Klavier-Festival Ruhr

The Klavier-Festival Ruhr (also Klavierfestival Ruhr) is an Festival of Pianomusik, which take place each year from around beginning of May for three month in the area of the Ruhrarea in Germany. Organizer of the Festival is the Stiftung Klavier-Festival Ruhr, the art leader is Franz Xaver Ohnesorg. The festival was founded in 1988.

International known Pianist, but also newcomers, are playing for three month daily classical music an jazz at different locations. These locations are classical music halls like Konzerthaus Dortmund, Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, some castle like Schloss Herten, some museums like Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History but also some unconventional sites like World Heritage Site Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex or Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord. The festival is sponsored by several local based Industrial companies. The festival organizes around 80 concerts, and has a budget of roughly one million Euro p.a.. The festival has about 60.000 visitors yearly.

External links

german: Homepage of the Klavier-Festivals Ruhr
David Schraven: Eine erstaunliche Rechnung beim Klavierfestival Ruhr. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 23. Juli 2012.
Daniel Drepper: Das teure Klavierfestival Ruhr. In: WAZ Rechercheblog, 7. Dezember 2011.

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Music venues in Germany

Berlin	Arenas : Mercedes-Benz Arena, Max-Schmeling-Halle, Velodrom, Treptow Arena Classical music halls : Konzerthaus Berlin, Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin, Berliner Philharmonie High-capacity clubs : C-Halle (ex-Columbiahalle), Postbahnhof Middle-capacity clubs : Huxley's Neue Welt, C-Club (ex-Columbia Fritz/Columbia Club), SO36, Astra, Comet Club, Fritzclub Low-capacity clubs : Huxley's Jr., K17, Magnet Club, Lido, Quasimodo, Bi Nuu, Marie Antoinette, Salon Bruit Jazz clubs : Ausland, A-Trane, B-flat Former venues : Music Hall, Kato, The Loft, Knaack, Metropol, Halford, Ecstasy, Bang Bang Club

Hamburg	Arenas : Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Barclaycard Arena Classical music halls : Elbe Philharmonic Hall, Kampnagel, Laeiszhalle High-capacity clubs : Docks, Große Freiheit 36 Middle-capacity clubs : Grünspan, Markthalle, Knust (ex-Schlachthof), Astra Stube, Uebel & Gefahrlich, Fabrik Low-capacity clubs : MarX, Kaiserkeller, Hafenklang, LOGO, Rote Flora, Bambi Galore, Molotow, Klubsen Former venues : Messehalle 8, Knopf's Music Hall, Headbanger's Ballroom

Munich	Arenas : Olympiahalle, Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle Classical music halls : Gasteig High-capacity clubs : Tonhalle, Zenith Middle-capacity clubs : Feierwerk, Backstage Halle, Muffathalle, Nachtwerk, Kesselhaus Low-capacity clubs : 59:1, Backstage Werk, Metropolis, STROM, Theaterfabrik Former venues : Colosseum, Georg-Elser-Hallen, Kleine Elserhalle, Charterhalle, Zeppelinhalle, Babylon, Rote Sonne

Cologne	Arenas : Lanxess Arena High-capacity clubs : Palladium, E-Werk Middle-capacity clubs : Live Music Hall, Essigfabrik, Gebaude 9, Gloria-Theater, Burgerhaus Stollwerck Low-capacity clubs : Underground, Luxor, Kantine, MTC Former venues : Prime Club, Sporthalle

Other cities	Aalen Rock It Aschaffenburg Colos Saal Augsburg Spectrum Kantine Bad Worishöfen U2 (closed) Bielefeld Ringlokschuppen Forum AJZ Movie PC69 (closed) Seidenstickerhalle (closed) Böblingen Sporthalle Bochum Zeche Matrix RuhrCongress Bonn Beethovenhalle Biskuithalle (closed) Braunschweig Jolly Joker (closed) FBZ (closed) Bremen Aladin Tivoli Chemnitz Kraftwerk (closed) Stadthalle AJZ (closed) AJZ Talschock (closed) Coesfeld Fabrik Cottbus Glad House (Bürger-Kasino) Stadthalle Cottbus Dortmund FZW Westfalenhalle Konzerthaus Soundgarden (closed) Dossenheim Out (closed) Dresden Reithalle Alter Schlachthof Chemiefabrik Starclub (closed) Düsseldorf Tonhalle Düsseldorf ISS Dome Mitsubishi Electric Halle (ex-Philipshalle) Robert-Schumann-Saal at Ehrenhof Stahlwerk Duisburg Mercatorhalle Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord – Gebläsehalle Erfurt From Hell Messehalle Centrum Essen Zeche Carl Turock Grugahalle Weststadthalle Frankfurt am Main Alte Oper Ponyhof Batschkapp Festhalle Frankfurt Jahrunderthalle Nachtleben Zoom Negativ (closed) Freiburg Crash Musikkeller (ex-Crash) Gammelsdorf Circus Club (closed) Geiselwind Music Hall Glauchau Alte Spinnerei Hanover Eilenriedehalle Niedersachsenhalle Capitol Music Hall (closed) TUI Arena Heidelberg Schwimmbad Music Club Herford Club X Kick (closed) Jena F-Haus Kassablanca Karlsruhe Substage Festhalle Durlach Subway (closed) Leipzig Arena Leipzig Gewandhaus Zoro Conne Island Hellraiser Haus Auensee Werk II Lichtenfels Stadthalle Lindau Club Vaudeville Ludwigsburg Rockfabrik Arena Ludwigsburg Mannheim SAP Arena Alte Seilerei Münster Halle Münsterland Gleis 22 Sputnikhalle Jovel Music Hall Neu Isenburg Hugenottenhalle Nürnberg Der Hirsch Löwensaal Nuremberg Arena Rockfabrik Z-Bau (closed) Oberhausen Turbinenhalle König-Pilsener-Arena Helvete Metal Club Zentrum Altenberg Music Circus Ruhr (closed) Offenbach Hafenbahn Capitol Stadthalle Osnabrück Hyde Park Bastard Club Rosenhof N8 (closed) Rostock Mau Club Saarbrücken Garage Kulturfabrik Neufang (closed) Roxy (closed) Sankt Goarshausen Freilichtbühne Loreley Schweinfurt Schreinerei (closed) Stuttgart LKA Longhorn Universum Porsche Arena Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Die Röhre (closed) Zapata (closed) Trier Exhaus Exil (closed) Messeparkhalle (closed) Twist Heimathaus Twist Viersen Festhalle Viersen Wiesbaden Schlachthof Würzburg Posthalle Zwickau Alarm! (closed)

Music festivals	Active Bang Your Head!!! (Balingen) Dong Open Air (Neukirchen-Vluyn) Euroblast Festival (Cologne) Klavier-Festival Ruhr (Ruhr area) Party San Open Metal Air (Obermehler) Ragnarök Festival (Lichtenfels) Rock am Ring (Nurburgring) Rock Hard Festival (Gelsenkirchen) Rock im Park (Nuremberg) RockHarz Open Air (Ballenstedt) Summer Breeze Open Air (Dinkelsbuhl) Wacken Open Air (Wacken) With Full Force (Lobnitz) Former Monsters of Rock (various; Last festival - 2006)

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