Early music festivals

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List of early music festivals
General Information
Related genresEarly music, classical music, folk music
LocationWorldwide
Related eventsCategory:Early music festivals, Category:Classical music festivals, folk festivals, maritime music festivals
Related topicsHistorically informed performance, early music revival

Early music festivals is a generic term for musical festivals focused on music before Beethoven, or including historically informed performance of later works. The increase in the number of music festivals specializing in early music is a reflection of the early music revival of the 1970s and 1980s. Many larger festivals such as that an Aix-en-Provence Festival also include early music sections, as do, inevitably, festivals of sacred music; such as the Festival de Música Sacra do Baixo Alentejo, in Portugal. Although most early music festivals are centered on commercial performance, many include also workshops. This articles includes an incomplete list of early music festivals, which may overlap with topics such as list of Bach festivals, list of maritime music festivals, list of opera festivals, and in some cases list of folk festivals.

List of festivals by country[edit]

Note this list includes festivals that are annual unless otherwise listed. Festivals which were notable, producing radio-broadcasts and recordings, but now defunct, are listed with an indent at the end of each country listing; for example Gottorfer Barockmusiktage, Germany. Festival Opera Barocca

Australia[edit]

  • Brisbane Baroque - previously Hobart Baroque, ran until 2016[1]
  • MIFOH Melbourne International Festival of Organ and Harpsichord, founded by Sergio di Pieri in 1971 and run by an entirely voluntary group until the last concert in 2007. A further series of annual concerts running on the same framework (of concerts, visiting distinguished overseas musicians, and masterclasses) was operated by Professor John Griffiths from 2007-2010, a long time participant in MIFOH [2]

Austria[edit]

Bolivia[edit]

  • Festival de Chiquitos

Belgium[edit]

Brazil[edit]

Canada[edit]

  • Montreal Baroque. June.[12]
  • Vancouver Early Music Festival. August.[13]
  • Pacific Baroque Festival, Victoria, B.C., February/March [14]
  • Lameque International Baroque Music Festival, July [15]

Croatia[edit]

  • Rovigno Baroque Music Festival[16]
  • Varaždin Baroque Evenings (Varaždinske barokne večeri), Baroque Festival since 1971.
  • Dubrovnik Summer Festival (Dubrovačke ljetne igre), since 1950.
  • Korkyra Baroque Festival (Korčulanski barokni festival).
  • Musical Evenings in St Donat (Glazbene večeri u sv. Donatu), since 1960.

Czech Republic[edit]

Denmark[edit]

  • Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival. October–November.[21]
  • Copenhagen Baroque Festival, September[22]
  • Baroktoberfest, Oktober[23]

Finland[edit]

France[edit]

Germany[edit]

Internationale Händel-Festspiele 2013

Ireland[edit]

Israel[edit]

Italy[edit]

Major festivals with some early music events:

Hungary[edit]

Latvia[edit]

  • Senās mūzikas festivāls, every July in the Rundāle Palace.[94]
  • Baroka mūzikas dienas Rēzeknē (Baroque Music Days Rezekne), every September 2005 – 2016 in Rezekne city, Latgale region and Riga.

Lithuania[edit]

Malta[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

Norway[edit]

Poland[edit]

Portugal[edit]

  • Encontros de Música Antiga de Loulé - Francisco Rosado, EMAL-FR, every October since 1999, Loulé
  • West Coast Early Music Festival, Oeiras, Lisbon
  • SIMA - Série ibérica de Música Antiga, Castelo Branco
  • Festival Internacional de Música Barroca de Faro, FIMBF, Faro
  • Fora do Lugar - Early Music(s) International Festival, Idanha-a-Nova (UNESCO Creative City of Music)

Romania[edit]

Russia[edit]

Serbia[edit]

Slovakia[edit]

Slovenia[edit]

Spain[edit]

Sweden[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

United States[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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