Date: June 20 to 23, 2019
Country: Canada
Initiated by Susie Napper, Montreal cellist and gambist, the festival has offered guests an unique opportunity to hear music of the 17th and 18th centuries, performed by Canadian and international celebrities, in appropriate and unusual settings since 2003. Featuring Grand Parade, relaxing choral concert in a chapel as well as street performances through the narrow streets of the Old City, this festival gives a new cultural identity to Old Montreal, attracting international tourists and local music lovers as well as novices to Early Music.
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