2021 GUIDE TO FESTIVALS
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28th Ameropa International Chamber Music Academy
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Aspen Music Festival and School
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Our in-person season will be safe, distanced, and full of performances to enjoy in the open-air Benedict Music Tent. Performances include orchestral concerts, recitals, chamber music, opera presentations, and more. In 2021, the AMFS begins significantly highlighting AMELIA (African, Middle Eastern, Latin, Indigenous, and Asian) composers and performers.
Among the many featured artists: American Brass Quintet, Lawrence Brownlee, Julia Bullock, Sarah Chang, Jeremy Denk, Vladimir Feltsman, Renée Fleming, Augustin Hadelich, Andreas Haefliger, Sharon Isbin, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Kantorei, Paul Lewis, Gil Shaham, Golda Schultz, Daniil Trifonov, Music Director Robert Spano, and guest conductors James Conlon, Roderick Cox, Jane Glover, Nicholas McGegan, Ludovic Morlot, Gemma New, and more. LOCATION
Aspen, Colorado
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DATES
July 1 - August 22, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Robert Spano
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$0 to $100
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 970-925-9042
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
May 2021 for summer 2022
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Bach Choir of Bethlehem: 113th Bethlehem Bach Festival
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Bang on a Can's Loud Weekend Festival at MASS MoCA
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
"Loud Weekend" is three days of today's most exciting and adventurous new music in the beautiful Berkshire mountains. Past programming has included Philip Glass's Dracula (with film), Bang on a Can All-Stars, Sun Ra Arkestra, music and/or performances by Brian Eno, David Lang, Dither Guitar Quartet, Horse Lords, Julianna Barwick, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, Michael Riesman, Pamela Z, plus the many musicians of the Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute, a residency program taking place from July 12-August 1.
LOCATION
MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts
WEBSITE
DATES
July 30 - August 1, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe
GENRE
New/Contemporary/Avant Garde Music
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$25 to $90
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 413-662-2111
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Bard Music Festival/Bard SummerScape
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
SummerScape's 2021 season celebrates one of the most important figures in classical music history with seven weeks of events centered around the 31st Bard Music Festival, "Nadia Boulanger and Her World." Nadia Boulanger was the pioneering Parisian pedagogue, composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and indomitable personality who shaped a generation of American musicians. SummerScape will also present the North American premiere of King Arthur (Le roi Arthus), by Boulanger's compatriot Ernest Chausson, and the world premiere of I was waiting for the echo of a better day, choreographed by Pam Tanowitz with music by Jessie Montgomery.
LOCATION
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
WEBSITE
DATES
June 26 - August 16, 2020
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Leon Botstein, Christopher H. Gibbs, Gideon Lester
GENRES
Classical • Opera • Theater • Dance
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$10 to $105
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 845-758-7900
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Bay Chamber Concerts Screen Door Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Camden, Maine, is a destination with a craggy and rugged shoreline along a bay dotted with hundreds of uninhabited islands, and crowned by pined mountains. The musical venues of the Bay Chamber's Screen Door Festival are approachable, sometimes historic, and always New-England-beautiful. This year's festival will be held entirely outdoors at the Camden Amphitheater next door to the public library. Covid precautions apply. While you can get your Bach, Beethoven or Brahms fix at the festival, you will also experience novel, one-of-a-kind creative happenings, shining a light on living composers.
LOCATION
Camden, Maine
WEBSITE
DATES
August 18 - August 22, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Manuel Bagorro
GENRES
Classical • Jazz • Ethnic
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$1 to $45
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 207-236-2823
BOOKING CONTACTS
Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School P.O. Box 599 Rockport, ME 04856
Booking cycle date range
Fall 2021 for summer 2022
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Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Porpora: Carlo il Calvo, with Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli, Julia Lezhneva; Jakub Jozef Orlinski; Dorothee Oberlinger; Simone Kermes; Lea Desandre; Lucy Crowe.
LOCATION
Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth, Germany
WEBSITE
DATES
September 1 - September 14, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Under consideration
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Max Emanuel Cencic
GENRES
Classical • Baroque Opera Seria
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€15 to €249
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +49 921 508 9908
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Bergen International Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The theme for the 2021 Bergen International Festival is 'This is America?' with American Missy Mazzoli as Festival composer-in-residence. Her music will be highlighted in a number of concerts and constellations. American culture and music will be featured throughout the festival program, which is still in development. Other artists include Norwegian violinist Ragnhild Hemsing, pianists Håvard Gimse and Ingrid Andsnes, and Australian opera star Danielle de Niese.
LOCATION
Online and venues in Bergen, Norway
WEBSITE
DATES
May 26 - June 9, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Anders Beyer
GENRES
Classical • Theater/Dance
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€13 to €60
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +47 470 36 065
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
From one to five years in advance
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Berkshire Opera Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Berkshire Opera Festival's 2021 season will feature the powerful and intimate American work Glory Denied, July 22 and 24 at the beautiful McConnell Theater on Bard College's Simon's Rock campus. Next, BOF will present four cast members from its production of Falstaff in a summer evening concert entitled, "Much Ado About Shakespeare," on the grounds of Edith Wharton's House, also known as The Mount, August 11. BOF's mainstage opera this season, Falstaff, will bring down the house with its hilarious story line and remarkable cast, August 21, 24, 27 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.
LOCATION
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
WEBSITE
DATES
July 22 - August 27, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Brian Garman
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$20 to $99
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 413-528-0100
BOOKING CONTACTS
If you or someone you know is interested in performing with BOF, please email your interest with links to info@berkshireoperafestival.org
Booking cycle date range
Typically books one year in advance
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Berkshire Choral International
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
In-person programs are cancelled for 2021 due to the pandemic. Access a variety of free and low cost online resources and classes for choral singers.
LOCATION
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
WEBSITE
DATES
June 1 - August 1, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Frank Nemhauser
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$10 to $25
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 413-229-8526
BOOKING CONTACTS
Steven Smith, president
Booking cycle date range
Fall 2021 for summer 2022
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Besançon International Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 74th Besançon Music Festival will take place in September. This will also be the year of the 54th International Competition for Young Conductors (chaired by conductor Paul Daniel). Among the artists to discover this year will be the Orchestre National de Lyon, Les Siècles orchestra, pianists Boris Berezovsky, Alexandre Kantorow, and Katia & Marielle Labèque. A large place is also reserved for the music of our resident composer, Camille Pépin, as well as a première (ordre of the Festival) for the Competition Final.
LOCATION
France: Besançon, Belfort, Lons-le-Saunier, Dole, Vesoul
WEBSITE
DATES
September 10 - September 25, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Under consideration
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jean-Michel Mathé
GENRES
Classical • Jazz • Ethnic
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€0 to €49
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +33 38 12 50 585
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Spring 2021 for autumn 2022
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Blossom Music Festival—Summer Home of The Cleveland Orchestra
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 2021 Blossom Music Festival will mark a return to in-person concerts after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 season. The Cleveland Orchestra will present a mix of classical and pops concerts for audiences in its scenic home, Blossom Music Center. For safety, audience capacity will be limited and a variety of protocols will be in place. Check here for the full festival schedule and for health and safety information.
LOCATION
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
WEBSITE
DATES
July 2 - September 5, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Franz Welser-Möst
GENRES
Classical • Pop/Folk
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$26 to $121
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 800-686-1141
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Boston Early Music Festival
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Bowdoin International Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
One of the world's premiere music institutes, the Festival offers an intensive and in-depth exploration of chamber and solo music. Every summer, 250 students make life-long connections with peers, enhance musicianship through study and performance, and engage with world-renowned faculty from leading conservatories. Those include Curtis, Eastman, Juilliard, Mannes, NEC, Peabody, USC, and others. At Bowdoin, these faculty members are dedicated to collaborating with and guiding the next generation's most promising artists.
LOCATION
Brunswick, Maine
WEBSITE
DATES
June 6 - August 7, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
David Ying and Phillip Ying
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$0 to $45
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 207-373-1400
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Bravo! Vail Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Bravo! Vail's 34th season kicks off with the return of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields led by violin virtuoso Joshua Bell. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is joined by violinist James Ehnes; the Philadelphia Orchestra performs Valerie Coleman's new work Seven O'Clock Shout and welcomes pianists Yefim Bronfman and Anne-Marie McDermott and violinist Gil Shaham; and pianist Daniil Trifonov joins the New York Philharmonic. Plus, the pioneering outdoor Music Box stage makes a return alongside the world-class chamber series.
LOCATION
Vail, Colorado
WEBSITE
DATES
June 24 - August 4, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Anne-Marie McDermott
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$29 to $175
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 877-812-5700
BOOKING CONTACTS
Jacqueline Taylor, director of artistic planning SOCIAL LINKS
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Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
BCMF's 38th season will present concerts from August 7-22. Programming will feature well-known masterpieces from the canon as well as little-known gems. Artists from around the world will gather in Bridgehampton to rehearse and perform concerts over three weeks, with concerts on Wednesdays and Sundays throughout this period.
LOCATION
Bridgehampton, New York
WEBSITE
DATES
August 7 - August 22, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Marya Martin
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$10 to $175
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 212-741-9403
BOOKING CONTACTS
Michael Lawrence, executive director Booking cycle date range
Spring 2021 for summer 2022
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Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, America's longest-running festival of new orchestral music, presents its second-ever virtual season over two weekends, July 31 - August 8, 2021. Led Music Director Cristian Macelaru, the event offers site-specific dance, environmental photography, animation, and videography woven through new and recent compositions for full orchestra and chamber ensemble. Composers are Danny Clay, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jake Heggie, Sean Shepherd, and emerging composers Theo Chandler, Eli Gilbert, Meng Wang, and Jeremy Rapaport-Stein. The Cabrillo Festival Orchestra will be featured, with three new works recorded remotely.
LOCATION
Virtual
WEBSITE
DATES
July 31 - August 8, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Cristian Macelaru
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE
$0
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 831-426-6966
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Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is planning on having a live summer season, starting on June 19 and going to August 27. All artists and programming are subject to change.
LOCATION
Katonah, New York
WEBSITE
DATES
June 19 - August 27, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Kathy Schuman
GENRES
Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • Ethnic • Opera
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$0 to $110
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 914-232-1252
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Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music & Art Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Great variety of music in an historic, small city near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada. Events are free and include big bands, combos, jam sessions, lectures; Carson City Open Studios Art Tour August 21 and 22.
LOCATION
Locations in Carson City, Nevada
WEBSITE
DATES
August 13 - August 29, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
David C. Bugli
GENRES
Pop/Folk • Jazz • Ethnic
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$0 to $10
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 775-883-4154
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Winter 2021 for August 2021
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Central City Opera Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 2021 Summer Festival opens on July 3 with Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel, followed by Verdi's Rigoletto, and Purcell's bewitching opera, Dido and Aeneas. The first two will be staged in The Hudson Gardens & Event Center's beautiful outdoor amphitheater with socially distanced seating. Our company members will reside and rehearse in Central City and we will present Dido and Aeneas in the Central City Opera House Gardens. Additional outdoor performances are planned.
LOCATION
Central City, Colorado
WEBSITE
DATES
July 3 - August 1, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
GENERAL/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Pelham G. Pearce
GENRE
Opera
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$25 to $75
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 303-292-6700
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Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Chamber Music Northwest presents a four-week 2021 Summer Festival in scenic Portland, Oregon, from July 1-August 1. The festival celebrates an engaging variety of chamber music for both in-person and streaming audiences. This summer's lineup includes the Brentano, Dover, Jupiter, and Flux quartets, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), as well as exciting performances by such artists as pianist Marc-André Hamelin, clarinetist David Shifrin, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, and Co-Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim.
LOCATION
Portland, Oregon
WEBSITE
DATES
July 1 - August 1, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$20 to $50
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 503-294-6400
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Fall 2021 for summer 2023
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Chautauqua Institution Performing and Visual Arts
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Chautauqua Institution's summer season of performing and visual arts contains an impressive array of offerings in an idyllic lakeside setting. Festival highlights are weekly performances by resident companies including the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Chautauqua Opera, and Chautauqua Theater, along with pre-professional schools of Music, Visual Art, Theater, and Dance. Also offered are professional pop music, dance, and family events and chamber music.
LOCATION
Chautauqua, New York
WEBSITE
DATES
June 26 - August 29, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
DIRECTORS
Rossen Milanov, CSO; Timothy Muffitt, MSFO; Marlena Malas, voice; Alexander Gavrylyuk,John Milbauer and Nicola Mellville, piano
GENRES
Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$0 to $150
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 716-357-6250
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Cincinnati May Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
May 21-22, 7:30 pm: Bruckner Adagio of String Quintet WAB 112 (orch transcription); J.Perry Stabat Mater;
G.Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen:arr Schoenberg; Holst Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, First Group H.100 for Male Voices. Juanjo Mena, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Men of the May Festival Chorus. Sara Couden, contralto; Elliot Madore, baritone. May 28, 2021, 7:30 pm: Copland Emily Dickinson Songs; M.Schneider Winter Morning Walks; J.Adams The Wound-Dresser. Robert Porco, conductor, CSO, May Festival Chorus. J'Nai, Sasha Cooke and Sophia Burgos, soprano; Davóne Tines, baritone May 29-30, 2:30 and 7:30 pm: Mahler Adagietto from Symphony No. 5; Britten Les Illuminations; Schubert arr. Reger: Nacht und Träume D.827, Litanei D.343, Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D.583. Schubert, arr. Berlioz: Der Erlkönig H136; Holst Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Second Group H.100 for Female Voices. R.Esmail I Rise: Women in Song. 1. The Beauty of their Dreams (Eleanor Roosevelt), 2. River Song (Arlene Geller). Juanjo Mena, conductor, CSO, May Festival Chorus, Joélle Harvey, soprano, Paul Appleby, tenor LOCATION
Locations in Cincinnati,Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky
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DATES
May 21 - May 30, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Juanjo Mena, principal conductor
GENRES
Classical • Choral
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$15 to $99
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 513-381-3300
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Colorado Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Music Director Peter Oundjian directs the 2021 Colorado Music Festival with the new Robert Mann Chamber Music Series, four world premieres, a week of music by living composers, and more. Featuring Colorado Music Festival Orchestra and guest artists including Augustin Hadelich, Steven Banks, Stewart Goodyear, Ji Su Jung, Conrad Tao.
LOCATION
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado
WEBSITE
DATES
July 1 - August 7, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Peter Oundjian
GENRES
Classical • Chamber Music
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$25 to $75
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 303-440-7666
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John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival
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Cork International Choral Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
April 27, Opening Gala Concert, Cork City Hall
April 28, Gala Concert April 29, Chamber Choir Ireland, St. Finbarre's Cathedral; Evocations, North Cathedral April 30, Cork City Hall, Fleischmann International Trophy Competition. This two-session concert will offer audiences the opportunity to hear some of the world's top amateur choirs competing for one of the most prestigious choral prizes in Europe. May 3, Closing Gala Concert, Cork City Hall LOCATION
City and County of Cork, Ireland
WEBSITE
DATES
April 27 - May 1, 2022
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Peter Stobart
GENRES
Classical • Choral Music
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€0 to €31
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +353 214 215 125
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Autumn 2021 for summer 2022
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