Katalin Koltai is an internationally established guitarist, chamber musician, and researcher. She developed the Guitar Magnet Capo System and the Ligeti Guitar (2022), making a significant contribution to the guitar’s evolution.

Since 2009, Katalin has been the guitar soloist for the Hungarian State Opera and the UMZE Ensemble. She is the artistic leader of the interdisciplinary new music ensemble, the Barefoot Musicians.

Katalin’s work has received widespread recognition in both academia and the music industry.

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Richard Barrett (electronics)
Milana Zarić (acoustic and electric harps, electronics, voice)

Richard Barrett - pektis 
Richard Barrett & Milana Zarić - restless horizon 
Harrison Birtwistle - Crowd
Richard Barrett - hylozoon 
Richard Barrett & Milana Zarić - grottesche

Maurice Ravel - La flute enchantée (Shéhérazade)
Judith Weir - Nuits d'Afrique
Maurice Ravel - Chansons madécasses

Camille Saint-Saëns - Une flûte invisible
Ewan Campbell - Translations of the Night
Mel Bonis - Scenes de la foret, movements 3 and 4
Michael Finnissy - Wisdom

This globetrotting programme for voice, flute, cello and piano is inspired by a rich array of literary sources.

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An opportunity to hear work by students on solo performance courses in the School of Music.

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Pablo Luna - De España vengo
Gerónimo Giménez - Sierras de Granada 
José Serrano - Marinela, Marinela 
Ruperto Chapí - Cuando está tan hondo 
Ruperto Chapí - Te quiero 
José Serrano - A una gitana presiosa 
Vicente Lleó - Son las mujeres de Babilonia
José Serrano - Palomica aragonesa 
Ruperto Chapí - Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Andante in F major, K616
Franz Schubert - Impromptu, op 90, no 2
Franz Schubert - Impromptu, op 142, no 4
Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes and fugues, op 87, no 15  in C sharp major
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Suite dallo “Schiaccianoci”

Samuele’s recent solo engagements include recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Berlin Konzerthaus. Samuele is a prize-winner at the 2019 Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions.

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‘Mahler’s Circle of Muses’

One of Operawire’s 10 Rising Stars, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World prize-winner and mezzo-soprano Claire Barnett-Jones is joined by acclaimed pianist Rebecca Cohen in a programme of song inspired by the unique voice of Alma Mahler.

Drawing on the various influences, inspirations and collaborations who shaped her musical and personal life, the programme will include songs by Alma Mahler, Zemlinksy, Johanna Müller-Hermann, Strauss, Korngold and Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.

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Ben Holland and David Greed (violins)
Kimi Makino (viola)
Adrian Bradbury (cello)

Joseph Haydn - Quartet in Bb, op 1, no 1, Hob III:1 "La Chasse"
Dmitri Shostakovich - Quartet no 4 in D, op 83

Formed in 2017, the Victoria String Quartet has been hailed as an ensemble ‘brim full with pedigree and wide experience’ (Buxton International Festival), performing at venues including Kendal (Lake District Summer Music), Pinner and Buxton Festivals, London, Manchester (Bridgewater, RNCM and Stoller halls), north Norfolk, north and west Wales and the Scottish Borders.

This Christmas, start the festive celebrations in time-honoured tradition with classic carols at the oldest church in Leeds city centre.

St John’s Church on New Briggate will open its doors to all for its annual carol service at 5.30pm on Sunday 22^nd December.

This traditional service led by the clergy and choir of Leeds Minster will transport you back in time with much-loved Christmas carols and readings. 

Making her welcome return to the Leeds Lieder concert platform, Dame Sarah Connolly is joined by pianist Joseph Middleton to perform an eclectic mix of songs by Britten, Barber, Debussy, Wolf, Duparc and Schumann.