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
Huw Montague Rendall / Joseph Middleton review – Leeds Lieder impresses with Schumann, Mahler and Vaughan Williams
You arrange to hear a tenor you’ve heard maybe 25 times, and then you find that tenor replaced by a baritone who creates just as much excitement as you felt all those 25 times ago.
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.
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The Friends of Leeds Lieder are the heart of the Festival. Without their financial support – membership subscriptions, donations and Gift Aid – we simply would not be able to fill the city with song.
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