Musicalta is a

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and a classical

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, founded in 1996 in

Lapoutroie Lapoutroie (; ; Welche: ''Lè Peutraille'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Haut-Rhin département The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department ...

, France. Musicalta takes place every year between 15 July and 15 August, in

Rouffach Rouffach (; German and Alsatian: ''Rufach'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Rouffach lies along the Alsatian wine route (''Route des Vins d'Alsace''). Its vineyards produce one of the finest Al ...

, France. Musicalta also organizes

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out of Alsace such as

Maxim Vengerov Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (russian: Максим Александрович Венгеров, , mɐkˈsʲim ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ vʲɪnˈɡʲerəf; he, מקסים ונגרוב; born 20 August 1974) is a Russian-born Israeli violinist, v ...

recital A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variety an ...

at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in

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, on 23 February 2013, and further announces concerts on 15 March 2014 in Paris and 16 April 2014 in Lyon.Le retour du violoniste Maxim Vengerov
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History

The first concert was played in 1994 in Lapoutroie, Alsace in the

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, followed soon thereafter by concerts organized in

Labaroche Labaroche (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is located in the Vosges mountains at an average altitude of 750 m. There is a post-office, a bank, several hotels, a little super-market, a salon ...

and Trois-Epis. In 1995, the Festival organised five additional concerts thanks to its first budget of 14,000 FR. In 1996, the brand “MUSICALTA” was formed. In 2001, Musicalta moved to the Alsace plain, in the Pays de

, Vignobles et Châteaux. Musicalta Festival adapted its capacities to welcome spectators and students in a natural and architectural environment on the Wine Road.

Festival

In 2012, 8,000 spectators attended th
Musicalta festival
It currently takes place in towns of Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux. A Festival concert is also given each year in the Dominican monastery of

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. The artistic director, Francis Duroy, offers a broad program of a repertoire that crosses several centuries of music. In Musicalta, musical works of the 18th century and contemporary creations, today's music and electro acoustic music are played together in concerts. The Musicalta presents lesser-known composers too, such as in 2000, the tribute for

Charles Koechlin Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin (; 27 November 186731 December 1950), commonly known as Charles Koechlin, was a French composer, teacher and musicologist. He was a political radical all his life and a passionate enthusiast for such diverse things ...

and in 2002, the tribute for

Guillaume Lekeu Jean Joseph Nicolas Guillaume Lekeu (20 January 1870 – 21 January 1894) was a Belgian composer. Life Lekeu was born in Heusy, a village near Verviers, Belgium. He originally studied piano and music theory under Alphonse Voss, the director of ...

Invited artists

From the start, in Trois-Epis, in Labaroche and then in Rouffach, the Festival has hosted formations such as the

Fine Arts Quartet The Fine Arts Quartet is a chamber music ensemble founded in Chicago, United States in 1946 by Leonard Sorkin and George Sopkin. The Quartet has recorded over 200 works and has toured internationally for 77 years, making it one of the longest en ...

Gilles Apap Gilles Apap (born 21 May 1963) is a French classical violinist. Born in Béjaïa, Algeria, he was raised in Nice, France. In 1985 he won first prize in the contemporary music category at the Yehudi Menuhin Competition. He served as concertmaste ...

, Philippe Bernold, Augustin Dumay, and

Jean-Philippe Collard Collard at the ''Flâneries musicales'', Reims (6 June 2014) Jean-Philippe Henri Collard (born 27 January 1948) is a French pianist known for his interpretations of the works of Gabriel Fauré and Camille Saint-Saëns. Career Collard was bo ...

Academy

The first music academy took place in 1994 and one year later the chamber music class opened. Musicalta Academy was officially founded in 1996, welcoming about 20 students. Students partake in a range of activities, including an instrumental workshops, string ensemble training, and lectures. Musicalta Academy also offers complementary workshops such as

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

References

External links

Official site
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