Oude Muziek (festival)

Oude Muziek (niderl. "Ancient music") - the international festival of ancient music in Utrecht . Held annually since 1982. The repertoire of festival concerts covers the music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque. Since 2014, the main concert venue of the festival is the Tivoli-Wredenburg Music Center. Concerts are also held in many historical churches in Utrecht (Pieterskerk, Geertekerk, Lutherse Kerk, Jacobikerk, Willibrordkerk, Janskerk, Nicolaïkerk).

Since 2005, concert programs have been thematically linked, summarized in the single title of the festival. As part of the festival, an international musicology symposium has been held irregularly since 1986. From the same year, the specialized journal Tijdschrift Oude Muziek was published.

Over the years, famous authenticists - soloists, ensembles, conductors took part in the concerts of the Oude Muziek festival. Among them are Jordi Saval (and his ensemble “Hesperion-XXI”), Ton Copman (and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir ), Christina Pluhar (and the ensemble “L'Arpeggiata”), Peter Phillips (and his choir “Tallis Scholars”), Paul van Nevel (and his “Huelgas Ensemble”), ensembles “Camerata Trajectina”, “La Reverdie”, “ Capilla Flamenca ”, “Concerto Palatino”, “Musica nova”, “Gesualdo Consort” (Amsterdam) and many others. other