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# Cambridge Music Festival

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- [“It was heart-warming to see a capacity audience for an all-Ligeti event, and real enthusiasm for his music… What an evening”. ](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/it-was-heart-warming-to-see-a-capacity-audience-for-an-all-ligeti-event-and-real-enthusiasm-for-his-music-what-an-evening/) - Seen & Heard
- [“Ute Lemper wowed a full house… had the audience gripped… leaving the audience on a high.” ](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/ute-lemper-wowed-a-full-house-had-the-audience-gripped-leaving-the-audience-on-a-high-and-humming-the-famous-tune-as-they-filed-out-into-the-lively-cambridge-streets/) - Planet Hugill Photos copyright Paul Ashley
- [Meet Benjamin Grosvenor](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-benjamin-grosvenor/) - We are looking forward to welcoming Benjamin Grosvenor to CMF on Monday 17 March. We asked him a few questions about the programme. What are your first musical memories? Music was always present in my home growing up. My mother was my first teacher, so from a very young age, the piano was a familiar
- [Reviews of Spring 2025](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/reviews-of-spring-2025/) - Our Spring season has transported us from the courts of 15th-century Spain (courtesy of Jordi Savall) to scenes of industrial strife in 1930s USA (featured in the songs of Windborne). On the way, we felt the joy and pain of love with the Pavel Haas Quartet, visited Berlin just before the Wall fell with Theatre
- [Meet Kaviraj Singh](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-kaviraj-singh/) - Kaviraj Singh is a santoor-player and vocalist, specialising in improvised music in the north Indian classical style. He's playing at Pembroke Auditorium on Thursday 13 November - so to explain more about the santoor and the traditions that inspire him, we asked Kaviraj a few questions.
- [Meet Marc Danel of Quatuor Danel](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-marc-danel-of-quatuor-danel/) - Quatour Danel will be in Cambridge over the weekend 28/29 November, as they perform three concerts - a cycle of Shostakovich Quartets. We asked their founder and first violin Marc Danel about his childhood musical experiences and who he'd most like to collaborate with. What are your first memories of hearing music? I was born
- [Meet Ute Lemper](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-ute-lemper/) - History wanted to be a good teacher but it could not find any students. On 5 March, singer and actor Ute Lemper, with 8-piece band, brings to life Berlin’s cabaret scene of the 1930s. She told us about her early musical influences and what resonance the songs of Kurt Weill and others still has in 2026.
- [Meet Danny Driver](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-danny-driver/) - Danny Driver is one of the UK's most respected pianists. He'll perform Ligeti's Piano Studies (Etudes) on 10 March at Fitzwilliam College Auditorium. We asked him about his early musical encounters and what to expect from his concert, among other things. What music do you remember hearing as a small child? I had wonderful children’s
- [Meet Colin Currie](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-colin-currie/) - As we look forward to Colin Currie's return to CMF with his Quartet on 27 March, we asked him about his early musical experiences and how if feels to play the music of Steve Reich. What music do you remember hearing as a small child? Big band jazz, Mozart and Stravinsky. I also listened to
- ["I had a ball and the rest of the packed audience did too"](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/i-had-a-ball-and-the-rest-of-the-packed-audience-did-too/) - Jordi Savall and his trio performed a programme entitled East Meets West in Trinity College Chapel in February 2023. The Times review gave it five stars: "Savall shaded and sculpted the long, singing lines of Sephardic laments, Berber dances, Armenian niceties and Byzantine knees-ups with an awesomely subtle touch". Read the review
- ["A spine-tingling tribute"](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/a-spine-tingling-tribute/) - Review of Tavener Remembered in King's College Chapel, 10 November 2023 The Times **** "Sonorously thrilling and spiritually profound... One could easily imagine the composer’s soul hovering benignly above us" Read Richard Morrison's review https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tavener-remembered-review-a-spine-tingling-tribute-bqckj8kr3 Photo by Martin Bond
- ["The standing ovation was prolonged and heartfelt](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/the-standing-ovation-was-prolonged-and-heartfelt/) - Read the Cambridge Independent review of Angela Hewitt's Goldberg variations recital from 13 November. "A pianist at the very apex of virtuosity, at intervals passionate, joyful, melodic, lyrical, contemplative where required, and whose audience was made to feel and to share the sheer totality of commitment such glorious music demands.... The standing ovation she received
- [Reviews of Spring 2024](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/reviews-of-spring-2024/) - Our spring season was a thrilling journey, taking us from 17th-century Leipzig and late Romantic-era Paris, to northern India and the Mexican desert, finally arriving, triumphant, at Santiago di Compostela. Artists included Stephen Hough, Arcangelo, 12 Ensemble, Jasdeep Singh Degun, Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo and Tenebrae. Read press reviews here: Stephen Hough (7 February) Arcangelo (17
- ["The power of the performance brought the audience to its feet. What an unforgettable experience we had shared."](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/the-power-of-the-performance-brought-the-entire-audience-to-its-feet-what-an-amazing-and-unforgettable-experience-we-had-shared/) - Read Cambridge Independent review of Tenebrae: Path of Miracles at King's College Chapel on 27 March.
- [Meet Jali Bakary Konteh](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-jali-bakary-konteh/) - Ahead of his performance on 21 November, griot and kora player Jali Bakary Konteh told us about his musical beginnings, the role of the griot and what a kora sounds like. What are your links with Cambridge? Have you played here before? The first time I visited Cambridge was to perform at the Cambridge Folk
- [Meet Boris Giltburg](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-boris-giltburg/) - Ahead of his recital on 16 October, Russian-born Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg took a break form his busy schedule to answer a few questions. What are you looking forward to about coming to Cambridge? Have you played here before?I have played in Cambridge many times! Both recitals, chamber music and concerti (at the Corn Exchange). I
- [Glassworks: the live experience](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/glassworks-the-live-experience/) - We asked Andrew Sterman, saxophonist and flautist with The Philip Glass Ensemble, what is so special about hearing Glassworks live. Composed in 1981 for the 'Walkman Generation', in easily digestible short tracks, the entire piece has only recently begun to been performed live in its complete form. It's impossible to listen to this music with
- [Meet Jasdeep Singh Degun](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-jasdeep-singh-degun/) - "One of the most imaginative musicians in the land" (The Independent), Jasdeep Singh Degun is known for award-winning collaborations across western and Indian music traditions. He's also a virtuoso sitar player, trained by some of north India's finest musicians. He plays in Cambridge on 7 March alongside tabla player Harkiret Bahra. About 90 percent of
- [Meet Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-bugallo-williams-piano-duo/) - Amy Williams and Helena Bugallo will perform music by Nancarrow, Reich and Ligeti on 11 March at Fitzwilliam College. We asked them why they chose the programme and what the audience can expect from the concert. It breathes, it dances and it even smiles. When did you two meet and start playing together as a
- [Stephen Hough on Chopin, Liszt & Chaminade](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-stephen-hough/) - Ahead of his recital on 6 February, Sir Stephen Hough introduces the works he will play: Liszt's Piano Sonata for Piano in B minor, Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor and selected works by Chaminade. I have not come across a bar of her music which lacks good taste or honest sentiment Born only
- [Meet Jonathan Cohen of Arcangelo](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-jonathan-cohen-of-arcangelo/) - Jonathan Cohen is the Founder and Director of Arcangelo, who perform at Trinity College Chapel on 16 February in an all-Bach programme. We asked him about the background of the ensemble and what to expect from the concert. What is the story behind Arcangelo and how/why it was founded? I founded Arcangelo about 10 years
- [30th birthday year in the press](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/30th-birthday-year-in-the-press/) - As the 2021 Festival draws to a close, here are some highlights of the press coverage we received Mahan Esfahani was interviewed on BBC Radio 3's In Tune, and BBC Music Magazine named CMF a major feature of Cambridge's music scene. There were profiles on Festival Director Justin Lee's approach to programming the Festival, in
- [Justin Lee on Cambridge 105 Radio](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/justin-lee-on-cambridge-105-radio/) - Festival Director Justin Lee appeared on Cambridge 105 Radio on Sunday 6 March, talking about the current spring festival.
- [Meet Paul Cassidy of Brodsky Quartet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-paul-cassidy-of-brodsky-quartet/) - A interview with Paul Cassidy, viola player with Brodsky Quartet, introduces the music from their concert on 22 February. Paul is pictured second from the right with the Brodsky Quartet. On 22 February you’re playing three of Shostakovich’s string quartets (nos. 1, 8 and 15). Can you tell us about how these works reflect the
- [Meet Nigel Short, director of Tenebrae](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-nigel-short-director-of-tenebrae/) - We managed to pin down Nigel Short, former King's Singer and founder/director of Tenebrae, a week ahead of the choir's performance at St John's College Chapel (27 April - more info and tickets). We asked him about his favourite moments from Tenebrae's 20 year existence, his connections to Cambridge and the most important question of
- [Meet James Young of Piano Circus](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-james-young-of-piano-circus/) - Ahead of Piano Circus' concert on 9 March, pianist James Young talked to us about how the ensemble was founded, what's so special about Steve Reich and what to expect from the concert. What is the story behind Piano Circus and how/why it was founded? Piano Circus was founded in 1989 by a group of
- [Meet Daniel Hyde](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-daniel-hyde/) - Daniel is Director of Music at King's College, and conducts two concerts in this CMF autumn season. He found time in his busy schedule to answer a few questions. See and hear Dan in action on 3 November (in Haydn's Creation) and 11 November (Tavener Remembered) in King's College Chapel. What’s your first musical memory?As
- [Cambridge Music Festival announces 2023 autumn series](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/cambridge-music-festival-announces-2023-autumn-series/) - 17 October - 15 November Tickets are now on sale for Cambridge Music Festival’s autumn 2023 concert series. The festival presents a carefully chosen programme of exceptional and unusual performances unlikely to be heard elsewhere, showcasing everything from traditional Syrian music to classical and early music. Performances take place in some of Cambridge’s most historic venues,
- [Meet Mahan Esfahani](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-mahan-esfahani/) - As Mahan Esfahani prepares for his CMF recital on 20 October, he took the time to answer our questions about musical influences, favourite repertoire and childhood instruments. What’s your first musical memory? My father playing on our old Petrof piano in Tehran and playing his records of The Who and Pink Floyd on his Hi-Fi.
- [Booking opens for 2018 Festival](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/booking-opens-for-2018-festival/) - At last the wait is over - booking is now open for the 2018 festival.With such a wide variety of music and artists on offer why not try something new - in fact why not take advantage of our first ever Festival Pass: book for everything and receive 25% off.Book online, call 01223 357851 or
- [Women in music](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/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 is represented at all. Even today, most of the
- [Festival starts this week!](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/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 tickets remain Amy Dickson - a few tickets remain
- [Behind the music: stories from CMF 2019 - Two great women behind our Rush Hour concert](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/behind-the-music-stories-from-cmf-2019-two-great-women-behind-our-rush-hour-concert/) - Two great women who helped to launch countless musical careers Here’s a brainteaser to brighten up your day: What connects Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Quincy Jones, and Burt Bacharach? And, while we’re at it, Dinu Lipatti, Daniel Barenboim and Astor Piazzolla as well? The answer is that all of them studied with Nadia Boulanger, the
- [Keyboard engineering](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/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, as Zubin Kanga effortlessly reels off a few
- [Behind the music: stories from CMF 2019 - Hot club jazz from the ashes](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/behind-the-music-stories-from-cmf-2019-hot-club-jazz-from-the-ashes/) - Hot club jazz from the ashes Trio Manouche and Friends bring Django Reinhardt’s free-spirited jazz to the Cambridge Music Festival on 14 November. But the music might never have existed had it not been for a personal disaster, 91 years ago. In 1928, Jack Hylton, the celebrated British band-leader, travelled to France to hear a
- [The musical high-wire acts of CMF 2019](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/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 Music Festival, she explains why that’s all part of
- [Booking opens for 2019 Festival](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/booking-opens-for-2019-festival/) - Joshua Bell, Natalie Clein, I Fagiolini, The Sixteen... just some of the top names that form the fabulous line-up of artists at this year's CMF. Tickets are available to buy now
- [Anglia TV report live from Corn Exchange](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/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 can watch the report (which appears 24 minutes in)
- [CMF in the News](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/cmf-in-the-news/) - Did you know that we have had more than 20 items of media coverage since we launched the Festival programme? 10 newspaper articles8 magazine pieces2 radio interviews... ... and tomorrow (Wednesday 21 November) ITV are broadcasting live the opening piece of our Steve Reich programme at the Corn Exchange. Tune in at 6.20pm to hear
- [One week down - one to go](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/one-week-down-one-to-go/) - We're halfway through this year's Cambridge Music Festival. We're looking forward to what's to come this week. Highlights include the Brodsky Quartet, Steve Reich: Drumming, Julien Brocal, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Let's take a quick look at what's been happening so far. We said farewell to Stephen Cleobury on Wednesday
- [Colin Currie on Steve Reich](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/colin-currie-on-steve-reich/) - This month, it will be an enormous privilege to be back at the Cambridge Music Festival on 21 November for another opportunity to share the music of Steve Reich! For me, one of the highlights of recent years of performing was our concert at the Corn Exchange in 2016, which the composer attended. We had
- [Festival opens tonight](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/festival-opens-tonight/) - The Cambridge Music Festival 2018 opens tonight - launching 10 days of music-making of the very highest quality. Here's a quick reminder of what's coming up and which events still have tickets available. Remember you can book online, call 01223 357851 or call in at Cambridge Live box office on Wheeler Street. TODAY The Choir
- [Concerts To Suit All Schedules](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/concerts-to-suit-all-schedules/) - If you love great music but the traditional 7.30 concert start time doesn't suit you, Cambridge Music Festival is here to help. Rather than sitting in traffic or dodging the cyclists, why not soothe any end-of-day frazzles by taking in a Rush Hour concert? And if your normal lunch 'break' is a sandwich at your
- [The Stars Of Today (And Tomorrow)](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/the-stars-of-today-and-tomorrow/) - Despite the abundance of posters on city centre railings, it's surprising how seldom the really big names in classical music include Cambridge in their schedule. Steven Isserlis is one such star - don't miss his performance of Beethoven Cello Sonatas with Robert Levin on fortepiano. Pianist Julien Brocal is a name to watch (he's BBC
- [Breaking the Sound Barrier](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/breaking-the-sound-barrier/) - Music has the power to express emotions when words fail us. This year's Festival explores this common human experience, with music from Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas, inspired by love and war, passion and despair, and triumph and tragedy. As we draw nearer to the Festival we'll look at the human stories behind the
- [A spring festival first](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/a-spring-festival-first/) - Cambridge Music Festival will mark its 30th year with a special series of events, beginning March 2021. Featured artists through the year include the sibling cello/piano duo Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, the wonderful pianist Stephen Hough playing Chopin, Schumann and more, and the Choir of King’s College. We have also co-commissioned A Percussionist’s Songbook: nine new ‘songs without words’ for
- [CMF on Film: Dunedin Consort plays Bach](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/cmf-on-film-dunedin-consort-plays-bach/) - We interviewed John Butt, Music Director of Dunedin Consort, Professor of Music at Glasgow University and former organ scholar at King’s College Cambridge, ahead of the 24 March premiere of CMF on Film: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, with Dunedin Consort. What is your first musical memory? Well, plenty of them, beginning with my father playing Bach,
- [Anniversary year continues with 6 live June concerts](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/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 trademark diverse programming and celebration of hugely talented young artists.
- [Meet Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/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 playing at Harry and Meghan's wedding in 2018. Isata released
- [Meet the players from Chineke!](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-the-players-from-chineke/) - We asked the players in Chineke! some searching questions about themselves and the music they will be performing on 21 June. From recorder practice in the back of the family car to recording film scores during lockdown, they tell us what makes them tick. We definitely want to be invited to a Chineke! dinner party,
- [Meet players from 12 Ensemble](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-players-from-12-ensemble/) - Ahead of their concert on 25 June we asked two members of 12 Ensemble about their musical influences, their listening tips for the concert, and of course, their favourite food. Eloisa-Fleur and Roberto tell us about listening to the Top 50, growing succulents and competitive eating... Eloisa-Fleur Thom, violin and Artistic Director of 12 Ensemble
- [Sell-out concerts at June 'pop up' Festival](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/sell-out-concerts-at-june-pop-up-festival/) - The first live concerts in over a year for many, CMF's pop-up June Festival events were a huge success. The emphasis was on incredibly talented young artists, and we were delighted that Sheku Kanneh-Mason made two appearances - with London Mozart Players and with sister Isata Kanneh-Mason - which bookended performances by Chineke! Chamber Ensemble
- [Autumn 2021 concerts on sale](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/autumn-2021-concerts-on-sale/) - The first four of seven autumn live events have gone on sale this week. The events, at West Road Concert Hall between 30 September and 10 November, include performances by pianist Stephen Hough, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, 12 Ensemble and the Takacs Quartet. Booking for the remaining three concerts, at venues
- [Meet pianist Stephen Hough](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-pianist-stephen-hough/) - Ahead of his recital on 7 October, we asked pianist Stephen Hough some searching questions about his musical influences, his writing projects, and... musical dinner menus. What’s your first musical memory? I think it was Julie Andrews singing “The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music”. We had no classical records in our house
- [Meet James Burke & Harvey de Souza from ASMF](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-james-burke-harvey-de-souza-from-asmf/) - As we approach the opening concert of the autumn - The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (30 Sept) - we took aside James Burke (soloist in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Principal Clarinet of ASMF) and Harvey De Souza (Leader) to quiz them about their instruments, the repertoire from their concert - and their
- [Justin Lee interviewed on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/justin-lee-interviewed-on-bbc-radio-cambridgeshire/) - Festival Director Justin Lee talks to Thordis Fridriksson about his early life and musical experiences on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Aired in two parts, on 6 and 7 October, Justin describes his developing interest in music despite growing up in a non-musical household, his early days as a church chorister, and the music he listened to
- [Meet Edward Dusinberre from Takacs Quartet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/meet-edward-dusinberre-from-takacs-quartet/) - Edward Dusinberre (far right) is first violin in the Takacs Quartet. Now based in Colorado, Edward spent part of his childhood living in Cambridge. We asked him about growing up in a musical family, what he likes most about the music Takacs Quartet will perform on 10 November, and - the essential question - what
- [Spring concerts on sale](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/spring-concerts-on-sale/) - Three contrasting programmes form our spring 2022 series - a new venture for CMF as we continue to explore flexible date arrangements, with several mini-festivals popping up through the year. Already on sale is 12 Ensemble (7 March), much loved by CMF audiences, playing Schubert's iconic Death and the Maiden Quartet in their own arrangement

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## Portfolio

- [Kaviraj Singh](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/kaviraj-singh/)
- [Guy Johnston](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/guy-johnston/)
- [Quatuor Danel](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/quatuor-danel/)
- [The Tallis Scholars](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/the-tallis-scholars/) - The Tallis Scholars (2012, 2018, 2023)
- [Angela Hewitt](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/angela-hewitt/)
- [Takacs Quartet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/takacs-quartet/)
- [Boris Giltburg](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/boris-giltburg/)
- [Tenebrae](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/tenebrae/)
- [Colin Currie Group](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/colin-currie-group/)
- [Maya Youssef](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/maya-youssef/)
- [BBC Singers](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/bbc-singers/)
- [Bugallo-Williams Duo](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/bugallo-williams-duo/)
- [Theotime Langlois de Swarte](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/theotime-langlois-de-swarte/)
- [Arcangelo](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/arcangelo/)
- [Jasdeep Singh Degun](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/jasdeep-singh-degun/)
- [Windborne](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/windborne/)
- [Theatre of Voices](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/theatre-of-voices/)
- [Benjamin Grosvenor](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/benjamin-grosvenor/)
- [Ian Bostridge](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/ian-bostidge/)
- [Academy of Ancient Music](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/academy-of-ancient-music/)
- [Philharmonia](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/philharmonia/)
- [BBC Concert Orchestra](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/bbc-concert-orchestra/)
- [Jordi Savall Trio](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/jordi-savall-trio/)
- [Choir of King’s College Cambridge](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/choir-of-kings-college-cambridge/)
- [Britten Sinfonia](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/britten-sinfonia/)
- [Pavel Haas Quartet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/pavel-haas-quartet/)
- [Philip Glass Ensemble](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/philip-glass-ensemble/)
- [Sir Simon Keenlyside](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/sir-simon-keenlyside/)
- [Jali Bakary Konteh](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/jali-bakary-konteh/)
- [Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/orchestra-of-the-age-of-enlightenment/)
- [12 Ensemble](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/12-ensemble/)
- [Stephen Hough](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/hough-stephen/) - Stephen Hough (2021)
- [Julien Brocal](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/julien-brocal/)
- [Alison Balsom](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/balsom-alison/)
- [Amy Dickson](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/dickson-amy/)
- [Andreas Scholl](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/scholl-andreas/)
- [Murray Perahia](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/perahia-murray/)
- [Jan Lisiecki](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/lisiecki-jan/)
- [Joshua Bell](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/bell-joshua/)
- [Sheku Kanneh-Mason](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/kanneh-mason-sheku/) - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (2021, 2022)
- [Isata Kanneh-Mason](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/kanneh-mason-isata/) - Isata Kanneh-Mason (2021)
- [Michael Collins](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/michael-collins/)
- [Gabrieli Consort](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/gabrieli-consort/)
- [Ensemble Bash](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/ensemble-bash/)
- [Dunedin Consort](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/dunedin-consort/)
- [Brodsky Quartet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/brodsky-quartet/) - Brodsky Quartet (2018, 2022)
- [Aurora Percussion Duo](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/aurora-percussion-duo/)
- [NEXT](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/next/)
- [Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/kaleidoscope-saxophone-quartet/)
- [Trio Manouche](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/trio-manouche/)
- [Piano Circus](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/piano-circus/)
- [Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/kaleidoscope-chamber-collective/)
- [Explore Ensemble](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/explore-ensemble/)
- [Aquarelle Guitar Quartet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/aquarelle-guitar-quartet/)
- [I Fagiolini](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/i-fagiolini/)
- [London Mozart Players](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/london-mozart-players/)
- [Chineke!](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/chineke/)
- [Juice Vocal Ensemble](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/juice-vocal-ensemble/)
- [Cardinall’s Musick](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/cardinalls-musick/)
- [Gabrieli Players](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/gabrieli-players/)
- [Endymion](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/endymion/)
- [Borodin Quartet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/borodin-quartet/)
- [Berlin Philharmonic String Quintet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/berlin-philharmonic-string-quintet/)
- [Escher Quartet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/escher-quartet/)
- [Nash Ensemble](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/nash-ensemble/)
- [Florilegium](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/florilegium/)
- [Fitkin & Friends](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/fitkin-friends/)
- [Mahan Esfahani](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/mahan-esfahani/)
- [James Gilchrist](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/james-gilchrist/)
- [Manu Delago](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/manu-delago/)
- [Andras Schiff](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/andras-schiff/)
- [Viktoria Mullova](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/viktoria-mullova/)
- [Mark Padmore](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/mark-padmore/)
- [Steven Osborne](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/steven-osborne/)
- [Nigel Kennedy](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/nigel-kennedy/)
- [Joby Burgess](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/joby-burgess/)
- [Zubin Kanga](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/zubin-kanga/)
- [Natalie Clein](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/natalie-clein/)
- [Academy of St Martin in the Fields](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/academy-of-st-martin-in-the-fields/) - Academy of St Martin in the Fields (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
- [Pierre-Laurent Aimard](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/pierre-laurent-aimard/)
- [Matthew Barley](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/matthew-barley/)
- [Paul Lewis](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/paul-lewis/)
- [Federico Colli](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/federico-colli/)
- [Pekka Kuusisto](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/pekka-kuusisto/)
- [Steven Isserlis](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/portfolio-item/steven-isserlis/)

## events

- [Jasdeep Singh Degun Quintet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/event/jasdeep-singh-degun-quintet/) - Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar Kaviraj Singh santoorKirpal Panesar esrajGurdain Rayatt tablaHarkiret Singh Bahra tabla North Indian classical Raag Jasdeep Singh Degun Rageshi, Mahogany, Veer/Lament CMF has specially curated this one-off performance with a quintet of the UK’s finest North Indian classical musicians led by Jasdeep Singh Degun, already a favourite with festival audiences. Together they
- [Schubert: String Quintet](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/event/schubert-string-quintet/) - Danel Quartet Petr Prause cello Weinberg String Quartet No.7 Schubert String Quintet The Danel Quartet are celebrated interpreters of Schubert and Russian repertoire, as they demonstrated last year in the astonishing ensemble, lyricism, intensity, and rhythmic drive of their Shostakovich cycle. They return to CMF with a programme of equal intensity. Schubert’s String Quintet is
- [Mozart & Handel](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/event/mozart-handel/) - BBC Singers Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Daniel Hyde conductor Mozart Mass in C minor Handel Dixit Dominus This concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 The BBC Singers' performances as part of CMF in recent years have received high praise from audiences and press, with The Times describing their singing as 'superb'
- [The Tallis Scholars](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/event/the-tallis-scholars-2/) - Peter Phillips & Daniel Hyde conductors Byrd Mass for Five Voices (Kyrie and Gloria) Lassus Media vita Gombert Media vita Lassus Musica dei donum Byrd Mass for Five Voices (Credo) Byrd Mass for Five Voices (Sanctus and Agnus) Lassus Timor et tremor Palestrina Tribulationes civitatum Byrd Tribulationes civitatum Byrd Vigilate Byrd’s simple, unshowy Mass for
- [Marc-Andre Hamelin](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/event/marc-andre-hamelin/) - Marc-André Hamelin piano Weinberg Piano Sonata No.5 Chopin Piano Sonata No.2 Enescu Carillon nocturne Debussy Images (Book 2) Earl Wild 7 virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs Hamelin is renowned for a virtuosity and technical command ‘that borders on the supernatural’ (Seattle Times). But to focus solely on his brilliance at the keyboard is to miss the poetry of his playing.
- [Imogen Cooper](https://cambridgemusicfestival.co.uk/event/imogen-cooper/) - Imogen Cooper piano

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## Portfolio Categories

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