Leicester International Music Festival
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World-class chamber music in Leicester, UK.
Annual festival in the third week of September.
12 Lunchtime Concerts on Thursdays, October - April.
Annual festival in the third week of September.
12 Lunchtime Concerts on Thursdays, October - April.
What a great lunchtime concert by the Paddington Trio yesterday at Hansom Hall - their playing is so nimble and full of energy. We would love to have them back!
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
What a great lunchtime concert by the Paddington Trio yesterday at Hansom Hall - their playing is so nimble and full of energy. We would love to have them back!
We hope you will join us at Hansom Hall for our next lunchtime Concert on Thursday 23rd October (1-2pm), when the award-winning Paddington Trio will be playing music by Haydn and Schubert.
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Paddington Trio
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor 15’
Franz Schubert: Trio No 2 in E flat, Op. 100, D929 40’
Seen as the one of the most exciting chamber ensembles of their generation, the Paddington ...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
We hope you will join us at Hansom Hall for our next lunchtime Concert on Thursday 23rd October (1-2pm), when the award-winning Paddington Trio will be playing music by Haydn and Schubert.
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What a great start to a new season! We welcomed a large audience to Hansom Hall and Sasha Grynyuk kept them enthralled with a sparkling hour of magnificent playing. As someone said on the way out, our Steinway sounded like an orchestra today.
October 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What a great start to a new season! We welcomed a large audience to Hansom Hall and Sasha Grynyuk kept them enthralled with a sparkling hour of magnificent playing. As someone said on the way out, our Steinway sounded like an orchestra today.
What a great end to our 2025 Festival. Thank you to all of our musicians and to Emma-Ruth Richards, our composer-in-residence!
September 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
What a great end to our 2025 Festival. Thank you to all of our musicians and to Emma-Ruth Richards, our composer-in-residence!
Today we're at the Attenborough Arts Centre for world-premiere of Emma-Ruth Richards 'StillLife'. Do join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-prem...
World Premiere of Emma-Ruth Richards: Still Life 25’
Join us at the Attenborough Arts Centre for the premiere of Still Life, for oboe, viola, cello and tingsha bells, with visual projection.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Today we're at the Attenborough Arts Centre for world-premiere of Emma-Ruth Richards 'StillLife'. Do join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-prem...
Great to hear the cheers for our marvellous players at the end of last night's concert - the first of our four-day festival.
Join us at Hansom Hall 1pm today for our lunchtime concert with Nicholas Daniel (oboe); Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin) and Charles Owen (piano). wegottickets.com/event/672184
Join us at Hansom Hall 1pm today for our lunchtime concert with Nicholas Daniel (oboe); Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin) and Charles Owen (piano). wegottickets.com/event/672184
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Great to hear the cheers for our marvellous players at the end of last night's concert - the first of our four-day festival.
Join us at Hansom Hall 1pm today for our lunchtime concert with Nicholas Daniel (oboe); Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin) and Charles Owen (piano). wegottickets.com/event/672184
Join us at Hansom Hall 1pm today for our lunchtime concert with Nicholas Daniel (oboe); Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin) and Charles Owen (piano). wegottickets.com/event/672184
It's the first day of our festival! Join us for tonight at Hansom Hall, Leicester, where you can hear our brilliant team of musicians playing Ravel, Emma-Ruth Richards (our composer-in-residence) & Schubert, culminating in the sparkling Trout Quintet wegottickets.com/event/672182
Leicester International Music Festival 2025: Concert 1, 'The Trout'
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Charles Owen (piano)
Anna Liisa-Bezrodney (violin)
Rachel Roberts (viola)
Jan-Erik Gustavsson (cello)
Lynda Houghton (double bass)
Ravel, arr Douvas: Alborada del Grazioso for ...
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September 17, 2025 at 5:46 AM
It's the first day of our festival! Join us for tonight at Hansom Hall, Leicester, where you can hear our brilliant team of musicians playing Ravel, Emma-Ruth Richards (our composer-in-residence) & Schubert, culminating in the sparkling Trout Quintet wegottickets.com/event/672182
Our musicians are coming together from across Europe to rehearse in London today: you can join us to hear the incredible results of their work Wed - Fri in Leicester at our festival www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk/limf-2025
September 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Our musicians are coming together from across Europe to rehearse in London today: you can join us to hear the incredible results of their work Wed - Fri in Leicester at our festival www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk/limf-2025
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Emma-Ruth Richards is the composer-in-residence at the Leicester International Music Festival beginning this Wednesday
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September 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Emma-Ruth Richards is the composer-in-residence at the Leicester International Music Festival beginning this Wednesday
@leicsmusicfest.bsky.social
[photo Emma-Ruth Richards © Keith Malone]
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[photo Emma-Ruth Richards © Keith Malone]
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A week today, we will be enjoying our 2025 Festival Lunchtime Concert at the lovely Hansom Hall, with Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin) & Charles Owen (piano). Join us for great music by Schubert, Ravel & our composer-in-residence, Emma-Ruth Richards. wegottickets.com/event/672184
Leicester International Music Festival 2025: Concert 2, 'The Wanderer'
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Charles Owen (piano)
Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano 18’
Ravel: Waltzes Nobles et Sentimentales 15’
Emma-Ruth Richards: De Stamparare for solo o...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A week today, we will be enjoying our 2025 Festival Lunchtime Concert at the lovely Hansom Hall, with Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin) & Charles Owen (piano). Join us for great music by Schubert, Ravel & our composer-in-residence, Emma-Ruth Richards. wegottickets.com/event/672184
Join us a week today for the beginning of our 2025 Festival at the lovely Hansom Hall, Leicester. Tickets & details here: www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk/limf-2025
September 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join us a week today for the beginning of our 2025 Festival at the lovely Hansom Hall, Leicester. Tickets & details here: www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk/limf-2025
Tickets are now on sale for our fabulous festival 17-20 September at Hansom Hall, Leicester. Music by Schubert, Ravel & Emma-Ruth Richards, played by a superb team, led by our Artistic Director, Nicholas Daniel. We'd love to see you!
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August 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Tickets are now on sale for our fabulous festival 17-20 September at Hansom Hall, Leicester. Music by Schubert, Ravel & Emma-Ruth Richards, played by a superb team, led by our Artistic Director, Nicholas Daniel. We'd love to see you!
www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk
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Tickets for our three Festival concerts at Hansom Hall go on sale tomorrow morning. Follow the link from our website: www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk
August 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Tickets for our three Festival concerts at Hansom Hall go on sale tomorrow morning. Follow the link from our website: www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk
#LIMF2025 featuring Franz Schubert, who still breaks and mends hearts in equal measure; Maurice Ravel, whose 150th birthday we celebrate, and Emma-Ruth Richards, who brings a bold and deeply personal voice to the festival. Join us 17-20 September.
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August 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#LIMF2025 featuring Franz Schubert, who still breaks and mends hearts in equal measure; Maurice Ravel, whose 150th birthday we celebrate, and Emma-Ruth Richards, who brings a bold and deeply personal voice to the festival. Join us 17-20 September.
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Pleased bring you exciting news of our Festival September 17-20, with a great team led by Nicholas Daniel. Vibrant Landscapes: Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel & Emma-Ruth Richards.
More info at: www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk/limf-2025
More info at: www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk/limf-2025
LIMF 2025 — Leicester International Music Festival
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August 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Pleased bring you exciting news of our Festival September 17-20, with a great team led by Nicholas Daniel. Vibrant Landscapes: Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel & Emma-Ruth Richards.
More info at: www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk/limf-2025
More info at: www.leicesterinternationalmusicfestival.org.uk/limf-2025
What a lovely way to end our Lunchtime Concert season! Oliver Pashley and George Fu gave us a sparkling performance at Hansom Hall, including two World Premières - by Zoë Martlew and by Philip Cashian. It was an added bonus to have Philip with us in another near-capacity audience.
March 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What a lovely way to end our Lunchtime Concert season! Oliver Pashley and George Fu gave us a sparkling performance at Hansom Hall, including two World Premières - by Zoë Martlew and by Philip Cashian. It was an added bonus to have Philip with us in another near-capacity audience.
We’re looking forward to this and would love you to join us at Hanson Hall, Thursday 1pm: wegottickets.com/event/630543
March 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We’re looking forward to this and would love you to join us at Hanson Hall, Thursday 1pm: wegottickets.com/event/630543
A magnificent lunchtime recital by Fiachra Garvey at Hansom Hall today, and it was great to that there was a capacity audience to enjoy such wonderful playing and such incredible sounds. Impossible not to be moved by the 'Great Gate at Kiev' which closed the concert - an anthem for our times.
March 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A magnificent lunchtime recital by Fiachra Garvey at Hansom Hall today, and it was great to that there was a capacity audience to enjoy such wonderful playing and such incredible sounds. Impossible not to be moved by the 'Great Gate at Kiev' which closed the concert - an anthem for our times.
We have a fabulous piano recital for you this Thursday lunchtime, 1pm at Hansom Hall, Belvoir St. Fiachra Garvey will play Gershwin 'Rhapsody in Blue', Debussy, Albéniz, Mendelssohn & Mussorgsky 'Pictures'. We'd love you to join us! Full details & tickets: wegottickets.com/event/630538
Fiachra Garvey (piano) - LIMF Lunchtime Concert 11
1st prizewinner at the 2012 Jaques Samuel Competition, London, Fiachra Garvey ARAM, has performed in venues from the Fazioli Auditorium in Italy to London’s Wigmore Hall.
‘…brings a deep and infectio...
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March 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We have a fabulous piano recital for you this Thursday lunchtime, 1pm at Hansom Hall, Belvoir St. Fiachra Garvey will play Gershwin 'Rhapsody in Blue', Debussy, Albéniz, Mendelssohn & Mussorgsky 'Pictures'. We'd love you to join us! Full details & tickets: wegottickets.com/event/630538
Hansom Hall was packed again for yesterday's brilliant Lunchtime Concert by the Sacconi Quartet. We are delighted that they will be staying with us today, leading workshops in Leicester schools.
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Hansom Hall was packed again for yesterday's brilliant Lunchtime Concert by the Sacconi Quartet. We are delighted that they will be staying with us today, leading workshops in Leicester schools.
We enjoyed a lovely Lunchtime Concert by Junction T - a trio from the @royalbirmcons.bsky.social today. Music by Gaubert, Weber and Farrenc, all played beautifully, and much appreciated by another excellent audience!
February 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We enjoyed a lovely Lunchtime Concert by Junction T - a trio from the @royalbirmcons.bsky.social today. Music by Gaubert, Weber and Farrenc, all played beautifully, and much appreciated by another excellent audience!
'Eternity in an Hour' from Jess Dandy and Keval Shah was utterly spellbinding at Hansom Hall this lunchtime. We loved the settings of the Bhagavad Gita by Reena Esmail!
January 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
'Eternity in an Hour' from Jess Dandy and Keval Shah was utterly spellbinding at Hansom Hall this lunchtime. We loved the settings of the Bhagavad Gita by Reena Esmail!
Leicester Concert-goer on last week's Lunchtime Concert: '.....one was aware that listening to Julius Drake and Nicholas Daniel, one was listening to two great artists.....beautiful, lovely, liquid sound, wonderful climax, passionate......'
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Lunchtime Series: Nicholas Daniel oboe, Julius Drake Piano, 16th January 2025
In regard this concert, let me say at once that the onward march of mind-blowing excellence of programme and performance in this season’s Lunchtime series shows no sign of faltering. Indeed, one wa…
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January 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Leicester Concert-goer on last week's Lunchtime Concert: '.....one was aware that listening to Julius Drake and Nicholas Daniel, one was listening to two great artists.....beautiful, lovely, liquid sound, wonderful climax, passionate......'
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A truly outstanding concert by Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake for us at Hansom Hall today. Nicholas spoke of the fires in Los Angeles, where two of his friends and fellow oboists had lost everything & it felt that he was inspired to play with an intense feeling that transported us all.
January 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A truly outstanding concert by Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake for us at Hansom Hall today. Nicholas spoke of the fires in Los Angeles, where two of his friends and fellow oboists had lost everything & it felt that he was inspired to play with an intense feeling that transported us all.
Today's Lunchtime Concert will be a real highlight. Join us at Hansom Hall (1pm) to hear Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake playing music from their recent and very successful album featuring music by Robert and Clara Schumann? wegottickets.com/event/630527 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxs-...
Nicholas Daniel (oboe) & Julius Drake (piano) - LIMF Lunchtime Concert 7
Robert Schumann: 3 Duos (arr Howard Ferguson), Op. 56 No. 2 & No. 4, Op. 58 No. 4
Robert Schumann: Drei Romanzen, Op. 94
Clara Schumann (arr. Nicholas Daniel): Drei Romanzen, Op. 22
Robert Schumann: L...
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January 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Today's Lunchtime Concert will be a real highlight. Join us at Hansom Hall (1pm) to hear Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake playing music from their recent and very successful album featuring music by Robert and Clara Schumann? wegottickets.com/event/630527 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxs-...