Newport Music Festival Accolades

 ·     “No summer festival has introduced a larger number of significant pianists than the Newport Music Festival.”  Richard Dyer, Boston Sunday Globe, May 23, 2004

 ·     2004 Governor’s Tourism Achievement Award presented to Dr. Mark P. Malkovich, III        12 May 2004

 ·     Named to “America’s Elite 1000—The Ultimate List,” one of only nineteen nationally recognized events to be honored, and one of only five listings in all of Rhode Island.                                                                    2000-2004

 ·     “Best Times: a packed summer schedule includes classical music performed in many of the mansions during the prestigious Newport Music Festival (2 weeks in mid-July; www.newportmusic.org).”

                                                                             1000 Places to See Before You Die, Pg.705 (2003)

 ·     Named one of the “Top 50 Outstanding Festivals and Events” by Leisure Group Travel magazine.

                                                                                                                                     November 2000

 ·     “Sergio Fiorentino dazzles in return to US stage at Newport Music Festival.”  (Headline)

                                                                                                  Richard Dyer, Boston Globe, July 1996

 ·     Voted as one of the “1997 Top 100 Events in North America” (including National Parks!) by the American Bus Association, for the third time.

 ·     “. . .Opulant mansions are turned into elegant concert halls.  Mostly, though, it is the music and how it is performed that make Newport a special experience. . .”

Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine, August 1993

 ·     “It remains the most elegant and pleasurable event of its type in North America—rare for its unique artistic stamp, its vision and integrity set in phenomenal splendor by the sea.”

American Record Guide, December 1993

 ·     “The Newport Music Festival ranks with Tanglewood, Ravinia and Aspen as one of the most respected festivals in the country.” (out of 1,100 music festivals!)                           International Directory of Special Events

·     Selected one of “the best, the most unusual, the most down-home, the most moving and the most fun that the country has to offer itself in this festive season.”                                                                    TIME Magazine, 1992

 ·     Listed among “The 10 Best Summer Festivals in America.”  (all 4,500 of them—right up there with the Garlic Festival of California and the enormous Taste of Chicago!)                                                   Vacation Magazine

 ·     Chosen eight years in a row as one of a dozen international cultural seminars sponsored by Washington’s Smithsonian Institution.

 ·     1993 R.I. Governor’s Award recipient for outstanding achievement in the tourism industry.

 ·     “There was a time when the Newport Music Festival played second fiddle to the jazz and folk festivals that put the city on the map.  But no more.”                                                                     Providence Journal, July 1993

 ·     Voted one of the 1995 “Festival 500,” featuring America’s top festivals and events by Travel Agent magazine.