Zürich Festival is among the most popular cultural activities of the city. Compared to other festivals of Zurich the festival is quite young as it was first organized in the year 1997. The festival is celebrated in the summer months sometime between the last week of June and the first week of July.
Tourists from all over the world come to witness the spectacular Zürich Festival in Switzerland . The festival features an extensive range of all artistic genres. One can enjoy various categories of theatrical and musical performances including exhibitions, opera and ballet, during the festival. Literature, jazz and art also find a prominent place among the different cultural activities celebrated in the city
in Zurich like opera, concert hall and art gallery. During some of the recent festivals great artists have been
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featured like Bruckner, Verdi, Anne de Keersmaeker, Robert Lepage and many other artists. multimedia performance of "Far Side of the Moon", at the Schiffbau Theatre. The programs are scheduled at various locations in Zurich.
The Zürich Festival 2008 will be celebrating its eleventh year and the festival will be held from 20 Jun to 13 Jul 2008. Some of the well known artists who will be performing at the Zürich Festival 2008 are Tonhalle Orchestra plays Schumann for Christopher Hogwood, Heinz Holliger, Charles Dutoit, Sir Neville Marriner, Mariss Jansons, Christoph von Dohnányi, Robert and Clara Schumann.
This cultural extravaganza is awaited by art lovers all throughout the year. Zürich Festival forms a major attraction of the cultural vitality of the city.
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