Col Legno Festival: New Music Academy

Austrian Label Col Lengo is taking the leap from releasing records to curating concerts by organising their first festival. Idylically situated in the region of Toscany, Italy, the event will take place at the Accademia di Montegral from 29th May until 1st of June. For Col Legno, the choice of the Accademia was obvious, its community of unadjusted singers, instrumentalists, conductors and directors providing for the ideal backdrop for a label whose splits between the worlds of classical and contemporary music have always made it a leftfield competitor. The basic idea of the Col Legno Festival is to offer visitors a lively look into their catalogue of recordings – including stage stints by Pianist Jasminka Stancul (who just recorded a new Beethoven disc for Col Legno), Davide Cabassi (a finalist at the famous Cliburn Competition in 2005), Finish string quartet Meta24 and many others – as well as providing for a stimulating mix between exciting renditions of well-known classics and world premiere perfomances by works some of today’s leading composers.