EFA Members Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival Yerevan, Armenia > MUSIC From 03/04 to 27/12/2017 Byurakan Sacred Music Festival [week of 24/04/2017] ARMENIA Yerevan Perspectives is one of the leading festivals in Europe, established in 2000. The 10 festival presents top class musicians and orchestras of the world. It launched an Acad- emy in Byurakan. The Festival patron is the President of Armenia. There are concerts each Spring and Autumn, occasionally also in another season. One-week festivals focusing on great living composers take place as special projects. The festival also presents sacred music series and features legends of jazz and pop music. www.yerevanfestival.am Stepan Rostomyan President, Founder Sona Hovhannisyan General Manager Hasmik Khachatryan Marketing Officer Ani Hovsepyan Administrative assistant, International relations David Grigoryan Press officer Armine Arabyan Social Media and Development Officer Hayk Bilyan Chief Accountant Levon Babamyan Events Coordinator Nonna Isajanyan Designer BOZAR Brussels, Belgium > MUSIC, DANCE, CINEMA From 01/01 to 31/12/2017 Afropolitan Festival [03/02 – 05/02/2017] BELGIUM BOZAR Electronic Arts Festival [09/2017] Are You Series? [12/2017] BOZAR is a multidisciplinary festival hub in the heart of Brussels, based 11 in the Centre for Fine Arts, designed by Victor Horta. Creativity, quality and artistic diversity are at the heart of the centre’s mission. BOZAR organizes, co-organizes and hosts over ten different festivals focusing on various disciplines, from cinema and music to theatre, dance and visual arts. Most festivals take place annually or biennially, but some are one-offs, coinciding with a particular cultural or political occasion. www.bozar.be Paul Dujardin CEO - Artistic Director Johan Van Roy Head of Marketing & Communication Marie Noble Head of Transversal Projects Hélène Tenreira BOZAR Press Jeremie Leroy Director of Finances Europalia International Brussels, Belgium > MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE, OPERA, LITERATURE, DESIGN, CINEMA, VIDEO, GASTRONOMY, FASHION,... From 10/10/2017 to 21/01/2018 Europalia is a biennial multidisciplinary festival that presents arts and BELGIUM culture of a guest country. This edition focuses on Indonesia, a land of contrasts with an extremely rich biodiversity, 300 ethnic groups and 12 17,000 islands, and 742 spoken languages. This natural and cultural op- ulence ensures that EUROPALIA INDONESIA will be a fascinating and gorgeous edition. The contrast between tradition and the present will be highlighted: ancestor rituals, gamelan and shadow puppets receive as much attention as international residences, cultural exchanges, new creations and street arts. www.europalia.eu Dirk Vermaelen Artistic Director Koen Clement General Director Stefana Ciubotariu Finance, HR and General Administration Director Festival de Wallonie Wallonia and Brussels, Belgium > MUSIC From 10/06 to 27/10/2017 BELGIUM In 1971 six leading music festivals of the French-speaking community in Belgium (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) came together to found the Festival de Wallonie. In 2011, they were joined by the Musiq’3 Brussels Festival. They did so with the shared aim of promoting classical music of every kind and for every type of audience. Every year from June to 13 October, the Festival de Wallonie presents more than 150 concerts all over Wallonia and in Brussels for all audiences. www.festivaldewallonie.be Isabelle Bodson General Manager Flanders Festival International Belgium > MUSIC, DANCE, OPERA, THEATRE all year AMUZ [18/08 – 27/08/2017], Antwerp MAfestival [04/08 – 13/08/2017], Bruges Festival van Vlaanderen Brussel [09/03 – 24/03/2017] Ghent Festival of Flanders [10/09 – 09/10/2017] BELGIUM Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk [04/05 – 14/05/2017] Festival 20/21 [25/09 – 25/10/2017], Leuven 14 Festival van Vlaanderen Mechelen [11/04 – 14/05 & 09/2017], B-Classic [20/04 – 29/04/2017], Tongeren In its almost five decades of existence, Flanders Festival has established itself as one of the most prominent cultural events in Flanders. In addition to countless cathedrals, abbeys and belfries that provide a unique setting for musical events, there is a tourist infrastructure of international appeal, second only to the ac- claimed hospitality of the Flemish people. Between June and December, interested visitors are welcome to over 550 concerts in more than 80 cities and municipal- ities. www.festival.be Directors Committee Bart Demuyt, Antwerpen Tomas Bisschop, Brugge Sophie Detremmerie, Brussel Serge Platel, Gent Joost Fonteyne, Kortrijk Bob Permentier, Limburg Veerle Declerck, Mechelen Eddy Frans, Vlaams-Brabant International Festival Sarajevo ‘Sarajevo Winter’ Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina > MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE, OPERA, LITERATURE, FILM, HERZEGOVINA VISUAL ARTS, CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME BOSNIA From 07/02 to 21/03/2017 The International Festival Sarajevo ‘Sarajevo Winter’ takes place every year from 7 February to 21 March. It was established after the XIV Olym- 15 pics Games, which were held in Sarajevo. The festival gathers artists from all over the world and cooperates with cultural institutions, em- bassies, NGOs in the country and abroad. Programmes are mainly held in Sarajevo, but also on mountains and in other cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During 42 days every year Sarajevo is a meeting place for artists and those who love arts. Festival Network Sarajevo [25-27/05/2017] Sarajevo winter festival – art festival www.sarajevskazima.ba/en/ Ibrahim Spahić Artistic & General Director March Music Days International Festival Ruse, Bulgaria > OPERA, MUSIC From 10/03 to 26/03/2017 BULGARIA March Music Days International Festival, founded in 1961, is one of the oldest and most reputed festival stages in Bulgaria. It is a festival with 16 a modern programme strategy and a high public rating. Every year it turns the city of Ruse – the largest and most beautiful Bulgarian city along the Danube – into a real capital of music, a meeting point of top- class musicians from Europe and worldwide. www.marchmusicdays.eu Iva Chavdarova Director Irene Markova Expert Varna Summer International Music Festival Varna, Bulgaria > MUSIC, DANCE, OPERA, MASTERCLASSES BULGARIA From 25/06 to 25/09/2017 Core Programme – Symphony and Chamber Music [24/06 – 07/07/2017] International Summer Music Academy [08-16/07/2017] Varna Summer Music Lab [17-26/07/2017] 17 Crossover [05-10/08/2017] Open-air Opera and Ballet [28/06 – 22/08] Early and Baroque Music [15-25/09] Varna Summer IMF, founded in 1926 and held from June to September each year, is one of the oldest festi- vals in Europe. It has won international recognition and today is a prestigious forum of Bulgarian and world classical music and performing art. The programme consists of symphony concerts, opera, ballet, chamber music, early and contemporary music and masterclasses. The festival is committed to supporting young talents and promoting new works and collaboration between local and international artists. www.varnasummerfest.org Antonia Yovcheva Director of Varna Municipality Culture Department Ivan Portnih Mayor of Varna Municipality Dessyslava Georgieva Head of Festivals and Projects Department, Varna Municipality Roumi Petrova, Plamena Tsoneva Heads of Programming Plamena Tsoneva Head of International Relations Nina Lokmadzhieva Head of Press Maria Ivanova Head of Audience Development Milka Madzharova Head of Finances & Administration Roumi Petrova Head of Production Dubrovnik Summer Festival Dubrovnik, Croatia > MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE, OPERA From 10/07 to 25/08/2017 The bustling walled city of Dubrovnik hosts its spectacular Summer Festival, one of the oldest European festivals, presenting a rich and CROATIA vibrant programme of theatre, ballet, opera, classical music, jazz and folklore. The festival promotes site-specific programmes, combines tra- 18 dition and modernity, and connects local, national and international creativity. As a place where people gather to exchange ideas and create new projects, the Summer Festival promotes Dubrovnik as a Croatian and world spiritual and cultural centre. www.dubrovnik-festival.hr Mladen Tarbuk Artistic Director Ivana Medo Bogdanović Executive Director Karla Labaš PR & Marketing Manager Music Biennale Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia > MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE, OPERA From 22/04 to 29/04/2017 CROATIA The Music Biennale Zagreb, founded in 1961, is an international fes- tival of contemporary music. It is completely dedicated to new music, including the living classics of contemporary music and the newest generation of composers from all over the world. The Music Biennale programme includes projects with symphony orchestras and chamber 19 ensembles, experimental music theatre, contemporary dance, jazz, electronics and alternative music scenes. www.mbz.hr Krešimir Seletković Artistic Director Antun Tomislav Šaban Secretary General of the Croatian Composers’ Society Ivana Hauser Head of Press Office Marija Saraga Head Project Manager International Music Festival Janáček May Ostrava, Czech Republic > MUSIC From 25/05 to 09/06/2017 Janáček May is a top event of classical music. The festival brings CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH high-level performances and concerts by distinguished artists from 20 the Czech Republic and all over the world to Ostrava and other towns in the Moravian-Silesian region. The region, known for its metal and coal mining industry, has always been a cultural and creative centre, where composers such as Hindemith, Prokofiev and Beethoven lived and worked. Janáček May brings concerts