Performers' Platform Concert Series

The St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity in Valletta has a commitment to discovering, nurturing and promoting new talents and the Performers' Platform Concert Series gives up and coming musicians the opportunity to perform in a professional environment in the Music room at the centre to an appreciative audience. Lunchtime Wednesday Concerts feature an extraordinarily wide range of performers and repertoire, starting October 7 and running through May 2010.
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Athens’ best kept musical secret

There are few cultural venues in Athens whose history runs as deep into time as that of the Parnassos Literary Society. Counting 145 years of continuous presence in the cultural calendar of the Greek capital, the Society founded by the four sons of numismatist Pavlos Lambros -Michael, Spyridon, Konstantinos and Dionysios- is today one of the most active actors in many areas of arts and culture, namely classical music. The first three months of Parnassos’ 2009/2010 season of concerts running until the end of this year is a living proof.
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Cyprus Symphony Orchestra new season

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra is kicking off the new season 2009/2010 with a series of concerts in cities and the countryside all over the island. Being the main state symphony orchestra since 2006, when it was founded, CySO plays an important role in the cultural life of Cyprus, by presenting symphonic performances for audiences of all ages and promoting knowledge and cultivating appreciation for classical music. This new season CySO is giving 22 concerts as part of its regular season program and another 7 as part of the Community Outreach Programme “Music for All”.
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A fresh air at the Bulgaria Hall

Home to the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bulgaria Concert Hall hosts concerts by two fresh and dynamic distinguished ensembles in the 2009/10 season. The New Symphony Orchestra gives six concerts featuring Bulgarian and foreign soloists interpreting a diverse repertoire, while the Classic FM Radio Orchestra is present with an equal number of concerts at the 1930-built impressive hall. The season for the two orchestras opens October 11, 2009, and closes June 5, 2010.
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Kypria cultural extravaganza

A cultural extravaganza staged at ten venues across the island, the Kypria International Festival brings to Cyprus some of the world's best artists in the fields of music, dance and performing arts. The premier cultural event of the year, the festival has been running since 1990 and each new edition is eagerly awaited. This year, from September 1 to October 4, prepare yourselves for an excellent line-up in eleven top events, which include Aida Gomez’s Carmen ballet, Dulce Pontes’ Fados and Umoja’s South African spirit…
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Apollonia’s arts celebration in Sozopol

This is the 25th year that the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Sozopol in Thrace becomes host to many of the country’s talents at the annual Apollonia Festival of Arts 2009, which takes place from August 29 to September 6. The festival organized by the Apollonia Arts Foundation features a rich programme of events, which includes eight theatre plays, 27 concerts, 15 book presentations, two theatre readings, a poetry night, a political debate and cinema nights.
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Celebrating music in Český Krumlov

The annual International Music Festival in Český Krumlov in the southern Czech Republic, close to the Austrian border kicks off once again and from July 17 to August 22 visitors can enjoy 24 exceptional evenings –half of them in the open air- with top Czech and international musicians. Seven different venues host this 18th edition of the festival with predominant the sound of opera and symphony, chamber music, vocals and recitals, with room for jazz, musicals and music and food from European culture, this time concentrating on Greece. play twenty-four concerts throughout festival.
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A little grand festival in the Grand Duchy

And then, just as you thought that the cultural extravaganza in Luxembourg is gone together with the Summer, you realize you’re wrong. The party continues into the Fall with a particularly attractive October and November, thanks to two of the Grand Duchy’s most distinguished cultural institutions, the Philharmonie and the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, who jointly present the Luxembourg Festival with an artistic programme of the highest calibre.
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A George Enescu celebration

This is certainly the top event in the Romanian classical music calendar and one of the best festivals of the kind in Europe. The 19th edition of the annual George Enescu International Festival and Competition, scheduled for August 30 - September 26, pays special tribute to Romania's most famous composer and musician on the 128th anniversary of his birth, in 1881.
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Gold and Silver concerts in Ljubljana

The most prestigious and modern cultural institution in Slovenia, the Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana and the Slovenian Philharmonic join forces this season of 2009/10 to present two parallel programs of concerts that run from October 2009 to the end of May 2010. The Golden and the Silver seasons, as they’re called, consist of five and eight concerts respectively that represent a broad area of musical genres.
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