Music Fest Perugia
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| Genre | Classical music |
| Location(s) | Perugia, Italy |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Founded by | Peter Hermes and Ilana Vered |
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| http://www.musicfestperugia.net/ | |
Music Fest Perugia is a summer classical music festival held annually since 2007 in Perugia, Italy for high-level young classical musicians.
The festival was founded by Ilana Vered and Enrique Graf in 2005 in Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy hosting 8 students in its first year. In 2007 the festival moved to the city of Perugia and has since grown, currently hosting 200 students, 52 professors and 3 orchestras.
It is currently under the management of director Ilana Vered and her former student, Sasha Starcevich, an internationally-renowned piano teacher, who serves as co-director.
The festival attracts serious, advanced-level young classical musicians from all over the world, who get the opportunity to perform concerti with orchestra as well as participate in lessons, master classes, play in marathon recitals and in chamber music events and partake in an opera production. The concerts take place in halls such as Basilica di San Pietro, Sala dei Notari, Teatro Pavone, most of them famous for their extraordinary acoustics.
One of the special aspects of this festival is that almost all students receive the opportunity to perform concerti with an orchestra.
Many of the festival's students have won prizes at national and international levels, including YoungArts, MTNA, Canadian Music Competition, Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition, Young Concert Artists, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and among many others. They have continued their education at prestigious universities and conservatories, including Stanford University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, and The Juilliard School.
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