Event: Czech Republic - Prague

Ameropa - Chamber Music Festival

When:	20 Jul - 3 Aug 2008 (annual)
Where:	Prague
Costs:	Various
Opening Hours:	Various

Prague is a musical city, and has been so since well before Mozart's day, when he came and bequeathed the Bohemian capital not only his Prague Symphony (No 38) but also perhaps his most famous opera, Don Giovanni. Now instrumentalists can come together to play chamber music in the annual summer Ameropa festival which, since 1994, has presented concerts in some of the city's beautiful venues.

Instrumentalists of a range of abilities come together on piano, strings, woodwinds, horn and marimba. Throughout the festival's fortnight, participants work together towards public concerts with both individual and group tutoring.

While participation for the fortnight may be pricey, to go to concerts on your night off are free (although for non-participatory audience members there is a charge). The concerts take place in a number of Prague's great venues, including the Klementinum (Hall of Mirrors), Museum of Czech Music, Sue Ryder Centre, the Rudolfinum's Suk Hall and the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia. There are also concerts outside of Prague, in Brandýs nad Labem and Ceský Krumlov.