Peasmarsh Festival 2023 – General booking now open!
General booking now open for the Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival this summer (22-25 June 2023).
Peasmarsh Festival 2023 – Full Festival programme announced!
Explore our fantastic 25th anniversary festival programme and join us in Peasmarsh this summer (22-25 June 2023)!
Peasmarsh Festival 2023 – Guest Artists
We are delighted to announce our wonderful 25th Anniversary Festival guest artists. Join us this summer (22-25 June 2023)!
2016 Festival artists announced
We are thrilled to announce the guest artists that Anthony and Richard have invited to join them for the 2016 Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival. Violinist Carmit Zori, a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Finnish violist Lilli Maijala of the...
Trio Isimsiz wins Trondheim Competition
Trio Isimsiz has won the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2015 and has also taken the audience price! Violinist Pablo Hernan, cellist Michael Petriov, and pianist Erdem Misirlioglu received €15,000 and future concert engagements in Scandinavia and...
Peasmarsh Festival on the radar of David Hare in The Observer
The Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival has been listed in the playwright and screenwriter David Hare's cultural highlights: "Peasmarsh, in late June, is a magical festival. You rub your eyes. Anthony Marwood is playing the violin and he’s only three feet away. From the...
2016 Festival dates announced
The dates of the 2016 Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival have been announced: the festival will take place from Thursday 23 until Sunday 26 June 2016. Save the date!
New and Free Pop-Up Concert
We are pleased to announce details of a free pop up concert during this 2015 Festival. The pop up concert will take place in the Kino Cinema in Rye, on Wednesday, June 24th, 5:45pm. The concert will be given by Michael Petrov, who is a young professional cellist...
A Note From Richard Lester
Blue Shadows Fall Huw Watkins, our multi-talented guest pianist and featured composer, and I have just been together teaching at a chamber music course on the banks of the St Lawrence river, near Quebec City. The Domaine Forget is an important educational institution...
Rye News: Schools join Festival line up
The following article by Seana Lanigan appeared in the Rye News on 18th June 2015. Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival has released details of its local education work which will take place among the other events scheduled for June 25-28. Private composition workshops...
Pre-Concert Supper Offer at the George in Rye
Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival Menu Friday 26th June from 5pm 2 courses £20, 3 courses £25 Concert featuring LMP starts at 8 pm at St Mary’s Church. Starters: The George Provençale Fish Soup , Gruyère, Rouille & Crostini Local Chargrilled Asparagus, Poached Duck...
Special Feature: London Mozart Players
Founded by Harry Blech in 1949 as the UK’s first chamber orchestra, the London Mozart Players (LMP) has achieved international renown for its outstanding live performances and CD recordings of the core Classical repertoire. As principal conductor, Gérard Korsten...
Education Work
The programme begins with private composition workshops in Peasmarsh and Beckley Schools. Participating students in years 3 and 4 will have the opportunity to compose their own pieces, inspired by themes taken from repertoire being performed during the Festival. The...
Special Feature: Huw Watkins
Huw Watkins is much in demand as a composer, with his works being commissioned by some leading orchestras and promoters and performed throughout the world. A highlight includes his acclaimed violin concerto which was premiered at the BBC Proms by Alina Ibragimova and...
Introducing: Trio Isimsiz
Our guest artists Trio Isimsiz are enjoying a busy period, with recent performances this spring in Wigmore Hall, Colston Hall and Leighton House. They are looking forward to performing Korngold’s extraordinary Opus 1 work in the Peasmarsh Festival Sunday morning...