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
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
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
Bolivia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
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
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
Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival. October–November.[21]
Copenhagen Baroque Festival, September[22]
Baroktoberfest, Oktober[23]
Finland
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
Internationale Händel-Festspiele 2013 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
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 [de ] , 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
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:
Stresa Festival. Stresa , Lake Maggiore . Some early music events.[88] [89]
Ravenna Festival. Some early music events. June/July.[90]
Bolzano Festival. Some early music events.[91] [92]
Alessandro Scarlatti Festival, Palermo , Sicily, ran 1999-2002
Hungary
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
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
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)
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Belgrade Early Music Festival[111]
Slovakia
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]
Festival Internacional de Música Antigua de Xàtiva, Valencia[127]
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
American Bach Soloists Festival & Academy. San Francisco, California. Since 2010.[148]
Amherst Early Music Festival. New London, Connecticut .[149]
Aston Magna Music Festival . Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival [150]
Bloomington Early Music Festival, Indiana [151]
Berkeley Festival & Exhibition, presented by The San Francisco Early Music Society. Since 1990.[152]
Boston Early Music Festival .
Boulder Bach Festival . Boulder, Colorado
Carmel Bach Festival , Carmel-by-the-Sea, California .[153]
English Bach Festival [154]
Indianapolis Early Music Festival, Indiana. Since 1966.[155]
Houston Early Music Festival, Houston, Texas .[156]
Madison Early Music Festival, Madison, Wisconsin . Since 2000.[157]
New York Early Music Celebration, New York City . Since 2004.[158]
Piccolo Spoleto Festival Early Music Series, Charleston, South Carolina .[159]
Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, Santa Cruz, California .[160]
Texas Toot - The Texas Early Music Festival. Workshops.[161]
Twin Cities Early Music Festival and Baroque Instrumental Program. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota . Since 2014.[162]
Washington Early Music Festival], Washington, D.C. [163]