Festival Oude Muziek

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Festival Oude Muziek
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A regiment of trumpeters on horseback perform in Domplein, the square in the ruins of St. Martin's Cathedral.
Genre Early music
DatesLate August – early September
Location(s) Utrecht, Netherlands
Years active1982–present
Attendanceapprox. 70,000 (2019) [1]
Website oudemuziek.nl

The Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht ("Utrecht Early Music Festival") is an annual music festival that showcases and celebrates early European art music. The ten-day festival takes place in the Dutch city of Utrecht, and begins in August. The programme includes concerts, activities, lectures, exhibitions, and a symposium.[ citation needed ]

Music festival festival oriented towards music

A music festival is a community event oriented towards live performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality, or locality of musicians, or holiday.

Early music music until the baroque

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The primary venue is TivoliVredenburg, which opened in 2014. TivoliVredenburg is on the former site of an earlier music venue, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg. The Muziekcentrum was the festival's primary venue until it was demolished in 2008, to allow for new construction. The main concert hall of the Muziekcentrum was subsumed into the TivoliVredenburg. [2]

TivoliVredenburg

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Muziekcentrum Vredenburg concert hall in Utrecht, Netherlands

Muziekcentrum Vredenburg was a music venue in Utrecht, Netherlands with a capacity of 5,000 people. It was designed by Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger. The venue hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres. The old building has been demolished and the city of Utrecht has built a new, bigger venue on the same location. The main hall of the old building has been integrated into the new building. The new building was officially opened in July 2014 and is called TivoliVredenburg.

Each year, the festival's organisers adopt a theme, which focuses on a particular place, time, and style in early music. The theme shapes not only the style and musical repertoire of the performances, but also the period instruments used.

Musical repertoire is a collection of music pieces played by an individual musician or ensemble, composed for a particular instrument or group of instruments, voice, or choir, or from a particular period or area. For example, the common practice period is the repertoire from a period in European classical music.

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The general discussion of how to perform music from ancient or earlier times did not become an important subject of interest until the 19th century, when Europeans began looking to ancient culture generally, and musicians began to discover the musical riches from earlier centuries. The idea of performing early music more "authentically", with a sense of incorporating performance practice, was more completely established in the 20th century, creating a modern early music revival that continues today.

Historically informed performance Approach to the performance of classical music

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References

  1. ↑ "Utrecht Early Music Festival concludes with an increase in ticket sales". oudemuziek.nl. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Staff writer (1 October 2013). "TivoliVredenburg in juni 2014 open". Architectenweb (in Dutch). Architectenweb BV. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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