The Paxos Festival Trust organizes two festivals each year; the Spring Festival, with the emphasis on contemporary music, and the International Festival, held in the late summer. Both involve the participation of exceptionally talented young musicians at the outset of their career.
Paxos International Music Festival 2008
26 August – 4 September
Concerts take place on 26,
28,
30 August and
2,
4 September.
Students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama will be directed by
Caroline Palmer, Professor of Piano and Chamber Music.
In September 2005 the Guildhall School of Music & Drama took over direction of the Paxos International Festival which continues to concentrate on the study and performance of the whole range of chamber music, in the tradition established since 1986. Three professors from the Guildhall School will direct the study and rehearsal sessions which take place daily throughout the Festival.
Paxos Spring Music Festival
Starting in 2004, IEMA (International Ensemble Modern Academy) has joined Paxos Festival Trust in an annual joint venture, specifically designed to provide the highest quality training in the study and performance of 20th century and contemporary music for the most promising Greek students and emerging young professionals and progressively to encourage performance of such music by these young people throughout Greece.
In 2006 ten young Greek musicians were invited to Paxos for all-day study sessions and rehearsals. There were 3 public concerts in Paxos and the final concert took place at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron Mousikis Athinon). Details of all three events here.
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