Start your summer with a feast of concerts by the renowned Dante Quartet and their friends at spectacular venues in the Tamar Valley. This year we celebrate music from Austria and Hungary: performances of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms and Bartók alternate with open rehearsals, workshops, guided walks, shared meals and children's events - something to inspire and entertain everyone.

We welcome our special guests, the Méta Folk Band - led by charismatic Hungarian fiddler Beata Salamon - who are flying in from Budapest, bringing the exotic melodies and dance rhythms of Central Europe to Callington Church. These are the same sounds that originally inspired Bartók and Kodály, whose music you will also hear this week. The Méta Band leads a workshop on Hungarian dance tunes, open to all ages and instruments, while the Dante Quartet explores the wild dance rhythms and crunchy dissonances of a string quartet by Bartók.

For the first time we'll be playing at the magnificent 12th Century Priory Church of St Germans, together with the talented young Dante Festival Orchestra. We look forward to returning to beautiful Lezant Church and to playing Mozart in Calstock's magical Old Chapel; and we invite you behind the scenes to hear us rehearse a great Brahms Quintet in the tiny Methodist chapel in Trebullett.

Between concerts, join us on a walk up to the extraordinary rock formation known as the Cheesewring, and learn about the fascinating history of St. Germans Priory. Don't miss this chance to hear the Dante Quartet playing on your doorstep; or, if you live further away, come and spend a few days enjoying great music in one of the most beautiful parts of England.

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Festival Administrator - David Seward 
Artistic Director - Krysia Osostowicz 
Publicity Officer - Anna Brigham