Versailles, celebrating its 400th anniversary, attracts some seven million tourists each year. The Versailles Spectacles, a private corporation, sells millions of tickets to its deluxe entertainments: from fireworks and fountains to horse shows and DJ techno under the stars — and all of it helps subsidize the palace’s Opéra Royal.
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An Ockeghem marathon, coming next week to the Met Cloisters in New York, is the latest event celebrating the composer’s 600th. New recordings and new approaches to ‘the hardest composer’ of the 15th century is helping lift his reputation from mystical and complex to something more universal: ‘it’s just fabulous music.’
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Month-Long City-Wide NEW YORK EARLY MUSIC CELEBRATION to Include Golden Anniversary Concert by Early Music New York – Frederick Renz, Director Early Music Foundation (EMF) and Frederick Renz, Founding Director of both EMF and its performance ensemble Early Music New York (EM/NY), will host and promote a month-long series of events in connection with the
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Detailed daily schedule with times and locations. Check back throughout the summer as we add more presentations, workshops, and events.
2024 EMA Summit Presentations Read More »
ChamberQUEER is thrilled to present ChamberQUEER 2024: Constellation, our 2024 Pride Month celebration of queer community, diversity, and excellence in chamber music! Featuring multiple live performances and workshops every day, Constellation runs Tuesday, June 11 through Sunday, June 16 at MITU580, with additional community events at nearby coffee shops and bars. Find out all the
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Early Music America is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $25,000. This grant will support the 2024 EMA Summit in Cleveland, October 20-22. In total, the NEA will award 1,135 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling more than $37 million as part of its second round of fiscal year 2024 grants.
National Endowment for the Arts Awards $25,000 to EMA Read More »
‘I suppose it would be easier for EMA to cater to just professional musicians or only arts administrators,’ writes EMA Executive Director David McCormick. ‘But there’s a vitality to the rich tapestry of our membership that allows for a collaborative spirit between professional performers, amateur players, scholars, luthiers, and listeners, to name a few. Thanks to our free and low-cost membership options for students, we have more young members than ever before…’
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Meet the Continuo Foundation. Founded in 2020 by a former Wall Street financier, the non-profit supports Britain’s early-music scene with grants for resident U.K. ensembles. To date, the foundation has awarded £750,000 for projects across the U.K. Its Continuo Connect is becoming Britain’s go-to events calendar.
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Philadelphia – Piffaro is delighted to announce the addition of Héloïse Degrugillier and Sian Ricketts to its core band after a two-year search to replace retiring founders Joan Kimball and Bob Wiemken, who played dozens of instruments in the ensemble. “No one in this field is a carbon copy of anyone else,” says artistic director
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The Traverso Practice Net is glad to present the most comprehensive and constantly updated list of courses and masterclasses for the baroque flute and a number of other period instruments available worldwide in the summer of 2024! Head to the web portal to check it out and pick your favorite place and maestro.
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