21st Macao International Music Festival

Tickets for the 21st Macao International Music Festival (MIMF) will be available starting at 10am on 29 July, 2007. Presented by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, the Festival takes place from the 5th to the 31st of October, 2007. Seventeen musical acts performing new, traditional and classical works as well as pop and electronica grace the programme of a festival season that is one of the most eclectic in the history of the MIMF. 24 days of concerts feature internationally renowned artists and groups from countries as distant as Argentina and Finland. Highlights this year include the opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi and musical evenings with Portuguese concert pianist Maria João Pires and the Russian National Orchestra led by famous conductor Alexander Vedernikov. Likewise, the Vienna Boys Choir and the Brazil’s Grupo Cultural AfroReggae promise to attract multitudes of listeners to the stages of Macao. Beginning at 10am on 29 July, tickets for the MIMF go on sale via the Kong Seng Ticketing Network. Eager concertgoers are advised to get to the ticket outlets early to claim a queuing voucher. These vouchers will be distributed starting at 9am on 29 July and are limited to one per person. Holders of the vouchers may approach the ticket counters when their number is called. Anyone arriving after their turn has elapsed must wait for at least five voucher numbers to pass before being served. On the first day of ticket sales, purchases for The Macao Orchestra Invites Maria João Pires, Vienna Boys Choir and The Macao Chinese Orchestra Invites Jenny Yen are limited to 4 tickets per person. For the other concerts, purchases are limited on the first day of sales to 10 per performance per person.
Tickets may also be reserved by telephone or online beginning at 4pm on 29 July, 2007. Admission to the Prague Chamber Choir concert is free but requires a ticket which can be obtained through the Kong Seng Ticketing Network beginning at 10am on 29 July. These tickets are limited to 2 per person. Prices of admission this MIMF season continue to be quite affordable, ranging from MOP 60 to 400, and an extensive array of discounts are available. A discount of 40% will be given to holders of Student Cards (full-time students only; seating is limited to certain areas), holders of Macao Senior Citizen Cards and those who purchase tickets to 4 or more different performances or 10 or more tickets for the same show (with the exception of concerts held in churches). A discount of 20% is offered to holders of Youth Cards, Teacher Cards, MET (Macao Entertainment and Tourism) Cards or BNU, Weng Hang Bank, Seng Heng Bank or Luso International Banking LTD credit cards. For the locations of MIMF ticket outlets, call +853 2855 5555 or visit www.macauticket.net. Further information about the MIMF can be obtained by calling +853 399 6699 or visiting the Festival's official website at www.icm.gov.mo/fimm. The 21st Macao International Music Festival has the kind support of the Macao Government Tourist Office.