Cheltenham Music Festival 2–17 July 2010

About the Music Festival

The finest musicians from across the world… orchestral, chamber, choral, solo, family events, films, talks, cabaret, exhibitions, outreach projects… save the date, 2–17 July 2010.

“The venues are beautiful, and the programming has always been very imaginative and satisfying.”

Cellist Steven Isserlis

For a taste of the festival view our 2009 brochure.

Music Festival Preview — Festival Directors’ Picks

The full Music programme may not go on sale until April, but there’s already the chance to hear a very special sneak preview of what’s to come.

Festival Director Meurig Bowen has put together his Director’s Picks, featuring his selection of events from a programme of sounds that features everything from edge of the seat to heart on sleeve.

Be the first to book for Cheltenham Music Festival and save £££s with our Membership Scheme, plus your chance to win dinner for two.

Check out Jazz and Science too

Like this? See what the directors of the Jazz and Science Festivals have planned. Browse the full print edition of Directors’ Picks.

Coming up in 2010: 2-17 July

Next year, it’s 200 years since Robert Schumann was born. Cellist Steven Isserlis, probably the world’s most celebrated Schumann enthusiast and interpreter, will be Guest Director for a series of events based around Schumann’s music.

Also in the Music 2010 programme are Sarah Connolly, Imogen Cooper, Alina Ibragimova and Freddy Kempf — among others — in a wide range of chamber, orchestral and song repertoire, in one of the most vibrant and widely-admired events in Britain’s musical calendar.

For more, read Meurig Bowen’s preview to the festival.

Painted Quartets exhibition now on tour

Our Painted Quartets are off on their travels to St Ives and Oxford as a touring exhibition.

View the Painted Quartets for details of the instruments and artists.

You can also find out full details about this touring exhibition from our festival blog and find out a little more about the process with some interesting insight from Meurig Bowen, Music Festival Director.

Cheltenham Music Festival on Sky Arts

Sky Arts goes behind the scenes at Cheltenham Music Festival.

Watch the video online

The 2009 HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival was profiled in a short film on Sky Arts, our TV media partner in 2009.

Festival Director Meurig Bowen talked about the programme on location at the Pittville Pump Room and Town Hall. There are stunning shots of Cheltenham and the Cotswolds. And there are specially-filmed interviews and performance extracts from soprano Elizabeth Watts, singing Schubert, and the Endellion Quartet, performing Beethoven.

Read our 2009 Music Festival reviews

Catch the John Wilson Orchestra’s amazing Prom on the BBC i-Player

If you didn’t attend the John Wilson Orchestra’s concert that op…
Music Festival a great success!

The HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival is over! A huge thanks to all who…
Reviews from MusicWeb International

Roger Jones reviews several concerts from the Music Festival in Music…
A Music Festival review from The Sunday Times

“a drivenness…a felicitious racing through sections, a relish…
Steven Isserlis — four star review in The Times

“Allowing the piece its spry gentility, Isserlis nonetheless underp…
Steven Isserlis at Pittville Pump Room, reviewed in The Telegraph

“nostalgia, tenderness and a fairytale sense of the uncanny are min…
A four star review in The Independent

“The Cheltenham Music Festival is now well known for its innovative…
Music Festival gets FOUR STAR reviews from the Guardian and The Times!

“…their fierce projection of this passionate new cycle swept …
Mantra — two worlds meeting for a handshake

Angus Smith of the Orlando Consort writes in the Guardian today abou…

Watch our 2009 Music Festival preview

http://www.vimeo.com/5298007

Classic FM Arts Daily podcasts from our 2009 festival

Classic FM’s Bob Jones travels across the UK to report on the latest productions and events from the nation’s top orchestras, concert venues and museums in a daily podcast. Here he visits the HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival, 70 events over 16 days…