Salzburg Festival is an annual music festival in Salzburg (Austria), in a program that includes, along with concerts, opera performances also. Since 1870, in Salzburg began to festivals devoted to Mozart. In 1917 was organized by an art committee (which includes Hofmannsthal, R. Strauss and others), to prepare the festival in 1920. Since then, the festivals have become annual. They pass the summer in a big festival palace (2160 seats, built in 1960). 

Initially, the repertoire was mostly essays Austro-German composers (Mozart, Gluck, Richard Strauss and others). In recent years, there are also essays and other sponsors. From 1967 held Easter Festival, organized by Karajan (among the first productions “Der Ring des Nibelungen). Artistic Director of the Easter festival is from 1994 Abbado. In Salzburg were the major conductors of XX century: Toscanini, Walter, Furtvengler, and Karajan. In 1928 the festival is the first time by Russian musicians (opera studio of the Leningrad Conservatory).  

Salzburg Festival is held in Jul - Aug 2009 at Salzburg in Austria.

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