Orlando Festival

The Orlando Festival is the oldest chamber music festival in the Netherlands and has been an important contributor to the development and promotion of chamber music in the Netherlands since 1982 [1]. The festival was founded by Stefan Metz, cellist of Orlando Quartet.

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Since its foundation, Orlando has made an important contribution to the development and promotion of chamber music in the Netherlands and abroad. Two events are organized annually: the ten-day Orlando Festival during the summer and the Orlando winter course with four teaching days during the winter/spring .

Characteristic of the Orlando Festival is the combination of chamber music concerts and education for amateur musicians of all levels and all ages, aimed at young professional musicians. Since the first edition in 1982, the heart of the Orlando Festival has been in Abbey Hotel and Conference Rolduc in Kerkrade, where all participants stay, and where the afternoon concerts, lessons, master classes and workshops take place.

The ten Orlando evening concerts, performed by approximately 30 international and renowned chamber musicians, partly take place on other stages in Limburg and the Euregion, such as Parkstad Limburg Theater Kerkrade, Kloosterbibliotheek Wittem and the Sint Janskerk in Maastricht. The Orlando Festival has a national appearance but is also rooted in the region.

The young ensembles and vocalists of the masterclass provide approximately 20 regional concerts in beautiful locations. The special and successful Orlando formula - versatile programming, high performance level, concerts in combination with education - makes the Orlando Festival unique, not only in the Netherlands, but also worldwide.

With approximately 100 events in ten days, the Orlando Festival focuses on audiences from the Euregion and the Netherlands, and festival visitors and active participants from all over the Netherlands and abroad. The radio stations Radio 4, L1 and De Concertzender record almost all Orlando concerts for later broadcast, reaching an estimated 200,000 listeners annually. Orlando also annually produces 1 to 2 compact discs with (live) recordings of interesting parts of the festival program.

References
  1. "Orlando Festival - About Orlando Festival". 14 May 2020.
  2. "Musici, docenten en coaches | Orlando festival – international kamermuziek festival – 13-23 augustus 2020 – Rolduc Kerkrade". Orlando Festival. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  3. "Abdij Hotel en Conferentieoord Rolduc | Orlando festival – international kamermuziek festival – 13-23 augustus 2020 – Rolduc Kerkrade". Orlando Festival. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  4. "Abdij Hotel Rolduc Kerkrade - Zuid-Limburg | Officiële website". www.rolduc.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  5. "Orlando Samenspel Cursus | Orlando festival – international kamermuziek festival – 13-23 augustus 2020 – Rolduc Kerkrade". Orlando Festival. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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