomen in Szene gesetzt. - more...

Lucerne Festival, Piano 2004

23. - 28. November 2004

02 November 2004

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2004 vom 23. November bis 28. November 2004
Zum siebten Mal steht der Herbst in Luzern im Zeichen der aktuellen Klavierszene: LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2004 präsentiert führende Interpreten und Interpretinnen. - more...

Exhibition at the "Haus der Berliner Festspiele"

12 to 21 November 2004

02 November 2004

On 12 November at 5 pm, the opening of an exhibition in the frame of the so-called Philoktet-Project by Emilio García Wehbi will take place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele as part of the programme "spielzeiteuropa". The exhibition will last till 21 November at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstrasse 24, 10719 Berlin-Wilmersdorf. - more...

Vernissage im Haus der Berliner Festspiele

12. - 21. November 2004

02 November 2004

Am 12. November um 17.00h wird im Rahmen von spielzeiteuropa im Haus der Berliner Festspiele die Ausstellung zum Philoktet-Projekt von Emilio García Wehbi eröffnet. Ausstellungsdauer ist vom 12. - 21. November im Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstrasse 24, 10719 Berlin-Wilmersdorf. - more...

SAMPO HAAPAMÄKI WINS GAUDEAMUS PRIZE 2004

21 September 2004

At the end of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2004, which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 6 to 12 September, the GAUDEAMUS PRIZE was awarded to Sampo Haapamäki (Finland, 1979). He received the prize for Signature, a composition performed on September 11 in the Amsterdam ‘Beurs van Berlage’ by the Radio Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Etienne Siebens. The Gaudeamus Prize is 4550 Euros, intended as a commission for a new work to be performed in the following edition of the Music Week in 2005. - more...

Wagner im "Stuttgart Sound"

22 June 2004

Gastkonzert des Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgarts unter der Leitung von Sir Roger Norrington im Rahmen der "Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele 2004" am Sonntag, 11. Juli 2004, um 19:00 Uhr im Forum am Schlosspark, Ludwigsburg. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL - Prolongation of Contract for Artistic and Executive Director

17 June 2004

LUCERNE FESTIVAL - Prolongation of contract for Artistic and Executive Director Michael Haefliger.
Jürg R. Reinshagen, President of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL Board of Trustees, and Michael Haefliger, Artistic and Executive Director of LUCERNE FESTIVAL, have agreed on a prolongation of contract until December 31st 2009, with an option to prolong the agreement by another two years. - more...

Festival Lucerne - Vertragsverlängerung Intendant

17 June 2004

LUCERNE FESTIVAL: Vertragsverlängerung für Intendant Michael Haefliger.
Jürg R. Reinshagen, Präsident des Stiftungsrates von LUCERNE FESTIVAL, und der Intendant Michael Haefliger haben sich über eine Vertragsverlängerung bis zum 31.12.2009 mit der Option auf eine Verlängerung um weitere zwei Jahre geeinigt. - more...

Erstes Festival von Hartmut Haenchen thematisierte »Wagner & Wolf«

Besucherrekord bei Dresdner Musikfestspielen 2003

21 August 2003

Erstes Festival von Hartmut Haenchen thematisierte »Wagner & Wolf«
Die Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2003, geprägt vom Thema »Wagner & Wolf« sowie von einer neuen konzeptionellen Struktur, standen ganz im Zeichen der neuen künstlerischen Leitung von Hartmut Haenchen. Seit seinem Amtsantritt im August 2002 hat er dieses größte Festival im Osten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland neu strukturiert und neben das jährlich wechselnde Thema acht wiederkehrende Reihen ins Programm genommen, um dem Publikum eine erkennbare Gliederung des umfangreichen Angebots ermöglichen. Bereits in seinem ersten Jahr brach er damit Besucherrekorde und lockte mehr als 150.000 Menschen zu den insgesamt 174 Veranstaltungen der Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2003. - more...

Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2003

20 August 2003

Die Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2003 waren vom Thema »Wagner & Wolf« geprägt, darüber hinaus aber auch von einer neuen konzeptionellen Struktur. Neben dem jährlich wechselnden Thema gehören von nun an acht wiederkehrende Reihen zum Programm, die dem Publikum eine erkennbare Gliederung des umfangreichen Angebots ermöglichen. Dieser Festspieljahrgang stand aber vor allem im Zeichen der neuen künstlerischen Leitung: Prof. Hartmut Haenchen, seit August 2002 Intendant dieses größten Festivals im Osten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, setzte neue dramaturgische Akzente und brach bereits im ersten Jahr Besucherrekorde. Mehr als 150.000 Menschen sind bei den insgesamt 174 Veranstaltungen der Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2003 gewesen, etwa ein Drittel davon kam von auswärts nach Dresden. - more...

Festival de Wallonie 2003 : Musiciens à Paris

01 August 2003

Festival de Wallonie 2003 : Musiciens à Paris

Festival de Stavelot : du 3 au 16 août
«Allez à Paris : c’est là qu’on vole à l’immortalité.» (Voltaire à Grétry)

Ville-lumière, endroit magique s’il en est, rien n’est excessif pour désigner cette cité qui, depuis des siècles, attire comme un aimant les artistes du monde entier. Lieu de rencontres, de confrontations parfois, d’éblouissements toujours, Paris se raconte aujourd’hui à Stavelot par les musiciens qui, de Grétry à Gershwin, ont trouvé là le meilleur de leur inspiration. L’occasion est donc belle de rendre justice aux artistes de chez nous qui participent à la gloire de Paris : Grétry bien sûr, mais aussi Vieuxtemps, Franck, Ysaye, Lekeu, et tant d’autres aujourd’hui oubliés. - more...

ACCESS: What audience for classical music ?

03 June 2003

ACCESS : Quels publics pour la musique classique ?
ACCESS: What audience for classical music ?
Articles and proceedings edited by Pascale SEYS.
Preface by Baudouin MUYLLE and Valmy FÉAUX. - more...

Beethoven et la Deuxième Ecole de Vienne

01 April 2003

Bonn, le 11 mars 2003
Festival International Beethoven de Bonn 2003
du 20 septembre au 15 octobre 2003
tel est le thème du Festival International Beethoven de Bonn 2003, qui aura lieu du 20 septembre au 15 octobre 2003 à Bonn et dans huit autres localités des environs. Des œuvres pour orchestre ainsi que des compositions de musique de chambre d’Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg et Anton von Webern, seront interprétées en alternance avec des œuvres de Beethoven et d’autres compositeurs classique-romantiques, tout au long des 54 représentations du programme 2003. Certains de ces concerts seront exclusivement consacrés aux trois compositeurs de l’Ecole de Vienne ; dont la première à Bonn de l’opéra d’Alban Berg « Lulu » dans sa version en trois actes, produite par l’Opéra de Bonn, en coproduction avec le Festival Beethoven (mise en scène : Werner Schroeter, chef d’orchestre: Roman Kofman). - more...

Beethoven and the Second Viennese School

01 April 2003

Bonn, 11 March 2003
Bonn International Beethoven Festival 2003
20 September - 15 October 2003
Beethoven and the Second Viennese School
Thus the motto of this year's Bonn International Beethoven Festival, scheduled to be held in Bonn and eight nearby venues from 20 September to 15 October 2003. Orchestral pieces and chamber music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton von Webern will stand side by side with works by Beethoven and other classical-romantic composers throughout the fifty-four events on this year's program. Some of the concerts will be devoted exclusively to the three giants of the Second Viennese School, including the Bonn première of the three-act version of Berg's Lulu, a co-production of the Beethoven Festival and the Bonn Opera, directed by Werner Schroeter and conducted by Roman Kofman. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2002: Increasing Audience

26 November 2002

Growing Popularity of the Large Variety of Piano Music Audience capacity of LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2002, at 91%
A steadily increasing audience is a feature of the most recent of the three concert series of LUCERNE FESTIVAL, too. PIANO, which ended last Sunday with a concert by the Jacques Loussier Trio, has established itself as a truly exquisite forum of piano music within a mere five years. - more...

"A Festival of Festivals" (11-17 October, Switzerland): Ticket Info

01 July 2002

Ticket info
"A Festival of Festivals" - 11-17 October 2002 – Geneva / Coppet / Lausanne
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LUCERNE FESTIVAL:ISPA Awards for Evelyn Glennie and the CREDIT SUISSE GROUP

05 June 2002

Within the scope of its 16th International Congress, hosted by LUCERNE FESTIVAL, the ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) will, on the occasion of a dinner on the Stanserhorn on Saturday, June 8, present two important awards: the Distinguished Artist Award and the Angel Award. - more...

Du 20 juillet au 22 août 2002, La Roque d'Anthéron vivra

20 May 2002

Du 20 juillet au 22 août 2002, La Roque d'Anthéron vivra, pour la 22ème année consécutive, sous le rythme du piano. Près de 70 concerts vous seront proposés par le Festival International de Piano à des tarifs allant de 10 à 45 euros. - more...

Bregenz Festival 2002

18 May 2002

La Bohème on the world’s biggest floating
stage: "Connoisseur-direction with three stars"

Since starting out in 1946 aboard two gravel-barges moored at the lakeside, the Bregenz Festival has gone on to become one of the highlights of the international music festival scene. Each year in the summer months of July and August, up to 200,000 opera-lovers throng to Lake Constance to experience the incomparable atmosphere of music theatre under the stars. The spectacle starts as soon as you set foot in the open-air arena: ships are berthed close by the largest floating stage in the world, as the sun sets over the lake - and the show can begin. - more...

Beethoven Festival Welcomes Turkish Student Orchestra

30 April 2002

Orchestra Campus under Professional Direction
In 2001, Germany's international broadcasting service Deutsche Welle and the Beethoven Festival (Internationale Beethovenfeste Bonn) organized a highly successful joint project. Each year a highly qualified young orchestra from one of the many regions of the world is invited to travel to Bonn and present its own interpretation of Beethoven's music and a work by a composer from its own country during a Festival concert. Last year's highly successful visit from the Ukrainian Student Orchestra will now be followed by Turkey. In September 2002, the National Conservatory Orchestra of Istanbul University will come to Bonn to perform the Pastorale Symphony, Mozart's A-major Piano Concerto KV 488, and two works by Turkish composers: the very popular Köçekçe by Ulvi Cemal Erkin and a work by Özkan Manav, this year's winner of the Festival's hotly contested € 5000 composition prize. The concert will be held at 8 pm on Sunday, 15 September 2000, in Beethoven Hall; Ramiz Malik-Aslanov will conduct the orchestra, and the young Turkish pianist Fazil Say, recipient of many prizes, will be the soloist. - more...

International Beethoven Festival Bonn: world premieres

30 April 2002

"Those who come after him will not continue where he left off; they will have to begin anew, as he left off where art itself comes to an end."
(Franz Grillparzer, Funeral Oration for Ludwig van Beethoven, 1827) - more...

Preprogramme 2003: 7th Ludwig van Beethoven Festival (Krakow)

25 April 2002

7th Ludwig van Beethoven Festival - 11-21 April 2003
13 Concerts; Operas; Recitals; Exhibition of authographs; International Beethoven Symposium "Beethoven and the Music of the Baroque"
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Sofia Music Weeks is online!

22 April 2002

Sofia Music Weeks, which runs from 23 May till 10 June 2002, is online. The programme 2002 and some information on the foundation is available on www.worldnn.com/pp/smw/. - more...

"American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL" to be launched today

22 April 2002

New Society to Support American Musicians at Historic European Music Festival
In a reception at the Swiss Embassy in Washington D.C. on April 22, Michael Haefliger, the Artistic and Executive Director of Switzerland's historic LUCERNE FESTIVAL, and Jürg Reinshagen, President of the Board, will announce the establishment the American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL in the United States to advance cultural exchange between the U.S and Switzerland, with an emphasis on supporting presentation of American orchestras, artists and composers at the Festival's annual events in Lucerne, Switzerland a priority. - more...

Press release: Cheltenham International Festival of Music - 5 - 21 July 2002

18 April 2002

Cheltenham International Festival of Music
5 - 21 July 2002
Artistic Director: Michael Berkeley
"In any assessment of Britain's myriad of summer music festivals, Cheltenham is clearly in the top rank" - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL will host the 16th International ISPA Conference (June 6-9)

18 April 2002

Organization of Performing Arts Professionals Will Explore Theme: Art.Space
From June 6-9, 2002, the ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) will hold its international conference in Lucerne, Switzerland. The convention will be hosted by the LUCERNE FESTIVAL, whose Artistic and Executive Director Michael Haefliger has been an ISPA board member since 1998. - more...

International Top Productions in 2002 Holland Festival

03 April 2002

From 7 to 21 June 2002, the Holland Festival is presenting nine major national and international productions in the field of theatre, music theatre, music and dance. To make this possible, the festival has cooperated with several international co-producers, including the Wiener Festwochen, the KunstenFESTIVALdesArts and the new Ruhr-Triennale led by Gerard Mortier. The Holland Festival is also putting on its own productions, among them three concerts of music by Cornelis de Bondt. The festival is opening with the theatre production Alkestis by the Münchner Kammerspiele in the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg and closing with a live projection on a large screen of Turandot by De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam’s Oosterpark. All productions are being seen in Holland for the first time (except Grand Hotel and parts of Blood). - more...

International Beethoven Festival Bonn 2002

01 April 2002

The 2002 International Beethoven Festival Bonn
"You have not lost him, you have won him."
The 2002 International Beethoven Festival (Internationale Beethovenfeste Bonn) is of special importance: it commemorates the 175th anniversary of Beethoven's death on 26 March 1827. From 7 September to 6 October 2002 the Festival will offer a program that underscores the composer’s unabated impact to the present day. "You have not lost him, you have won him": these words, spoken by Franz Grillparzer at Beethoven's funeral in 1827, form the special theme of this year's Festival. Beethoven's music will be treated as a living legacy that calls out for ever-more and ever-new interpretations. - more...

Claudio Abbado and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL Orchestra will open LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2003

28 March 2002

One year following the announcement of the establishing of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Claudio Abbado as Chief Conductor, the planning of this truly fascinating project has advanced a lot.
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LUCERNE FESTIVAL: "Pierre Boulez Academy" starting in 2004

27 March 2002

Music for the Future: the Pierre Boulez Academy
A project by LUCERNE FESTIVAL and the Lucerne Music Academy starting in 2004
Pierre Boulez, this year's composer-in-residence, will become the artistic and conceptual director of a new academy for contemporary music, which LUCERNE FESTIVAL and the Lucerne Academy of Music will hold every year in summer, starting in 2004, during the Festival period. The Pierre Boulez Academy is a new, future-oriented training academy, where young and highly talented musicians will be taught the art of interpreting the music of our times. - more...

Last changes to programme Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Krakow

25 March 2002

Concert of English Chamber the Orchestra (28th of March, 8.00 pm): CANCELLED
Concert of Nelson Goerner, piano (28th of March): at 7 pm in stead of 5 pm
Concert of the 29th of March: Krakow Philharmonic Choir in stead of National Philharmonic Choir. - more...

Highlights of Vilnius Festival 2002 (May-June 2002)

04 March 2002

The National Philharmonic Society of Lithuania
presents the highlights of the VILNIUS FESTIVAL 2002
May 31 (Opera House)
Opening performance of the 6th international "Vilnius Festival" Stars of the LATVIAN NATIONAL OPERA in the modern interpretation of G.Bizet's "Karmen" - more...

Web site Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo

01 March 2002

Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo has a web site!Check it out on www.printemps-des-arts.mc

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General overview International Festival Sarajevo Winter (02-03/2002)

25 February 2002

The complete programme is online now! Check out our events database.
The Euro-Festival Info Centre team.
XVIII International Festival Sarajevo "Sarajevo Winter 2002"
February 7 to March 21, 2002 - more...

International symposium: Access - A new audience for classical music

18 February 2002

ACCESS. A new audience for classical music
Brussels, 5 - 9 June 2002
Symposium aims:
The aim of this conference is to identify and inform a new audience for classical music.
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Artists - participants of all Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festivals reflect on the event

06 February 2002

Renate Behle
I liked it very much to have joined the Krakow Easter Festival with the role of Fidelio and it was a great pleasure to know this wonderful city of Krakow and all the nice people there. I’m looking forward to come again and join this extraordinary atmosphere there. - more...

Easter Music Festival focuses on the Sacred: LUCERNE FESTIVAL , OSTERN 2002

18 January 2002

On a search for the mysterious and wonderful, music and belief will be good companions at LUCERNE FESTIVAL, OSTERN 2002, happening March 15-24 in the beautiful lakeside city of Lucerne.
The Festival will open with Joseph Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ, in the rare string quartet version. Other pieces to be performed during the 9-day festival include Schubert’s Mass in A flat major, Mendelssohn’s rarely heard setting of the 42nd Psalm, Arthur Honegger’s Symphony No. 3 (Liturgical), two programs containing selections from Messiaen’s huge output of sacred music, and an evening dedicated to the music of 17th-century composer Heinrich Schütz (Sagittarius). Biblically inspired music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Galina Ustwolskaja, and Ernst Krenek will also be heard during LUCERNE FESTIVAL, OSTERN 2002. - more...

Festival della Valle d'Itria 2002

17 January 2002

The programme of the XXVIIIth Festival della Valle d'Itria 2002 is online on their web site.

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Schwetzingen Festival 2002: start of ticket sales

14 January 2002

The city of Schwetzingen has given its web site a new look. Together with this, the programme 2002 of Schwetzingen Festival is online.
Ticket sales and information on the festival:
Schwetzinger Zeitung Kartenservice - more...

Reykjavik Arts Festival: New Website 2002

27 December 2001

Reykjavik Arts Festival has opened its new web site with the first draft of the programme 2002. Upcoming festival period is May 11th - 31st 2002.

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Wissenswertes 2001: Besonderheiten der Festspiele Europäische Wochen Passau

05 December 2001

Die Europäischen Wochen, die im Jahre 1952 von amerikanischen Offizieren in Zusammenarbeit mit der Stadt Passau gegründet wurden, seither alljährlich von Mitte Juni bis Ende Juli stattfinden und von 1995 an unter der künstlerischen Leitung von Dr. Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg stehen, sind - more...

Two new premieres for Savonlinna Opera Festival anniversary

02 November 2001

The Savonlinna Opera Festival will be celebrating its 90th anniversary in summer 2002. It was in 1912 that the opera singer Aino Ackté first held an opera in what she termed a romantic castle set amid lake scenery of supernatural beauty. Now, 90 years later, the Festival has become one of the most illustrious events in the musical calendar, each year providing a magnificent setting for masterpieces of operatic literature. The 2002 Festival has all kinds of treats in store for opera-lovers to savour in advance. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, Piano 2001: General Programme and Workshop

18 October 2001

From Clavichord to Modern Concert Grand Pianos
Lecture with Ulrike-Verena Habel, harpsichord
The LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO has defined itself, from the very beginning, as a piano festival offering space to all keyboard instruments (clavis = key). It focuses on all music instruments that bring forth sounds if you press a key – the clavichord as much as the Baroque harpsichord, the pianoforte of Viennes classicism as much as the modern grand piano, or the organ. Even electronic keyboards belong here. In the sense of a general programme complementing the key concerts, German harpsichord player Ulrike-Verena Habel, nowadays domiciled in Lucerne, will present her keyboard instruments built according to famous historic models. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, PIANO 2001 - November 20-25

12 October 2001

PIANO, the most recent series of concerts presented by LUCERNE FESTIVAL, will take place, for the fourth time, from November 20 till November 25, 2001. Within a mere few years, this festival entirely dedicated to the fascination radiating from black and white keys has become a lode star in the festival heavens. In late autumn, thanks to its brilliant acoustics, the KKL has become a true mecca for lovers and enthusiasts of piano music. - more...

Neues Direktorium Salzburger Festspiele

01 October 2001

Seit dem 1. Oktober 2001 werden die Salzburger Festspiele von einem neuen Direktorium geleitet.
Als Intendant lenkt der Komponist, Dirigent und Kulturmanager Peter Ruzicka künftig die künstlerischen Geschicke des Festivals. Ruzicka, geboren 1948 in Düsseldorf, war zuvor unter anderem für das Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin und die Hamburgische Staatsoper verantwortlich; außerdem ist er seit 1996 Künstlerischer Leiter der Münchener Biennale. In Salzburg obliegt Ruzicka die Konzeption, Planung und Organisation der Sparten Oper und Konzert; als Chef des Schauspiels steht ihm Jürgen Flimm zur Seite. - more...

Preview LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2002 - 15. August - 15. September

20 September 2001

Thema: "Verführung"
Themenbereiche: Sirenen, Orient, Tanz
Werke zum Thema
Belá Bartók, "Herzog Blaubart", "Der wunderbare Mandarin"
Hector Berlioz, "Romeo und Julia"; Sergej Prokofjew, "Romeo und Julia" - more...

Flashback on LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2001 - August 15 till September 15

14 September 2001

The tension between the modern and the traditional has long been the motto of LUCERNE FESTIVAL: the SOMMER 2001 festival will finish on September 15 with a programme of contemporary music from Switzerland and a concert presented by the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala with Riccardo Muti. - more...

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2001 - The KKL Goes Up in Flames

17 July 2001

The KKL Goes Up in Flames
A Homage to Prometheus by Groupe F
A poetic fire spectacle for the LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2001 opening on Wednesday, August 15, 2001, 10 p.m.
In exactly a month, SOMMER 2001, the LUCERNE FESTIVAL, will begin under the heading of Creation – more than 80 concerts with classical, contemporary, and world music, a symposium, round-table discussions, Children’s Corner events and a Long Night of Creation. - more...

Concert review: Jazz Legend Max Roach Performs in Jerusalem

11 July 2001

Jerusalem - July 11, 2001 - Jazz great, drummer Max Roach recently performed with alto saxophonist Arnie Lawrence at the Jerusalem Theater before a sell out crowd of enthusiastic fans. The performance was followed by a spontaneous "jam session" held in the lobby for hundreds of fans that couldn't buy tickets and turned up, hoping to catch a glimpse of jazz superstar, Max Roach. - more...

Festival Européen de Théâtre en Plein air et de Musique

15 June 2001

Pour la 49e fois, le Festival de Wiltz va présenter un programme de haute qualité artistique dans le cadre imposant de l’amphithéâtre. Le programme très diversifié, qui s’étend du 29 juin au 5 août, comprend entre autre du théâtre ainsi que de la musique classique et moderne. - more...

Europäische Theater- und Musikfestspiele Wiltz

15 June 2001

Die Wiltzer Festspiele auf der Freilichtbühne vor der historischen Kulisse des mittelalterlichen Schlosses finden dieses Jahr zum 49. Male statt, und dies wie immer während des Monats Juli. Das Programm ist wieder sehr reichhaltig und begreift sowohl Theater als auch klassische und moderne Musik. - more...

Bruckner Festival Linz 2001- September 9th - 29th - MUSIC.DANCETHEATER.AND

01 May 2001

The motto is "DIVE IN" - and that means with all your senses. The subtitle is new, too. MUSIK.DANCETHEATER.AND is intended to show that the Bruckner Festival Linz has set out along new paths.
Posthof first joined the Bruckner Festival with two magnificent dance theater productions in 2000. This successful program feature is to be included again in 2001. The "AND" in the title shows that there is room for many things in the Bruckner Festival. There are exhibitions, a children's program and, supplemented over the course of the year, the "Clouds of Sound", Ars Electronica, the programs of the Landestheater, galleries, Phönix Theater, and singular art projects, which together make up the Culture Month September under the umbrella "linz.kunst.2001." - more...

Hellenic Festival 2001 - press conference text by Mr. Periklis Koukos

01 May 2001

I believe we have been unwavering in the pursuit of the following goals for the Athens and Epidaurus Festival 2001:
· A programme with important and high-quality productions, based on the five guidelines I committed myself to following during our meeting in October 2000, when the new Board of the Festival was announced by the Ministers of Development and Culture. - more...

Rheingau Musik Festival 2001 - Ein Sommer voller Musik

01 May 2001

Vom 30. Juni bis 2. September 2001 bietet das Rheingau Musik Festival wieder einen abwechslungsreichen und hochkarätigen “Sommer voller Musik”. Auch in der 14. Saison verwandelt das Festival die gesamte Region zwischen Wiesbaden und Lorch in eine Konzertbühne von internationalem Rang. Rund 150 Veranstaltungen mit Klassik, Jazz, Literatur und zeitgenössischer Musik laden zu einem Konzertsommer ein, der Künstler von Weltgeltung in der unvergleichlichen Atmosphäre des Rheingaus präsentiert. Neben dem Schwerpunkt auf der klassischen Musik mit Kammerkonzerten auf Schloss Johannisberg und in reizvollen Kirchen und Basiliken, Sinfoniekonzerten im Kurhaus Wiesbaden sowie Oratorien in Kloster Eberbach findet sich auch anspruchsvolle Unterhaltung im Programm: Open-Air-Konzerte im Wiesbadener Kurpark oder Kabarettabende in traditionsreichen Weingütern und romantische Schifffahrten auf dem Rhein. - more...

Stars of the White Nights Festival 2001 - letter by Valery Gergiev

27 April 2001

Dear friends,
as the Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Theatre and the Stars of the White Nights Festival, I would like to invite you to come and visit St. Petersburg, the "Venice of the North", and experience this unique festival. - more...

A galaxy of Finnish and foreign stars at the Helsinki Festival

20 April 2001

The Helsinki Festival at the end of August and beginning of September has a rich and varied programme painted with a broad brush. It aims to maintain its status as the biggest Finnish festival in terms of audience figures. - more...

Report about the fourth week of Al Bustan Festival

19 March 2001

The Al Bustan Festival is now in it’s fifth and last week. The preceding week was quite historical.
Verdi’s Requiem was performed for the first time in recent times in Lebanon. Three perfomances took place in three different churches. - more...

Press release for the first annual press conference of the new director of Dresden Music Festival

08 March 2001

In 2001, Dresden Music Festival will be held from 23 May to 10 June under the management of the new director, Torsten Mosgraber, and over a period of 20 days will present more than 80 performances – such an impressive number has not been reached since the eighties. The theme of Music Festival 2001 is "New Departures" ("Aufbruch"). Besides concerts with music from the classical, jazz, world music and crossover areas, plans include guest performances by outstanding dance theater companies. In addition, a large number of Dresden's cultural institutions will be joining in with their own events, all related to the theme of the Music Festival. - more...

Emilia Romagna Festival Itinerari musicali 2001

18 January 2001

Associazione da Bach a Bartok Presents
Emilia Romagna Festival
Itinerari musicali 2001
July - August 2001
With the birth of a new millennium comes the rebirth of a festival. An Italian event that isn’t limited to one location but is multi-centred, regional by nature and now by name: Festival “da Bach a Bartok” is henceforth known as the “Emilia Romagna Festival”. - more...

Le Concert Spirituel - streaming video on the internet

15 December 2000

The Flanders Festival proudly presents the streaming video of its Christmas concert:
Le Concert Spirituel directed by Hervé Niquet
"Un Bal au Grand Trianon"
Music at the Court of Versailles - more...

Verdi jubilee at the Savonlinna Opera Festival July 7 - August 5, 2001

02 November 2000

Last summer was a real milestone in the history of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Following its refurbishment, Olavinlinna Castle was once again an opera venue that attracted and delighted audiences and provided a truly fitting setting for Finland’s most prestigious and most international festival. - more...

1st Mariinsky International Ballet Festival

18 September 2000

1st Mariinsky International Ballet Festival
St Petersburg, 10 - 18 February 2001
Artistic Director VALERY GERGIEV
From 2001 on, the Mariinsky Theatre will annually present the MARIINSKY INTERNATIONAL BALLET FESTIVAL at the end of its winter season. The first festival will feature a combination of the famous ballets from the Mariinsky’s current repertoire and its new seasonal productions, as well as a retrospective selection from the company’s “Imperial” and “Soviet (Kirov)” periods. - more...