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Meet Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason

Brother and sister cello/piano duo Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason are recognised individually for their astonishing talent and also as part of the family who impressed the judges on Britain's Got Talent. Sheku won BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2016 and shot to stardom...

Anniversary year continues with 6 live June concerts

Six June events with live audience go on sale today, heralding a welcome return to (almost) normality for audiences and performers. With only a few weeks to go, the line-up for the hour-long socially-distanced events at West Road Concert Hall has just been announced, and features the Festival's...

Women in music

As the Cambridge Music Festival begins, we examine some of the great, unsung women composers whose work is being performed this year. Glance at the programme for most classical concerts and you will find that half of the population is under-represented – if, in fact, it...

Festival starts this week!

This year's Cambridge Music Festival has arrived, with the first concert on Wednesday! If you haven't booked yet, there is still availability for some events - details below. Don't forget you can get up to 25% off if you book multiple events. Handel Coronation Anthems - a few...

Keyboard engineering

With a reputation for daring, boundary-pushing music, how does pianist/technologist Zubin Kanga fit with the more conventional classical sounds at this year’s Cambridge Music Festival? Never underestimate your audience’s appetite for something new, he tells the Cambridge Independent. Keyboard engineering For a moment, everything seems relatively normal,...

The musical high-wire acts of CMF 2019

“That sense of risking everything helps to make live music special” Her work has been described as ‘magical’ and close to perfection, but 25 years after she first came to public attention, cellist Natalie Clein still gets nervous before every performance. Ahead of this year’s Cambridge...

Anglia TV report live from Corn Exchange

Last night Anglia TV broadcast live from the rehearsal for Music for 50 Musicians at the Corn Exchange, ahead of our concert with the Colin Currie Group and Mats Bergstrom. The children were so excited to be on live TV and the piece sounded great! You...