Looking over our largest-ever Guide, we are struck by the breadth of offerings, not only of repertoire, but also of vintage, genre, and practitioner—from rising artist to devoted amateur to seasoned pro and all points in between. Some festivals are also training academies, the best-known including Aspen, Tanglewood, Lucerne, and Verbier. Others are strictly geared to serve a paying public, such as Philadelphia’s Mann Center or the Bravo! Vail Music Festival. Many are both, with lessons, workshops, rehearsals by day and public concerts by night. Enjoy!

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Against San Diego's ocean backdrop, La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest is a nationally recognized chamber music festival established by the local community in 1986. Each August, SummerFest assembles an outstanding roster of renowned musicians to perform a rich variety of presentations, and carries forward a legacy of commissioning new works.

The MostArts Festival features the brilliance of timeless classical music performed by world-class musicians, the Young Pianist Competition, as well as a daily chamber music series, evening concert series and the vibrant world of Alfred art. The MostArts Orchestra features an international orchestra with musicians from nearly 20 countries and directed by Maestro Yuval Zaliouk and Steven Thomas.

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. The artistic director for TIME:SPANS is Thomas Fichter.

The Bethlehem Bach Festival is America's oldest Bach festival. The Mass in B Minor remains our centerpiece, performed by the 95-voice professional-quality volunteer choir, professional Bach Festival Orchestra, and world-renowned soloists under the direction of Dr. Christopher Jackson, for his first Bethlehem Bach Festival.

The Boston Early Music Festival offers GRAMMY Award-winning Baroque opera and is North America's premier Festival for Early Music.

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.

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 eight weeks of symphonic and chamber music. Acclaimed Music Director Sir Donald Runnicles leads the festival, with the world's most talented soloists and conductors.

Set in the summer resort community of Lake George New York and surrounded by the breathtaking Adirondack Mountains and the shoreline of beautiful Lake George itself, the Lake George Music Festival is a collaborative artist retreat for emerging young professionals and celebrated artists.

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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.

With breathtaking views of the Napa Valley, this unique combination of wine country ambiance and world class talent allows artists and audiences alike to experience chamber music in uniquely intimate settings, as it was intended to be performed.

The NFMC Festivals Program is designed to give Junior (age 18 and younger) and Adult member musicians of all abilities the opportunity to perform and receive a yearly evaluation in a non-competitive environment. Participation in NFMC Festivals promotes music study, stimulates interest in the musical literature of both the USA and the world, and encourages each participant to reach a high standard of musical achievement.

With more than 70 years of experience running a young artist festival and with over 3,000 alumni, many of whom are now singing on the world's greatest stages, Opera in the Ozarks is the only summer opera festival of its kind in the south-central United States.

Grammy-winning Oregon Bach Festival has presented world-class music for more than five decades. Drawing audience and artists from all corners of the globe, and set against a beautiful backdrop of Oregon's natural landscape, OBF is a destination for music lovers of all kinds.

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.

Ravinia®, North America's oldest and most programmatically diverse outdoor music festival, presents over 100 summer events in myriad genres including classical music and featuring acclaimed artists from around the world. These concerts run the gamut from Wynton Marsalis to Sting to the annual summer residency of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

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.

Tippet Rise celebrates the union of music, art, architecture, and landscape. Set against Montana's Beartooth Mountains on a 12,500-acre working ranch, Tippet Rise presents concerts#indoors and out#by internationally acclaimed chamber musicians and soloists and exhibits large-scale sculptures by some of the world's foremost artists and architects.

Durham, North Carolina

Locations in Fayetteville, Bentonville, and across northwest Arkansas

Aspen, Colorado

North Adams, Massachusetts

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Camden, Maine

Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth, Germany

Various locations in Bergen, Norway

Locations in Berkeley and San Francisco, California

Lenox, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; Blacksburg, Virginia; Florence, Italy

Pittsfield and Great Barrington, Masschusetts

France: Besançon, Lons-le-Saunier, Arc-et-Senans, Dole

Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Brunswick, Maine

Vail, Colorado

Locations in Bridgehampton and Water Mill, New York

Jacksonville, Oregon

Buxton and Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Santa Cruz, Californialifornia

Katonah, New York

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Central City, Colorado

Locations in Portland and Beaverton, Oregaon

Chautauqua, New York

Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado

Oak Hollow Festival Park, High Point, North Carolina

Cork City & County, Ireland

Locations in Park City, Utah

Blank Performing Arts Center, Indianola, Iiowa

Dresden, Germany

Drottningholm, Sweden

Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia

Paris, France

Vác, Hungary

Santander, Californiantabria, Spain

Aix-en-Provence, France

Thiré (Vendée, France)

Locations in the Lanaudière region, Quebec, Californianada

Aix-en-Provence, France

Various locations in Napa Valley, California

Cooperstown, New York

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Alresford, Hampshire, United Kingdom

St. Michael's College, Coloradolchester, Vermont

Gstaad, Saanenland, Switzerland

Halle (Saale), Germany

Hitzacker (Elbe), Germany

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California

Calgary, Alberta, Californianada

New York, New York: Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center and Klavierhaus

Carson City, Nevada

Killington, Vermont

Locations in Bad Kissingen, Germany

Lakefield, Ontario, Canada

Locations in Lucerne, Switzerland

Locations in San Diego, California

Marlboro, Vermont

San Francisco, California

Columbia, Missouri

Hancock, Maine

Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Germany: Moritzburg, Meißen, Dresden

Santa Barbara, California

Atherton, California

Breckenridge, Colorado

Norfolk, Connecticut

Cortona, Italy

Fort Collins, Colorado

Libbey Bowl, Ojai, California

Moores School of Music, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Opera Holland Park Theatre, Holland Park, London, United Kingdom

Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri

Orcas Island, Washington

Various sites in Oxford, United Kingdom

Shelter Island, New York

Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Wayne, Pennsylvania

Tuscany, Italy

Locations in Ravenna, Italy

Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, Massachusetts

Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy

Round Top, Texas

Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Salzburg, Austria

Locations in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Locations in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Locations in Sarasota, Florida

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York

Savonlinna, Finland

Schroon Lake, New York

Various locations in Sitka, Alaska

Olsberg and Rheinfelden, Switzerland; Sulzburg, Germany

Charleston, South Carolina

Stresa and Verbania, Italy

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Lincoln Center, New York, New York

Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sun Valley Pavilion, Sun Valley, Idaho

Lenox, Massachusetts

Lincoln Center, New York; Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

Tsinandali Estate, Georgia

Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Washington

Locations in Verbier, Switzerland

Southeastern Coastal Virginia: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Newport News, Williamsburg

Dublin, New Hampshire

Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany