BENDIGO music lovers can expect performances from top Australian and international artists at a new music festival in the city next year.
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These musicians will play at the new Bendigo Chamber Music Festival, in 14 concerts spread over five days in February.
Co-director Howard Penny said an "absolutely flourishing" Bendigo was ready to host an international festival, designed for both a local and interstate audience.
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Concerts include pieces by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Debussy and Beethoven, while masterclasses give young musicians and teachers in Bendigo a chance to hone their skills.
Mr Penny said the festival was hosting this, as well as visits to primary schools, as part of an effort to invigorate musical life in Bendigo from the ground up. He said organisers wanted to build musical awareness and infrastructure in the city.
Mr Penny said both connoisseurs and first timers would find their tastes met in the program.
He said chamber music's immediacy was part of its attraction. The style is designed to be played by a smaller ensemble than a full orchestra.
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"As an audience member, it's much more intimate," Mr Penny said.
"It's a much more intense, a much more immediate experience, and I think gets to the essence of how music communicates."
Mr Penny said the festival would draw musicians from one of the top orchestras in the world, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
He said even familiar pieces would be re-energised and re-imagined by the orchestra's unique approach to style.
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