Théodore Gouvy International Festival
The Théodore Gouvy International Festival (Festival international Théodore Gouvy) is an annual festival of classical music held in honour of Franco-German composer, Théodore Gouvy, organised in Hombourg-Haut, the area where the composer, from 1867 onwards, used to spend the summer with his family.
Mission
The festival has been established by the Institut Théodore Gouvy and the Choeur d'hommes de Hombourg-Haut (a male choir founded in 1865 with Gouvy's help). The festival is aimed at rediscovering the major works of the composer. The first Festival took place in 1995. The Festival is supported by the town of Hombourg-Haut, the region Grand Est and the Moselle (department).
Programming
The festival is intended to be a series of six concerts spread out over the year. A close relationship has been established with the Orchestre national de Lorraine, major participant in the Festival.
Participating vocal groups, artists and orchestras include conductors like Pierre Cao, Jacques Mercier, Joachim Fontaine, soloists like Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Françoise Pollet, Jean-Pierre Wallez… ; choirs like the Choir of the monks of Saint-Alexander Nevski monastery, the female Choir Rimsky-Korsakov of Saint-Petersburg, Oxford Voices, Psalette de Lorraine… ; chamber music ensembles like Ricercare; string quartets (Quatuor Varèse, Quatuor Denis Clavier) etc.
Venues
The concerts mainly are held in the collegiate church of Saint-Stephen.
External links
- Festival International Théodore Gouvy
- The Choir of the monks of the Alexander Nevski Monastery of Saint-Pétersburg sings "Benedictus" of Gouvy's Missa Brevis'' (Théodore Gouvy International Festival - Collegiate church Saint-Stephen (Hombourg-Haut)