Summer festivals and extra concerts in addition to those in the 2021/22 brochure - we will add performances here as we hear about them!
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Previous winners of the Birmingham International Piano Competition
2022 Birmingham International Piano Competition
Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Open to the public: Second Round - 24 June; Final - 3 July (afternoon) www.bipcomp.co.uk Under the proud custodianship of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, part of Birmingham City University, and Artistic Director and Head of the Department of Keyboard Studies, Professor John Thwaites, the Birmingham International Piano Competition, founded in 1979, provides a platform for young pianists aged from 18 to 28 to further their career and perform in a world-class venue. Initial rounds take place during June with the Second Round and Final open to the public at the Bradshaw Hall, with its state-of-the art performance facilities including the Conservatoire’s exceptional fleet of concert grand pianos. Over the course of preliminary rounds, four outstanding pianists will be chosen for the Final, to be held on 3 July, in which they will each perform a forty-minute recital in front of a public audience. The international jury is to be drawn from across the music industry and will include Katya Apekisheva, Philip Fisher and Carole Presland. For those wishing to listen in, the Competition offers an opportunity to witness the brightest keyboard stars of the future in works by composers from classical to contemporary. How to attend: Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road B4 7XR 24 June – preliminary heat (open to the public) 3 July, 14:30 – Final (open to the public) Tickets will be available on the door, and in advance via the website: www.bipcomp.co.uk Longborough Festival Opera
2022 Festival: Wagner Siegfried 30 May, 1, 3, 5, 7 June Conductor: Anthony Negus Director: Amy Lane Following an acclaimed Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, Longborough’s Ring continues with Wagner’s remarkably funny and exuberant third instalment of the epic cycle. Korngold Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) 21, 23, 25, 27 June Conductor: Justin Brown Director: Carmen Jakobi A dramatised concert production of Korngold’s rarely performed youthful drama of desire – seductive, charming and full of beautiful melody. Bizet Carmen 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19 July 2022 Conductor: Jeremy Silver Director: Mathilde Lopez A radical take on Bizet’s tale of freedom, passion and high drama, featuring the Longborough Youth Chorus. Emerging Artist double bill: Freya Waley-Cohen Spell Book Francesca Caccini La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (The Liberation of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina) 28, 30, 31 July, 2 August 2022 Conductor: Yshani Perinpanayagam Director: Jenny Ogilvie Members of Longborough’s Emerging Artist programme offer the first complete staging of the dramatic song cycle Spell Book; followed by The Liberation of Ruggiero, the earliest surviving opera written by a female composer. Tickets: lfo.org.uk Box Office 01451 830292 Booking opens 14 March 2022. Book ahead with membership – join from £80. Longborough Festival Opera, near Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0QF lfo.org.uk |
Southwell Music Festival
Wednesday 24 – Monday 29 August 2022 Southwell, Nottinghamshire Southwell Minster, Church Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0HD MARCUS FARNSWORTH – director Festival Voices Festival Sinfonia Festival Chamber Soloists ANNA LAPWOOD – organ MARTIN ROSCOE - piano Programme includes Seven Last Words from the Cross – James MacMillan Ralph Vaughan Williams – A Celebration St Paul - Mendelssohn Southwell Music Festival | 01636 330014 | southwellmusicfestival.com 
Patron His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales 2022 Concerts 4th July : Music at Brecon ~ 23rd July : St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay, Northants. ~ 26th and 27th July : St Margaret's, Cley-next-the-Sea (for St Mary's, Wiveton), Norfolk Web www.musicincountrychurches.org.uk Twitter @MusicinCC Instagram music_in_country_churches Post PO Box 1645, OXFORD, OX4 9PE |
Header photo: Nicholas Daniel - director of the Leicester International Music Festival