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Michael Vann Bow Making School

July 6–August 7
Victoria, BC, Canada
michaelvann.ca

2010 Southwest Chamber Music Festival

July 10–August 22
San Marino, CA,
This year’s Summer Festival at the Huntington features women composers Thea Musgrave, Gabriela Ortiz, Anne Le Baron, and Alexandra du Bois.
http://www.swmusic.org/

17 Annual Verbier Festival

July 16–August 1
Verbier, CH
Performances by the Verbier Festival Orchestra, and violinists Gábor Takács-Nagy, Joshua Bell, Leonidas Kavakos, and Gidon Kremer, and others, at a Swiss mountain resort.
www.verbierfestival.com

los a

July 16–August 1
Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
Offers 17 days of performances, featuring the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, cellist Lynn Harrell, violinist Joshua Bell, and several other artists.
www.verbierfestival.com/academy

2010 Cambridge Summer Music Festival

July 16–August 7
Cambridge, UK
Performances by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Orchestra, the Navarra String Quartet, the Aurora Orchestra, the Orlando Consort, and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, in an array of historical settings.
www.cambridgesummermusic.com

2010 Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival

July 28–August 22
Bridgehampton, NY
The 27th season of the chamber music festival will be held at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church and will feature works by Bach, Vivaldi, Schumann, Beethoven, and Mozart, as well as several contemporary works.
www.bcmf.org

Lake District Summer Music International Festival

July 30–August 15
Lake District, UK
The King’s Singers, Leon McCawley (piano), Chilingirian Quartet, Skampa Quartet, Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Gregor Horsch (cello), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Quintessential, and others.
www.ldsm.org.uk

Stresa Festival

July 30–Sept 5, IT
The 49th Stresa Festival features performances by cellists Alban Gerhardt and Mario Brunello, violinists Thomas Zehetmair, Leonidas Kavakos, and Dan Zhu, Quintetto Bislacco, Borodin Quartet, and several international orchestras at venues like Tapestry Hall in Borromeo Palace, the Loggia del Cashmere on Isola Madre, and the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso.
www.stresafestival.eu/en.html

Magic Mountain Music Farm Fall Retreats

August 1–October 24
Morris, NY
Magic Mountain Music Farm hosts three music retreats for professional performers, teachers, and advanced college or conservatory students during the following fall dates: August 1–16; August 22–September 5; and October 17–24.
www.magicmountainmusic.org

Fiddlefest: The Kavafian Sisters and Friends

August 14
Albuquerque, NM
A benefit show for Music from Angel Fire featuring performances by violinists Ida and Ani Kavafian, violinist/violist Guillermo Figueroa, and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott at Robertson & Sons Violin Shop.
www.musicfromangelfire.org

Lyris String Quartet at LACMA

August 15
Los Angeles, CA
The Lyris String Quartet, comprised of violinists Alyssa Park and Shalini Vijayan, violist Luke Maurer, and cellist Timothy Loo, performs a free Sunday evening concert at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Bing Theater.
http://lacma.org

Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition Application Deadline

August 16, 2010
Helsinki, Finland
Runs November 21–December 2, 2010. Open to violinists born 1980 or later. More than €45,000 in prizes will be awarded. Finalists will perform with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
siba.fi/sibeliuscompetition

Grafenegg Music Festival

August 19–September 12
Grafenegg, Austria
The music festival will present 14 symphonic concerts and 23 events, including a festival debut by the Cleveland Orchestra.
http://www.grafenegg.com/

Swedish International Duo Competition

August 26–29, 2010
Katrineholm, Sweden
Open to duos with piano and violin, viola, or cello, with members ages 18 to 30. Competitors will perform pieces of their own choice. Winners will receive €10,000 and concert engagements.
sweduocomp.nu

British Violin Making Association's Annual Conference

September 10–12
Leicester, England
bvma.org.uk

International Violin Competition

September 10–26
Indianapolis, IN
Open to violinists 16 to 29 years old. Finals will be performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Total prizes valued at more than $250,000. Includes four-year loan of the 1693 "Ex-Gingold" Stradivari violin, a gold medal, concert engagements at Carnegie Hall and abroad, and CD recording projects.
violin.org

Of Arts and Onions: Homage to Bronzino

October 8
Florence, Italy
European premiere of Of Art and Onions, written by American composer Bruce Adolphe, will be performed at the Teatro Goldini in Florence to coincide with the art exhibition, Bronzino. Artist and Poet, on view at the Palazzo Strozzi.
http://www.palazzostrozzi.org/

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

November 5–6
Baltimore, MD
The BSO presents the Off the Cuff program “Analyze This: Mahler and Freud,” which reenacts a meeting in 1910 between Gustav Mahler and Dr. Sigmund Freud.
http://www.bsomusic.org/

Violin Society of America's 38th Annual Convention and Competition

November 6–12
Cleveland, OH
vsa.to

VSA Convention and Violin Making Competition

November 6–10
Cleveland, OH

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