14. April 2009

Handel House Halle Honours Cecilia Bartoli

On 14 April 2009 - precisely Handel's 250th death day - Cecilia was elected Honorary Member of the Advisory Board of the Handel House Halle Foundation. With this, the board honours Cecilia as one of today's most important performers of Handel and also for her vivid interest in lesser known music from the Baroque period. The celebrations in the German town of Halle, where Handel was born in 1685, will culminate in Cecilia's first concert there on 22 October. The patrons of this year's Handel Festival in Halle are Queen Elizabeth II and the President of Germany, Horst Köhler.