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.

Stylistically, the Col Legno Festival will range from Kaija Saariaho to Palestrina, Puccini and Rossini, while the likes of Wolfgang Mitterer, Gerard Pesson, Daniel Schnyder and Robert HP have chosen the occasion to present new material. Despite its wilful character and open admittance of addressing “open ears” and daring listeners, main Austrian  broadcaster ORF will support the festival with a program dedicated to the event.

Each evening of the Col Legno Festival consists of several performances of a highly diverse character and comes at a price of 59 Euros. Tickets for the entire four days of music sell at 199 Euros.

Homepage: Col Legno

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