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Our concerts are based at the historic Hansom Hall in Belvoir Street, now part of the Leicester Adult Education Centre. We look forward to returning to the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery when the redevelopment project is finished.

Hansom Hall

Leicester international music festival 2025

Welcome to the Leicester International Music Festival 2025: Vibrant Landscapes. Tickets for the festival go on sale this Friday, 8th August.

It’s a real joy to present to you the programme for the Leicester International Music Festival 2025, where we come together, audience and artists, to share music of profound imagination and emotion.  

This year, we celebrate three extraordinary voices: Franz Schubert, whose chamber music still breaks and mends hearts in equal measure; Maurice Ravel, whose 150th birthday gives us the perfect excuse to immerse ourselves in his ravishingly colourful, precision-crafted works; and Emma-Ruth Richards, a composer close to my heart, who brings a bold and deeply personal voice to the festival with works including the world premiere of her exciting new collaboration with Poet Nic Chalmers, Still Life. 

The idea behind the title ‘Vibrant Landscapes’ is to let these composers speak across time—to allow their music to illuminate and challenge one another, and to draw us as listeners into the depths and details of their musical worlds. 

Whether you are a seasoned listener or new to this repertoire, I hope this year’s festival offers moments of surprise, beauty, reflection, and connection. Ravel and Schubert offer us two utterly different ways of communicating—one deeply interior, the other glitteringly sensual—and Emma-Ruth brings a voice that feels both courageously new and intimately familiar. We’ve placed these composers in conversation throughout the week. I know this music will provide lasting memories for you as it will for me. 

Nicholas Daniel, Artistic Director

Tickets are available online or in person from Hansom Hall, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery.

FESTIVAL CONCERT DETAILS & TICKETS

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