FESTIVAL D`AIX : FINAL RESULTS OF THE 2016 EDITION

FESTIVAL D`AIX : FINAL RESULTS OF THE 2016 EDITION

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FESTIVAL D’AIX :
FINAL RESULTS OF THE 2016 EDITION
Aix-en-Provence | 21/07/2016
EVENTS (JUNE-JULY 2016)
5 lyrical productions
18 concerts (excluding the Académie)
45 meetings / conferences
3 professional seminars
ATTENDANCE
97,9% seat-occupancy rate of operas
94,2% seat-occupancy rate of concerts
39 972 seats for the operas and concerts (excluding the Académie)
35 554 seats for Aix en Juin, the Académie, public rehearsals and screenings
TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 75 526
AIX EN JUIN
62 events
17 004 spectators including 12 736 free entries
4 155 Pass sold (Aix en Juin and the Académie – 723 free Pass for young people under 30)
ACADÉMIE DU FESTIVAL D’AIX
56 events including 24 scheduled as part of Aix en Juin
253 young artists (singers and instrumentalists) – 45 nationalities
21 composers
9 world premieres (including 8 commissioned by the Académie) and 1 French creation
16 concerts out of Aix en Provence as part as Aix en Juin and the Académie tour
Press office
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Valérie Weill | [email protected] | +33 6 85 22 74 66
PASSERELLES: EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ARTISTIC ACTIONS
3 201 young people from 87 education institutions (middle schools, high schools, colleges,
music schools, conservatoires)
1 170 students from Aix-Marseille University (370 people from Opéra ON programme)
2 250 young people and adults with 110 associations
220 amateurs and 1 450 spectators for Ouverture[s]
RECORDINGS – TELEVISIONS, RADIOS BROADCASTINGS AND SCREENINGS
5 operas recorded for televisions and websites
8 evening performances/recordings on France Musique
1 documentary on Kalîla wa Dimna
3 webdocs (available on the Festival d’Aix website)
4 immersive 360° video recordings (Kalîla wa Dimna, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Così
fan tutte and SolOmax de R. Imbert)
32 screenings in 28 different cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region
41 screenings in France and in 18 foreign countries
Press office
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Valérie Weill | [email protected] | +33 6 85 22 74 66