Programme
The 2008 Malar International Music Festival will again delight the audience with a smörgåsbord of fine classical music. We have the pleasure to welcome the Bergamo Festival Orchestra to Västerås this year and Saturday's programme will feast on the magnificent music of Ludvig van Beethoven.

Artists
Patrik Jablonski will perform Beethoven's Triple concerto on the August 16th together with Linda Lampenius and Gemma Rosefield. We will also have the pleasure of hearing Kevin Kenner play Beethoven's Emperor concerto all under the baton of Peter Jablonski.

Mingle
A Festival of classical music is about entertainment, but it is also a great opportunity to meet and socialise with people who love to listen to and perform classical music. That's why we want the party to continue after the final applause in the concert hall dies away.

Venue
As in previous years we have the pleasure to use the wonderful Västerås Concert Hall. We will also be using the Chamber Hall for Multicamerata and a wonderful chamber concert with Gemma Rosefield and Rebecca Barham. After the evening concerts you will find us in the amazing Banquet Hall in the Elite Stads Hotel and the traditional finale to the festival will be in the Cathedral.

Seminar
The annual collaboration between the University and the Malar International Music Festival will this year continue with a summer academy. Students will have the festival period to prepare together with their teachers a programme for the final concert in the Cathedral. A great opportunity for students to experience the concert scene outside of the university.