EDITORIAL

The festival « Accademia delle Crete Senesi » was founded on the initiative of some musicians of the “Orchestre des Champs Elysées”. As many of their colleagues these musicians give concerts all across Europe but mostly in big halls for an audience of more than two thousand people. However, nothing replaces the cosiness of an intimate location full of atmosphere.

The concerts of the “Accademia delle Crete” take place in small but marvellous churches, chosen because of their adequate acoustics for the repertoire on the program. The “Crete Senesi” offers splendid locations for the audience and is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and best kept regions in Europe.

Situated south of Sienna it is a perfect marriage between marvellous landscapes and a culture going back to the Etrusks. The villages, abbeys and “Pievi” have not yet been stained by mass tourism.

The Accademia aims to give young talents a chance to play with experienced musicians. Together they play for a broad European as well as a regional audience. Such program contains clear tracks of the “Académies musicales de Saintes”, to whom the “Accademia delle Crete” is a modest transalpine little sister.
Five centuries of music are the subject of a renewing and refreshing treatment.

Philippe Herreweghe