European Festivals Association
The European Festivals Association (EFA) is an umbrella group for various festivals in Europe and other countries.[1] It supports artistic cooperation among festivals and offers programs for new festival and artistic managers.[2] It represents more than 100 music, dance, theatre and multidisciplinary festivals along with national festival and cultural organizations from about thirty eight, mostly European, countries.[1][2]
Overview
The association is officially headquartered in Ghent, Belgium with an office in Brussels in the European House for Culture. It is governed by a General Assembly, which meets once a year. The current president is Darko Brlek from Ljubljana. Vice presidents are Jan Briers from Flanders[3] and Michael Herrmann, founder and director of the Rheingau Musik Festival.[4]
The association was established in 1952.[2] Small towns and cities alike sponsor cultural festivals as a way to attract tourism, with about 400 in Europe alone, including the Edinburgh International Festival.[5][6] The rapid growth of festival events since the 1980s has put pressure on the towns and cities that compete for public funding and competition for better known performers has raised their prices.[7][5]
The association has more than seventy members.[8] The oldest and best known member festival is the Edinburgh International Festival, which began in 1947. Its annual program features classical music, opera, theater and dance.[9] International Festival Wratislavia Cantans is held in the Polish city of Wroclaw focusing on oratorios and cantatas from Bach to Handel and their contemporary Pawel Mykietyn.[10]
Activities
For 2011, some of the projects include the Ars Nova meeting for new music experts in Belgium, a meeting of the Associations Collective and Affiliate Members, the General Assembly and Conference, the Ateliers for Young Festival Managers in Singapore and Izmir, Turkey, two new books to publish and joint projects with the European House for Culture in Brussels.[2] The EFA is a source of information about more than 100 events, many lesser-known,[10] and is based in the Chateau de Coppet near Geneva.[7]
References
- ^ a b "The Association". Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d "The European Festivals Association launches 2011 work programme". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Related Organisations – European Festivals Association (EFA)". Documentation Centre on European Capitals of Culture. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ "Interview: Director Rheingau Musik Festival stresses importance of festivals for European culture". European Festivals Association. 21 May 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ a b Underhill, William (24 September 2007). "On The Circuit: Everyone loves a festival-especially the host towns, which stand to prosper. Erotic cinema fans, rejoice". Newsweek, Supl. The World According to Alan Greenspan. 150 (13).
- ^ "The Magic of Spiritual Festivals Across the World". 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ a b Tim Burt (27 June 2003). "Music festivals face funding squeeze". FT.com. p. 1.
- ^ "Member Festivals". Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "History". Edinburgh International Festival. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ a b Sesser, Stan (30 May 2008). "WEEKEND JOURNAL; Travel – Europe: Major Music, Minor Festivals; In Cities and Hamlets, Legends and Up-and-Comers Are Summer Headliners". The Wall Street Journal. New York: 6.
External links
- Official Website
- EFA at Google Cultural Institute
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- A. Sakharov International Art Festival
- Abu Dhabi Festival
- Al Bustan Festival
- Alla Shelest's Festival of Classical Ballet
- Alpes-Côte-d'Azur - Les Floraisons Musicales
- Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival
- Audi Sommerkonzerte
- Belgrade Music Festival
- BOZAR Festival
- Baalbeck International Festival
- Beiteddine Festival
- Belgrade Summer Festival
- Bergen International Festival
- Berliner Festspiele
- Bratislava Music Festival
- Brucknerhaus
- Budapest Festival Center
- Cantonigròs International Music Festival
- Chorégies d'Orange
- Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival
- Cividale del Fruili - Mittelfest
- Concentus Moraviae International Music Festival of 13 Towns
- Culturescapes
- D-Marine Turgutreis International Festival of Classical Music
- Dartington International Summer School
- Dimitria Festival
- Drottningholms Slottsteater
- Dubrovnik Summer Festival
- Festival International Echternach
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Emilia Romagna Festival
- Estoril Festival
- Estoril Music Weeks
- Festival de México
- Festival Internacional Cervantino
- Festival Internacional de Música Castell de Peralada
- Festival Internacional de Música y Danza 'Ciudad de Úbeda'
- Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada
- Festival Internacional de Santander
- Festival International de Musique Sion Valais
- Festival Mitte Europa
- Festival Pianistico Internazionale di Brescia e Bergamo
- Festival de Música de Canarias
- Festival de Músiques de Torroella de Montgrí
- Festival de Wallonie
- Festival de Wiltz
- Festival de l' Epau in Le Mans
- Festival della Valle d'Itria
- Festspiele Europäische Wochen Passau e.V.
- Flanders Festival International
- George Enescu International Festival and Competition
- Haydn at Eszterhaza
- Innsbruck Festival of Early Music
- International Ankara Music Festival
- International Bursa Festival
- International Izmir Festival
- International Music Festival "A Tempo"
- International Performers Competition Brno
- Israel Festival
- Istanbul International Music Festival
- Janácek May International Music Festival
- Ljubljana Summer Festival
- Lucerne Festival
- Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival
- MDR Musiksommer
- MITO SettembreMusica
- Manifesta
- March Music Days
- Mersin International Music Festival
- Mosel Musikfestival
- Music Biennale Zagreb
- Music Isle Festival
- Ohrid Summer Festival
- Osaka International Festival
- Prague Spring International Music Festival
- Ravenna Festival
- Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay
- Rheingau Musik Festival
- Rossini Opera Festival
- Sarajevo Winter Festival
- Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
- Semana de Música Religiosa
- Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza
- Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore - Stresa Festival
- Side International Culture and Art Festival
- Sochi Winter International Arts Festival
- Südtirol classic festival - Meraner Musikwochen
- Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre
- BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
- The Spring of Mostar
- Varna Summer International Music Festival
- Vilnius Jazz Festival
- White Nights Festival
- Wratislavia Cantans
- Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival