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The following is an incomplete list of classical music festivals – music festivals focused on classical music. Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music (both liturgical and secular), and has long been played at festival-like settings. It encompasses a broad span of time from roughly the 11th century to the present day. The major time divisions of classical music are as follows: the early music period, which includes the Medieval (500–1400) and the Renaissance (1400–1600) era, played at early music festivals; the common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1830), and Romantic eras (1804–1910), which included opera festivals and choral festivals; and the 20th century (1901–2000) which includes the modern (1890–1930) that overlaps from the late 19th-century, the high modern (mid 20th-century), and contemporary classical music festivals or postmodern (1975–2000) eras, the last of which overlaps into the 21st-century. The term "classical music" did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to distinctly canonize the period from Johann Sebastian Bach to Beethoven as a golden age.

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List	Category	Media
List of classical music festivals	Classical music festivals Classical music festivals by country	Classical music festivals Classical music festivals by country
List of music festivals	Music festivals	Music festivals
List of early music festivals	Early music festivals	Early music festivals
List of chamber music festivals	Chamber music festivals	Chamber music festivals
List of choral festivals	Choral festivals	Choral festivals
List of Indian classical music festivals		Indian classical music festivals
List of opera festivals	Opera festivals	Opera festivals
List of Bach festivals	Bach festivals	Bach festivals
List of Christian music festivals	Christian music festivals	Christian music festivals
	Contemporary classical festivals	Contemporary classical festivals
List of experimental music festivals	Experimental music festivals	Experimental music festivals
	Electroacoustic festivals	Electroacoustic festivals

Festivals

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

References

1. "Classical", The Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music, ed. Michael Kennedy, (Oxford, 2007), Oxford Reference Online. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
2. Rushton, Julian, Classical Music, (London, 1994), 10
3. Greyton Genadendal Classics for All
4. Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival
5. Nosy Be Symphonies
6. Klein Karoo Klassique
7. Investec International Music Festival
8. Settimane Musicali al Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza
9. Bologna Festival
10. Riga Jurmala Music Festival
11. Cistermúsica - Festival de Música de Alcobaça
12. ASME@WAU Music Festival
13. Festival Mozaic, San Luis Obispo
14. Fine Arts Summer Academy (FASA)
15. Mineral Point Chamber Music Festival
16. Mostly Modern Festival
17. Music from Angel Fire
18. Music House International
19. National Music Festival, Chestertown, Maryland
20. Northern Lights Music Festival
21. Omnipresent Music Festival
22. Philadelphia International Music Camp & Festival

External links

• Media related to Classical music festivals at Wikimedia Commons

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