Gŵyl Llanandras 27-31 Awst 2026 Presteigne Festival 27-31 August 2026 Musical innovation and discovery in the beauty of the Welsh Marches
Presteigne, Wales
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COMPOSE FOR CELLO – a professional development opportunity for 6 early career composers, in association with Tŷ Cerdd. Work with cellists @GemmaRosefield and Clare O'Connell. Applications deadline is Friday 5 December at 5pm. Download full details here – presteignefestival.com/wp-co…
Thanks to some UK Government Shared Prosperity Funding and after some very hard work, we now have a shiny new website, designed by Dan Goren of Source Music Services.
Drop by and have a look – Springboard Weekend (10-11 May) to be launched very soon.
presteignefestival.com
ALT 2025 Presteigne Festival Orchestra
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Insights for classical composers 🎶 We asked the winners of The Ivors Classical Awards to share their top tips for navigating the world of composition. Their wisdom offers invaluable guidance for anyone looking to make their mark in classical music. 💡✨
Want more advice and inspiration? Join us this Friday at the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, for Classical Entrepreneurship: Pathways in Composition. 🌟
This is your chance to learn how to grow your career, overcome challenges, and connect with fellow composers. Don’t miss it!
📅 When: Friday 6th December, 10:30-14:15
📍 Where: The Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall
🎟 Tickets: ivorsacademy.com/event/class…
@bushraelturk @gavhiggins @ErrollynWallen @RoxannaPanufnik
#ComposerLife #ClassicalMusic #IvorsClassicalAwards #MusicInspiration #RoyalAlbertHall #MusicEvent #ClassicalEntrepreneurship #PathwaysInComposition #MusicCareer #MusicCommunity #CreativeJourney
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this hugely important and detailed piece of work, launched at the @BritArtsFests conference this week, showing the current state of the UK Festival sector.
An essential read for anyone interested in the arts: artsfestivals.co.uk/festival…
We’ll be using this report to call for recognition of the unique contribution of arts festivals, supporting our members to go beyond survival and thrive in a challenging climate.
ALT Festivals forward arts festivals are the unsung heroes of the national arts ecology and a cultural backbone for communities across the country
Extremely sad to report the passing of Barrie Gavin (1935-2024) – outstanding filmmaker, tireless supporter of living composers and a long-standing friend of the @PresteigneFest. The new music world has lost a major champion – RIP Barrie
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Diwrnod perffaith yn Nhŷ Cerdd ddoe, gan weithio gyda'n carfan o 6 chyfansoddwr 'Compose for Harp'. Cyngor gwych gan @anne_denholm a @PlowmanMusic
– yn bleser gweithio gyda grŵp mor gyffrous o gyfansoddwyr. Byddwn yn rhannu'r darnau gorffenedig ar-lein y flwyddyn nesaf!
Perfect day at Tŷ Cerdd yesterday, working with our cohort of 6 'Compose for Harp' composers. Fabulously detailed advice from @anne_denholm and @PlowmanMusic – a joy to work with such an exciting group of composers. We'll be sharing the completed pieces online next year!
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Sheep Music will be hosting Presteigne Fireworks on the evening of Saturday 2nd November with an amazing firework display, spectacular fire sculpture, live music, hot food and bar. 🧵
Fabulous review for @Midwalesopera – they perform 'Pagliacci' at St Andrew's, Presteigne at 7.30pm on Tuesday 5 November in association with @MidBorderArts – book your ticket NOW!
Details of how to book for all tour performances, via this link: midwalesopera.co.uk/producti…
Our first review is in!
Thank you to Rian Evans @guardian - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mid Wales Opera send in the clowns for a stylish and emotive evening @TaliesinSwansea
Tickets still available at all venues 🤡😀
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Great to be part of the @RoyalPhilSoc scheme again for #PrestFest25. Congratulations to all 8 of this year's composers – very much looking forward to working with @derri_lewis. He'll be writing a solo piano work to be premiered by Tim Horton.
Announcing the 2025 RPS Composers! We are excited to commission eight composers writing engaging new music for audiences nationwide. We look forward to sharing their stories and invite you to discover more of their music. 🧵
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ALT A collage of the 2025 cohort of RPS Composers, clockwise from top left: Arthur Keegan, Cameron Biles-Liddell, Amble Skuse, Emily Hazrati, Derri Joseph Lewis, Lisa Robertson, Sasha Scott and Zygmund de Somogyi.
A fab choral workshop with @bobchilcott yesterday – part of @PresteigneFest's community programme. A big thank you to everyone who took part and made it such an unqualified success. Thanks also to soloists Sophia Jin, Ethan Jacobs and to @Jon_Lyness for his superb accompaniment.
Favourite speaker at the @PresteigneFest, Stephen Johnson gives the James Roose-Evans Memorial Lecture at @bleddfacentre on Sunday 20 October at 3pm.
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Sharing some lovely behind the scenes photos of Richard Blackford at Presteigne Festival, which took place at the end of August.
For more information on Presteigne Festival, head over to their website;
presteignefestival.com/
#RichardBlackford #Presteigne #Festival
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Photo taken at Presteigne Festival after a performance of Spirit of Delight by the Piatti Quartet & Huw Watkins.
Photographed;
Miguel Sobrinho
Huw Watkins
Emily Holland
Michael Zev Gordon
Jessie Ann Richardson
Richard Blackford
George Vass
Michael Trainor
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Welsh composers – this is a fantastic opportunity. Deadline for submissions is 20 October
Calling All Composers in #Wales! 🎶
Don't miss the chance to submit your score for Composition: Wales by Sunday, October 20, 2024!
Have your music performed and recorded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and receive mentorship from world-class composers and conductors!
Congratulations @GeorgeVass19 on your 30th anniversary @StAchoralsoc – quite a milestone 🍾
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COMPOSE FOR HARP – a new professional development opportunity for early career composers, in association with Tŷ Cerdd and the Colwinston Trust. Get applying very soon, the deadline for applications is Friday 4 October at 5pm. Download full details – presteignefestival.com/wp-co…
CYFANSODDI I'R DELYN – cyfle datblygu proffesiynol newydd i gyfansoddwyr gyrfa gynnar, mewn cydweithrediad â Tŷ Cerdd ac Ymddiriedolaeth Colwinston.
Gwnewch gais yn fuan iawn, y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau yw 4 Hydref am 5pm.
Lawrlwytho manylion llawn – presteignefestival.com/wp-co…
This is such brilliant news – huge congratulations to @TheCumnockTryst and @jamesmacm
Last night, James MacMillan and @TheCumnockTryst won the @SkyArts Classical Music Award 2024!
Find out more about the work of The Cumnock Tryst in a short video here: bit.ly/3Zwll9E