Festival_d'Ambronay

Ambronay Festival

Ambronay Festival

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The Ambronay Festival is a French opera festival and early music festival.[1]

The festival has been running in October for 30 years[2] and previously produced recordings with labels such as the Auvidis label.[3] 7 of 14 early recordings were with Jordi Savall. Since 2005 the Festival has been issuing recordings on its own label, Ambronay Éditions. More recently Leonardo García-Alarcón has been a regular performer and recording artist.

The main venue is the Benedictine Abbey Notre-Dame d'Ambronay of the village of Ambronay. The abbey has an exceptional acoustic.[4] In the abbey performing spaces are: Tour Dauphine, Chapiteau, Abbatiale. Other venues include the Théâtre de Bourg-en-Bresse, Monastery of Brou, also at Bourg-en-Bresse, Théâtre des Augustins in Montluel, the Abbaye Saint-Martin d'Ainay, Lyon, and Belley Cathedral.

Themes

There is a theme for the festival each year:[5]

Discography

Recordings issued under the festival's own label, Ambronay Éditions include:

References

  1. [1]
    Festival d'Ambronay
  2. [2]
    Laure Roosen, Anthony Serex Le Petit Futé - Escapades autour de Lyon 2008 p30 "Démarré en 1980 à l'instigation de l'association Art et Musique, le festival de musique d'Ambronay gagne chaque année en.."
  3. [3]
    David Vandiedonck Qu'est-ce qui fait tourner le disque classique?: logiques éditoriales et place des interprètes 1999.
  4. [4]
    Franche-Comté 2007 Jura p104 "Grâce à une acoustique exceptionnelle, elle revêt chaque année une dimension internationale à l'occasion du Festival de musique baroque. ... Notre-Dame d'Ambronay accueille chaque année, en automne, un festival apprécié des mélomanes."
  5. [5]
    past brochures
  6. [6]
    Vickers, David (2007). "Hasse: The Fiery Serpents in the Wilderness: A superb package but is it enough to restore the composer's reputation?". Gramophone. Vol. 84, p. 90. Online version retrieved 23 June 2015.
  7. [7]
    Roche, Elizabeth (January 2010). "The moral oratorio"[dead link], p. 51. Early Music, Vol. 38, Issue 1

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