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Symphonic Holidays

With Symphonic Holidays you will have the opportunity to play at an advanced level in an amateur orchestra while enjoying your holiday in relaxing and inviting places in Southern Europe. We combine the comforts of Mediterranean life with our essential mission: to bring together people who share a passion for music. Our daily rehearsals culminate in a concert performance at the end of the vacation. Read more...

All confirmed / open places

All five Symphonic Holidays scheduled for 2026 are confirmed to be realized. Thank you for the 179 amateur musicians who have signed up to-date for these courses, giving a good basis for all to go ahead with preparations. At the same time, plenty of opportunities are waiting for more players to complete the orchestras.
Strings: Open spots on all courses (exceptions: violas and cellos are complete in Collioure, and cellos are complete in Cefalù October)
Flute: Cefalù spring (flute 3 / piccolo), Bardou
Oboe: Cefalù spring
Bassoon: Bardou
Horn: Cefalù spring, Orvieto
Trumpet: Cefalù spring, Collioure, Orvieto
Trombone: Cefalù spring, Collioure
Timpani: Cefalù spring, Bardou

Concerts 2025

upcoming
Symphonic Holidays

Cefalù 30th April - 9th May 2026

Cayenna Ponchione, conductor
Nathaniel Anderson-Frank, violin

KAIJA SAARIAHO, Ciel d'hiver
IGOR STRAVINSKY, Violin Concerto D major
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY, Symphony No.6 (Pathétique)

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Bardou 28th May - 8th June 2026

David Curtis, conductor
Matthew Sharp, cello

MAURICE RAVEL, Ma Mère l'Oye
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH, Cello Concerto No. 1
ETIENNE-NICOLAS MÉHUL, Symphony No.1

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Collioure 4th - 13th September 2026

Cayenna Ponchione, conductor
Anna Stéphany, mezzo soprano

FELIX MENDELSSOHN, The Hebrides
EDWARD ELGAR, Sea Pictures
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK, Symphony No. 7

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Orvieto 2nd - 11th October 2026

Rolf Verbeek, conductor
Johanna Cornelia Müller, violin

RICHARD WAGNER, Concert Overture No. 1
JOHANNES BRAHMS, Violin Concerto
GEORGES BIZET, Symphony No. 1

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Cefalù 15th - 24th October 2026

Swann van Rechem, conductor

OLIVIER MESSIAEN, L'Ascension
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH, Symphony No. 5

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