The following is an incomplete list of classical music festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on classical music. Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music (both liturgical and secular), and has long been played at festival-like settings. It encompasses a broad span of time from roughly the 11th century to the present day.^[1] The major time divisions of classical music are as follows: the early music period, which includes the Medieval (500-1400) and the Renaissance (1400-1600) era, played at early music festivals; the common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600-1750), Classical (1750-1830), and Romantic eras (1804-1910), which included opera festivals and choral festivals; and the 20th century (1901-2000) which includes the modern (1890-1930) that overlaps from the late 19th-century, the high modern (mid 20th-century), and contemporary classical music festivals or postmodern (1975-2000) eras, the last of which overlaps into the 21st-century. The term "classical music" did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to distinctly canonize the period from Johann Sebastian Bach to Beethoven as a golden age.^[2]

Related lists, categories, and media

List	Category	Media
List of classical music festivals	Classical music festivals Classical music festivals by country	Classical music festivals Classical music festivals by country
List of music festivals	Music festivals	Music festivals
List of early music festivals	Early music festivals	Early music festivals
List of chamber music festivals	Chamber music festivals	Chamber music festivals
List of choral festivals	Choral festivals	Choral festivals
List of Indian classical music festivals		Indian classical music festivals
List of opera festivals	Opera festivals	Opera festivals
List of Bach festivals	Bach festivals	Bach festivals
List of Christian music festivals	Christian music festivals	Christian music festivals
List of contemporary classical festivals	Contemporary classical festivals	Contemporary classical festivals
List of experimental music festivals	Experimental music festivals	Experimental music festivals
List of electroacoustic festivals	Electroacoustic festivals	Electroacoustic festivals

Festivals

Africa

Asia

Festival name	Location	Years	Notes
Kuthira Malika	India; Thiruvananthapuram	?-present	At shrine built by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha	India; Chennai	1986-present	Encouraging young talents
Parampara Series - Andhri	India; Hyderabad	1997-present	Asian classical music
Swathi Sangeethotsavam	India; Trivandrum	2000-present	Asian classical music
The Hindu Friday Review Music Festival	India; Chennai	2005-present	Asian classical music
All Pakistan Music Conference	Pakistan; Lahore	1959-present	Qawaali, classical, pop, rock, hamd, ghazel
Israel Festival	Israel; Jerusalem	1961-present	Arts festival with classical focus
Istanbul International Music Festival	Turkey; Istanbul	1973-present	Classical music, ballet, opera, traditional music
Mersin International Music Festival	Turkey; Mersin	2002-present	Classical, jazz, pop
Gm?lk International Classical Music Festival	Turkey; Gm?lk	2004-present	And Eklisia summer school
Tokyo Summer Festival	Japan; Tokyo	1985-present	Mixed genres
Pacific Music Festival	Japan; Sapporo	1990-present	Performers from major orchestras serve as faculty.
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival	Japan; Matsumoto	1992-present	Held in August and September; renamed in 2015
Beijing Music Festival	China; Beijing	1998-present	Founded by the Chinese government
Great Wall International Music Academy	China; Beijing	2005-present	Month-long classical music institute
TIMF	South Korea; Tongyeong	2002-present	Large event with multiple genres
Isang Yun Competition	South Korea; Tongyeong	2003-present	Classical competition
Daegu International Opera Festival	South Korea; Daegu	2003-present	Multiple features beyond main opera
Great Mountains Music Festival & School	South Korea; PyeongChang	2004-present	Chamber music festival
Beigang International Music Festival	Taiwan; Beigang	2006-present	Beigang Philharmonic Association
Bengal-ITC SRA Classical Music Festival	Bangladesh; Dhaka	2012-present	South Asian classical music

Europe

North America

Oceania

South America

References

External links

• Media related to Classical music festivals at Wikimedia Commons