List of classical music festivals
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The following is an incomplete list of classical music festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on classical music. Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music (both liturgical and secular), and has long been played at festival-like settings. It encompasses a broad span of time from roughly the 11th century to the present day.[1] The major time divisions of classical music are as follows: the early music period, which includes the Medieval (500–1400) and the Renaissance (1400–1600) era, played at early music festivals; the common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1830), and Romantic eras (1804–1910), which included opera festivals and choral festivals; and the 20th century (1901–2000) which includes the modern (1890–1930) that overlaps from the late 19th-century, the high modern (mid 20th-century), and contemporary classical music festivals or postmodern (1975–2000) eras, the last of which overlaps into the 21st-century. The term "classical music" did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to distinctly canonize the period from Johann Sebastian Bach to Beethoven as a golden age.[2]
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Festivals
Africa
Festival name | Location | Years | Notes |
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Festival international de musique symphonique d'El Jem | Tunisia; El Djem | 1985–present | Held every summer |
Nosy Be Symphonies – Festival de Musique Classique de l'Océan Indien[3] | Madagascar | 2014–present | Held end of August each year |
Klein Karoo Klassique[4] | South Africa | 2009–present | Held beginning of August each year |
Asia
Festival name | Location | Years | Notes |
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Kuthira Malika | India; Thiruvananthapuram | ?–present | At shrine built by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma |
Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha | India; Chennai | 1986–present | Encouraging young talents |
Parampara Series – Andhri | India; Hyderabad | 1997–present | Asian classical music |
Swathi Sangeethotsavam | India; Trivandrum | 2000–present | Asian classical music |
The Hindu Friday Review Music Festival | India; Chennai | 2005–present | Asian classical music |
All Pakistan Music Conference | 1959–present | Qawaali, classical, pop, rock, hamd, ghazel | |
Israel Festival | Israel; Jerusalem | 1961–present | Arts festival with classical focus |
Istanbul International Music Festival | Turkey; Istanbul | 1973–present | Classical music, ballet, opera, traditional music |
Mersin International Music Festival | Turkey; Mersin | 2002–present | Classical, jazz, pop |
Gümüşlük International Classical Music Festival | Turkey; Gümüşlük | 2004–present | And Eklisia summer school |
Tokyo Summer Festival | Japan; Tokyo | 1985–present | Mixed genres |
Pacific Music Festival | Japan; Sapporo | 1990–present | Performers from major orchestras serve as faculty. |
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival | Japan; Matsumoto | 1992–present | Held in August and September; renamed in 2015 |
Beijing Music Festival | China; Beijing | 1998–present | Founded by the Chinese government |
Great Wall International Music Academy | China; Beijing | 2005–present | Month-long classical music institute |
TIMF | South Korea; Tongyeong | 2002–present | Large event with multiple genres |
Isang Yun Competition | South Korea; Tongyeong | 2003–present | Classical competition |
Daegu International Opera Festival | South Korea; Daegu | 2003–present | Multiple features beyond main opera |
Great Mountains Music Festival & School | South Korea; PyeongChang | 2004–present | Chamber music festival |
Beigang International Music Festival | Taiwan; Beigang | 2006–present | Beigang Philharmonic Association |
Bengal-ITC SRA Classical Music Festival | Bangladesh; Dhaka | 2012–present | South Asian classical music |
Europe
Festival name | Location | Years | Notes |
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Nordic Music Days | (several) | 1888–present | Held in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Norway |
Grafenegg Music Festival | Austria | 2007–present | |
KlangBogen Wien | Austria | 1995–2006 | |
Salzburg Festival | Austria | 1920–present | |
Salzburg Easter Festival | Austria | 1967–present | |
Styriarte | Austria | 1985–present | International festival, held in Graz and Styria |
Vienna Spring Festival | Austria | 1992–present | |
Gabala International Music Festival | Azerbaijan | 2009–present | |
Mstislav Rostropovich Baku International Festival | Azerbaijan | 2007–present | |
Uzeyir Hajibeyov International Music Festival | Azerbaijan | 2009–present | |
XXIV International Society for Contemporary Music Festival | Belgium | 1950 | |
International Chamber Music Festival Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 1964–present | |
March Music Days | Bulgaria | –present | |
Music Biennale Zagreb | Croatia | 1961–present | |
Classical Music Festival Pula | Croatia | 2016–present | International festival held in Pula, Croatia |
The International Music Festival of F. L. Vek | Czech Republic | –present | |
Janáček Music Festival | Czech Republic | 1976–present | |
Prague Autumn International Music Festival | Czech Republic | 1991–2008 | |
Prague Spring International Music Festival | Czech Republic | 1946–present | |
Aldeburgh Festival | England | ||
Bampton Classical Opera | England | ||
Bath International Music Festival | England | ||
Birmingham Triennial Music Festival | England | 1784–1912 | |
Brighton Early Music Festival | England | ||
Dartington International Summer School | England | ||
English Music Festival | England | ||
Harrogate International Festivals | England | ||
Hastings Musical Festival | England | ||
Henley Festival | England | ||
Hoffnung Music Festival | England | ||
Investec International Music Festival[5] | England | 2010–present | |
Leeds Festival | England | ||
Leeds Lieder | England | ||
Oundle International Festival | England | ||
Oxford International Piano Festival | England | ||
Oxford Lieder Festival | England | ||
Prom on The Close | England | ||
The Proms | England | 1895– | |
Southern Cathedrals Festival | England | 1904– | |
Spitalfields Music | England | ||
St Albans International Organ Festival | England | ||
Swaledale Festival | England | ||
Three Choirs Festival | England | 1719– | |
Tilford Bach Festival | England | ||
Two Moors Festival | England | ||
York Early Music Festival | England | ||
Aix-en-Provence Festival | France | 1948–present | |
Besançon International Music Festival | France | 1948–present | |
Festival des Nuits Romantiques | France | ||
Forest Festival | France | ||
La Folle Journée | France | ||
Musica | France | ||
Musique-Cordiale | France | ||
Opéra de Baugé | France | ||
Strasbourg Music Festival | France | ||
Bachfest Leipzig | Germany | 1904–present | Early Bach festival |
Bachwoche Ansbach | Germany | 1947–present | Bonn |
Bayreuth Festival | Germany | 1876–present | Wagner opera festival |
Bayreuther Osterfestival | Germany | 1994–present | Easter festival |
Beethovenfest | Germany | 1845–present | Beethoven festival |
Braunschweig Classix Festival | Germany | 1988–present | |
Dresden Music Festival | Germany | 1978–present | |
Göttingen International Handel Festival | Germany | 1919–present | Devoted to Handel |
InterHarmony International Music Festival | Germany | 1997–present | International festival |
Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden | Germany | 1896–present | International theatre festival |
Kissinger Sommer | Germany | 1986–present | |
Klavier-Festival Ruhr | Germany | 1988–present | Piano festival; classical music and jazz; lasts more than three months |
Lower Rhenish Music Festival | Germany | 1818–1958 | Early classical festival held on Pentecost |
Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage | Germany | 1990–present | Devoted to the works of Telemann |
Rheingau Musik Festival | Germany | 1987–present | Concerts take place at a culturally important location. |
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival | Germany | 1986–present | Summer festival |
Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker | Germany | 1946–present | Summer chamber music festival |
Molyvos International Music Festival | Greece | 2015–present | Most Celebrated Classical Music Festival in Greece |
Ardee Baroque Festival | Ireland | –present | |
Cork International Choral Festival | Ireland | –present | |
Lismore Music Festival | Ireland | –present | |
New Ross Piano Festival | Ireland | –present | |
Wexford Festival Opera | Ireland | 1951–present | |
West Cork Chamber Music Festival | Ireland | 1995–present | Bantry |
Orfeo Music Festival | Italy | 2002–present | |
Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza[6] | Italy | 1992-present | |
CIMA Festival | Italy | –present | |
InterHarmony International Music Festival | Italy | –present | |
Bergen International Festival | Norway | –present | |
Chopin Festival | Poland | –present | |
Chopin and his Europe | Poland | 2005–present | |
Cistermúsica | Portugal | 1993–present[7] | In Alcobaça |
Organ Festival of Braga | Portugal} Braga | 2014–present | |
EUROPAfest | Romania | –present | |
George Enescu Festival | Romania | –present | |
Radiro - International Radio Orchestras Festival | Romania | –present | |
Toamna Muzicală Clujeană | Romania | 1965–present | |
Edinburgh International Festival | Scotland | 1947–present | |
Belgrade Music Festival | Serbia | 1969–present | |
Košice Music Spring Festival | Slovakia | 1956–present | |
Festival Internacional de Santander | Spain | –present | |
Festival Internacional de Música de Canarias | Spain | 1985–present | |
Lucerne Festival | Switzerland | 1938–present | |
Festival Musikdorf Ernen | Switzerland | 1974–present | |
Nox Illuminata | Switzerland | 2004–present | |
Verbier Festival | Switzerland | 1956–present | |
Festival Oude Muziek | Netherlands | 1982–present | |
Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival | Netherlands | 2011–present | |
Holland Festival | Netherlands | 1947–present | |
Gümüşlük International Classical Music Festival | Turkey | –present | |
Istanbul International Music Festival | Turkey | –present | |
Mersin International Music Festival | Turkey | –present | |
Kyiv Music Fest | Ukraine | –present | |
North Wales International Music Festival | Wales | 1972–present |
North America
Festival name | Location | Years | Notes |
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Brott Music Festival | Canada | 1988–present | Multiple genres |
Bach Music Festival of Canada | Canada | 2011–present | Bach festival |
Domaine Forget | Canada | –present | |
Festival 500 | Canada | –present | |
Festival of the Sound | Canada | –present | |
Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts | Canada | –present | |
Kiwanis Music Festival | Canada | –present | |
Mondial Choral | Canada | –present | |
Montreal Festivals | Canada, Montreal | –present | |
Music and Beyond | Canada | –present | |
New Brunswick Summer Music Festival | Canada, New Brunswick | –present | |
Ottawa Chamberfest | Canada, Ottawa | –present | |
Quebec City Summer Festival | Canada, Quebec | –present | |
Quebec Contemporary Music Society | Canada, Quebec | –present | |
Stratford Summer Music Festival | Canada | –present | |
Toronto Summer Music Festival | Canada, Toronto | –present | |
Tuckamore Festival | Canada | –present | |
Winnipeg Music Festival | Canada, Winnipeg | 1919–present | Contest |
Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival | United States, Amelia Island, Florida | Directed by Christopher Rex, Principal Cellist, Atlanta Symphony | |
American Festival for the Arts | United States | ||
Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York | United States | ||
Aspen Music Festival and School | United States | ||
Atlantic Music Festival | United States | ||
Bard Music Festival | United States | ||
Bellingham Festival of Music | United States | ||
Blossom Festival | United States | ||
Bowdoin International Music Festival | United States | ||
Bravo! Vail | United States | ||
Brevard Music Center | United States | ||
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival | United States | ||
Caramoor International Music Festival | United States | ||
Carmel Bach Festival | United States | ||
Casals Festival of Puerto Rico | United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1957–present | |
Chamber Music Northwest | United States | ||
Chestnut Hill Concerts | United States | ||
Cincinnati May Festival | United States | ||
Colorado MahlerFest | United States | ||
Colorado Music Festival | United States | ||
Eastern Music Festival | United States | ||
Festival Mozaic, San Luis Obispo[8] | United States, California | 1971–present | Multiple genres |
Festival Napa Valley | United States | ||
Festival of Neglected Romantic Music | United States | ||
Festival of New Trumpet Music | United States | ||
Fine Arts Summer Academy (FASA)[9] | United States | ||
Grand Teton Music Festival | United States | ||
Grant Park Music Festival | United States | ||
Hot Springs Music Festival | United States | ||
Kneisel Hall | United States | ||
La Musica | United States | ||
Laguna Beach Chamber Music Society | United States | ||
Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute | United States | ||
Mainly Mozart Festival | United States | ||
MasterWorks Festival | United States | ||
Mendocino Music Festival | United States | ||
Midsummer Mozart Festival | United States | ||
Mineral Point Chamber Music Festival[10] | United States | 2017–present | This annual June festival features advanced university-level ensembles |
Missouri Chamber Music Festival | United States | ||
Mostly Modern Festival[11] | United States | 2018– | The focus of the festival is "mostly modern": music by living composers from around the world, with occasional works from the standard repertoire. |
Mostly Mozart Festival | United States | ||
Music Academy of the West | United States | ||
Music@Menlo | United States | ||
Music from Angel Fire[12] | United States | 1984–present | Music from Angel Fire celebrates extraordinary chamber music in the Northern New Mexico communities of Angel Fire, Taos, Raton and Las Vegas. |
Music House International[13] | United States | 1997–present | Study with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra |
Music in the Mountains | United States | ||
New Hampshire Music Festival | United States | ||
Newport Music Festival | United States | ||
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival | United States | ||
Ojai Music Festival | United States | ||
OK Mozart Festival | United States | ||
Olympic Music Festival | United States | ||
Oregon Bach Festival | United States | ||
Park City International Music Festival | United States | ||
Philadelphia International Music Camp & Festival[14] | United States | 1997–present | Study with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra |
Piano Summer | United States | ||
Portland Chamber Music Festival | United States | ||
Rockport Music | United States | ||
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival | United States | ||
Sarasota Music Festival | United States | ||
Sitka Summer Music Festival | United States | ||
Strings Music Festival | United States | ||
St. Augustine Music Festival | United States, St. Augustine, FL | 2007–present | |
Worcester Music Festival, Massachusetts | United States, Massachusetts | –present | |
Woodstock (Illinois) Mozart Festival | United States | 1986–2015 | |
West Side Orchestral Concerts | United States | –present | |
Vermont Mozart Festival | United States, Vermont | –present | |
Tanglewood Music Center | United States | –present | |
Classical/Pops Festival | Barbados | 2014–present | Held yearly in December |
Oceania
Festival name | Location | Years | Notes |
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Intervarsity Choral Festival | Australia | 1950–present | Choral festival |
Melbourne Festival | Australia | 1986–present | Held for 17 days each October |
Canberra International Music Festival | Australia | 1994–present | Held at the end of April annually |
G-TARanaki Guitar Festival | New Zealand | 2008–present | Guitar focus |
South America
Festival name | Location | Years | Notes |
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Semana Musical Llao Llao | Argentina | 1993–present | Held yearly in October |
Septiembre Musical | Argentina | 1960–present | Arts festival |
Ilumina Festival | Brazil | 2015–present | Chamber music festival |
Festival Amazonas de Ópera | Brazil | 1997–present | Opera festival |
Festival de Inverno de Campos do Jordão | Brazil | 1970–present | Classical music festival |
Festival de Música Coral Renascentista Gil de Roca Sales | Brazil | 2017–present | Reinassance music festival for 3 days |
Natal Luz | Brazil | 1986–present | Classical Christmas concert |
Frutillar Musical Weeks | Chile | 1968–present | Between January and February; lasts for 10 days. |
International Culture Festival | Colombia | 1973–present | Cultural and arts festival with classical music |
International Festival of Lyric Singing | Peru | 1996–present | International vocalists |
References
- ↑ "Classical", The Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music, ed. Michael Kennedy, (Oxford, 2007), Oxford Reference Online. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
- ↑ Rushton, Julian, Classical Music, (London, 1994), 10
- ↑ Nosy Be Symphonies
- ↑ Klein Karoo Klassique
- ↑ Investec International Music Festival
- ↑ Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza
- ↑ http://www.cistermusica.com/
- ↑ Festival Mozaic, San Luis Obispo
- ↑ Fine Arts Summer Academy (FASA)
- ↑ Mineral Point Chamber Music Festival
- ↑ Mostly Modern Festival
- ↑ Music from Angel Fire
- ↑ Music House International
- ↑ Philadelphia International Music Camp & Festival
External links
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