First started in 1979, the event has featured Nigel Kennedy and Yitkin Seow in its first inception. Set in the market town of Newbury, the festival covers a wide range of genres including theatre, dance, literature and cabaret held at some of the region’s best performance spaces from the surrounding countryside.[more...]

Founded in 1972, the Perth Festival of the Arts is an annual eleven-day music showcase of charitable status. Taking place in the City of Perth in Scotland, the event features a wide range of artforms from classical music and opera to rock, jazz, folk, dance and visual art. Big names like Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Nicola Benedetti, Ann Sofie Von Otter, Elaine Paige, John Williams and more have previously performed on the stage.[more...]

Opened in 1998, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is Germany's largest opera house and concert hall. The venue hosts four festivals throughout the year, namely the Easter, Whitsun, Summer, Autumn and Winter Festivals. At least one opera production and several classical concerts are included in each seasonal event, together with guest performances of renowned ballet companies and entertainment shows completing the rest of the programme.[more...]

First started in 1967, it is the largest multi-art form festival in England featuring world renowned classical musicians as well as promising local artists. Seated on the south coast of England, the festival aims to blend in more serious art forms with pop culture. Taking place at some of the signature landmarks in the city of Brighton and Hove, the festival covers a great variety of programmes including organised processions, outdoor spectaculars involving pyrotechnics, theatre, music, literature and visual arts.[more...]

With more than 30 years of history since its first inception in 1978, the event has now established itself as a distinctive cultural institution in Dresden. Seated on the River Elbe, it is an annual two-week musical gala featuring world acclaimed concerts taking place in Dresden’s historical architectures. From classical, early period, contemporary, world music, jazz and dance, each edition is themed upon a particular genre.[more...]

First initiated by Rafael Kubelík in 1946, then chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the festival has evolved throughout history to become a permanent showcase for world acclaimed performing artists, symphony orchestras and chamber music ensembles. Most of the concerts take place in the Rudolfinum concert hall, a venerable Neo-renaissance building with an excellent auditorium, situated on the bank of the Vltava River.[more...]

Founded in 1952, the festival is held annually in the historical town of Schwetzinger in southwestern Germany. Situated in the Schwetzingen Castle, a beautiful 250-year-old palace and park near Heidelberg, concerts are mainly presented in the historic Schlosstheater Schwetzingen. The event is well-known for its world premiere of both new opera productions, as well as rediscovered operas from former centuries performed on period instruments.[more...]

Established in 1964 as a tribute to the great pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, the event is considered one of the most important festival dedicated to pianism. Located in Michelangeli’s birth place Brescia, guests will be seated with enjoyment in the grandeur of the Teatro Grande in Brescia and the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo. With an aim to achieve greater diffusion of musical culture among the public through a wide variety of concert repertoires, the festival sets its programmes under a specific theme every year. [more...]