2025 GUIDE TO FESTIVALS
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Rome Chamber Music Festival
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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 an exciting program featuring masterpieces by Tartini, Brahms, Handel, and Rozsa as well as Mahler's Symphony No. 1 and Klezmer music by David Krakauer. See here for detailed program, artist, ticket, and festival information.
LOCATION
Auditorium Conciliazione, Rome, Italy
WEBSITE
DATES
June 16-19, 2025
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Robert McDuffie
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE €10 to €40
Additional ticket information: Group, student and senior discounts available.
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +39 347 4499174
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Santa Fe Desert Chorale 2025 Summer Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The all-professional Santa Fe Desert Chorale presents three new choral programs this summer that center on themes of home, refuge, and harmony. Embark on a journey through the songs and stories of New Mexico and Latin America in Cantos y Cuentos, including a new commission by Ernesto Herrera; explore our deep connections to nature and to each other with Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered and Caroline Shaw's To the Hands; and experience American folk songs and spirituals reimagined by Shawn E. Okpebholo in his new piece, American Choirbook: Six Songs of the Enslaved, Embattled and Emancipated, paired alongside recent commissions by Kile Smith, Jocelyn Hagen, and Reena Esmail in Roots & Rivers.
LOCATION
Churches in Santa Fe, New mexico
WEBSITE
DATES
July 13 - August 1, 2025
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Joshua Habermann
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE $22 to $124
Additional ticket information: 50% discount available for students; call for more information
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 505-988-2282
BOOKING CONTACTS
Amanda Sidebottom, operations director
Booking cycle date range
Fall 2025 for summer 2026
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The Santa Fe Opera
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 2025 Season presents five operas and two Apprentice Scenes in 38 performances, running June 27 – August 23. The season includes the company's time-tested programming model of a balanced and varied repertory of new, lesser-performed, and standard works. Opening weekend centers on a new production of Puccini's La bohème directed by James Robinson and a revival of 2021's beloved production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro directed by Laurent Pelly.
From July 12, the company will present a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto by Julien Chavaz. Opening July 19 will be Britten's The Turn of the Screw, staged by Louisa Muller. Rounding out the season on July 26 is Wagner's masterpiece Die Walküre, presented by the Santa Fe Opera for the first time in a new production by director Melly Still. LOCATION
Santa Fe, New Mexico
WEBSITE
DATES
June 27 - August 23, 2025
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DIRECTORS
Robert K. Meya, general director; Harry Bicket, music director
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE $37 to $409
Additional ticket information: See here for Santa Fe Opera's current pricing.
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 505-986-5900 or 800-280-4654
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Saratoga Performing Arts Center
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
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 2025 summer season. New York City Ballet returns from July 9-12 with full-length story ballet Coppélia, which held its world premiere at SPAC in 1974; Jerome Robbins's The Four Seasons, an audience favorite set to Verdi's vibrant melodies; George Balanchine's masterpiece Stravinsky Violin Concerto and Justin Peck's exciting new work, Mystic Familiar.
The Philadelphia Orchestra returns from August 6-23 with 12 unique performances including appearances by Laufey, Cynthia Erivo, and Renée Fleming. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead Verdi's Requiem, and Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop will return with Holst's The Planets and works by Gershwin and Bernstein. LOCATION
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York
WEBSITE
DATES
June 28 - August 23, 2025
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 & CEO, Saratoga Performing Arts Center
GENRES
Classical • Pop/Folk • Jazz • World/Ethnic • Dance
TICKET PRICE RANGE $35.75 to $255
Additional ticket information: Ticket prices are subject to change based on demand.
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: (518) 584-9330
BOOKING CONTACTS
Chris Shiley
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Fall 2025 for summer 2026
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Seagle Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 110th annual 2025 Seagle Festival will include productions of The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan, Carmen by Bizet, Mayo Buckner by Tom Cipullo, Anything Goes by Cole Porter, plus several other concerts and events. All performances feature the 32 Seagle Festival 2025 emerging artists accompanied by piano. Select events will also be live-streamed—performance and schedule details available here.
LOCATION
Schroon Lake, New York
WEBSITE
DATES
June 28 - August 23, 2025
DIRECTORS
Tony Kostecki, general director; Darren K. Woods, artistic director
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE $40 to $55
Additional ticket information: Discounted tickets available for children 12 and under, and groups over 10 booked together
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 518-532-7875
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Seattle Chamber Music Society 2025 Summer Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 2025 festival brings together a roster of renowned artists, including violinists James Ehnes and Noah Bendix-Balgley, pianists Inon Barnatan and Yulianna Avdeeva, cellist Bion Tsang and Sterling Elliott, violist Yura Lee, and many more, who will perform a diverse and exciting range of chamber repertoire. Highlights include masterpieces by Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Schumann, as well as cutting-edge SCMS commissions, such as piano quintets by Ethan Soledad and Martin Kennedy, and a string octet by John Novacek.
The festival also offers sight-reading parties, open rehearsals, lectures, and 12 free pre-concert recitals, ensuring there are many levels of musical appreciation for everyone. For those who can't attend in person, all hall performances will be streamed live and available on-demand through the SCMS Virtual Concert Hall. LOCATION
Locations in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington
WEBSITE
DATES
June 20 - August 1, 2025
HEALTH & SAFETY
GILBERT OMENN and MARTHA DARLING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
James Ehnes
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE $5 to $70
Additional ticket information: SCMS Summer Festival offers a range of free concerts, concert hall performances, and virtual concert hall access. More info including subscriptions and tickets available here.
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 206-283-8808
BOOKING CONTACTS
Andrew Collins, artistic operations director, 206-283-8710
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Stresa Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 2025 edition of Stresa Festival—its 64th year—consists of 22 events, with a first portion in July and portions in August and September.
LOCATION
Italy: Stresa, Verbania, Arona, Angera
WEBSITE
DATES
July 17 - September 6, 2025
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Mario Brunello
GENRES
Classical • Jazz • World/Ethnic
TICKET PRICE RANGE €10 to €100
Additional ticket information: The ticket office will open in April; see more ticket information here.
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: +39 0323 31095
BOOKING CONTACTS
artistica@stresafestival.eu
Booking cycle date range
Fall 2025 for summer 2026
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Strings Music Festival
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Summit Music Festival
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Sun Valley Music Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
World-class musicians led by Music Director Alasdair Neale, Associate Conductor Stephanie Childress, and Jacomo Bairos offer admission-free performances at Idaho's picturesque Sun Valley Pavilion. Highlights include Time for Three playing a new triple concerto by Mason Bates, and festival debuts from Gabriela Martinez (Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20); Gautier Capuçon (Elgar's Cello Concerto), and Olga Kern (Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2). Yuja Wang performs Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 at the 2025 Gala Concert, the only concert that is not free.
The Festival's orchestra performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 and Brahms's Symphony No. 4, and all-Ravel and all-Strauss concerts. Additional programs feature Anna Clyne's Within Her Arms, Arturo Marquez's Danzon No. 2, and Reena Esmail's Testament. Capuçon and Kern join Festival musicians in chamber concerts. LOCATION
Sun Valley, Idaho
WEBSITE
DATES
June 28 - August 21, 2025
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Alasdair Neale
GENRE
Classical
TICKET PRICE RANGE $Free to $
Additional ticket information: All tickets are free with the exception of the Gala.
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 208-622-5607
BOOKING CONTACTS
Deanna Harned, artistic planning director
Booking cycle date range
Fall 2025 for summer 2026 or 2027
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Sunriver Music Festival
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Tanglewood
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
The 2025 Tanglewood season will feature more than 100 performances, including 11 weeks of concerts and other events by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Tanglewood Music Center, and Tanglewood Learning Institute; chamber music, recital, and concert opera presentations in Ozawa Hall; and a series of Popular Artist concerts.
BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons will lead 10 programs and two master classes, including a new piano concerto by John Williams and a concert version of Tosca with Kristine Opolais and Bryn Terfel. Grammy-winning composer Gabriela Ortiz curates the Festival of Contemporary Music, July 24-28, and Keith Lockhart celebrates his 30th anniversary as Boston Pops conductor. LOCATION
Lenox, Massachusetts
WEBSITE
DATES
June 21 - August 31, 2025
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Andris Nelsons
GENRES
Classical • Pop/Folk
TICKET PRICE RANGE $17 to $225
Additional ticket information: Ticket prices are subject to change; see here for current pricing.
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 888-266-1200
BOOKING CONTACTS
Booking cycle date range
The booking cycle is the preceding summer or earlier
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TIME:SPANS Festival 2025
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Tippet Rise Art Center
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West Edge Summer Opera Festival
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
LOCATION
Oakland Scottish Rite Center and Lake Merit, Oakland, Californnia
WEBSITE
DATES
August 2-16, 2025
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Mark Streshinsky
GENRE
Opera
TICKET PRICE RANGE $10 to $170
Additional ticket information: We offer series tickets for set dates for three shows—make your own series; single tickets available. $10 rush tickets also available.
TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
Telephone: 510-841-1903
BOOKING CONTACTS
Kenneth Kellogg, director of marketing and engagement
Booking cycle date range
One year in advance
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