7 February - 21 March 2012 | International Sarajevo Winter Festival

19 May 2012, 20:15 | Flanders Festival Mechelen
La Hispanoflamenca conducted by Bart Vandewege
"The Flanders Festival Mechelen dedicates this concert to the 60th anniversary of EFA, because it brings together the European idea: crossing borders to discover ‘new’ things, even when they are 400 years old." (Veerle Declerck, Director)

20 May 2012, 20:00 | Festival Echternach
Concert Fazil Say (piano)

4 June 2012 | Vilnius Festival
Notturno Passacaglia - composition by Ennio Morricone dedicated to EFA's 60th anniversary

13 June 2012 | Festival Pianistico Internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo
Hommage to Claude Debussy

16 June 2012 | Varna Summer International Music Festival
Festival Opening - P. Vladigerov – Vardar Rhapsody and P. I. Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italiano

16 June 2012 | Mexico City University Orchestra
Notturno Passacaglia - composition by Ennio Morricone dedicated to EFA's 60th anniversary

17 June 2012 | Rheingau Musik Festival
Celebrating its 25th anniversary

20 June - 13 September 2012 | Festival Ljubljana dedicates its own 60th anniversary edition to the EFA Jubilee

24 June 2012 | Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada
Concert of the Orquesta Nacional de España

26 June 2012 | Concentus Moraviae International Music Festival of 13 Towns
Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra

27 July 2012 | Mosel Musikfestival
20:00, Barocksaal Kloster Machern Bernkastel-Kues (Germany) - Julia Fischer - Quartett.

3 August 2012 | Flanders Festival Bruges
20:00, Concertgebouw Brugge - “Mia Speranza Adorata" Concertaria’s from Mozart
W.A. Mozart wrote a number of virtuoso concert arias for his first love: soprano Aloysia Weber. The soloist (Sabine Devieilhe) is pushed to extreme expressiveness in these miniature operas. The new period ensemble Les Ambassadeurs opens the festival with an exciting programme

4 August 2012 | Ohrid Summer Festival
21:00, Antique Theatre Ohrid - Concert of PERPETUUM JAZZILE choir
The choir Perpetuum Jazzile from Slovenia is a world vocal attraction. Its performances are praised by the critics for their dynamic, rich harmonies, powerful rhythms, humour and charm. Perpetuum Jazzile's diverse repertoire comprises wide range of jazz and popular music genres. Find out more!
"The Ohrid Summer Festival has the honour to dedicate this event to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of EFA. Since 1994, the Ohrid Summer Festival (which celebrates the 52nd edition in 2012) has been a member of the European Festivals Association, thus, the concert of Perpetuum Jazzile has been dedicated to honour the good collaboration, the support and the membership to this renowned association of European festivals. Congratulating EFA on its Diamond Jubilee, the Ohrid Summer Festival hopes to maintain the excellent collaboration in the future." (Gordana Josifova-Nedelkovska, Music Director Ohrid Summer Festival)

14 August 2012, 22:00 | Festival Internacional de Música Castell de Peralada
World première of the Java Suite by Agusti Charles and Marc Rosich

25 August 2012 | Santander International Festival
Concert dedicated to EFA 60 Years On

6 September 2012 | International Festival Wratislavia Cantans, Wroclaw
EFA 60th Anniversary Day: Palestrina & Liszt: Christus. Roman Reforms and Reflections and Mykietyn, Mozart, Markowicz – Quartets

6 September 2012 | Flanders Festival Brussels
Symphony of Psalms
Michel Tabachnik - Brussels Philharmonic & Vlaams Radio Koor with Anneleen Lenaerts (Harp)

13 September 2012 | Emilia Romagna Festival
Notturno Passacaglia - composition by Ennio Morricone dedicated to EFA's 60th anniversary

18 September 2012 | International Izmir Festival
Dr. Nejat Eczacıbaşı Composition Contest, more details: press release "Finale Excitement of the Young Composers" (13 September 2012), press release "Composition Contest in Izmir: winning work “Kuyucakli Yusuf” dedicated to EFA" (19 September)
"The International Izmir Festival emphasises featuring world renowned artists and has proudly provided opportunities to numerous great artists to perform at unique ancient venues for 26 years. As a member of the European Festivals Association, we believe that we share the common significant objectives of EFA in artistic, cultural and social aspects. We believe multidisciplinary arts can create, establish, enrich, and promote cultural links and mutual understanding between Turkey and Europe. EFA is a unique organisation for festivals having a common agenda in a global context. To celebrate EFA’s Diamond Jubilee we dedicated the final concert of the 8th Dr. Nejat Eczacıbaşı National Composition Contest which encourages young contemporary Turkish composers and has contributed over 150 new symphonic works to our polyphonic music." (Filiz Eczacıbaşı Sarper, President of İKSEV)

11 October 2012 | Belgrade Music Festival
Grand Opening Gala of BEMUS with No Borders Orchestra

24 October 2012 | CULTURESCAPES, Basel
Conference dedicated to the Bergen Agenda

28 October 2012 | TRANSIT Festival (Flanders Festival Vlaams-Brabant, Leuven, Belgium)
Ensemble Intercontemporain with compositions of Enno Poppe and Luc Brewaeys
Debate on the role of festivals in new music and music education, with Henk Heuvelmans

21 December 2012 | International Festival Sarajevo Winter
Round Table “Art and Prophecy” 

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