A graduate of London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Alessandro Fisher won joint first prize at the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Awards.

Renowned for the generosity of his musicianship and his ability to communicate with listeners, here he is joined by Leeds Lieder Director Joseph Middleton to explore the musical nuances and emotional intensity of Schubert's great non-cycle, Schwanengesang.

Anna Stéphany is emerging as one of the world’s most exciting mezzo sopranos. In demand across the globe, she is a firm favourite with conductors and directors, garnering plaudits with each appearance.

Tonight, a star-studded line up performs a Shakespearian programme to secure the financial stability of the organisation, led by Sir Thomas Allen and Leeds Lieder Director Joseph Middleton, at the invitation of John Gilhooly.

Songs of Heaven and Earth
Programme to include works by Haydn, Schoenberg, Mahler, Koechlin, Debussy and Strauss Four Last Songs

Carnival of the Animals

Programme to include: Poulenc, Schumann, Ravel, Reger, Chabrier, Wolf, and Flanders & Swann.

The Italian Songbook

 Programme: Hugo Wolf - 'Italienisches Liederbuch'

Clara Schumann Anniversary Concert

A small group of the Royal Academy of Music’s song circle perform the complete songs of Clara Schumann.

A Poets Journey:
Programme includes works by Britten, Mahler and Robert Schumann’s 'Dichterliebe', the original twenty Heine songs, rather than the sixteen usually given.

Spanish Sun and Songs from Europe:
Programme includes Falla’s popular folk songs and late Schumann

Gypsies and Wayfarers
Programme to include: Brahms 'Zigeunerlieder', Mahler 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen' and songs by Strauss, Liszt and Brahms.  

Programme to include: Janáček 'The Diary of One Who Disappeared'

Fatma Said returns to Leeds Lieder for her third recital with regular duo-partner, Joseph Middleton.

British mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately is joined by regular duo-partner, pianist Joseph Middleton and Kitty's parents, actors Kevin Whately and Madelaine Newton for 'This Other Eden'.

In a typically wide-ranging, thought-provoking and thoughtful programme Fleur Barron brings, for the first time, Chinese folk and art songs to Leeds Lieder.

Gerald Finley and Julius Drake perform Schubert’s masterpiece of lost love, nature, and of tragic mental breakdown, his Die schöne Müllerin. 

Immediately winning the hearts of the Leeds Lieder audiences, we are thrilled to welcome back Benson Wilson for his first solo recital.

Dame Sarah Connolly, Leeds Lieder Patron and operatic superstar is joined by Joseph Middleton for a programme including a rare performance of Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer.

Rarely heard in the UK, it is a real thrill to open the Leeds Lieder 2021-22 season with an all Schumann recital given by the outstanding Swiss tenor Mauro Peter.

Each year a small group of the Royal Academy of Music’s most accomplished performers of the song repertoire are selected to form the Academy Song Circle.