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Welcome to the website of the Peter the Great Festival.

The Peter the Great Festival is a classical music festival with over fourty concerts in the North of Holland during two weeks. The concerts are being combined with lectures, diners, walking-tours, musea visits etc. An important part of the festival consists of the Summer Academy for young, talented singers, pianists, organ players, double bass players and string instrumentalists. For more information about the Summer Academy, click here.


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Rian de Waal, artistic director



Peter de Grote Festival 2010 huge success

With a record breaking number of visitors, a lively Summer Academy and a lot of local and (inter)national press attention the Peter de Grote Festival 2010 was a huge success.

From July 28th - Augusut 7th 38 concerts were organized, 11 free lunchconcerts and 27 regular concerts. Over 80 musicians performed on the concerts. The festival was visited by over 5900 people, almost 400 more than in 2009.

105 students participated in the Summer Academy, which is also a record. The participants came from all over the world (17 countries).

The Peter de Grote Festival 2011 will be organized from July 27th - August 6th.