CONSONANCE 2009

Consonance: International Festival of Advent and Christmas Traditions, Carols, and Handicrafts
is held during the last Advent weekend at several places of the Moravian-Silesian Region. From Thursday to Sunday, its rich program offers in this pre-Christmas time not only concerts and performances in attractive settings such as churches, concert halls, outdoor stages, or the Templ music club in Ostrava, but also exhibitions, handicrafts, films, and solemn Holy Mass. A favorite part of the event is a Christmas Fair in the village of Kozlovice, followed by a program on Advent and Christmas folk customs with sale of local specialities. The Consonance festival, which is considered a unique international review of its kind, culminates on Sunday with a gala concert in the Ostrava House of Culture.

"Music and safeguarding of Christmas traditions are two phenomena uniting people of different nationalities and strengthening their sense of national identity. Supporting this kind of cultural development is close to our company’s philosophy; this is why we have become the general partner of this extraordinary event."

Monika Pěnčíková
ArcelorMittal, Ostrava