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2024-04-15 11:31:18
The Venue, Leeds ConservatoireThe song festival – with Arts Council funding reinstated – opened with a meaty all-Schubert programme full of delights and camaraderieA double anniversary would be cause enough for celebration – 2024 marks Leeds Lieder’s 20th year, and a decade of pianist
2023-12-20 08:46:00
On Wings of Song: Leeds Lieder celebrates 20 years of song in Leeds
After a year which included both a potentially catastrophic funding crisis (thanks to Arts Council England) and a record number of first time concert attendees, Leeds Lieder plans to celebrate its 20th anniversary in style in 2024. Running from 13 to 21 April 2024, the main recital venues will be Opera North’s Howard Assembly Room and Leeds Conservatoire’s The Venue, but there will also be events at Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds Sikh Centre, Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds Minster and, for the culmination concerts of the award-winning education projects, Pudsey Civic Hall.A strong line-up of performers includes Roderick Williams, Benjamin Appl, Carolyn Sampson, Fleur Barron, James Gilchrist, Nikola Hillebrand, Ema Nikolovska, James Newby, Roger Vignoles, Graham Johnson and festival director Joseph Middleton, whilst Dame Felicity Lott and Sir Thomas Allen lead the Young Artist masterclasses. Festival highlights include a Schubertiade 20th Anniversary Gala, concerts building on the success of last year's Leeds Songbook by bringing together 10 Leeds poets […]
2022-10-08 09:15:21
Ballroom dancing is hardly seen outside of Vienna nowadays, and thank God the fortune and prospect o
2022-10-07 08:38:26
Schubertiade: a gathering of friends in an intimate and cozy setting to share music, poetry and all