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
SongPath Leeds at the 2023 Festival
“The wandering of the legs gives rise to the wandering of the mind…” SongPath returns to Leeds Lieder for a second year with a unique outdoor walking trail blending music, nature and mental health....
The Leeds Songbook: Composers & Poets Forum featured in Classical Music
"We have the opportunity to bring these people to the concert hall; people who may not have been to one before, and to tell their individual story through song." – Joseph Middleton Classical Music...
Sir Simon Keenlyside To Make Leeds Lieder Debut
BRITISH BARITONE SIR SIMON KEENLYSIDE TO MAKE HIS LONG-AWAITED DEBUT AT LEEDS LIEDER Saturday 17 June 2023 at 8pm Replacing an indisposed Dame Sarah Connolly, Sir Simon Keenlyside will...
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