SongPath returns to Leeds for a second year with a unique outdoor walking trail that blends music, nature and mental health. This year we explore the rich natural world and history of the 900 year-old ruins of Kirkstall Abbey, where nature intertwines with spectacular Gothic architecture.

German soprano Nikola Hillebrand made her UK recital debut at Leeds Lieder at the 2022 Festival. It was a knockout performance resulting in Gramophone Magazine writing “Hillebrand’s radiant, gilt tone fits this repertoire lusciously, her diction is excellent and she communicates with warmth.”

A recital featuring the outstanding 2024 cohort of Leeds Lieder’s Young Artists. Join us for a Schubertiade led by expert linguist, song specialist and pedagogue, Richard Stokes.

A special ‘Thank you!’ for members of the Friends of Leeds Lieder

A Gala Concert featuring an all-Schubert programme will include Schubert’s Fantasie in F minor (D. 940) to be performed by Middleton and Vignoles, rare Schubert ensembles showcasing members of the Young Artists Programme and duets by Hillebrand and Williams.

As a special thank you to the Friends of Leeds Lieder, this masterclass is an opportunity to get up close to the action and meet our Young Artists while they prepare new material.

Especially for the 2024 Festival, a programme to celebrate the cross-cultural art of British and Indian composers and poets. Indian composers are heard setting English poems, alongside English song settings of Indian poetry.

These two concerts round off our award-winning education projects this year and we are proud to present them during the Festival.

These two concerts round off our award-winning education projects this year and we are proud to present them during the Festival.

A continuation of our acclaimed 2023 ‘Leeds Songbook’ project, our Composers & Poets Forum sees further creative contributions to the song collection.

For the first time we are collaborating with Through the Noise, a groundbreaking promotor whose mission it is to bring the best classical artists to popular club locations.

Dame Felicity Lott provides our international Young Artist duos with insight and experience, working with them as they explore the treasure trove of French song.

This lecture recital given by the great Graham Johnson will prove that Fauré is no longer merely a 'Master of Charms' circumscribed by the belle époque.

Known worldwide as a ‘peerless song accompanist’, Graham Johnson reimagined and revitalised the song recital with the advent of his Songmakers’ Almanac.

Head of School and Professor of Music at the University of Leeds, Barbara Kelly, gives an enlightening introduction to this evening’s recital.

James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook perform repertoire by composers including Quilter, Fauré, Mahler, Boulanger and Muriel Herbert.

Enjoy the finest young duos of the Leeds Lieder Young Artists Programme, coached by Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Felicity Lott and more.

Having watched this great song duo in performance, our Young Artists will benefit from a joint masterclass with James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook.

Cellist and musicologist Dr George Kennaway, Visiting Research Fellow at Huddersfield and Leeds Universities, returns to Leeds Lieder to give one of his popular pre-concert talks.

To close the Leeds Lieder Festival, Sampson and Middleton present a gala recital entitled “But i like to sing…” a witty line from Bernstein’s song written for children: “I hate music!”.