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Aldeburgh Festival
Street address: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP, England, United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 (0) 1728 687100, 44 (0)1728 687110
Fax: 44 (0) 1728 687120
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk/
Proprietor: Aldeburgh Music
Contact: Jonathan Reekie Chief Executive
Dates and duration: Annual, Jun, 3 weeks
Founded in 1948 by the composer Benjamin Britten, the singer Peter Pears and the librettist Eric Crozier, the Aldeburgh Festival is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the Aldeburgh area of Suffolk, centred on the main concert hall at Snape Maltings.
The Festival is operated by Aldeburgh Music, which also runs the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme (formerly the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies) and the Aldeburgh Residencies, a programme offering bespoke training and development opportunities to UK and international artists.
The festival places emphasis on the presentation of new music, new interpretations and the rediscovery of forgotten music. It has seen the premières of several works by Britten (A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1960; Death in Venice in 1973) and also Harrison Birtwistle's Punch and Judy in 1968.
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