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The Atelier Valletta will start tomorrow!22 March 2019Tomorrow the 15th edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers is going to kick off in Valletta, Malta where 34 young festival makers from 20 different nationalities and all continents will meet...
Happy to announce the local guest speakers for the Atelier Valletta21 March 2019The city, country and context where an Atelier takes place is key to the programme and discussions and as such we are very much looking forward to meet up and exchange with numerous guest speakers...
EU Funds mobility for individual artists 20 March 2019EU Funds mobility for individual artists – pilot project, i-Portunes, to be launched in AprilFor the first time ever, the European Commission is planning a mobility scheme that will help individual...
Early Music Season 2019/2020 announced20 March 2019The Early Music Season represents the finest music from the Middle
Ages, Renaissance and Baroque, performed by local and international top
musicians and ensembles at more than 35 special locations...
Angela Delgado and Anthony Richter will be our international guest speakers at Atelier Valletta20 March 20193 days to go before the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Valletta Malta start and delighted to introduce you to Angela Delgado (Director Hay Festival Imagina el Mundo) and Anthony Richter (...
Meet our Keynote Speaker for the Atelier Valletta: Shahidul Alam19 March 2019It is an honour to have The Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2018, award-winning photographer, teacher, writer and human right activist Shahidul Alam, who will be our keynote speaker at the...
Roy Luxford, our fifth and last Atelier Valletta mentor to be introduced! 15 March 2019We would like to introduce you to Roy Luxford, Programme Director of Edinburgh International Festival, who will be joining to our expert group of mentors during the first Atelier days in Valetta...
Meet our fourth mentor for the Atelier Valletta: Brett Pyper14 March 2019We are delighted to introduce you our fourth mentor Brett Pyper, who will be guiding us during the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Valletta between 23 – 29 March 2019....
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival: "Beethoven and the Songs of Romanticism"14 March 2019The 23rd
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival will be held in Warsaw from 7 to 19 April.
Over 13 days, it will present 12 symphonic concerts, 4
chamber concerts, 2 song recitals and a concert for...
Introducing a third mentor at the Atelier Valletta: Faisal Kiwewa - Uganda 13 March 2019In less than 2 weeks, founder of Bayimba Cultural Foundation and Artistic Director of Bayimba International Festival - Uganda, Faisal Kiwewa will also be joining us as one of our mentors in...
Joins us as well as mentor for the Atelier Valletta: Luiz Coradazzi - Brazil 12 March 2019We are more than happy to announce that, as one of our mentors, Luiz Coradazzi will also be sharing his vast knowledge over festival management with us, during the Atelier for Young Festival Managers...
Delighted to announce Robyn Archer - Australia, mentor during the Atelier Valletta7 March 2019Singer, writer, creator and Artistic Director The Light in Winter Festival Robyn Archer will be joining us again as one of our mentors for the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Valletta...
Call for artists' support for a democratic Europe!6 March 2019Bernard Foccroulle (former director Festival d'art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence, organist); Paul Dujardin (BOZAR, Brussels); Kathrin Deventer (European Festivals Association); Tere Badia (Culture...
Mike van Graan will be facilitating our Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Valetta6 March 2019We are more than excited to introduce to you Mike van Graan, who will be facilitating our 15th edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers, which will take place in less than three weeks in...
Klarafestival kicks off 14 March!5 March 2019From 14 to 29 March the Klarafestival takes place in
different venues in Brussels. It’s the last edition under the direction of
Hendrik Storme (Artistic Director) and Sophie Detremmerie (Managing...
European Commissioner for Culture meets Festival Directors 5 March 20195 March 2019There is a major shift happening in the
European sector of arts festivals. A new instrument is ready for the
arts-loving public and enthusiastic festival organisations: the website FestivalFinder.eu...
Fantastique! The Audi Summer Concerts 20195 March 2019On 5 March, Lisa Batiashvili presented the program of this year’s Audi Summer Concerts in Ingolstadt. Under the motto “Fantastique!”, Batiashvili, the new artistic director of this festival,...
EFA Members welcome DiscoverEU young travellers2 March 2019DiscoverEU, is an initiative of the European Commission
launched in June 2018 that gives European youngsters turning 18 the opportunity to travel around Europe (28 EU Member States) by train. It&...
Register now at reduced rate for Communicating The Arts Copenhagen1 March 2019How can arts organisations become impactful and inspiring leaders
for their communities? Could our competitors also be our best collaborators? Discover
the big new ideas for establishing...
Tom Creed on the Festival Readings Sochi 201927 February 2019Reflections
of Tom Creed, lecturer at the Festival Readings Sochi, on 3 inspiring days at
the Winter International Arts Festival:It
was fantastic to return to Sochi for the second time and participate...
Lucerne Summer Festival 2019: Theme of "Power"27 February 2019“Power” is the theme of this year's Summer Festival, which addresses a topic that has multifaceted connections to music. Three faces of “Power” reflect prototypical layers of society that...
Update on the Atelier ELEUSIS, Greece 201925 February 2019The first Atelier for Greek Festival Managers, the Greek version of the
Atelier for Young Festival Managers, tailor made for the needs of the Greek
festivals’ professionals, was organized in Eleusis...
MASTERCLASSES OF LJUBLJANA FESTIVAL19 February 2019With its
top-quality cultural content, Festival Ljubljana not only cultivates and educates,
raises cultural awareness and contributes to general knowledge, but also
provides experiences that broaden...
Pilot Mobility Scheme for Artists and / or Culture Professionals February 2019 - Official Announcement14 February 2019In May 2018, the European Commission published its Communication on “A New European Agenda for Culture”. The New Agenda proposes more direct action in relation to the mobility of artists and...
Apply now for Atelier NEXT6 February 2019Extended Deadline 10 March // Application Atelier NEXT - Eurometropolis (BE/FR - 13 to 19 November 2019)The application deadline for the 16th edition of
the Atelier
for Young Festival Managers...
Dubrovnik Summer Festival celebrates 70th anniversary in 20194 February 2019The 70th Dubrovnik
Summer Festival will be held from 10 July to 25 August on around twenty
site-specific locations in Dubrovnik. On Saturday 2 February the programme was
announced by its artistic team...
New campaign launched by Culture Action Europe: No Europe without culture25 January 2019EU citizens are called to the ballot boxes to take part in European Parliamentary elections 23-26 May 2019. In the run-up to the vote, Culture Action Europe calls on political parties to recognise...
ABU DHABI MUSIC & ARTS FOUNDATION UNVEILS ECLECTIC LINE-UP FOR THE ABU DHABI FESTIVAL 201924 January 2019Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, UAE Minister of Tolerance, the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) announced a diverse headline programme as part of the Abu...
Festival Production Management Training 2019 - Closing News 23 January 2019Between 16 - 19 January, the fourth
edition of the 3-module Festival Production Management Training was launched
with Module I, taking place in Antwerp, Belgium. The Festival Academy (an
initiative of...
Launch 4th edition of the Festival Production Management Training, today 16 January, Antwerp (BE)16 January 2019The Festival
Academy (an initiative of the European Festivals
Association – EFA), together with the host and partner deSingel
International Arts Campus, are very much looking forward to welcome the...
