Cheltenham Music Festival announces its 2023 line-up
Bringing the most exciting talent in classical music to spectacular venues from Cheltenham Town Hall and Pittville Pump Room to DEYA Brewery, Cheltenham Music Festival reveals its line-up for 2023.
Cheltenham Music Festival is back this July 2023, bringing a stellar line-up of classical and contemporary musical talent to the Regency town.
Taking place from Saturday 8 to Saturday 15 July 2023, this year's event will see some of the very best classical musicians from around the world take to the stage alongside the most exciting up-and-coming performers, showcasing a wide variety of music from old favourites to never-before-heard pieces, featuring the work of 40 living composers.
This year's programme includes world premieres and newly commissioned pieces from James B Wilson, Soosan Lolavar, Aileen Sweeney and James MacMillan; performances from world-class musicians including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, The Doric Quartet, Chineke! Wind Quartet and the Manchester Collective; and exciting new artists including BBC Young Musician of the Year 2022, Jordan Ashman.
Celebrating the 400th anniversary of English composer William Byrd's death, Byrdwatching provides an immersive, interactive tour of some of the town's private drawing rooms with intimate performances from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire; while there's a series of morning concerts at Pittville Pump Room where music fans can see internationally-acclaimed artists like Mark Simpson and Pavel Kolesnikov; as well as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Hugh Cutting, Kunal Lahiry, James Newby, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, the Leonkoro Quartet accompanied by pianist Elisabeth Brauß, and the Mithras Trio. Read More…
