News Archive

Sunday 7 September 2014

REMA, the European Early Music Network – which Peter Pontvik for the time being is chairman for – has been granted a multi-year support under the European Commission’s new program Creative Europe.  

Consequently REMA is one of the 21 essential networks in Europe having received grants from the European Union, out of 58 organizations that applied for it. “We are delighted that early music heritage is regarded as one of the important forms of expression in Europe and has got its funding doubled” says Peter Pontvik. He adds “it would be very encouraging if we here in Sweden could match such a view of the historical music by increasing the contributions to it”.

Thanks to the EU-support REMA will have the possibility to fulfill some of the projects planned for, like a web radio station för early music a Showcase Festival for young musicians and the prize REMA AWARD.    

Thursday 5 June 2014

After yesterday's brilliant festival opening with L´Arpeggiata, one of Europe's most requested ensembles, Stockholm Early Music Festival continues in the Old Town of Stockholm during four jam-packed days until Sunday 8 June.

Watch the culture news SVT Kulturnyheterna report, SVT Kulturnyheterna, about SEMF 2014 and Joshua Rifkin här (the report starts at 12´42´´)

On Sunday the exclusive world sensation - Leonardo da Vinci's instrument viola organista - will be presented in The House of Nobility for the first time after 500 years! Until then the public can enjoy more than twenty international concerts, among others the Czech baroque ensemble Collegium Marianum, the French vocal ensemble Gilles Binchois and the American Joshua Rifkin's poetic interpretations of J S Bach's wedding cantatas.