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(UK) Greenwich Festival -- quick snaps (Nov. 14/2009)

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Visit this YouTube site (Stuart Walsh) for a short video clip on the Greenwich Festival of Nov. 2009.

Early Music Exhibition 14 Nov 2009

Published: Dec 24, 2009 - 05:21 PM

(AR) Festival de Clave en la Asociación Cultural Pestalozzi (Nov. 13 - Dec. 4/2009)

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For several years Leopoldo Perez has administered a series of harpsichord concerts and classes ­ sometimes more than a dozen in a season ­ and those concerts have developed an audience, and given harpsichordists from at least four continents a platform in Argentina. Last year a group began  conversations about furthering the influence of the harpsichord and its music and that has resulted in a month-long series of concerts beginning Friday, Nov. 13/2009.

Published: Nov 11, 2009 - 08:37 PM
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(UK) The 2009 Greenwich International Early Music Festival and Exhibition (Nov. 13-15/2009)

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“EXHIBITION - The Greenwich Exhibition of Early Musical Instruments is the largest Early Music Exhibition of its kind! A wide cross-section of early instrument makers from around the globe, shops, music publishers, societies, recording companies and early music forums all gathered under one roof.

Published: Nov 03, 2009 - 06:41 PM
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(NL) Van Wassenaer Festival & Concours -- Announce 2009 Winners

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The International Competition of Wassenaer is the world's leading and oldest competition for early music ensembles. The competition has succeeded for over 20 years in young, ambitious ensembles support towards the concert stage. With top musicians in the international jury at the program and the competition has become a festival, with competitions, concerts, master classes and more.

The complete results of the 15th International Competition of Wassenaer 2009:

Published: Nov 02, 2009 - 10:15 PM
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(DE) Early Music Workshop Trossingen (Oct. 8-11, 2009)

Workshops/Festivals 2009 Hochschule Trossingen (the largest Early Music department in Germany) is accepting applications for the "Atelier for Early Music 2009" Masterclasses untill September 4, 2009. This short but intensive workshop is a great opportunity to meet teachers, explore the comprehensive facilities, play upon a first-rate collection of early instruments, and become inspired once again with music.

Published: Sep 06, 2009 - 09:15 AM
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(ES) Spanish Keyboard Music & Bolero Dance (International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music) (Oct 8-12/2009)

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Along with this year’s theme at the 10th International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music
"Diego Fernández" courses in harpsichord and dance are being taught.

Published: Jul 30, 2009 - 08:48 PM
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(UK) Dolmetsch Summer School (Aug. 2 - 8/ 2009)

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“Dolmetsch Recorder Course 2 - 8 August 2009
under the auspices of
XIIth Musical Summer at Llandovery College, Carmarthenshire, Wales
International Music Course With Languages, Classical Music & Jazz

Llandovery College was endowed in 1847 and opened at a time when the quality and quantity of education in Wales left much to be desired. A philanthropic desire to provide good education in Wales was one potent reason for Thomas Phillips’ action.

Published: Jul 29, 2009 - 10:09 PM
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(US) The Over the Water Hurdy-Gurdy Festival (Sept. 15-20/09)

Workshops/Festivals 2009 “The Over the Water Hurdy-Gurdy festival brings together hurdy-gurdy players, builders, and teachers for intensive instruction, jamming, fellowship, and good food. Classes cover melodic techniques, rhythm, repertoire, and instrument setup and maintenance, with instruction tailored for beginning through advanced players.

Evening events include instructor concerts, an open mike, and many jam sessions (including slow jams for those of us who don't learn tunes at warp speed). On Saturday evening we will gather for a dance party featuring live music by festival participants, who collectively form the largest hurdy-gurdy band in the Western Hemisphere.

Published: Jul 29, 2009 - 09:41 AM
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(US) National Flute Association (NFA) -- Baroque Flute Artist Competition (Aug. 13-16/09)

Workshops/Festivals 2009 “New York City -- The fifth biennial Baroque Flute Artist Competition is for outstanding performers on baroque flute/traverso. Six semifinalists will be selected on the basis of their recorded preliminary auditions to compete at the convention.

Published: Jul 25, 2009 - 12:28 PM
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(US) Early Keyboard Conference (WEKA) (Sept. 19-20/2009)

Workshops/Festivals 2009 “A conference of special interest to organists, harpsichordists and fortepianists will be held September 19-20, 2009, in Tacoma, WA.  It is sponsored by the Western Early Keyboard Association (WEKA) in association with Christ Episcopal Church and Pacific Lutheran University. 

Published: Jul 20, 2009 - 09:26 PM
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(IT) IX CONGRESSO INTERNAZIONALE SUL CLAVICORDO (Sept. 16-19/09)

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The year 2009 is the occasion to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Josef Haydn’s death. We know his clavichord, an instrument by Johann Bohak (Vienna, 1794), now in the Museum of the Royal College of Music in London. As Haydn’s relation with our instrument has not been put much in evidence until now, we will take the opportunity of this Symposium to further our knowledge on the interpretation of his works on the most expressive of the keyboard
instruments.

The eighteenth century was also a period in which the trend towards louder sonority saw the progressive growth of the fortepiano, after its invention by Bartolomeo Cristofori. This genial inventor took the harpsichord as a starting point; some decades later, the German instrument builders followed the same path, but starting from the clavichord, and invented the square piano. Fifty years ago, the growing interest for the ancient fortepiano was directed almost exclusively towards the grand fortepiano, considering the square piano as a “second class” instrument, similar to our modern upright piano. The second aim of this meeting is to deepen this theme and to give back to the square piano its rightful place in the history of the musical instruments, a place demonstrated by its rich iconography.

As usual, our central topics will not be our unique field of activity, and we will also dedicate time to other themes.

It is our great pleasure to welcome so many of you this time and to wish you a pleasant and fruitful sojourn in Magnano.

Published: Jul 06, 2009 - 11:25 AM
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Articles: (CA) Grand River Baroque Festival -- update (June 19-21, 2009)

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The Grand River Baroque Festival presents its 8th season on the beautiful grounds of the Buehlow Barn in Ayr and in Paris , Ontario (Canada), June 19, 20 & 21, 2009. Artistic directors Guy Few and Nadina Mackie Jackson present a feast of string symphonies, concerti for violin, trumpet, bassoon and lute, featuring beloved and rare works including Vivaldi's Four Seasons.  Superstar chamber music guests include Flanders Recorder Quartet and Folia.  Invigorate the senses in a weekend of exciting music, spectacle, and food, commencing with the masquerade concert and party on June 19.  Celebrate the Baroque from a new perspective.  Join us for A Breath of Fresh Air!

Visit website for contact and ticket sale information (ed.): Grand River Baroque Festival

  

Published: May 18, 2009 - 07:23 PM

Articles: (DE) Handel Festival 2009 (June 4-14, 2009)

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Handel – the European

The Halle Handel Festival 2009 is under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Horst Köhler.

In this major Handel anniversary year of 2009, we cordially invite you to come and experience the music of the great master of Halle at venues he knew during his youth. With performances by world-class musicians, pieces well-known and pieces newly discovered, for Halle, the city of Handel, 2009 is a year of festivities and you are warmly invited to join in the celebrations with us.

Published: May 17, 2009 - 11:01 PM
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Articles: (AU) Festival Baroque Australia - Solo to Symphony (Sept. 18-21, 2009)

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Australia's first Baroque Music Festival is coming to Perth from 18th - 21st September 2009. A celebration of the music of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and other greats of the Baroque era.

Go for Baroque - it's the New Music of the 21st Century!

Why an Australian Baroque Music Festival?

Baroque music, composed between 1600 and 1750, is the New Music of the 21st Century. Over the last 40 or so years, music scholars, performers and audiences have been discovering just how vibrant, elegant and relevant to our lives this music is.

Published: May 16, 2009 - 12:08 AM
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Articles: (US) Longy School of Music -- International Baroque Institute (July 24-Aug. 2, 2009)

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The International Baroque Institute at Longy offers a comprehensive program for professional and pre-professional singers and players of Baroque violin, cello, recorder, traverso, oboe, viola da gamba, harp, lute and harpsichord, taught by an unparalleled international faculty. Other instrumentalists or continuo players are welcome to participate in chamber ensembles or the institute orchestra. The seminar features eight full days of master classes, ensembles, orchestra sessions, continuo coaching, concerts, lectures and projects, and opportunity for public performances. To provide the highest level learning experience, we select our faculty from among the finest performers and teachers in the field of Baroque music.

The Venice-Dresden Connection: A Seminar on Baroque music of Italy and Germany.
Friday, July 24, to Sunday, August 2, 2009

Published: May 15, 2009 - 12:54 AM
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Articles: (CA) Grand River Baroque Festival (June 19-21, 2009)

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“We are very excited to welcome you to our first season as artistic directors. Our plans extend well into the future, building on the superb legacy of the previous directors of this festival, and introducing the Contemporary Baroque Training Institute in 2010. As wind performers who also revel in the beauties of strings, voices and keyboards, we look forward to sharing our unique perspective. We promise to bring you unusual and scintillating repertoire along with beloved standards.

Published: May 07, 2009 - 10:27 PM
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Articles: (IT) 41st International Early Music Course (Urbino, IT) (July 18-27, 2009)

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Articles: (DE) Stimmwercktage – Stimmwerck Days Festival (Aug. 7-9, 2009)

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“At very few places do music and architecture join as closely together as at the Stimmwerck Tage, near to Regensburg.

In the August of each year, in seclusion from the hustle and bustle of the city, listeners dip into the atmosphere of early vocal music in the venerable abbey church.

In 2009, Leonhard Paminger (1495 – 1567) takes center stage in the Stimmwerck Days Festival. In close cooperation with the Musicology Institute (Institut für Musikwissenschaft) of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich , a cross-section of his work will be brought to auditory life on the Adlersberg.

After the events of the day are over, the artists look forward to a friendly communal drink in the cloister tavern next door.“

Visit website for more information. (ed.):  (DE) Stimmwercktage – Stimmwerck Days Festiva

(You may also see a short video from the Stimmwercktage 2008 on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGbqR3aZ2g  )

Published: May 04, 2009 - 09:12 PM

Articles: (US) Boston Early Music Festival (June 6-14, 2009)

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“Join us for our next “weeklong extravaganza of early music” (The Boston Herald) featuring:

•	a fully-staged Baroque Opera featuring world-renowned opera soloists and the Grammy-nominated BEMF Orchestra
•	over a dozen Festival Concerts by the world’s leading soloists and ensembles, plus the Organ and Keyboard Mini-Festivals
•	the BEMF Exhibition, the field’s largest trade show of early music industry professionals
•	Fringe Concerts by established and emerging artists
•	Public Symposia on a broad range of topics
•	the BEMF CD Store, with thousands of superb recordings and hard-to-find titles
•	Performance Masterclasses led by Festival artists
•	Family Day programs, fostering the next generation of early music artists
•	and much more!“ Visit website for more information (ed): BEMF

Published: Apr 28, 2009 - 12:51 PM

Articles: (CZ) Prachatice Summer School of Early Music (July 12-19, 2009)

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Summer School of Early Music 2009 is an Early Music course targeting the historically informed performance mainly of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music. This year some of the recorder classes will concentrate on the contemporary or folk music.

The programme of the course includes individual lessons, group teaching of techniques, ensemble playing, listening workshops, lectures, and concerts of lecturers and participants and lots of chances to play with fellow participants (instrumentalists as well as vocalists) from all over the World.

Prachatice is situated in the southern part of Czech Republic, c. 30 km east of České Budějovice, 130 km south from Prague, 200 km north-east of Munich and 200 km north-west of Vienna.

The town is fascinating primarily because of its large medieval fortifications, entrance gate with battlements, dominant late Gothic church, the Old Town-Hall with inner porticos and a number of Renaissance buildings.

Faculty:

Peter Holtslag Recorder, Baroque flute

Alan Davis Recorder

Kerstin de Witt Recorder

Jostein Gundersen Recorder

Jan Rokyta Recorder

Liselotte Rokyta Panpipes

Rebecca Stewart Early singing

Mami Irisawa Early singing

Julie Braná Recorder

Monika Devátá Recorder - Children's Class

Jan Kvapil Recorder

Edita Keglerová Harpsichord

Visit website for more information (ed.): Prachatice Summer School of Early Music

Published: Apr 26, 2009 - 07:43 PM

Articles: (CA) Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival 2009

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An acclaimed series of summer courses and concerts jointly sponsored by Early Music Vancouver & the School of Music, University of British Columbia:

• July 26 through July 31: Lute Workshop West
  
  Faculty: Robert Barto; Jacob Heringman; Nigel North; Pat O’Brien; Grant Tomlinson and with the participation of Ray Nurse
  
  
  
  


• July 26 through August 7 Baroque Vocal Programme“The Compleat Singer”
  
  Faculty:
  
       Course co-directors: Ray Nurse & Margret Gries      
  
         Ellen Hargis voice
  
         Steven Adby gesture, dance & stage movement
  
         Ray Nurse vocal coachings, lute, performance practice
  
         Margret Gries vocal coachings, philosophy, harpsichord
  
         Michael Jarvis vocal coachings, harpsichord
  
  
  
  

Published: Apr 26, 2009 - 07:09 PM
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Articles: (FR) XXIIÈME FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE MUSIQUE (July 9-14, 2009)

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The “XXIIÈME Festival International de Musique” announce their programme. 

With the participation of the following ensembles  (more than 150 musicians) :

Le Chœur d’enfants Cantate Domino (9, 11 & 14 July)

L’ensemble « Caminos 2011 » (9 & 10 July)

Les solistes du Conservatoire Itinérant (9, 10 & 13 July)

Le Poème Harmonique (11 July)

« Le Tendre Amour » (13 July)

Les jeunes organistes naboriens (10 & 11 July)

With the participation of conductors Vincent Dumestre, Gabriel Garrido, Esteban Mazer, David de Geest

Visit website for more information: Le Couvent

Published: Apr 22, 2009 - 10:18 PM

Articles: (FR) Le Festival des Sept Roses de Saint Quirin en 2009 (May 16 - Aug. 30, 2009)

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The “Festival des Sept Roses de Saint Quirin en 2009” has announced its programme. 

Some details:

En mai

Saint-Quirin

Samedi 16 – 20h30 Espace Pierre Fachat

« Les orgues oubliées du Pérou »

En juin

Saint-Quirin

Dimanche 14 – 17h30 Église prieurale

Voix et orgue au Festival des Sept Roses

Musiques sacrées et profanes (Bach, Haendel, Mozart…)

En juillet

Dimanche 5 : Saint-Quirin

Journée « Pérou magique »

Vendredi 31 juillet

17h, auditorium du Couvent de Saint-Ulrich

Accueil des stagiaires et symposium d’ouverture du 3ème stage international de clavecin de Saint-Quirin

Published: Apr 22, 2009 - 10:08 PM
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Articles: (FR) Blandine Verlet, Harpsichord Masterclasses (Paris) (May 30 - June 1, 2009)

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Blandine Verlet will host harpsichord and chamber music masterclasses in Paris from May 30th to June 1st , 2009. The masterclasses are offered to all levels of harpsichordists and for  those interested in chamber music.

For more information, visit this site: http://www.spectable.com or contact: jeanluc_ho@hotmail.com

Published: Apr 20, 2009 - 06:09 PM

Articles: (IT) Musica Antica a Serrapetrona, Early Music Summer Courses (July 5 - 12, 2009)

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“”This year marks the 5th edition of Musica Antica a Serrapetrona, offering you 8 days of Baroque Music in a medieval town in the heart of Italy. Daily lessons, concerts, excursions to historical monuments and wine cellars, all in a unique and inspiring landscape: all of this for just EUR 290,-  inclusive acccomodation.



Teacher: Marco Vitale, organ, chamber music and basso continuo

Published: Apr 20, 2009 - 05:32 PM
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