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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...

Deadlines 2026

You can sign up to a Symphonic Holiday at any time, also last minute, as long as a place is still available for you.

BUT: We will decide eight to six months before if a course has enough players to be realized. If not enough players have signed up or a string section is very low in numbers, a course has to be cancelled. It is therefore in your interest to book early, in case you want attend a Symphonic Holiday.

These are the deadlines for the decision if a course in 2026 has enough players and therefore can be realized:

31st October 2025 for Cefalù spring
30th November 2025 for Bardou
31st January 2026 for Collioure, Orvieto and Cefalù autumn

Concerts 2025

upcoming
Symphonic Holidays

Orvieto 17th - 26th October 2025

David Sofer, conductor

Felix Mendelssohn, Overture of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Luciano Berio / Franz Schubert, Rendering
Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring

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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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