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09-Mar-2010: Sarajevo Winter 2010 is closed - Motto for 2011 is "Art of Love"
Sarajevo
The 26th International Festival Sarajevo “Sarajevo Winter“ was realised under the title “WAT (World Art Tendency) – What Now?“ with 129 projects on 39 venues including 1.500 artists form 43 countries. Tens of thousands of visitors attended the festival. Closing one festival edition means opening the next one: the 2011 festival will be celebrated under the motto “Art is Love”. - more...
28-Feb-2010: March Music Days International Festival presents its programme at press conference
2 March 2010, Ruse Municipality, Bulgaria
In 2010, the March Music Days International Festival (Ruse/Bulgaria) is celebrating its 50th anniversary from 13 - 28 March. Tuesday, 2 March 2010, the festival programme and schedule will be officially presented by the Director of the Festival, Mrs. Iva Chavdarova, at a press conference at 11:00 in the Round Hall of Ruse Municipality. - more...
22-Feb-2010: Sarajevo “Sarajevo Winter” receives international support for 26th edition
The International Festival Sarajevo “Sarajevo Winter” is a traditional meeting place for artists and citizens from all over the world. The 26th edition takes place from 7 until 28 February 2010. The diverse programme ranges from visual and performing arts to music and theatre, from workshops and literary gatherings to children’s activities and film. - more...
23-Feb-2010: Programme of Festival de Mexico available on the EFA website
Under the motto "Déjate transformar!" (Let yourself be transformed!) the Festival de Mexico kicks off its 26th edition on 11 March 2010. Thanks to the diversity of its events (opera, music, theatre, dance, visual arts, electronic arts, activities for children, academic workshops and round tables etc.) and its undeniably modern hallmark that refuses to lose sight of its beginnings, the festival caters to a broad range of public interests. The full programme is available on the EFA website. - more...
17-Feb-2010: Italiafestival to organise 2nd edition of European Week of Festivals
The first edition of the European Week of Festivals (30 July - 5 August 2009), which was a pilot event, was joined by members of the European Festivals Association (EFA) from: Macedonia, Portugal, France and, in Italy: Emilia Romagna Festival, Festival della Valle d’Itria, Festival Puccini, Paestum Festival and Stresa Festival. The theme was creativity and technological innovation on the occasion of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. - more...
02-Feb-2010: Seminar to focus on festivals’ ability to support creativity and increase access to arts
At the occasion of the 5th Annual EFA Collective and Affiliate Members’ Meeting, Swedish Music Festivals (SMF) together with the European Festivals Association (EFA) cordially invite you to a half-day public seminar entitled “Festivals – Increasing Access, Supporting Creativity”. It takes place on Friday, 12 February, from 9.30 until 12.30 in the Immanuel Church at Kungstensgatan 17. - more...
15-Jan-2010: Berliner Festspiele release MaerzMusik Programme: “Utopia [Lost]”
MaerzMusik, the festival of contemporary music by the Berliner Festspiele, will take place in Berlin from 19th until 28th March. Under the dialectic motto "Utopia [lost]", the ninth edition of MaerzMusik, with more than 30 performances, exemplary works, six new music theatre productions and 19 premieres, explores music as a realm of utopian thought and practice, of memory and hope, but also as a place for the reflection of loss and failure, resignation and decline, death and beyond. - more...
11-Jan-2010: Ivo Josipovic elected President of Croatia
Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic, a scholar, composer and the director of Music Biennale Zagreb (member of the European Festivals Association since 1997), convincingly won the presidential election in Croatia on 10 January 2010. - more...
18-Dec-2009: REMA announces its Grand Audition 2010
The purpose of the GRAND AUDITION of REMA, the European Early Music Network, is to create a platform for all experienced European early music ensembles wanting to be auditioned by REMA member European festival organisers. - more...
25-Nov-2009: 53rd edition of Ghent Festival of Flanders: 18 September - 10 October 2010
Ghent
Ghent Festival of Flanders is already busy preparing for its — wait for it — 53rd edition in 2010. The festival’s success is in great part due to its unique mix of diversity and creativity.
Each year, over 180 concerts (classical and world music) are presented by more than 1400 (inter)national artists. Superb performances, splendid locations and fresh concepts, like “OdeGand”, “Festival Avanti!”, “Festival Made!” and “uFo!” usually attract a 40.000-strong audience. - more...
18-Nov-2009: REMA meeting lays down objectives for 2010
The most recent meeting of REMA, the European Early Music Network, on 30 and 31 October 2009 in Louvain brought together around 20 participants, to discuss music and the visual arts. - more...
16-Nov-2009: Edinburgh International Festival attends seminar on “European Festivals”
On 2 December 2009, Brussels celebrates the ‘Scotland Week’, with the participation of the Edinburgh International Festival and a seminar on “European Festivals: Driving Success Through Culture”. The European Festivals Association (EFA), the Scottish Government, the European Commission and the City of Edinburgh Council participate in the seminar. - more...
10-Nov-2009: Blue Note and More adds “Schwing” to the JazzFest Berlin ’09
JazzFest Berlin ’09 culminated in a triumphant finish Sunday evening with John Scofield’s Piety Street Band and Booker T. in a fully sold-out hall. Other closing night highlights were the duo performance by jazz singer Sheila Jordan and Steve Kuhn at ‘Haus der Berliner Festspiele’ and Paolo Fresu (Blue Note Italy) late-night at club Quasimodo. - more...
06-Nov-2009: France Festivals celebrates 50th anniversary
France Festivals celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special evening on 13 November. The French federation of international music festivals demonstrates the artistic dynamic and the diversity of programmes of its members with a series of concerts selected by the member festivals. - more...
03-Nov-2009: international literaturfestival berlin: After the festival is before the festival
After the festival is before the festival. The team of the international literaturfestival berlin (ilb) is currently preparing the 10th edition, with the focus on Eastern Europe. It will take place from the 15th to the 26th of September 2010. - more...
16-Oct-2009: Alex Nowitz wins 2. ECPNM European Competition for Live-Electronic Music Projects
More than 40 projects from all over Europe were proposed for the 2. ECPNM European Competition for Live-Electronic Music Projects. An international jury selected 6 projects; on 4 October they were premiered at the final concert of the ISCM World New Music Days 2009 in Gothenburg. The jury awarded Alex Nowitz (Germany) as winner of the competition. He performed himself in his work "Minotaurus" (for singer/performer, live-el. gestural controllers). - more...
07-Oct-2009: France Festivals: Colloque sur l'audience des festivals (12/13 novembre, Montpellier)
Après avoir abordé la question de l’utilité des festivals et leur apport dans l’univers musical à Royaumont en 2003 (‘‘La musique a-t-elle besoin des festivals ?’’) puis le fonctionnement des festivals à l’Epau en 2006 (‘‘Les nouveaux territoires de festivals’’), France Festivals s’intéresse en 2009 à la question des publics. - more...
06-Oct-2009: Christian Gerhaher awarded Rheingau Musikpreis 2009
Oestrich-Winkel, 30 September 2009
Baritone Christian Gerhaher is awarded the Rheingau Musikpreis 2009. The Award is an initiative of the Rheingau Musik Festival. Read the press release in German here below. - more...
14-Sep-2009: Ted Hearne wins Gaudeamus Prize 2009
Amsterdam, 10 September 2009
At the final concert of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009, which took place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 7 to 12 September, the Gaudeamus Prize was awarded to the American composer Ted Hearne (1982). He receives the award of 4,550 Euros, intended as a commission for a new work to be performed at the next edition of the International Gaudeamus Music Week in 2010. - more...
