Caramoor International Music Festival

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Country and Region	United States — New York
Type of Festival	Music
Location of Festival	Katonah, New York USA
Festival Contact Information	Mailing address: Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts P. O. Box 816 Katonah, NY 10536 USA Physical address: Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts 149 Girdle Ridge Road Katonah, NY 10536 Phone: +01 914-232-1252 Fax: +01 914-232-5521 Email: info@caramoor.org
Festival Description	The Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts presents the annual Caramoor International Music Festival at the Center’s distinguished 90-acre garden estate in Katonah, New York. The summer festival program offers a broad range of artists and repertoire from the worlds of classical, jazz, Latin, opera, bluegrass, and pop music. For additional information about Caramoor’s other festival please visit the following profile pages at KadmusArts: Caramoor Fall Festival http://kadmusarts.com/festivals/6298.html Caramoor Jazz Festival http://kadmusarts.com/festivals/1655.html
Festival Dates	June 22 - August 7, 2013
Festival Links	http://www.caramoor.org

Festival Story:

Caramoor is the legacy of Walter and Lucie Rosen, who built their summer home — now known as the historic Rosen House at Caramoor – and filled it with their treasures. Walter Rosen was the master planner for the Caramoor estate, bringing to reality his dream of creating a place to entertain friends from around the world. Their musical evenings were the seeds of today’s Caramoor International Music Festival. Realizing the pleasure their friends took in the beauty of Caramoor – the house with its art collection, the gardens, and the musical programs on summer evenings – in 1946 the Rosens established a public charity to open Caramoor to the community. Lucie Rosen survived her husband by seventeen years. During those years, she expanded the Music Festival: the Spanish Courtyard was used as a setting for musical events, as it is today, and, under her direction, the great stage of the Venetian Theater was built.

Caramoor is a performing arts center located on a unique 90-acre setting of Italianate architecture and gardens in Westchester County, NY. It enriches the lives of its audiences through innovative and diverse musical performances of the highest quality. Its mission also includes mentoring young professional musicians and providing educational programs for young children centered around music. It is often described as “a Garden of Great Music”, where audiences are invited to come early, explore the beautiful grounds, enjoy a pre-concert picnic, and discover beautiful music in the relaxed settings of the Venetian Theater, Spanish Courtyard, Music Room of the Rosen House, and the magnificent gardens.

With its unique heritage, Caramoor remains a place where magical summer days and nights are shared and enjoyed by thousands. “Caramoor is the loveliest Festival of them all.” - The New York Times

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Practical Info:

Concert Venues and Gardens:

Concerts take place in two outdoor theaters: the 1714-seat, acoustically superb Venetian Theater and the more intimate, romantic Spanish Courtyard. Caramoor’s gardens are also well worth the visit and include nine unique perennial gardens. Among them are a Sense Circle for the visually handicapped, a Butterfly Garden, Tapestry Hedge, and Iris and Peony Garden, which may be enjoyed on one’s own or seen on a guided tour.

Getting to Caramoor:

By car from the West Side of Manhattan and New Jersey, take the Saw Mill River Parkway north to Katonah. Exit at Route 35/Cross River. Turn right and, at the first traffic light, make a right turn onto Route 22 south. Travel 1.9 miles to the junction of Girdle Ridge Road. Follow the signs to Caramoor. (For detailed directions call 914-232-5035 and press 2, or online at http://www.caramoor.org. Parking at Caramoor is free.
By train, take the Harlem Division of the Metro-North Railroad to Katonah, New York. Taxi service from the station to Caramoor (5 minutes away) is available.
From Manhattan, take the Caramoor Caravan to Bel Canto at Caramoor opera performances and ride comfortably in a luxurious, air-conditioned coach. For information and reservations, call the Caramoor Box Office at 914-232-1252.