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SUMMARY:RYAN ZHU – piano
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS FOR RYAN ZHU\n  \nHastings International Piano Competition winner 2026 \nAs part of a new collaboration between the Hastings International Piano Competition and the Festival\, the HIPC 2026 1st prize winner\, Canadian pianist Ryan Zhu\, makes a Lichfield debut. \nA recent graduate of the Juilliard School in New York\, and currently studying for a Master’s at Yale\, Ryan is without doubt a pianist to watch. \nHaving reached the semi-finals of the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition\, in Hastings he also took away the Orchestra Prize and the Audience Prize\, and has already recently made his London debut at the Wigmore Hall. \nHis programme this afternoon will include works by Schumann\, Beethoven Sonata in F minor\, Op. 2\, No. 1 and Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini\, Op. 35. \nKindly sponsored by Nigel O’Mara \n \n  \nTickets are available per concert or for the full weekend (including all 8 concerts) .  \nWEEKEND PASS\nLFF Priority Booking Opens: Platinum/Founder/Millennium/Gold – 21st July | Silver/Bronze – 28th July | General Booking Opens – 4th August
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/ryan-zhu/
LOCATION:The Hub at St Mary’s\, Market Square\, Lichfield\, WS13 6LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Chamber
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SUMMARY:CLARE HAMMOND - piano
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS FOR CLARE HAMMOND\n  \n‘a pianist of extraordinary gifts’ Gramophone \nClare Hammond returns to Lichfield once again for a programme full of flare and fire. Recognised for her imaginative playing and communicative performance style\, Clare is an established recording artist\, prize-winner and worldwide recitalist. Her notable appearances include those at the BBC Proms and she has appeared as concerto soloist with BBC NOW\, London Philharmonic\, BBC Philharmonic and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras. \nClare recently founded the Gloucestershire Piano Trust to support her ongoing work in schools and prisons\, which reaches around 4\,000 schoolchildren and 300 prisoners each year. Her recital this evening features a short work that was co-created by prisoners at HMP Oakwood and composer Michael Betteridge. A short documentary about this project\, Internal Victories\, will be shown ahead of Clare’s performance\, starting at 7pm. \nClare also plays Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux\, Op. 33\, works by Chopin and Janacek\, and finishes with virtuosic arrangements of pieces by Gershwin as well as Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite. \nKindly sponsored by Shirley & Richard Newby \n  \nTickets are available per concert\, as an evening season pass (including 4 evening concerts) or for the full weekend (including all 8 concerts) .  \nEVENING PASS\n  \nWEEKEND PASS\nLFF Priority Booking Opens: Platinum/Founder/Millennium/Gold – 21st July | Silver/Bronze – 28th July | General Booking Opens – 4th August
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/clare-hammond/
LOCATION:The Hub at St Mary’s\, Market Square\, Lichfield\, WS13 6LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Chamber
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SUMMARY:CHAMELEON QUARTET – wind quartet
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS FOR CHAMELEON QUARTET\n  \nChameleon Quartet are a prize-winning\, versatile woodwind ensemble with a mission to share music with audiences far and wide. Their performances feature an impressive array of up to 13 woodwind instruments split between only four members\, with the Quartet seamlessly transitioning between them to showcase the diversity of the woodwind family. \nChameleon are winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Henderson Award\, 2023\, and are Live Music Now artists specialising in SEND and primary school engagement. They were recipients of the RPS Enterprise Fund for ‘Virtually Live’ in 2021\, a concert series driven by a passion for connecting with their audience through conversation and\ninteraction. Their performing and engagement projects work in tandem\, with a firm belief that every piece of music can be understood and enjoyed by anyone. Their Chamber Weekend programme will feature music by Saint–Saëns\, Dvorak\, Amy Beach and J.S. Bach. \nKindly sponsored by Mark Wilson & Elaine Clarke \n  \nTickets are available per concert or for the full weekend (including all 8 concerts) .  \n  \nWEEKEND PASS\nLFF Priority Booking Opens: Platinum/Founder/Millennium/Gold – 21st July | Silver/Bronze – 28th July | General Booking Opens – 4th August
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/chameleon-quartet/
LOCATION:The Hub at St Mary’s\, Market Square\, Lichfield\, WS13 6LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Chamber
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SUMMARY:ASTRA QUARTET – string quartet
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS FOR ASTRA QUARTET\n  \nYoung Artist Series \nThe Astra Quartet brings together four prize-winning musicians based in London. All are experienced and passionate chamber musicians from different parts of the world who met while studying across the London conservatoires\, and all of the Quartet have been winners of the Royal Over-Seas League Strings and Keyboard Ensembles Prize with previous ensembles. They have performed at renowned venues and festivals as chamber musicians\, including the Wigmore Hall\, Kings Place London and Conway Hall. \nFor the ensemble’s Festival debut\, their programme will feature Haydn String Quartet in D major\, Op. 20 No. 4 and Ravel String Quartet in F major. This programme showcases masterworks from different eras of the string quartet – the 2nd movement of the Haydn is a particular favourite of the group\, which shares its beautiful thematic material between all four instruments; the Ravel is a masterpiece\, packed with expression and colour\, spirit and joy. \nNB this concert replaces our previously advertised event with the Regency Quartet \nTickets are available per concert or for the full weekend (including all 8 concerts) .  \n  \nWEEKEND PASS\nLFF Priority Booking Opens: Platinum/Founder/Millennium/Gold – 21st July | Silver/Bronze – 28th July | General Booking Opens – 4th August
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/regency-quartet-string-quartet/
LOCATION:The Hub at St Mary’s\, Market Square\, Lichfield\, WS13 6LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Chamber
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SUMMARY:Aaron Azunda Akugbo & Ryan Corbett- trumpet and accordian
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS FOR AARON AZUNDA AKUGBO & RYAN CORBETT\n  \nTwo former Festival Young Artists – and fellows Scots! – combine for an exciting evening of original works and transcriptions\, as trumpeter Aaron Azunda Akugbo and classical accordionist Ryan Corbett return to Lichfield for a dazzling programme that spans the centuries. \nBoth are now established soloists – Ryan is a current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and Classic FM Rising Star; Aaron is also a leading exponent of his instrument and regularly freelances in the principal chairs of some of the most prestigious orchestras in the UK including the Philharmonia\, BBC Philharmonic\, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. \nTo close our Chamber Music weekend\, they will bring us a touch of folk\, baroque music from Venice’s Marcello\, a flavour of France from Fauré\, and a taste of South America from the ever-popular Argentinian tango maestro\, Piazzolla. \nKindly sponsored by Shirley & Richard Newby \n  \nTickets are available per concert\, as an evening season pass (including 4 evening concerts) or for the full weekend (including all 8 concerts) .  \nEVENING PASS\n  \nWEEKEND PASS\nLFF Priority Booking Opens: Platinum/Founder/Millennium/Gold – 21st July | Silver/Bronze – 28th July | General Booking Opens – 4th August
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/aaron-azumnda-akugbo-and-ryan-corbett/
LOCATION:The Hub at St Mary’s\, Market Square\, Lichfield\, WS13 6LG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Chamber
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SUMMARY:Black Dyke Band - Christmas Concert
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS FOR BLACK DYKE BAND\n  \nOur wonderful Associate Artists – the world-renowned Black Dyke Band – are back in Lichfield for another Christmas spectacular! \nFollowing the Band’s hugely successful Albert Hall appearance at this year’s BBC Proms\, their 2026 return to the stunning surroundings of Lichfield Cathedral will be full of Christmas and other Brass Band favourites\, all played with Black Dyke’s usual verve and virtuosity. \nOur evening event will be ‘just the ticket’ to get you in the mood for the Festive season ahead\, as the 13-time European Champion winners\, 30-time British Open 1st prize winners and 24-time National Champions of Great Britain make a welcome return to open our Christmas season! \n  \n \n  \nBOOK TICKETS FOR BLACK DYKE BAND\n  \n  \nAccess \nLevel access is available via the West End entrance.  Detailed access information is available on the cathedral website here Accessibility at Lichfield Cathedral. Designated seats have been allocated for wheelchair users and companions; please telephone the box office to book these.
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/black-dyke-band-christmas-concert/
LOCATION:Lichfield Cathedral\, 19A The Close\, Lichfield\, Staffordshire\, WS13 7LD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Christmas
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SUMMARY:Ex Cathedra - Christmas Music
DESCRIPTION:BOOK TICKETS FOR EX CATHEDRA CHRISTMAS MUSIC\n  \nStep out of the winter rush and into the still\, warm glow of candlelight. Ex Cathedra’s much-loved concerts offer beautiful seasonal music\, a sprinkling of favourite carols\, and readings to make you smile and reflect\, all revealing the quiet magic of Christmas. Encounter the mystery as well as the merriment. Once experienced\, they’re never forgotten. \n“a phenomenal feat of musicianship” (New Yorker) \nEX CATHEDRA\nJeffrey Skidmore conductor \nNicholas Wearne organ \nThe running time is approx. 2 hours 10 minutes\, including interval. Refreshments will be available to purchase during the interval. \nThis concert is co-presented by Ex Cathedra and Lichfield Festival. \nEarly booking is advised to avoid disappointment. \nLFF Priority Booking Opens: Platinum/Founder/Millennium/Gold – 1st June | Silver/Bronze: 8th June | General Booking Opens: 15th June \nPrice bands : £42 / £36 / £30.50 / £25 / £18 \nAccess \nEveryone is welcome at Ex Cathedra’s concerts\, and the choir is committed to doing all it can to ensure you have a great experience. \nLevel access is available via the West End entrance.  Detailed access information is available on the cathedral website here Accessibility at Lichfield Cathedral. Designated seats have been allocated for wheelchair users and companions; please telephone the box office to book these. \nEach half of this concert will be performed as an uninterrupted sequence\, and the atmosphere will be quiet and still for extended periods.  Audiences usually reserve applause for the end of each half.  If you have any questions\, please contact Ex Cathedra or Lichfield Festival\, we are happy to help. \nBOOK TICKETS FOR EX CATHEDRA CHRISTMAS MUSIC
URL:https://lichfieldfestival.org/event/ex-cathedra-christmas-2026/
LOCATION:Lichfield Cathedral\, 19A The Close\, Lichfield\, Staffordshire\, WS13 7LD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Christmas,Classical
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