2021 GUIDE TO FESTIVALS
   
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Crested Butte Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Now in its 25th year, CBMF will take place from July 23rd through October 1st. Performances will be located across the Gunnison Valley, including innovative outdoor programming in the Rocky Mountain wilderness and the shores of Blue Mesa Lake. The season offers chamber and contemporary classical music, opera, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and indie rock. Specifics of programming and tickets will be available May 1. Education remains a central component of CBMF's mission, and we will be working closely with Public Health to ensure the safety of our artists and patrons.
LOCATION
Crested Butte and Gunnison, Colorado
WEBSITE
DATES
July 26 - September 6, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Emily and Erik Peterson
GENRES
Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$20 to $175
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 970-300-3409
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
January-March 2021 for July-September 2021
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Deer Valley Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Deer Valley Music Festival (DVMF) is Utah Symphony | Utah Opera's (USUO) summer home in the mountain resort town of Park City, Utah. The Deer Valley Music Festival is renowned for consistently delivering a high quality and musically diverse experience in casual settings of unparalleled natural beauty.
LOCATION
Park City, Utah
WEBSITE
DATES
July 2 - August 7, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Anthony Tolokan
GENRES
Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$30 to $120
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 801-533-6683
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Des Moines Metro Opera
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 2021 Summer Festival features the long-awaited return of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd alongside Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, Rameau's Platée, and Gregory Spears/Greg Pierce's Fellow Travelers. Principals include Taylor Stayton, Zachary James, Zoie Reams, Elizabeth Sutphen, and John Brancy in Platée; Jonathan Burton, Sara Gartland, and Joyce Castle in The Queen of Spades; Zachary Nelson, Lucy Schaufer, Ben Edquist, Grace Kahl, and Wayne Tiggis in Sweeney Todd; and Joseph Lattanzi and Christian Sanders in Fellow Travelers.
LOCATION
Indianola, Iowa
WEBSITE
DATES
July 2 - July 25, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Michael Egel
GENRES
Classical • Opera
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$25 to $150
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 515-961-6221
BOOKING CONTACTS
Michael Egel, general and artistic director
Booking cycle date range
Fall 2021 for summer 2022 and summer 2023
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Dresden Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Hong Kong Philharmonic & Jaap van Zweden with cellist Jan Vogler; London Symphony & Sir Simon Rattle; Royal Concertgebouw & Fabio Luisi; Bavarian Radio Symphony & Jakub Hrusa with pianist Emanuel Ax; Vienna Philharmonic & Daniel Harding; Dresden Festival Orchestra (with conductors DanieIe Gatti and Ivor Bolton); Sting, Jamie Cullum, Aoife O'Donovan, Till Brönner, Ute Lemper, Pape Diouf, Noa, and others. Kent Nagano leads the Hamburg Philharmonic in the premiere of William Blank's Triple Concert, Alisma, with soloists Mira Wang (violin), Jan Vogler (cello), and Daniel Ottensamer (clarinet).
LOCATION
Dresden, Germany
WEBSITE
DATES
May 14 - June 12, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jan Vogler
GENRES
Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • Ethnic
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€10 to €145
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +49 (0)351 656 06 700
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Spring 2021 for spring 2022
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Drottningholms Slottsteater
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Agrippina by G F Handel, August 7-21—Conductor: Fracesco Corti, director: Staffan Valdemar Holm. Cast: Nahuel di Pierro, Ann Hallenberg, Bruno de Sá, Kristina Hammarström, Roberta Mameli, Håvard Stensvold, Kacper Szelazek, Mikael Horned. "Donne disprezzate - the raging heroines of the Baroque," August 29—Concert with Artist in Residence Ann Hallenberg, mezzosoprano; conductor Stefano Montanari and the Drottningholm Theater Orchestra.
Events and activities for families take place throughout the summer, with daily guided tours, May-September. LOCATION
Drottningholm, Sweden
WEBSITE
DATES
August 7 - August 28, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Sofi Lerström (until April 30); Anna Karinsdotter (May 1 onward)
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€30 to €145
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +46855693105
BOOKING CONTACTS
Kristian Holstein, producer
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Dubrovnik Summer Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Petrit Çeku, Lovre Marusic, and Goran Filipec will present their mastery as soloists with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, in chamber performances or recitals. City spaces will be enlivened by dynamically durable and visually attractive programs such as Percussion Collective, a percussion treat led by the excellent Ivana Kuljeric Bilic. "Dubrovnik on a Rock of Music" will gather Dubrovnik's musicians in a rare and unexpected program from the belle époque.
LOCATION
Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia
WEBSITE
DATES
July 10 - August 25, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Dora Ruždjak Podolski
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€10 to €80
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +385(0)20326107
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Summer 2020
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EAMA Summer Music Institute in Paris
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Institute offers expert musical training in composition, conducting and chamber music at the historic Schola Cantorum in Paris, France. Join us for a month of intensive study of the fundamental crafts music: counterpoint, harmony, analysis, and musicianship. The EAMA experience delivers personalized training by our international faculty hailing from The Juilliard School, Jacobs School of Music at Indiana Bloomington, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
LOCATION
Paris, France
WEBSITE
DATES
January 1 - July 31, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Philip Lasser
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$4500 to $6500
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 646-369-0527
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Spring 2021 for summer 2021
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Early Music Days
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Eastern Music Festival
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Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro—Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock / Director Lotte de Beer
- Verdi: Falstaff—Daniele Rustioni / Barrie Kosky - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde—Sir Simon Rattle / Simon Stone - * Kaija Saariaho: Innocence—Susanna Mälkki / Simon Stone - Combattimento: The Black Swan Theory—Sébastien Daucé / Silvia Costa - * Samir Odeh-Tamimi: The Arab Apocalypse—Ilan Volkov /Pierre Audi - Rimsky Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel—Daniele Rustioni / Barrie Kosky - Verdi: I Due Foscari, in concert—Daniele Rustioni * World premiere LOCATION
Aix-en-Provence, France
WEBSITE
DATES
June 30 - July 25, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Under consideration
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Pierre Audi
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€9 to €320
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +33 (0)4 34 08 02 17
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Festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Musical promenades (August 21-28): short baroque music concerts by the musicians and singers of Les Arts Florissants in the gardens of William Christie; Concerts on the Miroir d'eau (the reflecting pool): great open-air baroque music concerts with the singers and the orchestra of Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie and Paul Agnew; Candlelit concerts: sacred baroque music in the peaceful setting of the Thiré medieval church.
LOCATION
Thiré, Vendée, France
WEBSITE
DATES
August 21 - August 28, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
William Christie and Paul Agnew
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$10.70 to $31.40
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +33 (0)2 28 85 85 70
BOOKING CONTACTS
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Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Philharmonia Orchestra & Javier Perianes & Klaus Mäkelä; Orquesta Ciudad de Granada & Klaus Mäkelä; Le Concert des Nations & Jordi Savall.
- Orquesta Nacional de España & Josep Colom & David Afkham; Gürzenich-Orchester Köln & François-Xavier Roth & Isabelle Faust. - Orchestre de Paris & Janine Jansen & Klaus Mäkelä; Christian Zacharias; Elisabeth Leonskaja; Jordi Savall; Arcadi Volodos; P. Sainz Villegas; András Schiff; Javier Perianes. - Ballet, flamenco, guest soloists. Special project: George Crumb about Federico García Lorca. LOCATION
Locations in Granada, Spain
WEBSITE
DATES
June 17 - July 18, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Antonio Moral
GENRES
Classical • Flamenco
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€8 to €90
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +34 958 221 844
BOOKING CONTACTS
Ingrid Dominguez/Elia Duro, (34) 958 221 844 Booking cycle date range
Summer 2021
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The Glimmerglass Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Glimmerglass Festival heads outside for Glimmerglass on the Grass, an outdoor festival of 90-minute re-imagined performances of: Mozart's The Magic Flute, Verdi's Il Trovatore, Offenbach's Songbird (La Périchole), and the world premiere of playwright Sandra Seaton's The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, about the founder of the National Negro Opera Company, with original music by Carlos Simon. The season will also feature "Gods and Mortals," focussing on the works of Wagner, and" To the World," a concert of musical theater favorites.
LOCATION
Cooperstown, New York
WEBSITE
DATES
July 15 - August 17, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
DIRECTORS
Francesca Zambello, artistic & general director; Joseph Colaneri, music director
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$26 to $149
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 607-547-2255
BOOKING CONTACTS
Amra Catovic, director of artistic administration
Booking cycle date range
Two years in advance of each Festival season
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The Golandsky Institute Summer Symposium
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Join us for an exciting three-day virtual festival of lessons, lectures, special presentations, and master classes with the Golandsky Institute's faculty.
LOCATION
Virtual
WEBSITE
DATES
July 9 - July 11, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Edna Golandsky
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE
$0
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 646-389-8648
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Grafenegg Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
In 2021, Grafenegg celebrates its 15th festival with a program filled with renowned orchestras and artists. The main venues in the impressive surroundings are the open-air stage Wolkenturm in Grafenegg's Schlosspark and the Auditorium concert hall. The roster includes the Vienna Philharmonic, Renée Fleming with the Filarmonica della Scala, the Munich Philharmonic under Valery Gergiev, Hélène Grimaud and the Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich, Janine Jansen, Joyce DiDonato, composer-in-residence Toshio Hosokawa, the Tonkunstler Orchestra, and European Union Youth Orchestra.
LOCATION
Grafenegg Castle, Grafenegg, Austria
WEBSITE
DATES
August 13 - September 5, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Rudolf Buchbinder
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€10 to €164
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +43 (0)1 5868383
BOOKING CONTACTS
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Grand Teton Music Festival
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Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
As of April 15, we will decide whether Green Mountain audiences will enjoy our four-week festival live or online. Planned are seven concerts by the 35 distinguished faculty of our summer conservatory, performing traditional and contemporary repertoire. Concurrently, some 200 string players, ages 14-30, will study in the atmosphere of focused professionalism, with individual lessons, rehearsals, master classes, and performances. Guest artists will include Lawrence Dutton, Matt Haimovitz, Chad Hoopes, Violaine Melançon, and Philip Setzer.
LOCATION
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
WEBSITE
DATES
June 27 - July 24, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Kevin Lawrence
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE
$25
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 802-503-1220
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Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Stars invited this summer include violinists Daniel Hope, Nigel Kennedy, and Julia Fischer; singers Juan Diego Flórez and Thomas Hampson; pianists Hélène Grimaud and Maria Joao Pires. Jaap van Zweden leads the Gstaad Festival Orchestra for two evenings, one with Sol Gabetta in Elgar's Cello Concerto; Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra accompany violinist Alexandra Conunova (for Sibelius) and pianist Alexandre Kantorow (Prokofiev). Choirs include VOCES8 and the King's Singers and a concert version of Bellini's I Puritani stars Lisette Oropesa, Javier Camarena, and Erwin Schrott.
LOCATION
Gstaad, Saanenland, Switzerland
WEBSITE
DATES
July 16 - September 4, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Under consideration
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Christoph Müller
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€30 to €220
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +41 33 74 88 182
BOOKING CONTACTS
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Hitzacker Summer Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
"Deeper yearning's holy longing / Into fairer worlds is thronging"-this is the beginning of Franz Schubert's poem My Prayer. And how we all long for concerts and musical embraces in these times.Where would that work better than here? A new interpretation of our motto "Tradition Meets Today": Schubert.NOW ! Guests include: Nico and the Navigators, Christian Tetzlaff with Lars Vogt, Maurice Steger, Sir András Schiff, the Busch und Gaspard Trios, the Auryn and Kuss quartets, and many more performing great works of chamber music in their own spirit of NOW.
LOCATION
Hitzacker, Germany
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
Oliver Wille, violinist
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€11 to €66
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +49 (0)5862 / 941 430
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Summer 2021 for summer 2013
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Honens Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Honens' annual Festival in Calgary presents engaging, accessible, high-quality classical music featuring the piano, in a mix of free and ticketed concerts. The 2021 Festival features top-notch Canadian musicians performing on outdoor stages, in local parks, and, hopefully, in the concert hall. For 2021, Festival programming is reimagined to meet all AHS guidelines while at the same time reach a wider audience through live-streaming.
See here for more details about 2021 Festival programming. LOCATION
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
WEBSITE
DATES
September 10 - September 12, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jon Kimura Parker
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$0 to $50
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 403-299-0140
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Summer 2021 for fall 2022; summer 2022 for fall 2023
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International Keyboard Institute & Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
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. Recitals and classes online and in-person, regulations permitting.
LOCATION
Location to be determined
WEBSITE
DATES
July 11 - July 25, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jerome Rose
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE
$10
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: On site purchase
BOOKING CONTACTS
Julie Kedersha, festival director
Booking cycle date range
Fall 2021 for summer 2022
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Kaleidoscope of Colors
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Klosters Music 2021
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Following the great success of KM 2020 with its celebration of Beethoven, we can look forward to another series of exceptional concerts in the summer of 2021. From July 31 to August 8, Klosters Music will present eight exclusive events, in the magnificent setting of the Klosters Bergwelt, celebrating the musical life of Bohemia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Star conductors Jakub Hr?sa and Maxim Emelyanychev lead KOB and DKB in three magnificent programs of music by Mozart, Smetana, Dvorák and Brahms. Klosters also welcomes another line-up of the world's finest soloists including Sir András Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, Steven Isserlis, and Julie Fuchs. The finale of the 3rd Klosters Music is Cinema Paradiso, a grandiose film classic on the big screen with live film music.
LOCATION
Klosters, Switzerland
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
David Whelton
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE
€45 to €90
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +41 900 585 877
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Spring 2021
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La Jolla Music Society SummerFest
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
SummerFest 2021 Theme: Self + Sound. Composers use music to express their individuality and their identity, celebrate and idealize their nationality, convey their love, and immortalize friends and family. Yet for all its highly individual expression, music is also universal and speaks to us equally. This summer's program explores how composers write themselves into their music, and how the diversity of influences that make us unique finds its expression in sound.
LOCATION
La Jolla, California
WEBSITE
DATES
July 30 - August 20, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Inon Barnatan
GENRES
Classical • Jazz
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$25 to $100
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 858-459-3728
BOOKING CONTACTS
Sarah Campbell, programming manager
Booking cycle date range
Ongoing, through February prior to the festival
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Lake Field Music Camp
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Located on a lakeside campus 150 kilometres from Toronto, CA, with full accommodations available, this retreat for adults brings together amateur musicians and an exceptional faculty of 20+ professionals for one week of instruction and creativity in a friendly and supportive environment. Singers and instrumentalists explore classical, jazz, world, Broadway, and folk music, in contexts ranging from orchestra and concert band to chamber and jazz groups as well as New Orleans and Klezmer music. Vocal options range from the 100 voice 'choir for all' to duets and master classes.
LOCATION
Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
WEBSITE
DATES
August 8 - August 15, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Under consideration
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Andrew Wolf
GENRES
Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • Ethnic
TICKET PRICE RANGE
$899 to $1499
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 647-692-3463
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
March to June for August event
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Lake George Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Musicians attend solely as a way to advance intellectually, artistically, and professionally; they work together in a tight-knit and nurturing community performing daily open rehearsals, live public concerts, and outreach events in this picturesque summer resort town. Repertoire is selected from requests submitted by participants. There are no teachers or students, private lessons, master classes, or organized studios. Rather, a unique roster of distinguished artists and young musicians at the cusp of their professional careers, working together.
LOCATION
Lake George, New York
WEBSITE
DATES
August 18 - August 25, 2021
PANDEMIC & SAFETY
Does this event intend to follow U.S. Center for Disease Control guidelines for pandemic safety? Yes
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Barbora Kolarova and Roger Kalia
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE
$25
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 518-791-5089
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
Two years
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