Filling the city with song since 2004
Leeds Lieder celebrates the performance and composition of song and of poetry in many languages. Between our annual festivals, we hold a lively programme of concerts, talks and educational activities in co-promotions with the Howard Assembly Room at Opera North, Leeds College of Music, the University of Leeds and Leeds International Concert Series.
News and Reviews
Leeds Lieder Festival 2025: Song, the secret of Eternity
Leeds Lieder’s Director, Jospeh Middleton, talks about the 20th Anniversary of the first Leeds Lieder Festival and how far the Festival has come.
Leeds Lieder festival Opening Gala review – a good old-fashioned Schubertiade
The song festival – with Arts Council funding reinstated – opened with a meaty all-Schubert programme full of delights and camaraderie.
Engaging the audience: James Newby and Joseph Middleton
A new collaboration sees Leeds Lieder at a cool café/bar with an engaging and beautifully sung programme of songs inspired by folk-music A former fuel storage tank is not the usual venue for a song...
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