Ambronay Festival

The Ambronay Festival is a French opera festival and early music festival.[1]

The festival has been running in October for 30 years[2] and previously produced recordings with labels such as the Auvidis label.[3] 7 of 14 early recordings were with Jordi Savall. Since 2005 the Festival has been issuing recordings on its own label, Ambronay Éditions. More recently Leonardo García-Alarcón has been a regular performer and recording artist.

The main venue is the Benedictine Abbey Notre-Dame d'Ambronay of the village of Ambronay. The abbey has an exceptional acoustic[4] In the abbey performing spaces are: Tour Dauphine, Chapiteau, Abbatiale. Other venues include the Théâtre de Bourg-en-Bresse, Monastery of Brou, also at Bourg-en-Bresse, Théâtre des Augustins in Montluel, the Abbaye Saint-Martin d'Ainay, Lyon, and Belley Cathedral.

Themes

There is a theme for the festival each year:[5]

Discography

Recordings issued under the festival's own label, Ambronay Éditions include:

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References
  1. Festival d'Ambronay
  2. Laure Roosen, Anthony Serex Le Petit Futé - Escapades autour de Lyon 2008 p30 "Démarré en 1980 à l'instigation de l'association Art et Musique, le festival de musique d'Ambronay gagne chaque année en.."
  3. David Vandiedonck Qu'est-ce qui fait tourner le disque classique?: logiques éditoriales et place des interprètes 1999.
  4. Franche-Comté 2007 Jura p104 "Grâce à une acoustique exceptionnelle, elle revêt chaque année une dimension internationale à l'occasion du Festival de musique baroque. ... Notre-Dame d'Ambronay accueille chaque année, en automne, un festival apprécié des mélomanes."
  5. past brochures
  6. Vickers, David (2007). "Hasse: The Fiery Serpents in the Wilderness: A superb package but is it enough to restore the composer's reputation?". Gramophone. Vol. 84, p. 90. Online version retrieved 23 June 2015.
  7. Roche, Elizabeth (January 2010). "The moral oratorio", p. 51. Early Music, Vol. 38, Issue 1

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