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Festival

Chamber Ensemble

Ballet

Other

Competition

Educational

Young Artist Programme

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Church

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associazione musicale

Teatro

conservatorium

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Ente regionale

Associazione

Instytucja kultury

Esbjerg

Denmark

Falstaff & Festival

Approved

Feldkirch

Austria

Feldkirch Festival

Tel Aviv

Israel

Felicja Blumental International Music Festival

Cologne

Germany

Felix!

Seville

Spain

FeMÁS

Tallinn

Estonia

Festival AFEKT

Savona

Italy

According to the legend, the mercenary Sebastian Contrario (after which the saying “bastian Contrario” derives) would have ended his life in Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena in 1672 during the third war between the Savoy and Genoa for the conquest of the Val Neva. This is a good reason to create an unconventional Festival Al Contrario here, to give greater value to this ancient village, place of the soul .   

It is a path around the re-discovery of the traditions and the deep rural roots of the place, which bets on a sustainable economic development in the future. Nature and outdoor sports, combined with cultural and technological innovation, ecology, slow tourism, youth and entrepreneurship are the protagonists of this festival.  

We will welcome writers, visual artists, dancers, actors, economists, promoters of art forms that encourage face-to-face communication; artisans, martial arts masters, musicians, all witnesses of forms of transmission of knowledge that are based on practice , orality , and memory .

The Festival is inspired by the village itself and by the territory. Guests and artists benefit from a quality of life that favors concentration, and they give back to the village an artistic creation, a sign, a testament to the dialogue between past and present. The locals are involved and engaged in several ways.

By coming to the FestivAlContrario, you will find a welcoming atmosphere full of relationships and encounters of great value.

Festival al Contrario

Manaus

Brazil

Festival Amazonas de Ópera

Festival Amedeo Bassi

Festival Aosta Classica

Reggio Emilia

Festival Aperto

Geneva

Switzerland

Festival Archipel

Croatia

Festival Art Novi Vinodolski

Lausanne

Festival Bach

Montreal

Canada

Festival Bach Montréal

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Festival Barenboim

France

Festival Baroque de Tarentaise

Valloire

Festival baroque de Valloire

Sallanches

Festival Baroque du Pays du Mont-Blanc

Batumi

Georgia

For 9 years Batumi Black Sea Music and Art Festival has been exploring the affluence of music creation and development.

As celebration of classical music, Festival will be held on 23-31 July 2022 in Batumi supported by the State of Georgia and Autonomus Republic of Adjara.

The world’s famous musicians will be visiting Batumi by the invitation of Georgian famous pianist and UNESCO Artiste for Peace, Elisso Bolkvadze.

The Festival is an original event where the great artists and young talents come together to place the music at the heart of culture, to promote the peace and cultural diversity.

Since its creation, the festival’s mission has been to promote and support the young Georgian talents of today. This is exactly what gives this event a different identity.

Batumi Black Sea Music and Art Festival is the only one unique event under the high patronage of UNESCO in Georgia.

Festival Batumi

Organization Name	City, Country	Organization Type
Falstaff & Festival	Esbjerg, Denmark	FestivalView profile
Feldkirch Festival	Feldkirch, Austria	FestivalView profile
Felicja Blumental International Music Festival	Tel Aviv, Israel	FestivalView profile
Felix!	Cologne, Germany	FestivalView profile
FeMÁS	Seville, Spain	FestivalView profile
Festival AFEKT	Tallinn, Estonia	FestivalView profile
Festival al Contrario	Savona, Italy	FestivalView profile
Festival Amazonas de Ópera	Manaus, Brazil	FestivalView profile
Festival Amedeo Bassi	Italy	FestivalView profile
Festival Aosta Classica	Italy	FestivalView profile
Festival Aperto	Reggio Emilia, Italy	FestivalView profile
Festival Archipel	Geneva, Switzerland	FestivalView profile
Festival Art Novi Vinodolski	Croatia	FestivalView profile
Festival Bach	Lausanne, Switzerland	FestivalView profile
Festival Bach Montréal	Montreal, Canada	FestivalView profile
Festival Barenboim	Buenos Aires, Argentina	FestivalView profile
Festival Baroque de Tarentaise	France	FestivalView profile
Festival baroque de Valloire	Valloire, France	FestivalView profile
Festival Baroque du Pays du Mont-Blanc	Sallanches, France	FestivalView profile
Festival Batumi	Batumi, Georgia	FestivalView profile

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