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2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition category award winners

Banff Mountain Book Competition announces 2019 category award winners

Banff Mountain Book Competition unveils category award winners set to compete for the Book Competition’s Grand Prize on October 31 at this year’s Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival.
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Banff Mountain Film Competition announces 2019 Film Finalists

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is excited to announce that 100 films have been chosen as finalists in the Banff Mountain Film Competition.
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Reinhold Messner © Robert Eberhöfer

Reinhold Messner to attend 2019 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is excited to announce mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner will be attending the 2019 Festival.
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David Smart

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Competition announces 2019 Summit of Excellence Award winner, influential rock climber and writer David Smart

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is proud to announce David Smart as the recipient of the 2019 Summit of Excellence Award, which recognizes an outstanding individual who has made a...
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Opera Programs

Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) teams up with Banff Centre for its first ever national tour of LA BOHÈME!

AtG celebrates its landmark 10th anniversary season by uprooting opera from the opera house and staging it at bars across Canada— ending with the first staged opera in the Yukon in over 100 years
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2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition

2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition Long List announced

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is pleased to announce the long list of category finalists for Banff Mountain Book Competition.
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It's unprecedented! Two Quartets share First Prize at the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition

Two Quartets share First Prize at the 13th Banff International String Quartet Competition. The Marmen Quartet (United Kingdom), and the Viano String Quartet (Canada, United States) have won the most...
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Music at The Banff Centre

Three finalists selected at the Banff International String Quartet Competition

Three quartets from around the world are vying for the biggest prize in Chamber Music. The finals of the competition take place on Sunday, September 1st at 2:00 p.m. at Banff Centre for Arts and...
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Barry Shiffman playing the violin in a dark theatre.

Banff International String Quartet Competition partners with Autism Calgary and Xenia Concerts to present relaxed concert in Calgary

The Rolston Quartet, winners of the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) will perform a relaxed concert on Saturday, August 31st at 11:00 a.m. at the Indefinate Arts Centre in...
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Banff International String Quartet Competition, photo by Chris Amat

Banff International String Quartet Competition begins

Ten of the world’s finest young quartets will compete for the most coveted prize in chamber music at the 13th Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) at Banff Centre for Arts and...
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2019 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival lineup announced

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is proud to announce the 2019 Festival lineup.
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Janice Price | President

Janice Price will lead Banff Centre to its 90th Anniversary in 2023

The Board of Governors of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is pleased to announce it has extended Janice Price’s contract as President and CEO until March 31, 2023.
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