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THE 2020 GUIDE TO SUMMER FESTIVALS
News Roundup | Contests & Awards | Industry News | People in the News | Press Releases | Reviews | Special Reports | Guide to Festivals
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GUIDE TO SUMMER FESTIVALS 2020
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
At the Santa Fe Opera, the show begins long before curtain. Opera fans come early for tailgate parties in the parking lot, preview dinners, or the prelude talks. Performances of the highest quality are presented in a dramatic theater with stunning views of the surrounding mountain landscape. |
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The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, New York
TIME:SPANS is dedicated primarily to the presentation of twenty-first century music. The festival is produced and presented by The Earle Brown Music Foundation (EBMF). Artistic director for TIME:SPANS is Thomas Fichter. |
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Colorado Music Festival | |
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
Colorado Music Festival is dedicated to presenting the best of classical music--the work of living composers as well as music by masters of the canon--in Boulder, Colorado's Chautauqua Auditorium, nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains and known for its natural beauty and magnificent acoustics.
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Various location in New York, New York
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
IKIF participant students have the opportunity to hear their teachers in performance and can choose the teachers or teachers they wish to study with during the festival. The public can attend masterclasses and concerts as auditors. The IKIF Competition will award $10,000 plus a performance opportunity at IKIF 2021.
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Festival Ljubljana | |
Križanke complex, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Festival Ljubljana is regarded as one of Europe’s most important cultural and art institutions, hosting numerous amazing artists from all over the world. The institution continuously provides cultural fare for the public through a wide range of cultural events and organizes activities relating to theatre, music, the visual arts, conventions, and more.
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San Francisco, California
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
The Merola Opera Program is widely regarded as the foremost opera training program for aspiring singers, coach accompanists, and stage directors. Merola nurtures the opera stars of tomorrow, presents operatic works that reach a diverse audience, and provides community outreach through educational programs for students and the general public.
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Monteux School and Music Festival | |
Hancock, Maine
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
77th Season of the historic school for conductors and orchestral musicians founded by French Conductor, Pierre Monteux, in Hancock, Maine.
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Inspiration Point, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
70 years of experience in running a young artist festival with over 3,000 alumni, many of whom are now singing on the best stages in the world. We are the only summer opera festival of its type in the south central states.
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Tippet Rise Art Center | |
Fishtail, Montana
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
Set on a 12,000-acre working ranch against Montana's Beartooth Mountains, Tippet Rise Art Center presents classical chamber music and recitals and exhibits large-scale, outdoor sculptures. Tippet Rise celebrates the concept that art, music, architecture, and nature are inextricably linked in the human experience, each making the others more powerful.
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Durham, North Carolina
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Fayetteville, Bentonville, Rogers, and additional venues across northwest Arkansas
Event suspended. Please check website for more information.
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Aspen, Colorado
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Various locations in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Annandale-On-Hudson, New York
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Bayreuth, Germany
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Lenox and Boston, Massachusetts; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Barcelona, Spain
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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France: Besançon, Belfort, Lons-le-Saunier, Dole
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Boston and Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Vail, Colorado
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Bridgehampton, New York
Moved to Fall 2020
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Santa Cruz, California
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Katonah, New York
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Wien, Austria
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Carson City, Nevada
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Central City, Colorado
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Portland, Oregon
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Chautauqua, New York
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Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Cork City & County, Ireland
Canceled. Please check website for update information.
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Crested Butte and Gunnison, Colorado
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Park City, Utah
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Indianola, Iowa
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Dresden, Germany
Canceled. Please check website for more information.
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Drottningholm, Sweden
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Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia
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Paris, France
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Various locations in Greensboro, North Carolina
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Aix-en-Provence, France
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Thiré, Vendée, France
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Various locations in the Lanaudière region, Quebec, Canada
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Various location in Granada, Spain
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Various locations in Napa Valley, California
Postponed until 2021. See website for more information.
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Various locations in Kalamazoo and East Lansing, Michigan
Canceled. Please check website for more information.
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Cooperstown, New York
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Hayward, California
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Grafenegg, Austria
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Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Burlington, Vermont
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Gstaad and Saanenland, Switzerland
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Hitzacker, Germany
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Suzhou, China
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Various locations in Istanbul, Turkey
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Various locations in Istanbul, Turkey
Event suspended until second half of September, 2020. Please check website for more information.
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La Jolla, California
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Ontario, Canada
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Lake George, New York
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Various locations in Reims, France
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Various locations in Lucerne, Switzerland
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San Diego, California
Suspended. Please check website for more information.
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Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Columbia, Missouri
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Canceled. Please check website for more information.
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Dresden, Germany
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Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
Canceled. Please check website for more information.
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Würzburg, Germany
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Santa Barbara, California
Festival postponed until July 13; Academy to begin as scheduled and online as Music Academy Remote Learning Institute.
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Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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Napa Valley Wineries, Napa Valley, California
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Atherton, California
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Breckenridge, Colorado
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Norfolk, Connecticut
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Fort Collins, Colorado
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Ojai, California
Canceled. Please check website for more information.
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University of Houston, Houston, Texas
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Various locations in St. Louis, Missouri
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Orcas Island, Washington
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Eugene, Oregon
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Oxford, United Kingdom
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Shelter Island, New York
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Los Angeles, California
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Prague and Tabor, Czech Republic
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Ravenna, Italy
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Riga and Jurmala, Latvia
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Rockport, Massachusetts
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Round Top, Texas
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Salzburg, Austria
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Various locations in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico
Postponed to Summer 2021
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Sarasota, Florida
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Saratoga Springs, New York
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Schroon Lake, New York
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Harrisonburg, Virginia
Canceled. Please see website for more information.
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Sitka, Alaska
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Charleston, South Carolina
Canceled. Please check website for more information.
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Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Various locations in Sun Valley, Idaho
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Lenox, Massachusetts
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Lincoln Center, New York, New York
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Various locations in Russia: Novosibirsk; Krasnoyarsk; Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk Regions; Samara; Tyumen; Tobolsk; St Petersburg; Moscow; and stops in France and Japan
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Tsinandali Estate, Kakheti, Georgia
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Various locations in Verbier, Switzerland
Canceled. Please check website for more information.
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Southeastern Coastal Virginia—Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Newport News, Williamsburg
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Vienna, Virginia
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