7th Ludwig van Beethoven Festival - 11-21 April 2003 13 Concerts; Operas; Recitals; Exhibition of authographs; International Beethoven Symposium "Beethoven and the Music of the Baroque" Highlights: Bach St Matthew Passion Monteverdi L'Orfeo Purcell Dido and Aeneas Haendel Messiah Beethoven Missa solmenis, Wellington’s Victory Performers include: Piotr Anderszewski, John Neal Axelrod, Christoph Eschenbach, Lawrence Foster, Ralf Gothoni, Martin Pearlman, Murray Perahia, Ewa Podleś, Ivo Pogorelic, Helmuth Riling, Grigorij Sokolow, Antoni Witt, Long Yu Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Boston Baroque, Chor Gächinger Kantorei, Collegium Musicum, English Chamber Orchestra, Polish National Philharmonic - Warsaw, Polish National Symphony Orchestra - Katowice, Sinfonia Varsovia, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Warsaw Chamber Opera Patrons: President of the Republic of Poland Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Minister of Culture of the Republic of Poland Mayor of Krakow Elżbieta Penderecka Artistic Director Bogusław Sonik Krakow 2000 Bureau Director