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- Join the European Festivals Association (EFA) in 201617 December 2015The European Festivals Association (EFA) is inviting festivals to join the Association in 2016. Membership in EFA means for festivals to have exclusive access and direct contact to a core group of...
- FestFlash of EFA & EFFE (December 2015): Festival highlights from across the globe16 December 20152015 was an exciting year for the European Festivals Association and EFFE - Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe. A new festival community has been created that unites almost 800 festivals...
- Kristjan Järvi and Baltic Sea Music Education Foundation announce new orchestra15 December 2015Berlin, 15 December 2015. Kristjan Järvi and the Baltic Sea Music Education Foundation have announced the formation of a new multinational orchestra, Baltic Sea Philharmonic, as a sister orchestra...
- EFFE Guide offered at discount3 December 2015“The unique ability of festivals to draw a crowd that is curious to encounter ‘the other’ is as relevant as ever,” says Vincent Baudriller, President of the EFFE International Jury, in his...
- Vladimir Jurowski new Artistic Director of Enescu International Festival 2 December 2015[19 November 2015, Bucharest, Romania] The Principal Conductor of London Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of the State Academic Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”, Vladimir...
- Call to festivals: host a young production manager as part of new training 2 December 2015The Festival Production Management Training is a new format of The Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA). It focuses especially on production management...
- Step on stage at Europe’s leading festivals1 December 2015Tuesday, 1 December 2015: The European Festivals Association (EFA), its festival platform – EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe, and the Google Cultural Institute are inviting...
- New on Festival Bytes: The Middle Ages of European Festivals25 November 2015The big performing arts festivals on the ‘old continent’ turned into mass culture over the years. Huge events in which the influence of city marketing is very present. These festivals as...
- New on Festival Bytes: Duties of a privileged theatre maker10 November 2015Back home in Copenhagen after a week spent in Gwangju, South Korea, and the thoughts gathered during the Atelier for Young Festival Managers starts to form into new shapes in my head. At the...
- New on Festival Bytes: Duties of a privileged theatre maker10 November 2015Back home in Copenhagen after a week spent in Gwangju, South Korea, and the thoughts gathered during the Atelier for Young Festival Managers starts to form into new shapes in my head. At the...
- EFA's FestFlash (November 2015): Festival highlights from across the globe5 November 2015What do Kenya and South Korea have in common when in comes to arts and culture? What do you know about the festival scenes in Shanghai or in Tel-Aviv? What about the contemporary dance scene in...
- New on Festival Bytes: What I Heard About The (Arts) World* 064 November 2015While the December through March Festivals are still keeping their programmes under wraps here are some ideas of what you can already look forward to. This edition of What I heard about the (Arts)...
- New on Festival Bytes: New Routes of the Silk Road3 November 2015Following the footsteps of humankind and the journey through history is always fascinating. It is a never-ending story of evolution, adaptation and irresistible instinct to find a nest to survive....
- EFA members met their Asian peers in Shanghai2 November 2015As in previous years, an EFA Delegation went to Shanghai (15-21 October 2015) for the China Shanghai International Arts Festival / Performing Arts Fair. Some 10 EFA members attended the event to...
- Europalia Arts Festival focuses on Turkey 29 October 2015As of October, EUROPALIA focuses on Turkey! Turkey is often called “the cradle of civilization”. Since the earliest prehistoric times Anatolia has served as a bridge between Europe and Asia....
- 2015 Nordic-Baltic Arts Festival Conference to take place in Stockholm28 October 2015The next conference of the Nordic-Baltic Festival Platform will take place on 29-30 October 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference aims to bring together managers and artistic directors of...
- SoNoRo Festival celebrates 10th anniversary 27 October 2015In 2015, the SoNoRo Festival in Bucharest, Romania celebrates its 10th anniversary from 30 October to 16 November. SoNoRo was born in 2006 as an experiment to bring chamber music back to Romania,...
- Lucerne Festival: ARK NOVA in Fukushima26 October 2015LUCERNE FESTIVAL ARK NOVA launches its third season: from 24 October to 3 November the mobile concert hall will be in operation in Fukushima. The name says it all: LUCERNE FESTIVAL ARK NOVA was...
- New on Festival Bytes: South Korea and Kenya: two kids from the same class21 October 2015During the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Gwangju, organised by The Festival Academy, I was privileged to visit some really amazing places and events including the Opening Festival at the...
- New on Festival Bytes: La Bella Vita14 October 2015The Lago Maggiore, nice weather, concerts in historic and stunning settings, good food and fantastic wines; the “Settimane Musicale” had enough to offer! This year, national musicians where...
- Yerevan Perspectives Festival’s autumn season and concerts around the world to conclude next month7 October 2015The Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival launched its autumn season with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, led by music director and conductor Zubin Mehta, on 3 September in Yerevan,...
- New on Festival Bytes: Rethinking our responsibility towards society1 October 2015Looking back at the week of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Gwangju, I have to say that it was a truly unique experience. The Atelier took place in the context of the opening of the Asia...
- EFFE launches online exhibition "Festivals at the Heart of Europe"30 September 2015launched the online exhibition Festivals at the Heart of Europe, curated by theatre and opera director Tom Creed on the Google Cultural Institute platform. This exhibition takes users through an...
- New on Festival Bytes: What I Heard About The (Arts) World* 0530 September 2015"I heard that Europe was moving and shaking with festival life these last months! I heard of a wonderful festival in the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata and took the opportunity to go spend some...
- EFFE Awards for Top 12 Festivals in Europe Announced29 September 2015250 festival representatives from across Europe gathered in Paris on 27 September for the announcement of the first ever EFFE Awards. An International Jury, presided over by Vincent Baudriller,...
- New on Festival Bytes: Experiencing movement in Spain25 September 2015For many the perfect summer holiday involves soaking up on vitamin D on a relaxing spot with nothing to do but enjoy a good rest in good company. Imagine when you can top that by adding to the warm...
- EFFE.eu puts 760 festivals at your fingertips24 September 2015EFFE.eu is launched today as the most comprehensive guide to festivals in Europe. In Europe the arts are just a festival away, and this new website brings information on 760 of Europe’s best...
- Gwangju Atelier for Young Festival Managers confirms success of The Festival Academy24 September 2015[PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, 24 September 2015] The Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), continues extending its offer for training in festival management....
- New on Festival Bytes: Back to reality24 September 2015A week after the Atelier for Young Festival Managers and I am still getting over the 12 extraordinary days in South Korea, 11 of which in Gwangju the ‘cradle of the Korean democratic movement’...
- New on Festival Bytes: What you should know about Tel-Aviv’s festival scene22 September 2015September marks the end of summer and beginning of autumn events in Israel. Temperatures slowly decline beneath 30°C and the holiday season is in full swing. Around the country people pack their...
- International Peace Center Sarajevo: Solidarity with Refugees, Non-violence, Dialogue and Peace21 September 2015On the occasion of the current refugee crisis on a global scale and the International Day of Peace (21 September 2015), which is held this year on the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the...
- EFA's FestFlash (September 2015): Summer of Festivals18 September 2015At the end of September, the European Festivals Association will for the first time unite a new community of festivals through its initiatives EFFE - Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe. On...
- New on Festival Bytes: After the Atelier: how questions can lead to actions18 September 2015Simone Truong, Artistic Director Festival TanzPlan Ost, and Grey Yeoh, independent creative producer and current Head of Arts at the British Council in Malaysia, both participants of the Gwangju...
- Gwangju Atelier: “We all leave determined to act”17 September 2015The second Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Asia took place successfully in Gwangju, South Korea from 31 August to 6 September. Hosted by the Chonnam National University and the Asia Culture...
- New on Festival Bytes: Fringe Benefits15 September 2015In an age of rapid changes to our habits of cultural consumption – an age in which so much of that culture is now semi-intangible, located in the virtual library that is ‘the Cloud’ – there...
- Bulgarian Festivals Association launches festival calendar10 September 2015The Bulgarian Festivals Association (BFA) launched a new festival calendar for Bulgaria. The first edition of the calendar is focused on the capital city – Sofia. The project is accomplished with...
- Long live Wratislavia10 September 2015For half a century the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans has been the most important festival of classical music in this part of Europe. Decades ago it was the only opportunity to meet...
- New on Festival Bytes: We were very hungry8 September 2015I’m stealing the words from one of the participants of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers GWANGJU, Josh McNorton from the UK. “We were very hungry,” his voice boomed across the room...
- Enescu Festival enters a new stage of international development 4 September 2015[PRESS RELEASE, Bucharest, Romania, 2 September 2015] Maestro Zubin Mehta announced in a press statement that he has accepted the invitation to be the Honorary President of the George Enescu...
- Space for beautiful experiences: National Forum of Music to open on 4 September in Wrocław3 September 2015The National Forum of Music in Wroclaw is the most significant cultural development in Poland and the centre of music performance in Wroclaw. Acting also as the home of 11 ensembles and numerous...
- Atelier in Gwangju kicked off: “The Atelier is about sharing ideas, knowledge, dreams”2 September 2015On 31 August 2015 in Gwangju, South Korea at the Convention Hall of the Chonnam National University, the Atelier for Young Festival Managers of The Festival Academy (initiative of the European...
- New on Festival Bytes: The hidden music theatre boom in Finland1 September 2015“How well do we really know ourselves? How confident can we be in predicting what we would or would not do in novel situations that we have never encountered? Could we like God’s favorite angel...
- Atelier goes to Gwangju, public invited to opening and closing sessions27 August 2015The 9th edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers will start next Monday, 31 August in the vibrant city of Gwangju, South Korea. The training programme of The Festival Academy is organised...
- Inge Ceustermans on The Festival Academy, its goals, and ambition for the future24 August 2015The European Festivals Association plays a key role in developing the festival managers of tomorrow. The success of its Atelier for Young Festival Managers programme led to the foundation of The...
- Second Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Asia to kick off 31 August in Gwangju19 August 2015[PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, Belgium/Gwangju, South Korea, 18 August 2015] The next Atelier for Young Festival Managers, an international training programme run by The Festival Academy and...
- Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic tours Germany in September and October, marking 25th anniversary18 August 2015[Seaside Resort Ahlbeck / 18 August] Concerts in Heiden, Hanover and in Peenemünde, Island of Usedom • International newcomer soloists: Heigo Rosin, Hyeyoon Park and Pauli Kari • World...
- New on Festival Bytes: How grateful we must be14 August 2015How grateful we must be, all those who are able to travel, to travel in space, to travel in time (the highest form of this travel must be the travel in our mind, in our souls without moving a...
- New on Festival Bytes: For heaven’s sake14 August 2015“For heaven’s sake” is what my colleagues Piotr Turkiewicz, Renata Puczyńska, both working for the newly built National Forum of Music, and myself came up with when we met in Wroclaw last...
- Monique Veaute to share her broad experience managing arts14 August 2015Monique Veaute, President of the Fondazione Romaeuropa in Italy, will also guide the participants of the next edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers that will take place in Gwangju from...
- Marie-Hélène Falcon explores the ever-shifting frontiers where art and ideas meet11 August 2015Marie-Hélène Falcon, former Director Festival TransAmériques Montréal (Canada), with more than 30 years working in the field of festivals, will participate as a mentor in the next edition of...
- Batumi MusicFest to bring classical music to Georgian Black Sea coast10 August 2015Dedicated to classical music and flamboyant Georgian folklore, the third edition of Batumi MusicFest will be held in Batumi, a magical city at the shore of the Black Sea, 10-15 September 2015. In...
- Seonghee Kim to share her experience in arts and festivals in Asia10 August 2015The participants of the upcoming Atelier for Young Festival Managers will have the opportunity to meet Seonghee Kim, Artistic Director of the Asian Arts Theater/ACC, during the 7-day training...
- 2015 Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy: Irony & Music7 August 2015Humour and irony have their fixed place in classical music but all too often it seems that the world of classical music comes off too serious and too stiff. The Gstaad Menuhin Festival &...
- Chiaki Soma: eager to improve dialogue between art and society6 August 2015One of the mentors joining the Atelier for Young Festival Managers for the first time and who will be sharing her experience with the 36 selected festival managers during the week in Gwangju...
- Festival Readings – Sibiu/Romania, 16-18 June 20155 August 2015The 4th edition of the Festival Readings took place in Sibiu, Romania, from 16 to 18 June 2015, in collaboration with the Sibiu Performing Arts Market. Under the coordination of Hugo De Greef, the...
- 2015 Stresa Festival with diverse programme of high artistic quality4 August 2015The 2015 Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore – the Stresa Festival – is about to start, with 24 not-to-be-missed concerts on the banks of stunning Lake Maggiore and its magnificent...
- Robyn Archer: “Your mission is not just entertainment”4 August 2015One of the presenters who will participate in the Atelier Gwangju, taking place from 31 August to 6 September 2015, and exchange with 35 young artistic festival directors from all over the world is...
- New on Festival Bytes: Almada International Theatre Festival is a letter from Portugal to Europe30 July 2015A special letter to a director who is missed but left us with a prestigious international theatre festival: "Dear Joaquim Benite, This 32nd edition of the Almada International Theatre Festival (...
- New on Festival Bytes: What I Heard About The (Arts) World* live30 July 2015There is a saying: “You are what you eat.” We think artistic creation is food for the soul, so what better way to tell others about who you are and what you hold dear than through the artistic...
- Hugo De Greef: “The Atelier is about exchanging experiences”29 July 2015In the run-up to the Atelier for Young Festival Managers inGwangju taking place from 31 August to 6 September, all presenters who will participate to exchange with 35 young artistic festival...
- Nele Hertling: “You are the one to enable the artist to create something”29 July 2015Nele Hertling, former Vice President of the Academy of Arts Berlin in Germany, is one of the presenters who will participate in the upcoming Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Gwangju taking...
- 66th Dubrovnik Summer Festival about to open28 July 2015The 66th Dubrovnik Summer Festival, taking place from 10 July to 25 August, will open on 10 July with raising the Libertas flag on Orlando's Column. During 47 festival days, more than 2000 artists...
- Programme announced for 11th D-Marin Turgutreis International Classical Music Festival28 July 2015The 11th edition of the eagerly-expected D-Marin Turgutreis International Classical Music Festival will be held between 15 and 19 August 2015. The festival will feature distinguished ensembles and...
- EFA attends opening of 30th Mosel Musikfestival23 July 2015On Friday, 17 July, the Mosel Musikfestival opened its 30th edition, kicking off 3 months of festivities and special artistic encounters along the Mosel river. In the Basilica of Trier, Ludwig...
- Apply until 30 September for new Festival Production Management Training24 June 2015The Festival Production Management Training is a new format of The Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA). It focuses especially on production management in...
- Ljubljana Festival 2015: At the heart of your summer experience 22 June 2015The Slovenian capital is gearing up for a long, hot and colourful summer, jam packed with cultural events. The 63rd Ljubljana Festival – the oldest and most important festival in the region –...
- Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic and Kristjan Järvi to perform at European Cultural Awards in Dresden19 June 2015[BYP and Kristjan Järvi awarded European Culture Prize - 2015 Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic in concert with world-renowned stars of classical music Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann and many more...
- New on Festival Bytes: Lebanon: The difficulties of being a social megaphone11 June 2015The Atelier for Young Festival Managers is a 7-day training programme run by The Festival Academy, initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA). Targeting young festival managers from all...
- International festival directors met in Ostrava for the 2015 EFA General Assembly 10 June 2015From 4 to 7 June 2015, the General Assembly of the European Festivals Association (EFA) took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It was hosted by the International Music Festival “Janáček May...
- Sibelius, Tango and Kalevala: 22nd Usedom Music Festival shines the spotlight on Finland 5 June 2015“Fascinating Finland: Sibelius, Tango and Kalevala”: from 19 September to 10 October, the 22nd Usedom Music Festival will allow audiences to discover the musical culture of Finland. Some 30...
- EFA General Assembly kicks off tonight in Ostrava 4 June 2015Tonight, the General Assembly of the European Festivals Association (EFA) will kick off in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is hosted by the International Music Festival “Janáček May”, which...
- New on Festival Bytes: From the Atelier in Edinburgh to EFA’s General Assembly in Ostrava3 June 2015The European Festivals Association (EFA) has been here for over 60 years. It would seem that the network uniting and collaborating with directors of various festivals, arts managers, artists,...
- EFFE presented at the European Parliament21 May 2015On 16 April, EFA Secretary General Kathrin Deventer and Hugo De Greef (EFFE Co-Directors) presented EFFE - Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe and its current results in the European...
- EFFE’s International Festival Jury: looking at ambitions, challenges, and criteria21 May 2015On an unusually sunny day in Brussels, a group of international experts, with expertise from Aachen to Zagreb via New York met to discuss the Festival Award for Excellence, a selection of prizes...
- Europe’s finest festivals honoured with EFFE Label 2015-201621 May 2015EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe announced the festivals receiving the EFFE Label 2015-2016, honouring Europe’s finest festivals. Following a process of intense evaluation by...
- New on Festival Bytes: Lebanon: The difficulties of being a social megaphone21 May 2015The Atelier for Young Festival Manager’s is a 7-day training programme run by The Festival Academy and initiated by the European Festivals Association. Targeting young festival managers from all...
- Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Budapest - Apply by 8 November19 May 2015The Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), is calling for applications for the Atelier for Young Festival Managers to take place from 2 to 8 June 2016 in...
- “With you, Armenia”: Yerevan Perspectives Festival brings concert to New York8 May 2015The Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival presents the next concert of “With you, Armenia” in New York, Carnegie Hall on 26 May 2015. The concert unites world famous pianist Evgeny...
- Made in Turkey30 April 2015The 14th Mersin International Music Festival runs from 30 April to 24 May. The event will host many artists and orchestras from Turkey and the world. The opening concert will be given by the Mersin...
- New on Festival Bytes: What Pure Beauty – and: all our problems are no problems at all22 April 2015From 1975 to 1992 the Civil War was raging in Lebanon. The Beiteddine Art Festival was founded during these times (1984). A cry for normality. Beiteddine means “House of Faith” and in the...
- New on Festival Bytes: Re-imagining our future through art17 April 2015The first time I came to Beirut was exactly two years ago in March 2013 to prepare the Atelier for Young Festival Managers, which we postponed once due to the situation in the region and which...
- The Festival Academy and Beiteddine Art Festival generate inspiration at Atelier BEIRUT 201516 April 2015[PRESS RELEASE; Brussels, Belgium, 16 April 2015] The first Atelier for Young Festival Managers in the Arab world took place in Beirut, Lebanon, from 21 to 27 March 2015, and was hosted by the...
- Festival Readings – Yerevan/Armenia, 11-13 April 201515 April 2015The Festival Readings are part of The Festival Academy which was launched by EFA in April 2013. They introduce the participants to the essence of festivals: their artistic meaning for artists,...
- Worldwide Reading Commemorating the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide on 21 April14 April 2015The international literature festival berlin (ilb) and the Lepsiushaus Potsdam are calling for a worldwide reading on 21 April 2015 - the day that marks 100 years since the beginning of the...
- Apply now for Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre’s Georgian Showcase 2015 13 April 2015In 2009, the TBILISI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THEATRE introduced Georgian Showcase as one of the central programmes of the Festival with the aim to promote Georgian theatre and its integration...
- Yerevan Perspectives Festival launched Festival Academy in Byurakan, Armenia10 April 2015The Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival launched its Festival Academy in Byurakan on 3 April 2015. World famous pianist Evgeny Kissin, whose recital opened the 16th edition of the...
- New on Festival Bytes: Transformed, inspired, rejuvenated10 April 2015This reflection on my experiences at the Atelier for Young Festival Managers was originally written for an audience of family, friends, and close colleagues – so, it is a personal story. I offer...
- New on Festival Bytes: Welcome to Lebanon ovvero the poetry of an eternal present10 April 2015Empty spaces, nothingness, meaningless promises. That’s how everyday life can be. I’m staying afloat on a big, muddy and lost river that brings me I-don’t-know-where. That’s – very...
- New on Festival Bytes: Like one immense single breath8 April 201522 March 2015, Beirut. After a truly wonderful opening of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Beirut last night, with inspiring speeches and great food, and an onward journey through the...
- New on Festival Bytes: A truly remarkable experience8 April 2015I was invited to share my experience at the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Beirut via a blog post. Accepting the invitation I have nurtured a telegraphic perception of the whole experience...
- New on Festival Bytes: Reminiscences from the Atelier Beirut 20158 April 2015Before leaving for Beirut for the Atelier for Young Festival Managers, after months of efforts on fundraising and preparations, I declared once that I have the feeling this would be a “journey of...
- New on Festival Bytes: “You need people to make a dream happen”8 April 201524 March 2015, Beirut. Today is the first day of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers in Beirut, I don’t feel like writing something, because I feel so full of impressions that I wouldn’t...
- EFA Board encourages festivals to join EFA2 April 2015On 29 March 2015 in Warsaw, Poland, the Board of the European Festivals Association (EFA) met to discuss the state of play of EFA’s work programme for 2015 and beyond. The EFA Board encourages...
- Tamás Klenjánszky - In Memoriam31 March 2015Tamás Klenjánszky, former Secretary General of the European Festivals Association, passed away last week at the age of 71. It is with great sadness that the European Festivals Association, its...
- 2015 National Arts Festival keeps it sharp and fresh30 March 2015Satire and freedom of expression will seize centre stage at this year’s National Arts Festival, which runs from Thursday 2 July to Sunday 12 July in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape. Responding to...
- HONORIFICABILITUDINITAS: Highlights of Music Biennale Zagreb 201527 March 2015HONORIFICABILITUDINITAS, the Latin word chosen as the motto of the 28th Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) translates into: the state of being able to achieve and receive honour. The honour will be...
- Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival brings concert to Brussels26 March 2015A special concert commemorating the centennial of the Armenian Genocide will take place on 26 April in Bozar, Brussels. The concert under the title “With you, Armenia” brings together the...
- 2015 EFA General Assembly to take place in Ostrava/Czech Republic 4-7 June 23 March 2015The European Festivals Association (EFA) is holding its 2015 General Assembly from 4-7 June in Ostrava/Czech Republic. It will be hosted by the Janácek May International Music Festival. The...
- New on Festival Bytes: Bend it like an Art Festival23 March 2015“I wanted a political festival and I got it,” said Olivier Py, devoted artist and the new director of the Festival d’Avignon, in an interview (Libération Newspaper, 4 July 2014, page 10)...
- International Music Festival Janáček May celebrates 40th jubilee20 March 2015From 24 May to 8 June 2015 the International Music Festival Janáček May will celebrate its 40th jubilee. The roots of the festival, though, date back much further: previously organised under the...
- New on Festival Bytes: What I Heard About The (Arts) World*12 March 2015On 21 January I had the pleasure of seeing again the piece that inspired the name of this series. What I Heard About The World was presented in Brussels, and I could share with friends, and other...
- Darko Brlek about being a festival manager, artist, and cultural network president 10 March 2015In 1992, Darko Brlek became the youngest artistic director of the Ljubljana Festival, taking over as executive director of the country's most important cultural festival in 1995. He became Vice...
- Focus on Festivals: new publication explores festivals’ implications for wider industry and society10 March 2015A new publication entitled “Focus on Festivals” was launched on 27 February 2015 in Leicester, UK. The publication looks at understanding the causes and implications of the current growth in...
- Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival: 19 Concerts for 19 Years9 March 2015Outstanding conductors, excellent soloists, great orchestras from Europe and the world; a programme featuring not only well-known classics but also musical discoveries and premieres – 22 March...
- New on Festival Bytes: This Is About You And Me5 March 2015How to fall in love? More difficult: How to stay in love? These days, we tend to not be interested in the continuous, we tend to be bored by repetition, even when just apparent, of something – or...
- New on Festival Bytes: Sustainability: thoughts from the Atelier for Young Festival Managers Poznań 4 March 2015Sustainability is an ongoing experiment, one that is usually met, in my experience, with an effort of solution-based, open and creative thinking. In this light, the question across independent and...
- International Winter Arts Festival brings diverse artistic programme to Sochi19 February 2015The eighth International Winter Arts Festival in Sochi in 2015, the first “post-Olympic” festival, is in no way inferior to its predecessors in terms of programme scale and diversity. The ten...
- Germany welcomes Finland at the Usedom Music Festival13 February 2015The Usedom Music Festival has been presenting the music cultures around the Baltic Sea at the German-Polish Isle of Usedom for 22 years. Every year, it changes its focus on one single country with...
- EFA continues collaboration with Classical:NEXT 2015 10 February 2015Classical:NEXT – the world’s leading expo for classical and contemporary music – has just published the first programme details for this year’s edition of Classical:NEXT (20-23 May 2015) in...
- 2015 Abu Dhabi Festival will run from 3 March to 2 April4 February 2015The Abu Dhabi Festival (ADF), organised by the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF), will hold its 12th edition from 3 March to 2 April. Affirming its position as one of the Middle East’...
- TBILISI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THEATRE calls for participation in 2015 festival3 February 2015The next edition of TBILISI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THEATRE will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia from 25 September to 3 October 2015. After four successful years of the programme NEW, the festival...
- EFA and festival leaders discuss joint agenda with European Commissioner Tibor Navracsics27 January 2015On 9 December 2014, the European Festivals Association invited festival leaders for a round table with EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Mr. Tibor Navracsics, led by Mr....
- Round Table: Festivals meet Commissioner Tibor Navracsics - Brussels/BE, 9 December 201427 January 2015On 9 December 2014, the European Festivals Association invited festival leaders for a round table with EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Mr. Tibor Navracsics, led by Mr....
- EFA General Assembly 2015 - Ostrava/Czech Republic, 4-7 June 201527 January 2015From 4 to 7 June 2015, the General Assembly of the European Festivals Association (EFA) took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It was hosted by the International Music Festival “Janáček May...
- EFFE - Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe27 January 2015EFFE is a new international festival community in the making. EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe – is a gateway into Europe’s festivals specialised in everything cultural. It...
- Atelier for Young Festival Managers – Beirut, Lebanon, 21-27 March 201527 January 2015The Festival Academy's 8th edition of the Atelier for Young Festival managers, the training programme initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA), took place from 21-27 March 2015 in...
- Atelier for Young Festival Managers – Gwangju, South Korea, 31 August-6 September 201527 January 2015The 9th Atelier for Young Festival Managers of The Festival Academy, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), took place in Gwangju, South Korea from 31 August to 6 September 2015...
- Deadline extended for Atelier in Gwangju 2015: Apply by 16 February15 January 2015The Festival Academy is delighted to announce that the application deadline has been extended for the Atelier for Young Festival Managers Gwangju 2015 to give more young festival managers the...