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Early music festivals are 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 the 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 also include workshops. This article includes an incomplete list of early music festivals, which may overlap with topics such as the list of Bach festivals, list of maritime music festivals, list of opera festivals, and in some cases, list of folk festivals.
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Note that 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
- 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
- Resonanzen[3] Konzerthaus, Vienna.
- Trigonale Festival der Alten Musik, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia. Sept.[4]
- Internationale Barocktage, Stift Melk. May/June.[5]
- Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik. July/August.
- Donaufestwochen im Strudengau. July/August
- Salzburg Whitsun Festival. May/June
Bolivia
- Festival de Chiquitos
Belgium
- Festival van Vlaanderen, section Musica Antiqua Bruges, July/August[6]
- Laus Polyphoniae - Festival van Vlaanderen Antwerp August[7]
- Festival van Vlaanderen, Gent. Sept/October.[8]
- Festival de Musique Ancienne en Wallonie[9]
- Baroque Music at Chateau of Chimay, Hainaut.[10]
- Festival Les Nuits de Septembre - Festival de Wallonie, Liège
Brazil
- Festival de música colonial brasileira e música antiga. July.[11]
- Festival de Música Coral Renascentista Gil de Roca Sales.
Canada
Croatia
- 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
Denmark
Finland
- BRQ Vantaa. August.[24]
- Sastamala Gregoriana, Sastamala. July. Since 1995.[25]
France
- Festival d'Ambronay, Ambronay. Since 1980.[26]
- Festival de Beaune[27] July.
- Festival de l'Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, Fontevraud Abbey. Since 1975.
- Festival de Musique Ancienne de Saint Sevin, Saint Sevin.[28] August.
- Musiques à la Chabotterie, Vendée. Since 1997.[29]
- Marseille March.[30]
- Nantes Spring.[31] May/June
- Musique ancienne, Maguelone, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone[32] June.
- Haut-Jura[33] June.
- Aix-en-Provence Festival[34] July.
- Le Festival Renaissances, Bar-le-Duc.[35] July.
- Musique ancienne de Callas, Callas, Var.[36] July.
- Musique et Mémoire, Faucogney-et-la-Mer.[37] July.
- Rencontres de Musique Médiévale du Thoronet. Le Thoronet Abbey[38]
- Festival de musique de Conques.[39] July–August.
- Festival Baroque de Tarentaise, Albertville.[40] August.
- Le Festival International de Musique Ancienne de Simiane, Simiane-la-Rotonde.[41] August.
- Festival de Sablé, Sablé-sur-Sarthe.[42] August
- Academie Bach, Arques-la-Bataille.[43] Aug.
- Festival de musique de La Chaise-Dieu, Auvergne.[44] Aug-Sept.
- Festival Les Riches Heures de La Réole. Septembre
- Festival baroque de Pontoise.[45] Sept-Oct.
- Festival de Lanvellec.[46] Oct.
- Marseille Autumn.[47] October- December
- Festival Paris Baroque, Paris.[48] November–December
- Saint-Michel en Thiérache, Saint-Michel, Aisne.[49]
- Viola da gamba festival Asfeld.[50]
- Orléans Bach Festival [51]
Germany
- Bachwoche Ansbach, Ansbach summer.
- Arolser Barockfestspiele. Bad Arolsen. May.
- Bach-Biennale Weimar. Since 2008, biennial in July.
- Festival alter Musik Bernau, Berlin.[52]
- Festival Güldener Herbst, Thuringia; in Weimar, Erfurt, Meiningen, Rudolstadt, Sondershausen, Eisenach, Kühndorf, Suhl and Molsdorf.[53] October
- Händelfestspiele
- Handel Festival, Halle (June)
- Handel Festival, Göttingen (May)
- Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe (February)[54]
- Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage, Magdeburg[55]
- Tage Alter Musik, Berlin[56] Oct.
- Landshuter Hofmusiktage, Landshut[57]
- Bachtage, Potsdam[58]
- Bachfest Leipzig, Leipzig. June
- Montalbâne festival of Medieval music, Schloss Neuenburg, Freyburg. June.[59]
- Musica Viva, Osnabrück Land. Schloss Bad Iburg, Schloss Gesmold, Schloss Königsbrück, various churches and monasteries.[60] September.
- Tage Mitteldeutscher Barockmusik.[61]
- Tage Alter Musik Herne, Herne. November.
- Tage Alter Musik, Regensburg, Whitsun[62]
- Tage Alter Musik im Saarland (TAMiS), Saarbrücken, March/April [63]
- Sanssouci, Potsdam[64] June
- Thüringer Bachwochen, Thuringia.[65] March/April.
- Bayreuth Baroque[66] Sept.
- Zeitfenster - Biennale Alter Musik, Berlin. Biannual in April.[67]
- Internationales Heinrich-Schütz-Fest. Moves location, biannual.
- Gottorfer Barockmusiktage, ran from 2002-2006.
Ireland
- East Cork Early Music Festival[68]
- Galway Early Music Festival[69]
- Sligo Festival of Baroque Music [70]
Israel
- Bach in Jerusalem Festival[71]
Italy
- Grandezze & Meraviglie, Festival Musicale Estense, Modena.[72] September/November Since 1998
- Settimane barocche di Brescia, Brescia.[73]
- Festival di Cremona Claudio Monteverdi, Cremona. May.[74]
- FIMA - Festival di Musica Antica, Urbino. July.[75]
- FTMA - Festival Toscano di Musica Antica. Pisa.[76]
- Festival Galuppi, Venice.[77]
- Collegio Ghislieri di Pavia - Primavera Barocca. March–June. Since 2003.[78][79]
- Musica Antica a Magnano, Magnano[80] July/Sept.[81]
- Mousiké - Festival di musica antica del Mediterraneo, Bari[82]
- Musica Antica in Sicilia, Associazione Antonio il Verso, Palermo. December [83][84]
- Piccola Accademia di Montisi, Tuscany. Workshops for harpsichordists. July.[85]
- Garda Trentino International Early Music Weeks, Riva del Garda.[86][87]
Major festivals with some early music events:
Hungary
- Early Music Festival at Palace of Arts (Budapest). Since 2015, first quarter of the year.[93]
- Early Music Days at palace of Eszterhaza - Fertőd June/July, since 1984
Latvia
- 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
- Banchetto Musicale early music festival, every September in Vilnius, since 1989
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
- Festival, Bergen.[99]
- Festival, Larvik.[100]
- St.Olav Festival, Trondheim.[101]Ringve International Summer Course
Poland
- ANNUM festival Tarnowskie Góry, Chorzów[102]
- Maj z Muzyką Dawną - May with Early Music, Wrocław[103]
- Jarosław Early Music Festival, Jarosław[104]
- Misteria Paschalia, Kraków.[105] Easter
- Mikołaj Radomski (Early Music Festival), Radom[106]
- International Festival Wratislavia Cantans, Wrocław
- Forum Musicum, Wrocław
- Early Music Academy, Wrocław
Portugal
- 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)
- CásterAntiqua - Ovar Early Music Festival, Ovar
Romania
- Bucharest Early Music Festival, Bucharest[107]
- Miercurea Ciuc Early Music Festival, Miercurea Ciuc[108]
Russia
- Sankt Petersburg International Early Music Festival, Saint Petersburg[109][110]
Serbia
- Belgrade Early Music Festival[111]
Slovakia
- "Dni starej hudby" - Days of early music, Bratislava.[112]
Slovenia
Spain
- Festival Jordi Savall, Catalonia,[115] since 2021.
- Festival de Música Antigua de Barcelona, Barcelona,[116] since 1977.
- Festival de Música Antigua Iberoamericana "Domingo Marcos Durán". Cáceres.[117]
- Festival de Música Antigua de Daroca, Zaragoza, since 1979. August.[118]
- Festival de Música Antigua de Sevilla, Seville.[119][120]
- Festival de Música Antigua, Gijón.[121]
- Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza. Úbeda and Baeza since 1997.[122]
- Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada[123]
- Música Antigua Aranjuez, Aranjuez.[124]
- Musica Antigua Aracena, Aracena.[125][126]
- Trobadories d'en Guillem de Bergueda, Berga, Berguedà. Named after Guilhem de Berguedan. ran 2006-2007
- Festival de Música Antigua de Sant Martí Vell, Gironès.
- Festival Internacional de Música Antigua de Xàtiva, Valencia[127]
Sweden
- Drottningholm Palace Theatre[128] August.
- Göteborg International Organ Academy. August.[129]
- NoMeMus. Nordic festival for Medieval music. During Söderköpings Gästabud. August/September.[130]
- Palladium Baroque. Malmö. Feb.[131]
- Stockholm Early Music Festival. The largest international event for historical music in the Nordic countries. First week in June since 2002.[132][133]
- Söderköpings Gästabud. Medieval fayre in Söderköping. August/September.[134]
- Trollhättans TIDIG MUSIK-dagar. Early music days in Trollhättan. May.[135]
Switzerland
- Early Music Festival - La Folia. Rougemont. May/June.[136]
- Festival Alte Musik Zürich. March.[137]
- Nox Illuminata, Basel, cf. Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
- Festival Bach de Lausanne. Oct/Nov.[138]
- Festival Musikdorf Ernen. Ernen, Switzerland. July.[139]
- Bachwochen Thun, Thun, August/September
- Cantar di Pietre. Lugano, Switzerland. October–November.[140]
United Kingdom
- Medieval Music in the Dales, Yorkshire. September.[141]
- Birmingham Early Music Festival.
- Brighton Early Music Festival, Oct/Nov.
- English Bach Festival (ran from 1963 to 2009)[142]
- Leicester Early Music Festival. June.[143]
- Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, London. May.[144]
- York Early Music Festival, July.
- The London International Festival of Early Music. Three-day festival and instrument fair. November.[145]
- London Handel Festival. Feb-April.[146]
- Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival, Yorkshire, May.[147]
- Spitalfields Festival, London. June.[148]
- Cotswold Early Music Festival, Cirencester. June.
- Edinburgh International Festival, some early music events. Aug/Sept.
United States
- American Bach Soloists Festival & Academy. San Francisco, California. Since 2010.[149]
- Amherst Early Music Festival. New London, Connecticut.[150]
- Aston Magna Music Festival. Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
- Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival[151]
- Bloomington Early Music Festival, Indiana[152]
- Berkeley Festival & Exhibition, presented by The San Francisco Early Music Society. Since 1990.[153]
- Boston Early Music Festival.
- Boulder Bach Festival. Boulder, Colorado
- Carmel Bach Festival, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.[154]
- English Bach Festival[155]
- Indianapolis Early Music Festival, Indiana. Since 1966.[156]
- Houston Early Music Festival, Houston, Texas.[157]
- Madison Early Music Festival, Madison, Wisconsin. Since 2000.[158]
- New York Early Music Celebration, New York City. Since 2004.[159]
- Piccolo Spoleto Festival Early Music Series, Charleston, South Carolina.[160]
- Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, Santa Cruz, California.[161]
- Texas Toot - The Texas Early Music Festival. Workshops.[162]
- Twin Cities Early Music Festival and Baroque Instrumental Program. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Since 2014.[163]
- Washington Early Music Festival], Washington, D.C.[164]
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- List of opera festivals
- List of maritime music festivals
- List of folk festivals
- List of Celtic festivals
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