Poland's 'Crazy Day' a treat for classical music fans

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Thursday 07 July 2011 00:00 BST
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Poland has organised a classical music festival in the capital this autumn, which will pack 70 concerts into a four-day period.

The "Szalone Dni Muzyki" (Crazy Day of Music) festival, will run from September 29 to October 2 in Warsaw, organisers said, featuring music by Brahms, Liszt, Mahler and Strauss.

"These are short concerts, each lasting around 50 minutes, with ticket prices that put them within the range of a broader public," the festival's French artistic director Rene Martin told reporters.

Tickets cost 10 zloty (2.50 euros, $3.60).

The festival, in its second year, is a spin-off of France's "La Folle Journee", held in the city of Nantes in Brittany, western France.

A total of 27,000 people attended the 2010 edition, but organisers are hoping to double that this year.

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