2019 GUIDE TO FESTIVALS
   
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Marlboro Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Led by Co-Artistic Directors Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss, some of the world's most acclaimed solo and chamber music artists and outstanding young professional musicians explore chamber music with unlimited rehearsal time and in the kind of depth only possible at Marlboro. Some of their discoveries are shared in weekend concerts that The New York Times has called "extraordinary."
LOCATION
Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont
WEBSITE
DATES
July 13 - August 11, 2019
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$15 to $40
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 215-569-4690 (until June 13); 802-254-2394 (from June 20)
BOOKING CONTACTS
Contact jloux@marlboromusic.org for audition information for outstanding young professional musicians
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Merola Opera Program 2019 Summer Festival
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Monteux School and Music Festival
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Montreal Chamber Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Montreal Chamber Music Festival embarks upon a three-year Beethoven Festival, with the Beethoven 2020 year coinciding with the Festival's 25th-anniversary season next year. The three-year project will include several complete traversals of Beethoven works with highlights for the 2019 Festival to include the Beethoven Violin sonatas with James Ehnes, and the Beethoven Symphonies as transcribed by Liszt for solo piano. As usual, founder and Artistic Director Denis Brott includes numerous free events featuring Canada's best up-and-coming young musicians.
LOCATION
Pollack Hall and Bourgie Hall, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
WEBSITE
DATES
June 7 - June 16, 2019
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Denis Brott, C.M.
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$10 to $45
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 514-489-7444
BOOKING CONTACTS
Denis Brott, C.M., Founder, Executive and Artistic Director 514-489-7444
Booking cycle date range
Spring 2019 for Spring 2020
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Mostly Mozart Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Synonymous with summer in New York City, the Mostly Mozart Festival offers a range of multi-genre and multi-disciplinary performances, emerging artists, ancillary lectures, late-night soirees, films, and public events. As in past years, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, led by Music Director Louis Langrée, forms the backbone of the festival, with music of Mozart at the core. In 2019, further repertoire spans from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons to Alfred Schnittke's Moz-ART a la Haydn, as well as the continuation of Langrée's exploration of Brahms symphonies. The Festival Orchestra concerts are often complemented by full-scale, landmark productions from visiting music ensembles, theater, and dance companies. Beloved returning artists include violinist Joshua Bell, pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Jeremy Denk, the Takács Quartet, and Mark Morris Dance Group; among others, violinists Vilde Frang and Pekka Kuusisto make their festival debuts. The intrepid International Contemporary Ensemble meanwhile enters its ninth year as artists-in-residence.
LOCATION
Lincoln Center, New York, New York
WEBSITE
DATES
July 10 - August 10, 2019
DIRECTORS
Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz artistic director; Louis Langrée, Renée and Robert Belfer music director
GENRES
Classical • Contemporary • Cross-disciplinary
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$15 to $175
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 212-721-6500 (Please note: There are also a number of free events.)
BOOKING CONTACTS
Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director
Booking cycle date range
All year round
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Music in the Vineyards
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Now in its 25th anniversary season, the Napa Valley's premier chamber music festival is held in intimate winery settings at twilight with witty commentary and wine tasting at intermission. Music in the Vineyards brings acclaimed chamber music artists and ensembles from around the world to convene in the Napa Valley for a festival known for its quality of music, one-of-kind concerts, and the genuine connection between performer and audience. This season's lineup includes the Dover Quartet, the Tesla Quartet, and the festival's perennial favorite, the Pacifica Quartet, which is returning for its 14th MITV appearance. Individual artists include Paul Neubauer (viola), Arnaud Sussmann (violin), Francisco Fullana (violin), William Wolfram (piano), Joshua Roman (cello), Elizabeth Koch Tiscione (oboe), Burt Hara (clarinet), and many more.
LOCATION
Napa Valley Wineries, California
WEBSITE
DATES
July 31 - August 25, 2019
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Michael and Daria Adams
GENRES
Classical • Chamber Music
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$55 to $60
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 707-258-5559
BOOKING CONTACTS
Evie Ayers, Executive Director
Booking cycle date range
Fall 2019 for Summer 2020
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Norfolk Chamber Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Summer chamber music festival and Yale Summer School of Music. Concert series by leading musicians plus chamber music study and student recitals each June through August in the Litchfield Hills of northwestern Connecticut. School is open to individuals and pre-formed groups, and offers several sessions focusing on different areas of the chamber music repertoire. Performers/faculty in 2019 include the Brentano, Emerson, and Miro String Quartets, plus individual artists including Ani Kavafian (violin), Melissa Rearson (viola), Raman Ramakrishnan (cello), Frank Morelli (bassoon), David Shifrin (clarinet), Wei-Yi Yang and Wendy Chen (piano), and many more. Sessions include a New Music Workshop directed by Martin Bresnick; a six-week Chamber Music Session with Faculty Artist concerts each Friday and Saturday evenings, along with free Fellows' concerts on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings; and a Choral Conducting Workshop directed by Simon Carrington.
LOCATION
20 Litchfield Road Norfolk, Connecticut
WEBSITE
DATES
June 28 - August 17, 2019
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Melvin Chen
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$10 to $60
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 860-542-3000
BOOKING CONTACTS
James Nelson, General Manaager
Booking cycle date range
Summer 2018 for Summer 2019
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Off the Hook Arts SummerFest 2019: Perception/Deception, Illusion/Confusion
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Off the Hook Arts SummerFest 2019: Perception/Deception, Illusion/Confusion brings together music, neuroscience, psychology, magic, comedy, painting, and photography in a unique festival to explore the mysteries, methods, facts, and fantasies of human perception, and to uncover techniques of deception and illusion in the arts and in life. The seven-part Concert Series and eight -part interdisciplinary Dynamics Series of the 2019 summer season feature world-class musicians in intimate settings with programs that imagine alternate realities (what would Chopin sound like as a pianist working in NYC today?), search for the ghosts that "haunt" certain great works, and reveal the secrets of deception and humor in works of music and art. The Viewpoints Series of lectures explores topics of cognitive psychology and the arts. Other SummerFest 2019 activities include an art show and the Off the Hook Arts Summer Academy, offering Music, Art and STEM programming for children of all ages.
LOCATION
Fort Collins, Colorado
WEBSITE
DATES
June 17 - July 12, 2019
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Bruce Adolphe
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$10 to $300
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 970-682-4076
BOOKING CONTACTS
Jephta Bernstein, executive director
Booking cycle date range
mid- to late Summer for 2019 Summer
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