• BUTE WIND QUINTET – Young Artist Series

    Summer Festival
    St Michael's Church Church Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

      Programme to include: Milhaud La cheminée du Roi René Mozart Adagio in Bb for Wind Quintet, K. 411 Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite The Bute Wind Quintet is a multi-award winning ensemble, whose mission is to promote contemporary and underperformed chamber music. Recent recitals include the Beaumaris Festival, Cowbridge Music Festival and the Fishguard

    £16
  • JAMES MORLEY – Cello – Young Artist Series

    Summer Festival
    St Michael's Church Church Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

      Hailed as “Australia’s most exciting young cellist” (Limelight Magazine), Switzerland-based Australian musician James Morley works largely as a soloist and chamber musician, and frequently extends into experimental improvisation, electronics and post-instrumental performance. In 2024 James was a winner at the live finals of the annual YCAT international auditions at the Wigmore Hall, subsequently joining

    £16
  • THE PADDINGTON TRIO

    Summer Festival
    St Michael's Church Church Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

      The Paddington Trio are one of the most exciting ensembles of their generation, recognized for their fresh interpretations and exuberant energy. As did the famous bear, Finnish violinist Tuulia Hero, Irish cellist Patrick Moriarty and American pianist Stephanie Tang have made London their home. Forming less than 5 years ago, they have already won

    £20
  • PURCELL SCHOOL – Young Artist Series

    Summer Festival
    St Michael's Church Church Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

      Stephanie Qiao, born in China in 2008, is currently studying under William Fong, a renowned pianist, educator and professor at the Royal Academy of Music. In 2024, Stephanie joined the Purcell School. She has won numerous awards in national and international competitions, including the XII International competitions, XII International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young

    £16
  • EWAN MILLAR – Oboe – Young Artist Series

    Summer Festival
    St Michael's Church Church Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

      Ewan is a prominent young oboist building a career in the UK. In 2020 Ewan won the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician, giving an “exemplary, richly shaded account” (The Guardian), of Navarro’s “Legacy” concerto with the BBC Philharmonic. Since the competition he has been performing as a soloist in recitals around the UK,

    £16
  • SOFÍA GÓMEZ ALBERTO violin/viola & SVITLANA KOSENKO piano

    St Michael's Church Church Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    Sofía Gómez Alberto is a Spanish violinist and violist currently studying for her Masters at the Royal College of Music. She is also one of the violinists taking part in the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Pathway Scheme for the 2023/2024 season and already freelances with the London Symphony Orchestra.   

    £16
  • JACK HANCHER guitar

    St Michael's Church Church Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    Jack Hancher is a rising star of the classical guitar and his playing has been described as a ‘poet and a painter, colouring sounds out of the guitar as if his imagination and the guitar were one’ by Gendai Guitar Magazine.

    £16
  • SIPING GUO bassoon

    St Michael's Church Church Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    The third Young Artist in our 2024 ‘wind’ season is award-winning bassoon player, Siping Guo.  
    In 2023, Siping was the recipient of several notable accolades, including the prestigious Munster Trust Scholarship, the Neil Black Award, and selection for the Munster Trust Recital Scheme. 
    Together with pianist Apolline Khou, his programme will include works by C.P.E. Bach, Weber and the Saint-Saëns Bassoon Sonata. 

    £16
  • DANNY DRIVER piano

    St Michael's Church Church Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

    Associate Artist Danny Driver returns to Lichfield with the first of two 2024 Festival programmes to close his 3-year residency with us. Recognised internationally as an artist of sophistication, insight and musical depth, his appearances at the Festival have been a highlight since his first appearance in Lichfield in 2018. Handel (Suite No. 5 ' The Harmonious Blacksmith') and Beethoven (Op. 27, No.2 'Moonlight' and Op. 111).

    £20

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