Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

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annual event music festival opera festival

The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence is a renowned annual summer opera and classical music festival held in Aix-en-Provence, France, celebrated for its innovative productions and international prestige.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence canonical	7
Académie du Festival d’Aix	1
Aix-en-Provence Festival	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10082933 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Context triple: [Marthe Keller, directedFor, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence]

A. Festival d’Avignon
The Festival d’Avignon is one of the most important contemporary performing arts festivals in the world, held each summer in the historic city of Avignon, France.
B. Festival de Carcassonne
The Festival de Carcassonne is a major summer arts and music festival held in the historic fortified city of Carcassonne in southern France, featuring concerts, theater, dance, and other cultural events.
C. Festival de Saint-Céré
Festival de Saint-Céré is a French summer performing arts festival, particularly renowned for its opera and classical music productions in the town of Saint-Céré and surrounding venues in the Lot region.
D. Festival de la Vézère
Festival de la Vézère is a French summer music and performing arts festival held in historic venues along the Vézère River in the Corrèze region.
E. Festival de Thau
Festival de Thau is a summer music and cultural festival held around the Thau Lagoon in southern France’s Occitanie region, known for its diverse programming and environmentally conscious, community-focused atmosphere.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Target entity description: The Festival d’Aix-en-Provence is a renowned annual summer opera and classical music festival held in Aix-en-Provence, France, celebrated for its innovative productions and international prestige.

A. Festival d’Avignon
The Festival d’Avignon is one of the most important contemporary performing arts festivals in the world, held each summer in the historic city of Avignon, France.
B. Festival de Carcassonne
The Festival de Carcassonne is a major summer arts and music festival held in the historic fortified city of Carcassonne in southern France, featuring concerts, theater, dance, and other cultural events.
C. Festival de Saint-Céré
Festival de Saint-Céré is a French summer performing arts festival, particularly renowned for its opera and classical music productions in the town of Saint-Céré and surrounding venues in the Lot region.
D. Festival de la Vézère
Festival de la Vézère is a French summer music and performing arts festival held in historic venues along the Vézère River in the Corrèze region.
E. Festival de Thau
Festival de Thau is a summer music and cultural festival held around the Thau Lagoon in southern France’s Occitanie region, known for its diverse programming and environmentally conscious, community-focused atmosphere.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual event ⓘ music festival ⓘ opera festival ⓘ
collaboratesWith	international opera houses ⓘ leading symphony orchestras ⓘ renowned conductors ⓘ renowned stage directors ⓘ
commissioned	new operas ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
earlierArtisticDirector	Bernard Foccroulle ⓘ
earlierArtisticDirectorEnd	2018 ⓘ
earlierArtisticDirectorStart	2007 ⓘ
focusesOn	chamber music ⓘ orchestral concerts ⓘ staged opera ⓘ vocal recitals ⓘ
foundedBy	Gabriel Dussurget ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	classical music ⓘ opera ⓘ
hasArtisticDirector	Pierre Audi ⓘ
hasArtisticDirectorStart	2018 ⓘ
hasCategory	Classical music festivals in France ⓘ Opera festivals in France ⓘ Summer festivals ⓘ Tourist attractions in Aix-en-Provence ⓘ
hasLanguage	multilingual ⓘ
hasMainVenue	Théâtre de l’Archevêché ⓘ
hasProgram	Académie du Festival d’Aix ⓘ linked to: Festival d’Aix-en-Provence education and outreach activities ⓘ residencies for young artists ⓘ
hasVenue	Conservatoire Darius Milhaud ⓘ Grand Théâtre de Provence ⓘ Hôtel Maynier d’Oppède ⓘ Théâtre du Jeu de Paume ⓘ
inception	1948 ⓘ
locatedIn	Aix-en-Provence ⓘ Bouches-du-Rhône ⓘ Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ
notableFor	contemporary opera premieres ⓘ high artistic standards ⓘ innovative opera productions ⓘ international prestige ⓘ
occursDuring	summer ⓘ
typicalAudienceScope	international ⓘ
typicalEndMonth	July ⓘ
typicalStartMonth	June ⓘ
website	https://festival-aix.com ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marthe Keller → directedFor → Festival d’Aix-en-Provence ⓘ

Pierre Audi → employer → Festival d’Aix-en-Provence ⓘ

The Nose (opera production) → performedAt → Festival d’Aix-en-Provence ⓘ

The Nose (opera production) → productionCompany → Aix-en-Provence Festival ⓘ

linked to: Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

Les Boréades → firstCompletePerformanceFestival → Festival d’Aix-en-Provence ⓘ

Written on Skin → premierePlace → Festival d’Aix-en-Provence ⓘ

Written on Skin → commissionedBy → Festival d’Aix-en-Provence ⓘ

Written on Skin → premiereFestival → Festival d’Aix-en-Provence ⓘ

Festival d’Aix-en-Provence → hasProgram → Académie du Festival d’Aix ⓘ