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The year’s most popular concert, featuring the York Minster Choir, one of the UK’s leading choirs and celebrated readers.
Last year's concert saw the choir perform Andrew Carter's Lullaby my Jesus, John Rutter's What sweeter music and David Willcock's Tomorrow will be my dancing day among many other enchanting Christmas carols.
It is a tradition that the venerable La Scala opera house in Milan launches its new season on 7 December, St Ambrose's Day, the feast of Milan's patron saint.
One of the world's most famous opera houses, La Scala was inaugurated on 3 August 1778. The lavishly decorated theatre was the pre-eminent meeting place for Milan's wealthiest residents. It was renovated in 1907, and again from 2002 to 2004, when the sound quality was considerably enhanced.
The opening night features a performance of La Traviata.
Hogmanay is the Scottish word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year in the Scottish manner. However, it is normally only the start of a celebration that lasts through the night until the morning of New Year's Day or, in some cases, 2 January which is a Scottish Bank Holiday.
The Hogmanay street party on 31 December is the main event, and is held in the city centre. In addition, Princes Street Gardens hosts a live music concert, and East Princes Street Gardens and Mound Square host the Ceilidh in the Gardens open air party.
Originally founded by Robert Redford in the mountains of Sundance, Utah, Sundance Institute has always provided a space for independent artists to explore their stories free from commercial and political pressures.
Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences. Through its programs, the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work.
The principal aim of St. Moritz Polo Corporation is to promote the sport of polo worldwide, and especially in Switzerland. While promoting the sport of polo and implementing animal-friendly rules of play, St. Moritz Polo Corporation has made a name for itself as a proven expert in the field of polo.
Set to a beautiful backdrop of a frozen Swiss lake this elite competition attracts some 15,000 spectators.
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is the world's largest meeting place for Scandinavian furniture and lighting design, for both home and public environments. Held since 1951 and running parallel with Stockholm Design Week.
For the 15th edition of Art Rotterdam, the exhibition is moving to the Van Nellefabriek in Rotterdam to accommodate all of its exhibitors. The Van Nellefabriek is an icon of post WW I modern architecture and is nominated to be listed on the Unesco World Heritage List.
The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival, held in Venice. The Carnival starts around two weeks before Ash Wednesday and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.
Today, approximately 3 million visitors come to Venice every year for Carnival. One of the most important events is the contest for la maschera più bella (the most beautiful mask) placed at the last weekend of the Carnival and juried by a panel of international costume and fashion designers.
With the first festival dating all the way back to 1823, the carnival in Rio de Janeiro is now possibly the most famous in the world, certainly the biggest with over two million people per day taking to the streets. With revelers, floats and adornments from numerous samba schools, the atmosphere and energy in Rio is truly unsurpassed.
The Armory Show, a leading international contemporary and modern art fair and one of the most important annual art events in New York, takes place every March on Piers 92 & 94 in central Manhattan. The Armory Show is devoted to showcasing the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its fifteen years the fair has become an international institution, combining a selection of the world's leading galleries with an exceptional program of arts events and exhibitions throughout New York during the celebrated Armory Arts Week.
