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
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...
Schubert’s songs brought stirringly and scintillatingly to life
Soprano Nikola Hillebrand and baritone Roderick Williams led the way at Leeds Lieder, a marvellously un-stuffy celebration of art song.
Carte Blanche: Two decades of song in the North
As he celebrates ten years as the Director of Leeds Lieder, Joseph Middleton talks to James Jolly about his passion for song and bringing new audiences to the art form.
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