This year’s 10th Leeds Lieder Festival will take place from 16-19 April 2020. Full festival information can be found here.

Priority booking for Friends (post only) – Monday 18th November
General booking – Monday 2nd December

Patron of Leeds Lieder, the great British soprano Dame Felicity Lott, gives the first of four masterclasses in this year’s Festival.

Our past and current Chairs of the Leeds Lieder Festival have contributed much to the success of the charity. Join David Hoult and Kathleen Evans in conversation as they discuss the history of the organisation.

The Tenth Leeds Lieder Festival opens with a gala recital spelling out Happy Birthday Leeds Lieder in song.

An exclusive reception for Leeds Lieder Friends and those who have joined the 20/20 Club to celebrate the opening of the 10th Festival.

Sir Thomas Allen leads the second festival masterclass with our Leeds Lieder Young Artists.

Siobhan Stagg joins our Festival Director Joseph Middleton for a Lunchtime Recital featuring works by Messiaen and Strauss.

Calling all singers! Would you like to experience the thrill of being trained by one of the UK’s leading choral trainers? Now’s your chance!

Following an afternoon of rehearsals the 2020 Leeds Lieder Bring and Sing Chorus performs English Coronation Anthems.

Join one of the world’s pre-eminent Lieder experts, and Leeds Lieder favourite, Richard Stokes for a pre-concert talk focussing on Schubert’s Einsamkeit.

James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook perform works by Purcell, Schubert and Barber alongside a Leeds Lieder première from Jonathan Dove.

Join us in the bar for a relaxed evening of poetry and local ales and perform your own poems at this Open-Mic session.

The finest young duos coached over the weekend showcase the songs they have been exploring. An opportunity to enjoy the next generation of Lieder singers and pianists.

A vital and creatively rich component of Leeds Lieder’s work, the Composer and Poets Forum is a day-long culmination of work.

James Newby and Joseph Middleton offer a programme of wandering and romanticism before they tour the programme to Wigmore Hall, Vienna, Brussels, Budapest, Lisbon, Baden-Baden, Stockholm, Cologne, Amsterdam and Hamburg.

This Forum session will be preceded by a short presentation from the Pyramid of Arts Group who have been taking part in this year’s project.

Our outstanding duos work with the great Irish mezzo-soprano, Ann Murray DBE in this afternoon’s festival masterclass.

Our Composers and Poets programme showcase.