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American Dance Festival (ADF)

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The season includes performances by both new and established companies, highlighting the breadth and excellence of today's modern dance field. Some of the companies performing are: BODYTRAFFIC, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Pilobolus, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Ballet Hispánico, and more. LOCATION Durham, North Carolina WEBSITE https://www.americandancefestival.org/ DATES June 8 - July 22, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jodee Nimerichter GENRE Modern Dance TICKET PRICE RANGE $12 to $60 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.americandancefestival.org/ Telephone: 919-684-6402 SOCIAL LINKS

Artosphere: Arkansas' Arts and Nature Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The esteemed Artosphere Festival Orchestra (AFO) returns to Northwest Arkansas in May to delight audiences as the musical centerpiece of the annual Artosphere: Arkansas' Arts + Nature Festival. Presented by Walton Arts Center and featuring music, film, and more, Artosphere celebrates ways the arts can connect us to the natural world. The AFO features premier musicians from distinguished symphonies and music programs around the world, performing symphonic, chamber, and community engagement "pop-up" style performances across the region under the baton of internationally acclaimed Maestro Corrado Rovaris. This year's Chamber Music Series features intimate performances in unique venues with groups including Dover Quartet, Smokey & The Mirror, and others. Visit website for full event listing. LOCATION Locations in Fayetteville, Bentonville, and across northwest Arkansas WEBSITE https://waltonartscenter.org/artosphere/ DATES May 4-24, 2023 MUSIC DIRECTOR Corrado Rovaris, Artosphere Festival Orchestra GENRES Classical • World/Ethnic • Folk TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $50 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://waltonartscenter.org/artosphere/ Telephone: 479-443-5600 BOOKING CONTACTS Jason Howell Smith , AFO general manager, Walton Arts Center 479-571-2731 SOCIAL LINKS

Aspen Music Festival and School

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 2023 theme, "The Adoration of the Earth," explores musical works inspired by nature, the environment, and humankind's impact on the planet. Featured artists: Steven Banks, Inon Barnatan, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Angel Blue, Yefim Bronfman, Michelle Cann, James Conlon, Lise de la Salle, Cipa and Misha Dichter, Kevin John Edusei, Emerson String Quartet, Vladimir Feltsman, Renée Fleming, Jess Gillam, Jane Glover, Augustin Hadelich, Sharon Isbin, Min Kwon, Eric Lu, Alexander Malofeev, Ana María Martínez, Christian McBride, Audra McDonald, Robert McDuffie, McGill McHale Trio, Edgar Meyer, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kelley O'Connor, Jorge Federico Osorio, Pacifica Quartet, Rafael Payare, Matthew Polenzani, Awadagin Pratt, David Robertson, Gil Shaham, Patrick Summers, Daniil Trifonov, Maxim Vengerov, Alisa Weilerstein, Joyce Yang, Xian Zhang, and more. LOCATION Aspen, Coloradolorado WEBSITE https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com DATES June 29 - August 20, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert Spano GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $125 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.aspenmusicfestival.com Telephone: 970-925-9042 BOOKING CONTACTS Katie Bril Booking cycle date range May 2023 for Summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Bach Choir of Bethlehem: 115th Bethlehem Bach Festival

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Bang on a Can's LOUD Weekend Festival at MASS MoCA

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, Kronos Quartet, Sun Ra Arkestra, music and/or performances by Jim Jarmusch, Brian Eno, David Lang, Dither Guitar Quartet, Horse Lords, Banda de los Muertos, Mazz Swift, 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 for the previous three weeks. LOCATION North Adams, Massachusetts WEBSITE https://bangonacan.org/loud-weekend/ DATES July 27-29, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe GENRE New/Contemporary/Avant Garde Music TICKET PRICE RANGE $45 to $130 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://bangonacan.org/loud-weekend/ Telephone: 413-662-2111 BOOKING CONTACTS SOCIAL LINKS

Bard Music Festival/Bard SummerScape

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Bard SummerScape returns for its 20th-anniversary summer season with eight weeks of live music, opera, dance, and theater. Highlights include the 33rd Bard Music Festival, “Vaughan Williams and His World”; a new production of Camille Saint-Saëns's Henry VIII, directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini; Illinois, a dance theater work by Justin Peck and Sufjan Stevens; and more. LOCATION Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York WEBSITE https://fishercenter.bard.edu DATES June 23 - August 13, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Leon Botstein, Christopher H. Gibbs, Gideon Lester GENRES Classical • Opera • Theater • Dance TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $105 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://fishercenter.bard.edu Telephone: 845-758-7900 BOOKING CONTACTS Irene Zedlacher SOCIAL LINKS

Bay Chamber Concerts Screen Door Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Bay Chamber's Screen Door Festival glimmers with variety. This Festival shines a light on living composers, unconventional combinations of string instruments with guitars and electronics, or mind-expanding combinations of projected visual art with physical performers and classical musicians or dazzling baroque ensembles. And Camden, ME, 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 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. LOCATION Camden, Maine WEBSITE https://www.baychamberconcerts.org DATES August 16-20, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Manuel Bagorro GENRES Classical • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE $1 to $35 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.baychamberconcerts.org Telephone: 207-236-2823 BOOKING CONTACTS Manuel Bagorro Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School P.O. Box 599 Rockport, ME 04856 Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Händel’s Flavio, Re de' Longobardio with Julia Lezhneva, Max Emanuel Cencic, Yuriy Mynenko, Sonja Runje • Monteverdi’s L'Orfeo with Rolando Villazón  • Valer Sabadus  • Véronique Gens  • Bruno de Sá • Dennis Orellana  • Daniel Behle LOCATION Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth, Germany WEBSITE https://www.bayreuthbaroque.de DATES September 7-16, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Max Emanuel Cencic GENRES Classical • Baroque Opera Seria TICKET PRICE RANGE €15 to €299 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.bayreuthbaroque.de Telephone: +49 921 508 9908 SOCIAL LINKS

Bergen International Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 2023 Bergen International Festival is the 71st edition. The program includes artists such as Lise Davidsen, Gautier Capuçon, Alice Sara Ott, and Europa Galante. Welcome to a marvelous cultural picnic just when spring is at its most beautiful, and 15 consecutive days of unique experiences. LOCATION Various locations in Bergen, Norway WEBSITE https://www.fib.no/en DATES May 24 - June 7, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Lars Petter Hagen GENRES Classical • Theater • Dance TICKET PRICE RANGE €13 to €60 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.fib.no/en Telephone: +47 470 36 065 BOOKING CONTACTS Lars Petter Hagen, artistic director and chief executive Tonje Elisabeth Storm Peersen, chief programming officer Booking cycle date range From one to five years in advance SOCIAL LINKS

Berkeley Festival & Exhibition

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Festival occurs every two years and will next take place in 2024. LOCATION Locations in Berkeley and San Francisco, California WEBSITE https://berkeleyfestival.org DATES June 9-16, 2024 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Derek Tam GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $20 to $75 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://berkeleyfestival.org Telephone: 510-528-1725 BOOKING CONTACTS Derek Tam Booking cycle date range 18 to 24 months SOCIAL LINKS

Berkshire Choral International

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Choral programs include an adult "all state" festival with conductor Anthony Trecek-King at Tanglewood Learning Institute; choral-orchestral weeks including Haydn's Paukenmesse with conductor Rollo Dilworth in Seattle; Orff and Brahms under the baton of Jenny Wong at Virginia Tech; and Verdi Requiem with Heinz Ferlesch at Teatro Verdi in Florence, Italy. LOCATION Lenox, Massachusetts; Seattle, Washington; Blacksburg, Virginia; Florence, Italy WEBSITE https://www.berkshirechoral.org DATES May 24 - August 6, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Frank Nemhauser GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $25 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.berkshirechoral.org Telephone: 413-229-8526 BOOKING CONTACTS Steven Smith, President Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Berkshire Opera Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Berkshire Opera Festival 2023 season’s mainstage production, Puccini's beloved opera La Bohème, comes to the Colonial Theater on August 26 and 29 and September 1. The season also features two concerts that survey the vast operatic repertoire. "To Paris with Love: Opera in the City of Light" on April 16 at Saint James Place, and "Breaking the Mold: Baroque, Bel Canto, and Beyond" on July 22 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. LOCATION Pittsfield and Great Barrington, Masschusetts WEBSITE https://www.BerkshireOperaFestival.org DATES July 22 - September 1, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Brian Garman GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $20 to $120 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.BerkshireOperaFestival.org Telephone: 413-528-0100 BOOKING CONTACTS info@berkshireoperafestival.org Booking cycle date range Typically booked one year in advance SOCIAL LINKS

Besançon International Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 76th Besançon Music Festival and the final rounds of the 58th International Competition for Young Conductors will be held in September. More than 30 concerts are to be discovered in Besançon and in the surrounding towns. Not to be missed: the final rounds of the Competition, in public and with orchestras, to decide between the 20 candidates competing for the Grand Prix of conducting. LOCATION France: Besançon, Lons-le-Saunier, Arc-et-Senans, Dole WEBSITE https://festival-besancon.com/en/ DATES September 8-23, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jean-Michel Mathé GENRES Classical • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE €0 to €49 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://festival-besancon.com/en/ Telephone: +33 38 12 50 585 BOOKING CONTACTS Jean-Michel Mathé Booking cycle date range Spring 2023 for autumn 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Blossom Music Festival - Summer Home of The Cleveland Orchestra

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Cleveland Orchestra's annual festival features 24 concerts at Blossom Music Center. Classical concert programs range from Mozart to Rachmaninoff and include contemporary music by John Adams, Yasushi Akutagawa, Caroline Shaw, and Sarah Kirkland Snider. With a Jurassic Park movie night, an evening with Broadway icon Audra McDonald, and a tribute to the sounds of Disney, there's something for everyone. LOCATION Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio WEBSITE https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/ DATES July 1 - September 9, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Franz Welser-Möst GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $125 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/ Telephone: 800-686-1141 BOOKING CONTACTS Michael Gandlmayr SOCIAL LINKS

Boston Early Music Festival

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Bowdoin International Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Bowdoin International Music Festival is one of the world's premiere music institutes, providing an intensive and in-depth exploration of chamber and solo music. Every summer, 275 students make life-long connections with peers, enhance musicianship through study and performance, and engage with world-renowned faculty. During the six-week Festival, audiences gather for nearly 100 performances, master classes, lectures, and more. LOCATION Brunswick, Maine WEBSITE https://www.bowdoinfestival.org DATES June 24 - August 5, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTORS David Ying and Phillip Ying GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $49 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.bowdoinfestival.org Telephone: 207-373-1400 SOCIAL LINKS

Bravo! Vail Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS In the stunning beauty of Colorado's Rocky Mountains, four world-renowned resident orchestras make returns to Bravo! Vail with 20 inspiring programs led by prominent conductors, including Jaap van Zweden, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Fabio Luisi, and Marin Alsop, among others. Academy of St Martin in the Fields, led by Joshua Bell, performs with Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott. Dallas Symphony Orchestra welcomes Lido Pimienta, Maxim Vengerov, and Jan Vogler. The Philadelphia Orchestra teams up with Hilary Hahn, Time for Three, James Ehnes, Bruce Liu, & more. The New York Philharmonic is joined by Cliburn-winner Yunchan Lim, Joseph Alessi, and Stefan Jackiw. The Festival's New Works Symphonic Commissioning Project continues with pieces by Anna Clyne, Nina Shekhar, and Angélica Negrón. Plus, the celebrated chamber series returns. LOCATION Vail, Colorado WEBSITE https://www.bravovail.org DATES June 22 - August 3, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Anne-Marie McDermott GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $29 to $350 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.bravovail.org Telephone: 877-812-5700 BOOKING CONTACTS Jacqueline Taylor , executive director Booking cycle date range Spring 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Britt Music & Arts Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Britt Festival Orchestra June 15 – July 1; the schedule for popular music concerts is to be determined. LOCATION Jacksonville, Oregon WEBSITE https://www.brittfest.org DATES June 2 - September 20, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Teddy Abrams, Britt Festival Orchestra GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE $30 to $149 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.brittfest.org Telephone: 541-773-6077 BOOKING CONTACTS Mike Sturgill Booking cycle date range Winter/spring 2023 for summer 2023 SOCIAL LINKS

Buxton International Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Buxton International Festival (BIF) offers a knockout lineup of opera, jazz, music, and books from July 6-23, 2023. The program features more than 120 events over 17 days in the heart of Derbyshire's Peak District. Highlights include three new opera productions: Bellini's La sonnambula, Handel's Orlando, and Mozart's Il re pastore. BIF and Norwich Theatre premiere a musical based on the life of Vera Brittain with music by Ivor Novello entitled The Land of Might-Have-Been. The jazz line-up includes the iconic trumpeter Wynton Marsalis plus pianist/vocalist Tom Seals. The concerts program features Nicola Benedetti, The King's Singers, and Dame Sarah Connolly. Books guests include playwright Sir David Hare, Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller, BBC correspondent Jeremy Bowen, and strategist Alastair Campbell. LOCATION Buxton and Derbyshire, United Kingdom WEBSITE https://www.buxtonfestival.co.uk DATES July 6-23, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Adrian Kelly GENRES Classical • World/Ethnic • Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE €10 to €80 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.buxtonfestival.co.uk Telephone: +44 (0)1298 72190

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is headed toward a season of unparalleled energy, dynamism, and celebration with music of the world's most preeminent composers and its most renowned soloists. An incredible program of works will come to life in the talented hands of Music Director and Conductor Cristian Macelaru and our amazing Festival Orchestra. Audiences are invited into the creative process through open rehearsals almost daily—enjoyed in-person at the Civic Auditorium or in your home anywhere in the world via livestream! A stunning roster of international guest artists includes percussionists Colin Currie, Beibei Wang, Svet Stoyanov, and Matthew Strauss; and violinist Eunice Kim joins composer/bassist extraordinaire Xavier Foley for his world premiere commission. LOCATION Santa Cruz, Californialifornia WEBSITE https://cabrillomusic.org/ DATES July 29 - August 13, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Cristian Macelaru GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $75 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://cabrillomusic.org/ Telephone: 831-420-5260 BOOKING CONTACTS info@cabrillomusic.org SOCIAL LINKS

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Opening Night Concert: Audra McDonald with Andy Einhorn and Orchestra of St. Luke's; American Roots Music Festival with headliner Brandy Clark; Jazz Festival with headliner Cécile McLorin Salvant; Francesca Caccini's Alcina; Sandbox Percussion performing Andy Akiho's Seven Pillars; Orchestra of St. Luke's with pianist Hélène Grimaud and conductor Lina González-Granados; Orchestra of St. Luke's with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and conductor Roderick Cox; jazz vocalist Samara Joy; folk singer Mary Chapin Carpenter; pianist Garrick Ohlsson; a special duo performance Nico Muhly and Pekka Kuusisto; Handel's Acis and Galatea; Ted Hearne's Farming performed by the Crossing choir, in its New York premiere; Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily performing Love in Exile; The Knights with Pekka Kuusisto; Ukrainian group DakhaBrakha; Oumou Sangaré. LOCATION Katonah, New York WEBSITE https://www.caramoor.org DATES June 4 - August 18, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kathy Schuman GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic • Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $190 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.caramoor.org Telephone: 914-232-1252 BOOKING CONTACTS info@caramoor.org Booking cycle date range Summer 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Carmel Bach Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Carmel Bach Festival presents its 86th performance season, July 15-29, 2023, in venues throughout Carmel and Pebble Beach, CA. This year's schedule features more than 50 events including main concerts and recitals. LOCATION Carmel-by-the-Sea, California WEBSITE https://www.bachfestival.org DATES July 15-29, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR Grete Pedersen GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $20 to $128 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.bachfestival.org Telephone: 831-624-1521 BOOKING CONTACTS Steve Friedlander . executive director SOCIAL LINKS

Central City Opera Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Brush Up Your Shakespeare and join Central City Opera for the 2023 Summer Festival! Three musical adaptations of timeless Shakespearian stories are brought to life on the historic opera house stage. This season features the classic opera Romeo & Juliet by Charles Gounod, the delightful Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate, and the exquisite masterpiece Otello by Gioachino Rossini. LOCATION Central City, Colorado WEBSITE https://centralcityopera.org DATES June 24 - August 6, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Pamela A. Pantos, John Baril GENRE Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $75 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://centralcityopera.org Telephone: 303-292-6700 SOCIAL LINKS

Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Chamber Music Northwest, in beautiful Portland, OR, hosts its 53rd annual Summer Festival. Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim have created a festival themed "Poetry in Music," celebrating the confluence of these art forms. Notable highlights include two final Emerson Quartet concerts with David Shifrin and Gloria Chien. Luminary musicians Paul Neubauer, Susanna Phillips, Anthony McGill, Soovin Kim, Anton Nel, Fleur Barron, Zlatomir Fung, umama womama, the Kenari, Catalyst, Viano Quartets, and more. Commissioned work includes those by Stewart Goodyear, Wang Jie (with Fred Child), Chris Rogerson, and David Serkin Ludgwig's The Anchoress. Premieres by Sarah Kirkland Snider, Alistair Coleman, and Patrick Castillo are also included. LOCATION Locations in Portland and Beaverton, Oregaon WEBSITE https://cmnw.org/ DATES June 24 - July 29, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gloria Chien & Soovin Kim GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $64.50 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://cmnw.org/ Telephone: 503-294-6400 BOOKING CONTACTS Jaren Hillard Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Chautauqua Institution Performing and Visual Arts

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 include 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. Additional visiting performance series include Popular Entertainment, Chamber Music, Dance, and Family Entertainment. LOCATION Chautauqua, New York WEBSITE https://chq.org/ DATES June 24 - August 27, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Rossen Milanov, CSO; Timothy Muffitt, MSFO; Marlena Malas, Opera Conservatory; Alexander Gavrylyuk, John Milbauer and Nicola Mellville, Piano; Steven Osgood, Chautauqua Opera Company GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $150 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://chq.org/ Telephone: 716-357-6250 BOOKING CONTACTS Kimberly Schuette SOCIAL LINKS

Cincinnati May Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Friday, May 19—James MacMillan: Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia (May Festival commission, world premiere); James Lee III: Breaths of Universal Longings (May Festival commission, world premiere); Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat.• Sunday, May 20—(Marin Alsop, “American Voices”). Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1 in One Movement; Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Robert Nathaniel Dett: Excerpts from The Ordering of Moses; Copland: "The Promise of Living" from The Tender Land Suite • Thursday, May 25—Mozart's Requiem. Julia Adolphe: New Work (CSO commission, world premiere) • Saturday, May 27—Mahler: Symphony No. 8, Symphony of a Thousand LOCATION Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio WEBSITE https://www.mayfestival.com DATES May 19-27, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Principal Conductor Juanjo Mena GENRES Classical • Choral TICKET PRICE RANGE $16 to $94 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.mayfestival.com Telephone: 513-381-3300 BOOKING CONTACTS Anthony Paggett Booking cycle date range Two years in advance, spring 2022 for spring 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Lucia di Lammermoor featuring Raven McMillon, Santiago Ballerini, Anthony Clark Evans, conductor Renato Balsadonna, director Jose Maria Condemi; The Knock (world stage premiere) by Aleksandra Vrebalov and Deborah Brevoort, featuring Armando Contreras, Mary-Hollis Hundley, Briana Elyse Hunter, conductor Stephanie Rhodes Russell, director Alison Moritz; The Barber of Seville featuring Rodion Pogossov, Emily Fons, Alasdair Kent, Peixin Chen, Nicholas Newton, conductor Christopher Allen, director Christopher Mattaliano; Madame Butterfly featuring Karah Son, Adam Smith, Nozomi Kato, Nmon Ford, Julius Ahn, conductor Keitaro Harada, director Matthew Ozawa LOCATION Cincinnati, Ohio WEBSITE https://www.cincinnatiopera.org DATES June 11 - July 29, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Evans Mirageas GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $35 to $215 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.cincinnatiopera.org Telephone: 513-241-2742 SOCIAL LINKS

Colorado Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Colorado Music Festival brings phenomenal music right to the heart of Colorado. Under the guidance of renowned conductor Peter Oundjian, the Festival fills the summer with joyful evenings in Boulder's historic, all-wood Chautauqua Auditorium. Festival highlights this season include a series of performances by artist-in-residence Joshua Bell; a week dedicated to orchestral music of the 21st century, including composer-in-residence John Corigliano; the Robert Mann Chamber Music Series; premieres including Adolphus Hailstork's JFK: The Last Speech; and more, including the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra and accomplished soloists. LOCATION Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado WEBSITE https://www.coloradomusicfestival.org DATES June 29 - August 6, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Peter Oundjian GENRES Classical • Chamber Music TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $75 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.coloradomusicfestival.org Telephone: 303-440-7666 BOOKING CONTACTS Alberto Gutierrez Booking cycle date range Currently booking for summers of 2024 and 2025 SOCIAL LINKS

John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival is a unique, live-music experience for Labor Day weekend held on lush grounds with panoramic views of a pristine lake bound by trees, foliage, and a golf course. Amid this setting, the world's most exceptional contemporary and straight-ahead jazz musicians and blues artists gather for unparalleled performances, combined with delectable Southern cuisine and warm hospitality. The 2023 celebration of saxophonist and composer John Coltrane features Keb' Mo', Terri Lyne Carrington with Brandee Younger, Nicole Mitchell, Aaron Parks and Michelle Coltrane; Dave Koz Summer Horns featuring Candy Dulfer, Eric Darius, and Maysa; Samara Joy, Matthew Whitaker, and Mr. Sipp, with more artists to be announced. LOCATION Oak Hollow Festival Park, High Point, North Carolina WEBSITE https://www.coltranejazzfest.com DATES September 2-3, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Joe Williams GENRE Jazz TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $325 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION Telephone: 336-819-JAZZ (5299) BOOKING CONTACTS Joe Williams Booking cycle date range November 2023 for the fall of 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Cork International Choral Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS International choirs will present choral music representative of their musical and ethnic backgrounds in a celebratory final Gala Concert. The week will draw to a close and our international choirs will mark the end of a superb festival with a joyful and colorful celebration of song. LOCATION Cork City & County, Ireland WEBSITE https://www.corkchoral.ie DATES April 26-30, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Peter Stobart GENRES Classical • Choral Music TICKET PRICE RANGE €0 to €31 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.corkchoral.ie Telephone: +353 214 215 125 BOOKING CONTACTS Elaine Fitzgerald Booking cycle date range Summer 2023 for spring 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Deer Valley Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Patriotic Pops opens the festival the Friday before Independence Day with pianist Jeffrey Biegel performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue as well as the premiere of Peter Boyer’s Rhapsody in Red, White, and Blue; timeless surf-rockers The Beach Boys; self-identified percussive pianist Ben Folds; a celebration of music legends including tribute band The Music of Queen; the Music of John Williams; and much more. LOCATION Locations in Park City, Utah WEBSITE https://www.deervalleymusicfestival.org DATES June 30 - August 4, 2022 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Thierry Fischer GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz TICKET PRICE RANGE $30 to $120 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.deervalleymusicfestival.org Telephone: 801-533-6683 SOCIAL LINKS

Des Moines Metro Opera

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Des Moines Metro Opera's 2023 Summer Festival features the return of Bizet's Carmen, a new production and company premiere of Béla Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, a new production and company premiere of Sergei Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges, and company premieres of Susan Kander and Roberta Gumbel's dwb (driving while black), and Zach Redler and Jerre Dye's The Falling and the Rising. Featured artists include Christian Van Horn, Sara Gartland, Taylor Raven, Matthew Cairns, Christian Pursell, Yunuet Laguna, Allen Michael Jones, Scott Conner, Christopher Sokolowski, Michael Porter, Alexandra LoBianco, Alexander Birch Elliott, Anthony Reed, Flora Hawk, Matt Boehler, Sun-Ly Pierce, Benjamin Taylor, Roberta Gumbel, and Tess Altiveros. LOCATION Blank Performing Arts Center, Indianola, Iiowa WEBSITE https://www.desmoinesmetroopera.org DATES June 30 - July 23, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael Egel GENRES Classical • Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $168 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.desmoinesmetroopera.org Telephone: 515-961-6221 BOOKING CONTACTS Michael Egel , general & artistic director Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024 and summer 2025 SOCIAL LINKS

Dresden Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Among the highlights are the world premiere of the White Rose Trilogy by David Chesky and the commissioned work for violoncello, choir, and orchestra, On a Clear Day, by Sean Shepherd. In the concert series Tastenspiele, the piano will be the focal point with 18 concerts. A special concert will be Wagner's Das Rheingold in historically informed performance practice with the Dresden Festival Orchestra and Concerto Köln conducted by Kent Nagano. Highly acclaimed soloists continue to visit the Festival, including Anne-Sophie Mutter, Till Brönner, Martin Grubinger, Joyce DiDonato, Hélène Grimaud, and Midori. Visiting orchestras include the Munich Philharmonic, the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. LOCATION Dresden, Germany WEBSITE https://www.musikfestspiele.com DATES May 18 - June 18, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jan Vogler GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE €10 to €145 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.musikfestspiele.com Telephone: +49 (0)351 656 06 700 BOOKING CONTACTS Imke Hinz Katarina Hinzpeter Booking cycle date range Spring 2023 for spring 2024 and 2025 SOCIAL LINKS

Drottningholms Slottsteater

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell, August 5-19, 2023, with the Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra—Francesco Corti, conductor; Josette Bushell-Mingo, stage design; Christer Nilsson, costumes; Anna Kjellsdotter, movement coach; Mike Gamble, wigs and makeup. Cast includes soloists, actors, chorus. There are events and activities for families during the summer and guided tours daily May to September. LOCATION Drottningholm, Sweden WEBSITE https://www.dtm.se DATES August 5-19, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Anna Karinsdotter GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €30 to €170 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.dtm.se Telephone: +46 8 556 931 05 BOOKING CONTACTS Kristian Holstein , producer SOCIAL LINKS

Dubrovnik Summer Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 74th Festival music program includes performances by renowned pianists András Schiff and Maxim Emelyanychev alongside outstanding Russian violinist Aylen Pritchin; virtuoso cellist Nicolas Altstaedt in recital and with the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Pavle Zajcev; and other performances by celebrated musicians in the Rector's Palace Atrium. Mariza, known for her impressive performances and considered a worthy successor to Amália Rodrigues, the queen of fado, will perform on the Revelin Fort terrace. LOCATION Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia WEBSITE https://www.dubrovnik-festival.hr/en/ DATES July 10 - August 25, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dora Ruždjak Podolski GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €15 to €80 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.dubrovnik-festival.hr/en/ Telephone: +385 (0)20 326 107 BOOKING CONTACTS info@dubrovnik-festival.hr Booking cycle date range Summer 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

EAMA Summer Music Institute in Paris

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Our Institute, steeped in the legendary Nadia Boulanger tradition, and our distinguished faculty provide expert musical training for composers, conductors, and chamber musicians in the heart of Paris. The EAMA experience delivers personalized training taught by our international faculty with degrees from Columbia University, École Normale de Musique in Paris, Harvard College, Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Conservatory, The Juilliard School, Stony Brook University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University LOCATION Paris, France WEBSITE https://europeanamericanmusicalalliance.org/institute/summer-music-institute-2023/ DATES July 1-28, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Philip Lasser GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $4,500 to $7,500 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://europeanamericanmusicalalliance.org/institute/summer-music-institute-2023/ Telephone: 646-369-0527 BOOKING CONTACTS Pamela Lasser Booking cycle date range Spring 2023 for summer 2023 SOCIAL LINKS

Early Music Days

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 38th Early Music Days series of events organized by Filharmonia Hungary will take place from 1-8 July in Vác. The master courses, together with the festival concerts featuring world renowned performers, offer splendid developmental opportunities both for professional Hungarian and foreign musicians and for students. LOCATION Vác, Hungary WEBSITE https://filharmonia.hu/en/festivals/early-music-days DATES July 1-8, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR György Vashegyi GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €50 to €250 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://filharmonia.hu/en/festivals/early-music-days Telephone: +36 30 799 7192 BOOKING CONTACTS Andras Beregi , head of Programme Office mobile: +36 30 361 9250 SOCIAL LINKS

Eastern Music Festival

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Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Every July, more than 60 talented young musicians from all over the world meet several internationally acclaimed professors in Santander to share very special musical experiences in a friendly, enjoyable, and very productive atmosphere. At the Encuentro de Santander, the educational environment and the artistic activities combine gracefully, and the stage becomes a natural extension of the classroom. 2023 Guest Artists: Zakhar Bron, violin; Latica Honda-Rosenberg, violin; Miguel da Silva, viola; Jens Peter Maintz, cello; Patrick Gallois, flute; Hansjörg Schellenberger, oboe; Calogero Palermo, clarinet; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn; Stanislav Ioudenitch, piano; Juliane Banse, voice; Antoni Ros Marbà, orchestra; Péter Csaba, orchestra. Note: All the guest artists will be involved in instrumental and chamber music activities. LOCATION Santander, Californiantabria, Spain WEBSITE https://www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es/en/encounter-santander DATES July 7-28, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Péter Csaba GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €5 to €10 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.escuelasuperiordemusicareinasofia.es/en/encounter-santander Telephone: +34 942 243 439 BOOKING CONTACTS Pilar Pertusa Booking cycle date range Fall 2021 for summer 2023 SOCIAL LINKS

Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Threepenny Opera, Kurt Weill—Maxime Pascal, conductor; Thomas Ostermeier, stage director • Picture a Day Like This, George Benjamin, world premiere—Sir George Benjamin, conductor; D Jeanneteau - MC Soma, stage director • Cosi fan Tutte, Mozart—Thomas Hengembrock, conductor; Dmitri Tcherniakov, stage director • Wozzeck, Berg—Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon McBurney, stage director • Ballets Russes, Stravinsky—Klaus Mäkelä, conductor; filmmakers: Rebecca Zlotowski, Bertrand Mandico, Evangelia Kranioti • The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, Philip Venables, world premiere—Yshani Perinpanayagam, conductor; Ted Huffman, stage director  • Opera in Concert Version: Le Prophète, Meyerbeer; Otello, Verdi; Lucia de Lammermoor, Donzetti LOCATION Aix-en-Provence, France WEBSITE https://festival-aix.com/en DATES July 4-24, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Pierre Audi GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €9 to €297 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://festival-aix.com/en Telephone: +33 (0)4 34 08 02 17 SOCIAL LINKS

Festival Dans les Jardins de William Christie

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Musical promenades (August 19-20, 22-26): 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 https://www.arts-florissants.com/main/en_GB/festival-jardins-william-christie.html DATES August 19-26, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTORS William Christie and Paul Agnew GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $30 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.arts-florissants.com/main/en_GB/festival-jardins-william-christie.html Telephone: (+33) (0)2 28 85 85 70 BOOKING CONTACTS contact@arts-florissants.org SOCIAL LINKS

Festival de Lanaudière

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS See the website for information. [https://lanaudiere.org] LOCATION Locations in the Lanaudière region, Quebec, Californianada WEBSITE https://lanaudiere.org DATES July 7 - August 6, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Renaud Loranger GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $13 to $93 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://lanaudiere.org Telephone: 800-561-4343 BOOKING CONTACTS Renaud Loranger SOCIAL LINKS

Festival de Pâques 2023

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Conductors: Lionel Bringuier, Semyon Bychkov, Iván Fischer, René Jacobs, Fabio Luisi, Klaus Mäkelä, Daniel Reuss, and François-Xavier Roth • Soloists: Martha Argerich, Ian Bostridge, Renaud Capuçon, Barbara Hannigan, Alexandre Kantorow, Igor Levit, and Yuja Wang • Budapest Festival Orchestra, B'Rock Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Orchestra Mozart, Orchestre de Paris, and Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI. LOCATION Aix-en-Provence, France WEBSITE https://festivalpaques.com DATES March 31 - April 16, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Renaud Capuçon GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €16 to €80 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://festivalpaques.com Telephone: +33 820 13 20 13 BOOKING CONTACTS Marie Lanzafame , press officer 04 42 91 69 51; 06 64 76 91 08 Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for spring 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Festival Napa Valley

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Eight-time GRAMMY® award-winner Carrie Underwood headlines the Arts for All Gala • Opening night with Festival Orchestra Napa features guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas performing Joaquin Rodrigo's iconic Concierto de Aranjuez • Matteo Bocelli and friends join Festival Orchestra Napa conducted by Eugene Kohn, in an Olivia Decker Power of Music concert • 2023 GRAMMY® winning trio Time for Three makes its Festival Napa Valley debut • Lera Auerbach's Symphony No. 6, Vessels of Light, featuring cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper • Donizetti's Don Pasquale featuring baritones Lucas Meachem and Alexey Lavrov, soprano Serena Sáenz, tenor Xabier Anduaga, and participants of the Festival's Manetti Shrem Summer Vocal Conservatory • World premiere of Gordon Getty's Annie Laurie. LOCATION Various locations in Napa Valley, California WEBSITE https://festivalnapavalley.org DATES July 8-23, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sienna Peck GENRES Classical • Jazz TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $12,000 (Patron Passport); $35 general admission for evening performances TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://festivalnapavalley.org Telephone: 707-346-5052 BOOKING CONTACTS Sienna Peck Booking cycle date range Six to 12 months in advance SOCIAL LINKS

The Glimmerglass Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS This summer, Glimmerglass presents revivals of Puccini's La bohème and Bernstein's Candide, with new takes on Gounod's masterwork Romeo and Juliet and Handel's groundbreaking Rinaldo rounding out the mainstage offerings. In addition, the Festival will present the world premiere of Ben Morris and Laura Fuentes's The Rip Van Winkles, featuring the Glimmerglass Youth Chorus and members of the Young Artists Program. The company will also host a slate of other events, including concerts by 2023 Artist-in-Residence Anthony Roth Costanzo. All will expand upon the themes of the mainstage productions, offering the chance for dialogue and conversation in engaging venues and formats. LOCATION Cooperstown, New York WEBSITE https://glimmerglass.org/ DATES July 7 - August 20, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival DIRECTORS Robert Ainsley, artistic & general director; Joseph Colaneri, music director GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $26 to $160 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://glimmerglass.org/ Telephone: 607-547-2255 BOOKING CONTACTS Lauren Bailey , director of artistic administration Booking cycle date range Two years in advance of each Festival season, e.g., summer 2023 for summer 2025 SOCIAL LINKS

The Golandsky Institute Summer Symposium

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Every summer, hundreds of participants from all over the world converge for interactive sessions with preeminent faculty of the Taubman Approach. On top of engaging lectures, presentations, and master classes, participants immerse themselves in technique clinics, problem solving sessions, one-on-one work, Q&A sessions, and also enjoy performances by world-renowned guest artists. LOCATION Online WEBSITE https://www.golandskyinstitute.org DATES July 7-10, 2023 FOUNDER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Edna Golandsky GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE $0 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.golandskyinstitute.org Telephone: 646-389-8648 SOCIAL LINKS

Grand Teton Music Festival

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The Grange Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Grange Festival presents four new opera productions in 2023, under the baton of three outstanding conductors: Kirill Karabits, Harry Christophers, and Paul Daniel. Mozart's Così fan tutte showcases four rising stars of the opera world: Samantha Clarke, Kitty Whately, Nicholas Lester, and Alessandro Fisher. This is followed by an enticing double-bill: Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice and the first English opera, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Choir and Orchestra of The Sixteen. Based on Pushkin's novella, Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades features Dame Josephine Barstow as The Countess. The Festival also includes “Ellington: From Stride to Strings”—two nights in celebration of the extraordinary musical life of Duke Ellington. Grange Festival is run by internationally renowned English countertenor Michael Chance CBE. LOCATION Alresford, Hampshire, United Kingdom WEBSITE https://www.thegrangefestival.co.uk DATES June 8 - July 2, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael Chance CBE GENRES Classical • Jazz TICKET PRICE €1 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.thegrangefestival.co.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 1962 791020 SOCIAL LINKS

Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS GMCMF audiences will enjoy a series of eight Artist Faculty concerts featuring our 40 distinguished faculty in creatively programmed performances in 2023. Participants in our intensive four-week program of solo and chamber music study energize the audience for our Artist Faculty Concerts. Some 200 string players, ages 14-30, are immersed in the Festival's atmosphere of focused professionalism, with four hours of daily individual practice, chamber music rehearsals, lessons, ensemble coachings, master classes, and extensive student performance opportunities in the concert hall and in unconventional venues in the Burlington community. Guest artists will include Joseph Lin, Norman Fischer and the Balourdet and Ariel quartets. Festival Fellows, select students in the early stages of their careers, will also perform with Artist Faculty during the 2023 season. LOCATION St. Michael's College, Coloradolchester, Vermont WEBSITE https://www.gmcmf.org DATES June 25 - July 23, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Elizabeth Chang GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE $35 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.gmcmf.org Telephone: 802-503-1220 BOOKING CONTACTS Amanda Stenroos, general manager SOCIAL LINKS

Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 67th edition of Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy is dedicated to the topic HUMILITY and marks the first year of the upcoming three-year "Change" cycle 2023-25. Humility as a state of mind in music, as well as in the context of our time, will be the central topic during the seven weeks of the Festival. Three concerts as part of the "Music for the Planet" concert series by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, will highlight the humility of humankind in the face of nature and its changes. In addition to the approximately 60 concerts, there will once again be four academies and numerous children's, youth, and amateur projects. LOCATION Gstaad, Saanenland, Switzerland WEBSITE https://www.gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch/en DATES July 14 - September 2, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Christoph Müller GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €30 to €220 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch/en Telephone: +41 33 748 81 82 BOOKING CONTACTS info@gstaadmenuhinfestival.ch SOCIAL LINKS

Handel Festival Halle

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Based in the city of George Frideric Handel's birth, the Handel Festival will celebrate every facet of Baroque music with a sparkling array of events ranging from grand opera, solemn oratorios, and prestigious gala concerts to cross-genre formats. The title of the 2023 Handel Festival is “Opera: Dispute over Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee.” This is reflected in the program, which includes a total of six opera productions. With 70 main events and numerous accompanying events in 17 venues in and around Halle, the tradition-steeped Handel Festival once again guarantees an excellent and varied program in 2023. LOCATION Halle (Saale), Germany WEBSITE https://haendelhaus.de/en/hfs/startseite DATES May 26 - June 11, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Clemens Birnbaum GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €0 to €85 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://haendelhaus.de/en/hfs/startseite Telephone: +49 345 565 27-06 SOCIAL LINKS

Hitzacker Summer Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Mozart: Yes, we dare to present the composer whom we all adore, whom we admire incessantly and who occasionally flabbergasts us. Internationally renowned Mozart devotees will be there, ranging from the young artists at the unusual opening concert to a strong group of vocal artists to the participants in a quartet workshop and a surprise weekend marathon. None of them shy away from the mandatory adventure of thinking outside of the box that is characteristic of the Hitzacker Summer Music Festival. We look forward to Isabelle Faust, Antje Weithaas, Anna Lucia Richter, Sarah Maria Sun, Jörg Widmann, Matthias Kirschnereit, Dénes Várjon, Garth Knox, the Cuarteto Casals, the Atos Trio, and Kuss Quartet, the Vienna Glasharmonika Duo, and many more surprises. LOCATION Hitzacker (Elbe), Germany WEBSITE https://www.musiktage-hitzacker.de DATES July 29 - August 6, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Oliver Wille, violinist GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €12 to €52 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.musiktage-hitzacker.de Telephone: +49 (0)5862 / 941 430 BOOKING CONTACTS organisation@musiktage-hitzacker.de Booking cycle date range Summer 2023 for summer 2025 SOCIAL LINKS

Hollywood Bowl 2023 Season

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Hollywood Bowl 2023 lineup reflects the excitement audiences experience each year returning to the LA Phil's spectacular summer home with superstar names in music, blockbuster films with live orchestra, and nights dedicated to jazz, blues, R&B, classical, rock, and more. The LA Phil continues its tradition of presenting classical concerts under the stars with its Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and a star-studded roster of guest artists. Jazz Plus nights offer an eclectic trip through the world of jazz, blues, R&B, and beyond, with LA Phil Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock at the helm. LOCATION Los Angeles, California WEBSITE https://www.hollywoodbowl.com DATES June 10 - September 24, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gustavo Dudamel GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE $1 to $205 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.hollywoodbowl.com Telephone: 323-850-2000 SOCIAL LINKS

Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Arsenio Hall will host. Artists scheduled to appear include Kamasi Washington; the West Coast Get Down, with special guests Leon Bridges, Raphael Saadiq; St. Paul and The Broken Bones; trio Digable Planets; Poncho Sanchez; Aziza featuring bassist Dave Holland, saxophonist Chris Potter, guitarist Lionel Loueke and drummer Eric Harland; The Soul Rebels with Big Freedia; Samara Joy; Lionel Loueke and singer-songwriter Gretchen Parlato; Boukman Eksperyans; quintet Butcher Brown; Andrew Gouché and Prayze Connection; and next-generation student groups: the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA, The Cardinal Divas of SC, LACHSA Jazz, LAUSD Beyond the Bell All District Jazz Big Band with special guest Charlie Young. Additional names to be announced. LOCATION Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California WEBSITE https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances/2301/2023-06-17/hollywood-bowl-jazz-festival DATES June 17-18, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival GENRE Jazz TICKET PRICE RANGE $24 to $205 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/events/performances/2301/2023-06-17/hollywood-bowl-jazz-festival Telephone: 323 850 2000 SOCIAL LINKS

Honens Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Honens, Canada's International Piano Competition, presents a mix of free and ticketed events featuring the keyboard—from Classical to World music. The 2023 Festival includes 2022 Honens Prize Laureate Illia Ovcharenko in recital, along with signature events—176 Keys (4 pianists, 8 hands), Bison Noir (a late-night cabaret), and Open Air at Central Memorial Park in Calgary. Also featured is the Ladom Ensemble, which brings a unique blend of acoustic, chamber, and world music that is passionate, sophisticated, and wild. Adding to the diversity of the Festival, Honens also welcomes the return of Xenia Concerts Inc., an organization working towards making music more accessible through programs designed for neurodiverse and disabled audiences. LOCATION Calgary, Alberta, Californianada WEBSITE https://www.honens.com DATES September 7-10, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jon Kimura Parker GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $50 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.honens.com Telephone: 403-299-0140 BOOKING CONTACTS Catherine McClelland Booking cycle date range Summer 2022 for fall 2023; summer 2023 for fall 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

International Keyboard Institute & Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Jerome Rose: works of Brahms, Schumann, and Chopin; Martín García García: works of Chopin and Liszt; Jeffrey Swann: works of Schubert/Liszt, Schumann, Liszt, Bartók, and Chopin; Nicolas Namoradze: works of Namoradze, Rachmaninoff, Ligeti, and Schubert; Reed Tetzloff works of Berg, Ives, Beethoven, and Brahms; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet: works of Haydn and Ravel. Recitals will also be recorded for viewing on the IKIF YouTube channel. LOCATION New York, New York: Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center and Klavierhaus WEBSITE https://www.ikif.org DATES July 9-14, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jerome Rose GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $20 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION Telephone: On-site purchase BOOKING CONTACTS Julie Kedersha , festival director Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Jazz & Beyond: Carson City Music & Art Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Big bands, combos, jam sessions, lecture; Carson City Open Studios Art Tour on August 20 and 21. LOCATION Carson City, Nevada WEBSITE https://JazzCarsonCity.com DATES August 11-21, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR David C. Bugli GENRES Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $20 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://JazzCarsonCity.com Telephone: 775-883-4154 BOOKING CONTACTS David Bugli Elinor Bugli Booking cycle date range Winter 2022 for August 2023 SOCIAL LINKS

Killington Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS KMF 2023 marks 41 years of inspired chamber music performances, in the heart of Vermont's Green Mountains. Resident Artists will work with KMF's esteemed faculty through private lessons, small ensemble coachings, studio classes, master classes, sectionals, and score reading sessions, in addition to having performance opportunities. The supportive environment at KMF encourages active cooperation and the open exchange of musical ideas. Violin faculty: Daniel Andai, Sophie Arbuckle, Arik Braude, Janet Jacobson, John Vaida; Viola: Sophie Arbuckle John Vaida; Cello: Bryan Hayslett, Thor Sigurdson; Double Bass: Bebo Shiu, Thor Sigurdson, piano: Simon Ghraichy; Guitar: Koh Kazama; Clarinet: Calvin Falwell; Trumpet: Jeffrey Kaye. LOCATION Killington, Vermont WEBSITE https://www.killingtonmusicfestival.org DATES June 25 - July 22, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Daniel Andai GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $35 to $40 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION Telephone: 802-773-4003 BOOKING CONTACTS Maria Fish , executive director SOCIAL LINKS

Kissinger Sommer

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Kissinger Sommer 2023 is the second festival led by Artistic Director Alexander Steinbeis. Its theme "La Dolce Vita" will pay homage to Italy, since Gioachino Rossini was a prominent visitor to Bad Kissingen. Artistic highlights include visits by the Czech Philharmonic, the Bamberger Symphoniker, and DSO Berlin. Artists as varied as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Leif Ove Andsnes, Kent Nagano, Lisa Batiashvili, Grigory Sokolov, and Freddie De Tommaso will be among the festival's starry lineup. LOCATION Locations in Bad Kissingen, Germany WEBSITE https://www.kissingersommer.de/ DATES June 16 - July 16, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Alexander Steinbeis GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €15 to €150 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.kissingersommer.de/ Telephone: +49 (0)971 8048 444 SOCIAL LINKS

La Jolla Music Society SummerFest

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Lake Field Music Camp

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Located on a lakeside campus 150 kilometers from Toronto, Canada, 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 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 musical theater and choirs to duets and master classes. Concerts each evening. LOCATION Lakefield, Ontario, Canada WEBSITE https://www.lakefieldmusic.ca DATES August 6-13, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Andrew Wolf GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE $700 to $1300 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.lakefieldmusic.ca Telephone: 647-692-3463 BOOKING CONTACTS Andrew Wolf Booking cycle date range March 2023 for August 2023 SOCIAL LINKS

Lake George Music Festival

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Live Concert Hall

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Lucerne Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Themed “Paradise for 2023,” this summer’s festival marks the 20th anniversary of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, with concerts led by Music Director Riccardo Chailly and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and a star-studded roster of guest artists and ensembles. Pianist Daniil Trifonov is "artiste étoile." Visiting ensembles include the Berlin and Vienna philharmonics, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Concerto soloists include pianists Martha Argerich and Yefim Bronfman, and violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter and Christian Tetzlaff. Younger-generation conductors include Jakub Hruša and Klaus Mäkelä. Composer-in-residence Enno Poppe collaborates with the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, and KKL Luzern recitalists include pianists Vikingur Ólafsson and Yuja Wang. LOCATION Locations in Lucerne, Switzerland WEBSITE https://www.lucernefestival.ch DATES August 8 - September 10, 2023 EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael Haefliger GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €25 to €300 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.lucernefestival.ch Telephone: +41 (0)41 226 44 80 SOCIAL LINKS

Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra is home to the largest gathering of concertmasters and principal players in the country, all from North America's greatest orchestras (including the LA Phil, Cleveland Orchestra, the MET Orchestra, and dozens more). "Perhaps the greatest orchestra currently performing anywhere in the world." — SD Reader LOCATION Locations in San Diego, California WEBSITE https://www.mainlymozart.org DATES June 10-24, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael Francis GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $30 to $1,000 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.mainlymozart.org Telephone: 619-239-0100 x2 BOOKING CONTACTS Katie McBride-Muzquiz Booking cycle date range Currently fluctuates due to pandemic restrictions SOCIAL LINKS

Mann Center for the Performing Arts

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Marlboro Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Led by Co-artistic Directors Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss, some of the world's most acclaimed solo and chamber-music artists explore the repertoire with outstanding young professional musicians. Unlimited rehearsal time enables the kind of experiential depth only possible at Marlboro. Artists unveil their discoveries in five weekends of public concerts that The New York Times has called "extraordinary." LOCATION Marlboro, Vermont WEBSITE https://www.marlboromusic.org DATES July 15 - August 13, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $20 to $40 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.marlboromusic.org Telephone: 215-569-4690 (until June 15); 802-254-2394 (from June 20) BOOKING CONTACTS jloux@marlboromusic.org SOCIAL LINKS

2023 Merola Opera Program Summer Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS San Francisco's acclaimed Merola Opera Program, one of the most prestigious and selective opera training programs in the world, gives audiences a look at the opera stars of tomorrow. This summer, Merola welcomes young opera artists, selected from more than 1300 international applicants from China, Costa Rica, Cuba, South Korea, Taiwan, France, the United Kingdom, and Wales as well as across the U.S. and Canada. These young artists will train and perform with opera luminaries and prepare for public performances of recitals, concerts, and operas with orchestra. LOCATION San Francisco, California WEBSITE https://merola.org DATES June 29 - August 19, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Carrie-Ann Matheson GENRES Classical • Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE $15 to $80 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://merola.org Telephone: 415-864-3330 BOOKING CONTACTS Booking cycle date range Auditions are held in the fall for the following summer program. in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, and Atlanta SOCIAL LINKS

Mizzou International Composers Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 2023 Mizzou International Composers Festival will feature Ensemble-in-residence Alarm Will Sound. Hailed by The New York Times as "one of the most vital and original ensembles on the American scene," the group will work intensively with eight resident composers—selected from an international pool of applicants—on the premieres of new works. Additionally, this year's festival will feature distinguished guest composers Tania León and Marcos Balter, who will have several works performed and coach the resident composers. There will also be performances by the Mizzou New Music Ensemble, University of Missouri faculty, and additional guest artists. All festival events are free and open to the public. LOCATION Columbia, Missouri WEBSITE https://composersfestival.missouri.edu DATES July 24-30, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Stefan Freund GENRES Classical • New Music TICKET PRICE $0 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION Telephone: 573-882-2604 BOOKING CONTACTS Andrea Luque Karam SOCIAL LINKS

Monteux School and Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Monteux School and Music Festival, founded as a school for conductors in 1943 by internationally renowned conductor Pierre Monteux, is one of the finest summer training programs and festivals of its kind. The school offers an intensive six-week program that includes a series of symphonic, chamber, and children's concerts in a creative, supportive environment. Conducting faculty include Tiffany Lu, Arthur Fagen, Julius Williams, Kenneth Kiesler, Hugh Wolff, and Markland Thakar. Monteux is also an orchestra and chamber music festival for all orchestral instrumentalists. Weekly concerts are supplemented by master classes and audition workshops with musicians from major symphony orchestras. LOCATION Hancock, Maine WEBSITE https://www.monteuxmusic.org DATES June 19 - July 30, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Tiffany Lu GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $20 to $30 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.monteuxmusic.org Telephone: 207-813-4914 BOOKING CONTACTS Stan Renard Booking cycle date range One to two years SOCIAL LINKS

Montreal Chamber Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS One of Canada's premiere celebrations of musical collegiality (Toronto Star), the Montreal Chamber Music Festival proudly celebrates its 28th anniversary season. Special events include the final Canadian appearance of the famed Emerson Quartet. LOCATION Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Quebec, Canada WEBSITE https://www.festivalmontreal.org DATES June 4-18, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Denis Brott, C.M. GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $45 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.festivalmontreal.org Telephone: 514-489-7444 BOOKING CONTACTS Denis Brott, C.M. , founder and artistic director 514-489-7444 Booking cycle date range Spring 2023 for spring 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Moritzburg Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Every August, internationally renowned soloists and outstanding young artists from all over the world meet in Moritzburg near Dresden. Star cellist Jan Vogler founded the Festival in 1993 inspired by the American Marlboro Music Festival. Internationally acclaimed musicians and promising talents work on new interpretations of chamber music pieces, presenting them in transitional ensembles in openair concerts in the fairytale setting of the Moritzburg Castle. For the 31st edition in 2023, we welcome soloists such as Benjamin Beilman, Chad Hoopes, Mira Wang, Matthew Lipman, Ulrich Eichenauer, Sara Ferrández, Andreas Brantelid, Andrei Ionita, Magali Mosnier, Louis Lortie, Illia Ovcharenko, and Christiane Karg. LOCATION Germany: Moritzburg, Meißen, Dresden WEBSITE https://www.moritzburgfestival.de/welcome.html DATES August 4-20, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jan Vogler GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €8 to €56 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.moritzburgfestival.de/welcome.html Telephone: +49 (0)351 160 926 15 SOCIAL LINKS

MostArts Festival

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Music Academy Summer School & Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS A total of 140 fellows from around the world, ages 18-34, study and perform for eight weeks with 50-plus teaching artists in the spectacular coastal setting of Santa Barbara, CA, just steps from the beach. Fellows cultivate tools they need to become not just great musicians, but great leaders. They receive invaluable career-advancement opportunities through the Academy's Innovation Institute and its partnerships. Signature Events for audiences include master classes, chamber concerts, a staged opera, guest artists and conductors, side-by-side teaching artist/fellow performances, and competitive events. LOCATION Santa Barbara, California WEBSITE https://www.musicacademy.org DATES June 12 - August 5, 2022 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival CHIEF ARTISTIC OFFICER Jamie Broumas GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $100 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.musicacademy.org Telephone: 805-969-8787 BOOKING CONTACTS Jamie Broumas, chief artistic officer SOCIAL LINKS

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Music@Menlo

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Music@Menlo, led by founding Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han, returns this summer with ôBeethoven Unfolding,ö July 14 û August 5, 2023. The festival presents six mainstage concert programs, six Beethoven Quartet Cycle performances, six Inside the Quartets lecture-demonstrations led by David Finckel, three full-evening Encounter lectures, and a host of free events including master classes and performances by students of the Chamber Music Institute. The cycle of Beethoven's 16 string quartets is intertwined with one of Music@Menlo's signature ôUnfolding of Musicö festivals, which move chronologically through the history of chamber music. Audiences will experience the development of the art form in parallel with the evolution of Beethoven's quartets, performed in order of composition by the stellar Calidore String Quartet. LOCATION Atherton, California WEBSITE https://www.musicatmenlo.org/ DATES July 14 - August 5, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTORS David Finckel and Wu Han GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $15 to $85 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.musicatmenlo.org/ Telephone: 650-331-0202 BOOKING CONTACTS Daphne Wong Booking cycle date range Summer/fall 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

National Repertory Orchestra

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The National Repertory Orchestra (NRO) is breaking barriers among performance, education, and community to develop 21st-century musicians. For eight weeks during the summer, audiences can enjoy the NRO's music festival in the charming mountain town of Breckenridge, CO, and surrounding areas in the Rocky Mountains. The NRO will celebrate its 30-year residency in Breckenridge with the theme, "Music Lives Here!" The 2023 season lineup features Music Director Michael Stern and guest conductors JoAnn Falletta, Jeffrey Kahane, Ken-David Masur, Tania Miller, Jason Seber, and NRO Music Director Laureate Carl Topilow. The NRO welcomes guest artist Midori, violin, and two NRO world-premiere commissions: Transplanted Seeds by Chen Yi and Ridgeline by NRO Alumnus David Dzubay. LOCATION Breckenridge, Colorado WEBSITE https://www.nromusic.org/ DATES June 24 - August 12, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael Stern GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $5 to $55 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.nromusic.org/ Telephone: 970-453-5825 BOOKING CONTACTS Dan Howard Booking cycle date range Autumn 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Norfolk Chamber Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Continuing a 100-plus-year musical tradition, the Yale School of Music's Norfolk Chamber Music Festival is a leader in the study and performance of chamber music. Each summer the Festival offers stellar concerts performed by acclaimed chamber musicians from across the globe. Simultaneously, Norfolk offers fully funded (tuition, housing, and meals) programs, each featuring intensive study with Festival artists and weekly performance opportunities. In addition to being featured on their own concert series, Norfolk fellows have the opportunity to perform alongside their mentors on Norfolk's Festival Artist Series concerts. LOCATION Norfolk, Connecticut WEBSITE https://www.norfolkmusic.org DATES June 30 - August 19, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Melvin Chen GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $70 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.norfolkmusic.org Telephone: 860-542-3000 BOOKING CONTACTS Robert Whipple , general manager Booking cycle date range Summer 2023 for Summer 2024 and 2025 SOCIAL LINKS

NUME Festival 2023

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The NUME 2023 Artists comprise: the Marmen Quartet; Songha Choi (violin), Hayoung Choi (cello), Ettore Causa (viola), Nobuko Imai (viola); Rinat Shaham (mezzo-soprano); Augustin Hadelich (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Mi-kyung Lee (violin), Antonio Lysy (cello), Vlad Stanculeasa (violin); Lorena Tecu (piano). LOCATION Cortona, Italy WEBSITE https://numefestival.it/content/en/home DATES June 19-25, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Vlad Stanculeasa GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €5 to €25 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://numefestival.it/content/en/home Telephone: 338-482-3736 SOCIAL LINKS

Off the Hook Arts SummerFest 2023: Visions and Decisions

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Our 2023 summerfest—"Visions and Decisions”—focuses on the interaction of musical imagination and technique. Performing artists include Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Joshua Halpern, Matthew Zalkind, Kyu-Young Kim, and Bruce Adolphe, among many others. LOCATION Fort Collins, Colorado WEBSITE https://offthehookarts.org DATES June 21-28, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Bruce Adolphe GENRES Classical • Jazz TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $95 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://offthehookarts.org Telephone: 970-305-2261 BOOKING CONTACTS Jephta Bernstein , executive director Booking cycle date range Mid- to late-summer 2023 for 2024 summer SOCIAL LINKS

Ojai Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 77th Festival welcomes musician and composer Rhiannon Giddens as music director. Programs touch on Giddens' interests across musical boundaries, from opera and Baroque music to Black traditions in American roots music, from the classical traditions of music from China and Persia to the influence of non-Western music on American contemporary music. A few of the pillars include the world premiere of Omar's Journey, an Ojai-commissioned chamber work for voices and small ensemble from drawn from the opera and contextualized with music from Senegal and the Carolinas; a reimagining of Tan Dun's pioneering Ghost Opera; and a performance of Carlos Simon's cycle Between Worlds. Joining Giddens will be Kayhan Kalhor, Steven Schick, Francesco Turrisi, Wu Man, and the Attacca Quartet. LOCATION Libbey Bowl, Ojai, California WEBSITE https://www.ojaifestival.org DATES June 8-11, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Ara Guzelimian and Rhiannon Giddens GENRES Classical • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE $20 to $150 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.ojaifestival.org Telephone: 805-646-2053 SOCIAL LINKS

Olshan Texas Music Festival Orchestral Institute

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Olshan Texas Music Festival brings 80 of classical music's rising stars from around the world to Houston each June to develop skills in orchestra, chamber music, and solo performance. Under the leadership of an exceptional performing artist/faculty, Orchestra Fellows perform three major orchestral programs. Additional summer institutes include: Building Your Craft (voice), High School Jazz Institute, and Keyboard Academy. LOCATION Moores School of Music, University of Houston, Houston, Texas WEBSITE http://www.tmf.uh.edu DATES June 6-24, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Alan Austin GENRES Classical • Jazz TICKET PRICE RANGE $15 to $30 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION http://www.tmf.uh.edu Telephone: 713-743-3388 BOOKING CONTACTS Alan Austin Booking cycle date range 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Opera Holland Park

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Opera Holland Park's 2023 season offers new productions of Verdi's gripping tragedy, Rigoletto; Humperdinck's cautionary fairytale, Hansel and Gretel (sung in German); Puccini's bittersweet portrait of love and friendship, La bohème; and the world premiere of Jonathan Dove's new opera, Itch, commissioned by Opera Holland Park. In its third co-production with Opera Holland Park, Charles Court Opera returns with a new staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's comedy of ancestral ghosts, obligatory wickedness, and falsified tax returns, Ruddigore. The City of London Sinfonia returns as resident orchestra for all five productions. LOCATION Opera Holland Park Theatre, Holland Park, London, United Kingdom WEBSITE https://www.operahollandpark.com DATES May 30 - August 31, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR James Clutton GENRES Classical • Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE €30 to €200 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.operahollandpark.com Telephone: +44 0300 999 1000 BOOKING CONTACTS info@operahollandpark.com Booking cycle date range One to two years SOCIAL LINKS

Opera in the Ozarks

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Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS OTSL's 2023 Festival Season features two American operas (a world premiere of a new performing edition and a company premiere) along with two beloved classics and two concerts: Scott Joplin's Treemonisha (world premiere of a new performing edition by Damien Sneed and Karen Chilton) • Giacomo Puccini's Tosca • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Così fan tutte • Carlisle Floyd's Susannah (company premiere) • Center Stage (a young artist showcase) • “Road to Freedom” (concert celebrating the Freedom Riders) LOCATION Loretto-Hilton Center, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri WEBSITE https://www.ExperienceOpera.org DATES May 20 - June 25, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival DIRECTORS Andrew Jorgensen, general director; James Robinson, artistic director; Patricia Racette, artistic director of Young Artist Programs; Daniela Candillari, principal conductor GENRES Classical • Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $135 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.ExperienceOpera.org Telephone: 314-961-0644 BOOKING CONTACTS Yvette Loynaz SOCIAL LINKS

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS August 2023 marks the 26th Season of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival and once more Founder and Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann is gathering the very finest musicians to present a wonderful mix of chamber music old and new. The season will include the world premiere of a string quartet by Jake Heggie performed by the Miro Quartet and the Northwest premiere of a piano quintet by John Wineglass. The 10 mainstage concerts are offered both in person and via livestream; there is also a children's concert, a performance on neighboring Lopez Island, and many other events for a season of music and good times in Washington State's San Juan Islands. LOCATION Orcas Island, Washington WEBSITE https://www.oicmf.org DATES August 4-19, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Aloysia Friedmann GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $40 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.oicmf.org Telephone: 360-376-6636 SOCIAL LINKS

Oregon Bach Festival

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Oxford Lieder Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS This year's Festival is titled “Art: Song—Images, Words, Music,” exploring the rich connections between song and the visual arts. Alongside the headline recital series, featuring an array of world-renowned singers and pianists, the Festival will highlight ways in which art, music, and poetry all overlap and interact. Expect color, fashion, musical manuscripts that are themselves artworks, plus artist-poets, artist-composers, programs inspired by artworks, opportunities to create your own musically inspired artwork, and much more. LOCATION Various sites in Oxford, United Kingdom WEBSITE https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/ DATES October 13-28, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sholto Kynoch GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $55 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/ Telephone: +44 (0)1865 591 276 BOOKING CONTACTS Taya Smith Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for fall 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Oxford Piano Festival

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The Perlman Music Program Chamber Music Workshop

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Led by esteemed cellist and teacher Merry Peckham, PMP's Chamber Music Workshop (CMW) continues to grow into one of the country's most prestigious summer chamber music programs. Open to violinists, violists, cellists, pianists, and ensembles, the CMW is led by an all-star artist-faculty: Molly Carr, Kirsten Docter, Kim Kashkashian, Joel Krosnick, Laurence Lesser, Merry Peckham, Itzhak Perlman, Patrick Romano, Don Weilerstein, Vivian Hornik-Weilerstein, and Areta Zhulla. LOCATION Shelter Island, New York WEBSITE https://perlmanmusicprogram.org/chamber-music-workshop DATES May 26 - June 18, 2022 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Merry Peckham GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE $0 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION Telephone: 212-877-5045 BOOKING CONTACTS Merry Peckham, director SOCIAL LINKS

Philadelphia International Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Philadelphia International Music Festival (PIMF) is a summer music program directed by Kimberly Fisher, principal second violin of the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra, offering student musicians from around the world the unique opportunity of spending up to four weeks immersed in music education and performance training with members of the Orchestra. Our outstanding summer music programs include private lessons, master classes, and faculty recitals with members of The Philadelphia Orchestra; daily orchestra, ensemble, and chamber music rehearsals; daily course electives; ample solo performance and competition opportunities; and more. There are five "in-person" summer program options for musicians ages 11 to 19: Symphony Orchestra, Solo Performance Preparation, Piano Studies, College Audition Preparation, and Chamber Music Intensive. LOCATION Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Wayne, Pennsylvania WEBSITE https://philadelphiamusicfestival.org DATES June 17 - July 28, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kimberly Fisher, principal second violinist, The Philadelphia Orchestra GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $1675 to $4850 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION Telephone: 856-875-6816 BOOKING CONTACTS info@pimf.org SOCIAL LINKS

Puccini Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Live the magical nights of the 69th Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy. The festival offers four operas in repertory, all in its grand open-air Theatre Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, and Il Tabarro with Duke Bluebeard's Castle. LOCATION Tuscany, Italy WEBSITE https://www.puccinifestival.it/en DATES July 14 - August 26, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Giorgio Battistelli GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €19 to €149 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.puccinifestival.it/en Telephone: +39 0584 359322 BOOKING CONTACTS Franco Moretti , general manager Booking cycle date range September 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Ravenna Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities creates imaginary cities that are characterized more as experiences, memories, and desires than as places; the centenary of the writer's birth offers the 34th edition of the Ravenna Festival a chance to reflect on the dual nature of the city, at the same time a symbol of human coexistence—a crossroads of cultures, ideas, and stories—and an embodiment of the crisis of communities, suffering from inequality, consumerism, standardization, pollution, etc. The program features such artists as Martha Argerich, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Riccardo Muti, Laurie Anderson, Eleonora Abbagnato, Beatrice Rana, Mischa Maisky, Aurora, Stefano Bollani, Tallis Scholars, Tenebrae Choir, King's Singers, Kraftwerk, Sinfonia Varsovia, ICK Dans Amsterdam. LOCATION Locations in Ravenna, Italy WEBSITE https://www.ravennafestival.org/ DATES June 7 - July 23, 2023 DIRECTORS Cristina Mazzavillani Muti, honorary president; Franco Masotti and Angelo Nicastro, artistic directors GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic • Opera • Ballet • Contemporary Dance • Theatre • Musical Theatre • Sacred Music TICKET PRICE RANGE €5 to €100 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.ravennafestival.org/ Telephone: +39 0544 249244 BOOKING CONTACTS Segreteria Ravenna Festival Booking cycle date range Autumn 2023 (at the latest) for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Ravinia Festival

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Rockport Chamber Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Under the artistic direction of Barry Shiffman, the 2023 Rockport Chamber Music Festival celebrates live music with performances by the dynamic Dover Quartet, pianist Jan Lisiecki, violinist Chad Hoopes, the Escher Quartet, A Far Cry, Third Coast Percussion, and much more. LOCATION Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, Massachusetts WEBSITE https://www.rockportmusic.org/ DATES June 9 - July 9, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Barry Shiffman GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $29 to $105 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.rockportmusic.org/ Telephone: 978-546-7391 BOOKING CONTACTS Barry Shiffman Booking cycle date range Fall through January for following summer SOCIAL LINKS

Rome Chamber Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Rome Chamber Music Festival, founded in 2003 by esteemed American violinist Robert McDuffie, is one of Rome's most anticipated cultural events. This year the festival will present works by Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, John Adams, and other celebrated composers. For detailed program, artist, ticket, and festival information, please visit www.romechamberfestival.org. [https://www.romechamberfestival.org] LOCATION Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy WEBSITE https://www.romechamberfestival.org DATES June 12-15, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert McDuffie GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €25 to €45 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.romechamberfestival.org Telephone: +39 347 4499174 SOCIAL LINKS

Round Top Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS More than 90 young talented musicians will gather for six weeks of intensive training (orchestra, chamber music, and solo repertoire). Master classes (30) are open to the public as well as the orchestra rehearsals in an intimate beautiful chapel and in a world-class concert hall. The surrounding campus, more than 200 acres, has been generously planted with thousands of trees and bushes of various species offering shadowy picnic areas. LOCATION Round Top, Texas WEBSITE https://www.festivalhill.org DATES June 4 - July 16, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR James Dick GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $45 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.festivalhill.org Telephone: 979-249-3129 BOOKING CONTACTS Joseph Woodward Booking cycle date range Fall 2022 to summer 2023 SOCIAL LINKS

The Royal Concertgebouw Summer Concerts

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS In July and August, visitors can enjoy beautiful classical concerts, swinging jazz and pop, and legendary film music. LOCATION Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands WEBSITE https://www.concertgebouw.nl/en/concerts-and-tickets?date=2023-07-01 DATES July 1 - August 31, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Simon Reinink GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz TICKET PRICE RANGE €20 to €65 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.concertgebouw.nl/en/concerts-and-tickets Telephone: +31 (0)20 671 83 45 BOOKING CONTACTS Concertgebouw phone +31 20 671 83 45 Booking cycle date range March 2023 for summer 2023 SOCIAL LINKS

Salzburg Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS About 180 performances in 43 days in 15 venues—operas, concerts, and drama. All new opera productions: Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro; Verdi's Macbeth; Verdi's Falstaff; Martinu's The Greek Passion; Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice • Concert performances: Purcell's The Indian Queen; Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi; Berlioz's Les Troyens • Concerts include the opening “Ouverture Spirituelle,” numerous Vienna Philharmonic performances, plus guest orchestras, chamber concerts, Liederabende, Solo Recitals, Mozart Matinees, Mozarteum Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Sacred Concert, Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award, and Young Singers Project. LOCATION Salzburg, Austria WEBSITE https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at DATES July 20 - August 31, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Markus Hinterhäuser GENRES Classical • Drama TICKET PRICE RANGE €5 to €465 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at Telephone: +43 (662) 8045 500 SOCIAL LINKS

Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 50th season in 2023 with 100 artists performing in more than 40 concerts that feature centuries-spanning repertoire, including six Festival-commissioned works. Additional highlights include Alan Gilbert conducting Ligeti's Piano Concerto, featuring pianist Kirill Gerstein, and Messiaen's From the Canyons to the Stars; Vivaldi's The Four Seasons; the Dover Quartet joining bassist Edgar Meyer for his own Quintet; a piano-vocal recital series that includes Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin and Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer; 14 artist debuts; returns by violinists Cho-Liang Lin and Rachel Barton Pine and pianists Inon Barnatan and Haochen Zhang; and a 50th Anniversary Special Recital featuring mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and baritone Thomas Hampson. LOCATION Locations in Santa Fe, New Mexico WEBSITE https://www.SantaFeChamberMusic.org DATES July 16 - August 21, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Marc Neikrug GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $15 to $125 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.SantaFeChamberMusic.org Telephone: 505-982-1890 BOOKING CONTACTS Valerie Guy Booking cycle date range Winter 2022 and spring 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Santa Fe Desert Chorale's 2023 Summer Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS This summer the Santa Fe Desert Chorale brings three new choral programs to the stage: step back in time with “The Tudors and the Medici” and experience the drama and grandeur of Renaissance Europe; hear rich and complex stories from our nation's newcomers in “The American Immigrant Experience,” which combines the power of the spoken word with choral music and features a new commissioned work by GRAMMY®-nominated composer Kile Smith; and don't miss a double-header of compelling virtuosic masterworks for voices and chamber orchestra, including Handel's Dixit Dominus and Tarik O'Regan's The Ecstasies Above. LOCATION Locations in Santa Fe, New Mexico WEBSITE https://desertchorale.org DATES July 16 - August 5, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Joshua Habermann GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $20 to $100 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://desertchorale.org Telephone: 505-988-2282 BOOKING CONTACTS Amanda Sidebottom , operations director Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

The Santa Fe Opera

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Sarasota Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Led by Music Director Jeffrey Kahane, the Sarasota Music Festival is a magical combination of youthful promise and acclaimed talent that carries a reputation as one of the nation's finest classical music events. Nearly 500 fellows from top music programs worldwide audition each year, but only 60 are accepted. These exceptional musicians work side-by-side with 40 internationally recognized faculty artists, including flutist Jasmine Choi, cellist Gabriel Cabezas, and the Grammy-winning Attacca Quartet. This year's concerts explore storytelling through music, including Appalachian Spring, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Resphighi's Trittico Botticelliano. Many master classes and rehearsals are open to the public. The Festival's intimate environment infuses the faculty, students, and audience with inspiration and great hope for the future of classical music. LOCATION Locations in Sarasota, Florida WEBSITE https://www.sarasotaorchestra.org/festival DATES June 5-24, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jeffrey Kahane GENRES Classical • Chamber music TICKET PRICE RANGE $15 to $70 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.sarasotaorchestra.org/festival Telephone: 941-953-3434 BOOKING CONTACTS Roseanne McCabe, 941-487-2730 SOCIAL LINKS

Saratoga Performing Arts Center

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Saratoga Performing Arts Center welcomes its resident companies—New York City Ballet, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center—to Saratoga Springs, NY, for the 2023 summer season. The City Ballet residency is highlighted by works by Kyle Abraham, Christopher Wheeldon, Gianna Reisen, and Justin Peck, with music by James Blake, Arvo Pärt, Aaron Copland, and Solange Knowles; story ballets Swan Lake, Fancy Free, and Firebird; and an inside look at the season with "NYCB On and Off Stage." The Philadelphia Orchestra residency features Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and soloists Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, Audra McDonald, Isata Kanneh-Mason, and Bruce Liu. Programming and details can be found on spac.org. [https://www.spac.org] LOCATION The Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York WEBSITE https://www.spac.org DATES June 11 - August 20, 2023 DIRECTORS Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia Orchestra; Jonathan Stafford and Wendy Whelan, NYC Ballet; David Finckel and Wu Han, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Elizabeth Sobol, president and CEO of Saratoga Performing Arts Center GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $145 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.spac.org Telephone: 518-584-9330 BOOKING CONTACTS Chris Shiley, 518-584-9330 x107 Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Savonlinna Opera Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Magic Flute has been a quintessential shared experience at the Savonlinna Opera Festival for 50 years. We also found a production of Fiddler on the Roof, in which a glimmer of hope shines through the tears. As our summer premiere, we present Romeo and Juliet, the heart-wrenching story of young lovers. After the premiere of The Barber of Seville at Olavinlinna Castle, media speculated that the structure had never before witnessed as much laughter. A Room of One's Own is a women's opera about women. It will be coupled with Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, a mythical journey into the depths of the human mind. LOCATION Savonlinna, Finland WEBSITE https://operafestival.fi/en/ DATES July 1-30, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Ville Matvejeff GENRE Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE €105 to €280 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://operafestival.fi/en/ Telephone: +358 15 476 750 BOOKING CONTACTS Marikki Laaksonen SOCIAL LINKS

Seagle Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 108th annual 2023 Seagle Festival Season will include productions of Romeo et Juliette by Gounod, A Little Night Music by Sondheim, With Blood, With Ink by Crozier/Krask, Fiddler on the Roof by Bock/Harnick, plus several other concerts and events. Select events will also be live-streamed—performance and schedule details available at our website. All performances feature the 32 Seagle Festival 2023 emerging artists accompanied by piano. LOCATION Schroon Lake, New York WEBSITE https://www.seaglefestival.org DATES June 19 - August 20, 2023 DIRECTORS Tony Kostecki, general director; Darren K. Woods, artistic director GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $27 to $55 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.seaglefestival.org Telephone: 518-532-7875 SOCIAL LINKS

Sitka Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 2023 Sitka Music Festival returns to a full season of programming following the pandemic. There will be traditional, evening concerts on Fridays and Saturdays, Bach's Lunch concerts on Thursday afternoons, Café concerts at the Mean Queen on Wednesdays, a classical music boat cruise on June 11, and a musical brunch on June 25. Artist highlights for the 2023 festival include: Zuill Bailey, cello; Natasha Paremski, piano; Alfredo Oyaguez, piano; Marin Sher, viola; Helen Kim, violin; Kurt Nikkanen, violin; Maria Asteriadou, piano; musicians from the New World Symphony. LOCATION Various locations in Sitka, Alaska WEBSITE https://www.sitkamusicfestival.org DATES May 31 - June 25, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Zuill Bailey GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $100 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.sitkamusicfestival.org Telephone: 907-747-6774 SOCIAL LINKS

Solsberg Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 18th edition offers a very special program with exceptional guests: Isabelle Faust, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Veronika Eberle, and Dmitry Smirnov are frequent and regular partners of Sol Gabetta. But the Festival always offers the chance to meet new chamber music partners: For example, pianist Yulianna Avdeeva or double bass player Uxía Martínez Botana. In addition, we are pleased to announce the appearance of the Argentine star countertenor Franco Fagioli. Together with the Basel Chamber Orchestra, he will present the program "Lasciate mi Cantare" with music by W.A. Mozart, which has just been recorded on CD. The performance of the English vocal ensemble VOCES8 represents another highlight. LOCATION Olsberg and Rheinfelden, Switzerland; Sulzburg, Germany WEBSITE https://www.solsberg.ch DATES June 29 - July 7, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sol Gabetta GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE €30 to €89 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.solsberg.ch Telephone: +41 0900 585 887 BOOKING CONTACTS Booking cycle date range Spring 2023 SOCIAL LINKS

Spoleto Festival USA

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 47th season of Spoleto Festival USA features performances that showcase innovative, emerging artists alongside distinguished luminaries. It opens with a gala concert celebrating Spoleto's late Director of Chamber Music Geoff Nuttall,with artists including Robert Spano, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Paul Groves, Alisa Weilerstein, and Stephen Prutsman, among others. Samuel Barber's opera Vanessa receives a reimagining; Timothy Myers, conducts the Festival Orchestra and Chorus, and a cast featuring American soprano Nicole Heaston. Tenor Jamez McCorkle performs a Festival-commissioned staged adaptation of Schumann's Dichterliebe. A three-concert showcase of the Festival Orchestra features conductors John Kennedy, Mei-Ann Chen, and Jonathon Heyward. Choral performances include Handel's Dixit Dominus and works by Thomas Tallis and Henry Purcell. LOCATION Charleston, South Carolina WEBSITE https://spoletousa.org/ DATES May 26 - June 11, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival GENERAL DIRECTOR & CEO Mena Mark Hanna GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • Opera TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $200 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://spoletousa.org/ Telephone: 843-579-3100 SOCIAL LINKS

Stresa Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 2023 edition of Stresa Festival, in its 62nd year of activity, consist of 25 events divided as usual into a first part in July and a second in August and September. The July part will see the exhibition of artists such as Arturo Sandoval and Nicola Piovani. Performing in the second part are international orchestras such as the Orchester Filarmonique de Radio France and the Orchester de la Loge, and soloists such as Yuja Wang, Angela Hewitt, Alëna Baeva, Sergej Malov, Lucienne Renaudin Vary, and Mario Brunello. Contemporary dance will also be included: the James Wilton Dance company will bring ts choreography of Vivaldi's Four Seasons recomposed by Max Richter. LOCATION Stresa and Verbania, Italy WEBSITE https://www.stresafestival.eu/en DATES July 14 - September 8, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Mario Brunello GENRES Classical • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE €5 to €50 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.stresafestival.eu/en Telephone: +39 0323 31095 BOOKING CONTACTS artistica@stresafestival.eu Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Strings Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS 2023 marks the 36th annual Strings Music Festival. Under Music Director Michael Sachs, the festival has featured musicians from all 25 top U.S. orchestras. In addition to classical programming, the festival continues Strings' tradition of featuring contemporary artists: from national touring acts and nostalgic favorites to innovative new performers. 100+ Grammy-winning artists have performed at Strings Pavilion, a 569-seat concert hall that is the centerpiece of the summer festival as well as more than 80 performances year-round. LOCATION Steamboat Springs, Colorado WEBSITE https://stringsmusicfestival.com/ DATES June 24 - August 12, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael Sachs GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic • Country • Bluegrass • Americana • Family • Comedy TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $165 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://stringsmusicfestival.com/ Telephone: 970-879-5056 x105 BOOKING CONTACTS Katie Carroll , director of programs Elissa Greene , executive director Booking cycle date range Summer/fall 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

Summer for the City

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Summer for the City will return in 2023 from June through August, with over 300 free or choose-what-you-pay events. The festival features a multitude of offerings and citywide collaborations, as well as new works and reimagined classics. LOCATION Lincoln Center, New York, New York WEBSITE https://www.lincolncenter.org DATES June 14 - August 12, 2023 PANDEMIC & SAFETY Pandemic policies and procedures for this festival CHIEF ARTISTIC OFFICER Shanta Thake GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic • Family Programs • Comedy • Poetry TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $35 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.lincolncenter.org Telephone: 212-721-6500 SOCIAL LINKS

Summer at Orchestra Hall

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 2023 Summer at Orchestra Hall celebrates Music in Motion. Led by Creative Partner and pianist Jon Kimura Parker, the festival features the pioneering breaking collective BRKFST Dance Company as artists-in-residence, as well as performances by pianists Elizabeth Bergmann, Marcel Bergmann, and Chelsea de Souza; cellist Anthony Ross; pipa player Gao Hong; and singers Chastity Brown and Dessa. Conductors include Elias Grandy, Sarah Hicks, Chia-Hsuan Lin, and Lee Mills. The opening weekend showcases the International Day of Music, which features artists of all genres performing music on four stages in and around Orchestra Hall. LOCATION Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota WEBSITE https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/ DATES July 14 - August 5, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jon Kimura Parker, creative partner for summer programming GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $0 to $85 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/ Telephone: 612-371-5656 SOCIAL LINKS

Sun Valley Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Sun Valley Music Festival's 39th Summer Season presents a star-studded lineup of guest artists for over three weeks of free concerts in the beautiful, natural surroundings of Sun Valley, ID. Pianists Yefim Bronfman and Orli Shaham, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, and violinist Augustin Hadelich headline concerts featuring works by Schumann, Ravel, Mahler, and Tchaikovsky. Other programs include works by such contemporary American composers as Mason Bates, Michael Abels, and Michael Tilson Thomas. For a special Pops Night, Stéphane Denève leads the Festival Orchestra in John Williams's music. Major orchestral repertoire includes Mahler's Symphony No. 5 and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Education programs are also offered—tuition-free—at the Festival's Music Institute during the opening weeks of the summer concerts. LOCATION Sun Valley Pavilion, Sun Valley, Idaho WEBSITE https://www.svmusicfestival.org DATES July 30 - August 24, 2023 MUSIC DIRECTOR Alasdair Neale GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE $0 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.svmusicfestival.org Telephone: 208-622-5607 BOOKING CONTACTS Deanna Harned, artistic planning director Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024 or 2025 SOCIAL LINKS

Tanglewood

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons leads ten programs, including the BSO season opening concert on July 7 with pianist Daniil Trifonov in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3. He also leads the orchestra in works by Iman Habibi, Wynton Marsalis, Jessie Montgomery, Carlos Simon, and John Williams; other guest soloists include soprano Nicole Cabell, violinist Hilary Hahn, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Ozawa Hall will feature recitals by the Emerson String Quartet (with pianist Emanuel Ax), soprano Julia Bullock, pianist Bruce Liu, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, the Danish String Quartet, Aaron Diehl Trio, Broadway vocalist Kelli O'Hara, and much more. LOCATION Lenox, Massachusetts WEBSITE https://www.tanglewood.org DATES June 22 - August 27, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Andris Nelsons GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $15 to $200 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.tanglewood.org Telephone: 888-266-1200 BOOKING CONTACTS Anthony Fogg Booking cycle date range The preceding summer or earlier SOCIAL LINKS

Teatro Nuovo

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Teatro Nuovo presents beloved Bel Canto favorites and rarities in New York City and New Jersey. This summer features semi-staged performances of Poliuto (Donizetti) led by Associate Artistic Director Jakob Lehmann and Crispino e la Comare (Ricci) led by Jonathan Brandani. The exciting casts feature returning favorites Santiago Ballerini Teresa Castillo, and Hans Tashjian alongside the debuts of Chelsea Lehnea, Mattia Venni, and Ricardo José Rivera. In the company's fifth summer, it again showcases the critically acclaimed Teatro Nuovo Orchestra, an ensemble hailed as "transformative" (Wall Street Journal) in these presentations of 19th-century operas on period instruments. Teatro Nuovo also offers vocal and instrumental recitals and master class, lecture, and panel-discussion events curated by General and Artistic Director Will Crutchfield. LOCATION Lincoln Center, New York; Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey WEBSITE https://www.teatronuovo.org DATES July 15-20, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Will Crutchfield GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $30 to $150 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.teatronuovo.org Telephone: 914-251-6200 SOCIAL LINKS

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Tsinandali Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Tsinandali Festival announces its fifth edition with the return of world-class artists and the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra. Soloists include pianists Mao Fujita, Alexander Malofeev, Julien Quentin, Nobuyuki Tsujii, and 13-year-old Tsotne Zedginidze; violinists Lisa Batiashvili, Marc Bouchkov, Augustin Hadelich; and cellists Gautier Capuçon and Zlatomir Fung. LOCATION Tsinandali Estate, Georgia WEBSITE https://tsinandalifestival.ge/ DATES August 31 - September 10, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gianandrea Noseda GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE RANGE $9 to $70 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://tsinandalifestival.ge/ Telephone: +995 322 25 35 81 SOCIAL LINKS

Vancouver USA Arts & Music Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Presented by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA and the City of Vancouver, the inaugural Vancouver USA Arts & Music Festival celebrates music and art inspired by America. The multidisciplinary festival features performances from the VSO USA conducted by VSO Music Director Maestro Salvador Brotons and internationally renowned conductor Gerard Schwarz, known as a champion of American composers. Esteemed guest soloists include Anne Akiko Meyers, Orli Shaham, and Time for Three. Repertoire includes works by Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, and Adolphus Hailstork, among others. LOCATION Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Washington WEBSITE https://www.vancouverartsandmusicfestival.com DATES August 4-6, 2023 ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATOR Igor Shakhman GENRE Classical TICKET PRICE $0 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION Telephone: 360-735-7278 BOOKING CONTACTS Igor Shakhman , artistic administrator Booking cycle date range Fall 2023 for summer 2024

Verbier Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Verbier Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with an extraordinary program of some of the world's greatest musicians. Running from July 14-30, the Festival offers more than 60 mainstage events, ranging from large-scale orchestral concerts and opera-in-concert to solo recitals, chamber concerts, and more. This year's line-up celebrates the Festival's history and features leading international soloists including Gautier and Renaud Capuçon, Lise Davidsen, Renée Fleming, Janine Jansen, Wynton Marsalis, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Evgeny Kissin, Yo-Yo Ma, Bryn Terfel, Daniil Trifonov, Yuja Wang, and many more. LOCATION Locations in Verbier, Switzerland WEBSITE https://www.verbierfestival.com DATES July 14-30, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Martin T:son Engstroem GENRES Classical • Jazz TICKET PRICE RANGE €25 to €180 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.verbierfestival.com Telephone: +41 (0)848 771 882 (Monday-Friday, 1 pm to 5 pm) BOOKING CONTACTS Manuel Lopez Baumann SOCIAL LINKS

Virginia Arts Festival

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The 2023 Festival calendar is bursting with extraordinary performances. Among dance offerings is the electrifying Alvin Ailey—American Dance Theater. For classical music lovers, VAF presents a new concerto by the Grammy® Award-winning mandolinist Chris Thile. Director of Chamber Music Olga Kern has curated a series of concerts celebrating Rachmaninoff's 150th birthday. As always, VAF features a wide range of genres, with such artists as Béla Fleck, Smokey Robinson, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. For musical theater fans, Rob Fisher will lead a concert version of the award-winning musical Chicago. “Williamsburg Live” features Americana icons The Wood Brothers, Shovels & Rope; five-time Grammy® winner Keb' Mo'; Yacht Rock Revue, and Kenny Loggins. LOCATION Southeastern Coastal Virginia: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Newport News, Williamsburg WEBSITE https://www.vafest.org DATES April 14 - June 18, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert W. Cross GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic • Chamber • Dance • Vocal • Broadway TICKET PRICE RANGE $25 to $125 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.vafest.org Telephone: 757-282-2822 BOOKING CONTACTS info@vafest.org SOCIAL LINKS

The Walden School Young Musicians Program

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Five-week program: June 24 – July 30 • Three-week option for students in 8th grade and younger: June 24 - July 16. Walden's Young Musicians Program (YMP) provides an unparalleled creative summer experience for musically inclined students ages 9-18. Part school, part camp, and part festival, the program convenes each summer for five weeks in the beautiful Monadnock region in Dublin, NH. Through rigorous and innovative daily instruction, students hone their musical and creative skills within a supportive community of like-minded peers and mentors, with a goal of improvising and composing original works. The program includes weekly Composers Forums where student compositions are played and discussed, and the summer culminates with the popular Choral Concert.<br><br>Spring Application deadline: April 5. LOCATION Dublin, New Hampshire WEBSITE https://waldenschool.org/young-musicians-program/ DATES June 24 - July 30, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Seth Brenzel GENRES Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic • Electronic Music • Choral TICKET PRICE $0 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION Telephone: 415-587-8157 BOOKING CONTACTS Seth Brenzel SOCIAL LINKS

Young Euro Classic

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS The Young Euro Classic festival program will be announced on April 1, when ticket sales also begin. See our website for details. LOCATION Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany WEBSITE https://www.young-euro-classic.de/ DATES August 4-27, 2023 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dr. Dieter Rexroth GENRES Classical • Jazz • World/Ethnic TICKET PRICE RANGE €15 to €33 TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION https://www.young-euro-classic.de/ Telephone: + 49 30 841 089 09 BOOKING CONTACTS info@yecl.de Booking cycle date range Spring 2023 for summer 2024 SOCIAL LINKS

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