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THE 2021 GUIDE TO SUMMER FESTIVALS
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2021 Summer Festivals
The Musical America Worldwide Guide
Spring is in the air, vaccinations are in (many) arms, and our hardy crop of mountain, lakeside, and pastorally sited music-makers appear to be in recovery mode from a very long year.
Details for more than 100 festivals
The latest Guide lists 100-plus entries, some still in the throes of program planning, others with their schedules nailed down, one or two strictly online, and most a combination of the above.
We’ve asked each about their COVID-19 safety protocols, along with their dates, places, artists, and assorted platforms. Many heading outside: Aspen Music Festival and Tanglewood already have outdoor venues. Those that don’t are finding them: Central City Opera Festival, for instance, is taking Carousel and Rigoletto to a nearby Garden Center and staging Dido & Aeneas in its backyard.
We are thrilled on many levels to deliver the Guide and look forward to a summer season of music.
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GUIDE TO SUMMER FESTIVALS 2021
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 New York, New York
The TIME:SPANS festival is dedicated to the presentation of primarily twenty-first century music. The festival is produced and presented by the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust. Artistic Director for TIME SPANS is Thomas Fichter. |
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| 28th Ameropa International Chamber Music Academy | |
Prague, Czech Republic
28th year of International academy of classical chamber music. Participation of more than 2,000 musicians from 50 countries of four continents, within last nearly three decades.
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Streamed from locations in Bethlehem and Allentown, Pennsylvania
The Bethlehem Bach Festival is America's oldest Bach festival. When we return to live performances, the Mass in B Minor will again be our centerpiece, performed by the 95-voice professional-quality volunteer choir, professional Bach Festival Orchestra, and world-renowned soloists under the direction of Greg Funfgeld.
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| Boston Early Music Festival | |
Boston, Massachusetts, and online
The Boston Early Music Festival offers GRAMMY Award-winning Baroque opera and is North America's premier Festival for Early Music.
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Oak Hollow Festival Park, High Point, North Carolina
An integral part of the organization's mission is to preserve and celebrate the life and music of John Coltrane in his hometown of High Point, North Carolina. Importantly, this mission includes the enrichment of lives through jazz and other musical genres.
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| Early Music Days | Eastern Music Festival |
Vác and Esztergom, Hungary (near Budapest)
The festival had the honour of hosting numerous excellent professors during the past decades, making the Early Music Days project one of the most relevant events of its kind worldwide.
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Greensboro, North Carolina
EMF's young artists, teaching artist faculty, and featured guests present concerts, master classes, and events each summer in Greensboro, NC—with three symphony orchestras, two chamber music series, and recitals, workshops, and special events, the Festival covers remarkable territory in five short weeks.
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| Grand Teton Music Festival | |
Teton Village, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Ranked as a Top 10 Classical Music Festival by The New York Times, the Grand Teton Music Festival unites the country's best musicians for seven weeks of symphonic and chamber music. Acclaimed Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles leads the festival, with the world's most talented soloists and conductors.
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Virtual
Kaleidoscope of Colors will be a one-of-a-kind festival of pipe organs, played on instruments from across the country -- a festival impossible to create as an in person event. It is free and open to everyone across the globe.
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| Mann Center for the Performing Arts | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts has served for many decades as Philadelphia#s premier outdoor performing arts summer festival, presenting a wide array of cultural programming and popular events.
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Hancock, Maine
This 78-year old school for conductors carries on the traditions started by founder Pierre Monteux, currently with only the third Music Director, Michael Jinbo, and all conductors must also play in the orchestra, thus learning from both sides of the podium.
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| Music Academy of the West 2021 Summer School & Festival | |
Santa Barbara, California
The Music Academy prizes and actively fosters community engagement. $10 Community Access tickets are available for all Summer Festival events, and free tickets are available for young people ages 7 to 17 accompanied by ticketed adults.
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Atherton, California
Music@Menlo's signature programming offers an opportunity to explore and be deeply immersed in chamber music over the course of three weeks. In addition to main-stage performances, the 2021 festival features free afternoon Prelude performances, AudioNotes listening guides, and an online Chamber Music Institute for Young Performers.
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| Opera in the Ozarks | |
Inspiration Point, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
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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Oxford, United Kingdom, and online
Set in an historic city, and a prestigious seat of learning, the Oxford Piano Festival combines a world-class concert series with acclaimed pianists and a program of masterclasses for a dozen talented young participants drawn from across the globe, observed by a large contingent of piano enthusiasts.
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| The Santa Fe Opera | |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
At the Santa Fe Opera, the show begins long before the first downbeat. Come early for a tailgate picnic in the parking lot and enjoy a performance presented in a dramatic outdoor theater with stunning views of the surrounding mountain landscape and colorful sunsets.
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Fishtail, Montana
Set on a 12,000-acre working ranch against Montana's Beartooth Mountains, Tippet Rise Art Center presents classical chamber music 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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Aspen, Colorado
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MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts
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Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
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Camden, Maine
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Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth, Germany
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Online and venues in Bergen, Norway
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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France: Besançon, Belfort, Lons-le-Saunier, Dole, Vesoul
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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Brunswick, Maine
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Vail, Colorado
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Bridgehampton, New York
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Virtual
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Katonah, New York
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Locations in 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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Locations in Cincinnati,Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky
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Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado
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City and County of Cork, Ireland
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Crested Butte and Gunnison, Colorado
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Park City, Utah
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Indianola, Iowa
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Dresden, Germany
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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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Aix-en-Provence, France
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Thiré, Vendée, France
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Locations in Granada, Spain
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Cooperstown, New York
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Virtual
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Grafenegg Castle, Grafenegg, Austria
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University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
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Gstaad, Saanenland, Switzerland
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Hitzacker, Germany
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Location to be determined
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Klosters, Switzerland
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La Jolla, California
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Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
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Lake George, New York
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Various locations in Lucerne, Switzerland
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Del Mar, California
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Marlboro, Vermont
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San Francisco, California
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Columbia, Missouri
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Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Canada
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Würzburg, Germany
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Napa Valley Wineries, Napa Valley, California
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Norfolk, Connecticut
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Libbey Bowl, Ojai, California
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University of Houston, Houston, Texas
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Orcas Island, Washington
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Eugene, Oregon
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Locations in Oxford, United Kingdom
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Shelter Island, New York
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Prague and Tabor, Czech Republic
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Torre del Lago Puccini, Tuscany, Italy
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Ravenna, Italy
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Highland Park, Illinois
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Riga, Latvia
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Riga, Latvia
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Rockport, Massachusetts
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Rome, Italy
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Round Top, Texas
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Salzburg, Austria
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Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Various locations in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Saratoga Springs, New York
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Schroon Lake, New York
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Various sites in Sitka, Alaska
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Klosterkirche Olsberg and Stadtkirche Rheinfelden, Switzerland
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Charleston, South Carolina
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Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Sun Valley, Idaho
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Lenox, Massachusetts
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New York, New York
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Tsinandali Estate, Kakheti, Georgia
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Sites in Verbier, Switzerland
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Southeastern Coastal Virginia: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Newport News, Williamsburg
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Dublin, New Hampshire
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Dublin, New Hampshire
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Orinda, California (east of San Francisco)
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Vienna, Virginia
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