The Choriner Musiksommer (literally, ''Chorin's Summer of Music'') is an outdoor music festival held in the ruins of the convent of

Chorin Abbey Chorin Abbey (Kloster Chorin) is a former Cistercian abbey near the village of Chorin in Brandenburg, Germany. It was founded by the Ascanian margraves in 1258 and had far-reaching influence on the northern edge of the Ascanians' sphere of influ ...

Chorin Chorin () is a municipality in the district of Barnim in Brandenburg, Germany. It is most famous for its cloister and for being situated within the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve. It is famous for its medieval Brick Gothic Chorin Abbey ...

, Brandenburg, Germany. It originated as a single annual concert, established on 23 May 1964 by

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as an event for employees of the Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development) in

Eberswalde Eberswalde () is a major town and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German State ( Bundesland / ''federated state'') of Brandenburg, about 50 km northeast of Berlin. Population 42,144 (census in June 2005), geographi ...

. The forest administration then managed the monastery ruins. So they became the venue for the concert. The number of concerts was raised to four in 1970 and from then until 1973 numbers rose from 600 to 1200 and finally 2,100 per concert. In 1974 the number of concerts was increased to thirteen. After the

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in 1989 the festival's organisation was transferred to an independent organisation (Choriner Musiksommer e.V.). It now consists of nineteen concerts per season (June - August) of 17th to 19th-century music, rarely-heard pieces and choral music. Choriner Musiksommer is a registered brand (certificate 304 50 535 / Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt).

External links

Official site
Classical music festivals in Germany category:Culture of Brandenburg