FESTIVAL NEWS
2026 Festival programme announced
The wait is over 🤩. We now have full details of the programme for the next Festival, and it’s a bumper year! We have an unprecedented five evening concerts, alongside two lunchtimes, plus a bonus early evening concert at the Festival Finale, to celebrate the winners of the 2026 Young Composer Competition, all included in the ticket price.
We will be welcoming some of the world’s finest musicians, including Dame Sarah Connolly, award-winning vocal group Tenebrae, the fantastic Julian Bliss Quintet and the Sitkovetsky Trio. Add in another of our piano extravaganzas and some fascinating talks and walks, and it’s a true feast for music-lovers.
Full details are given here.
2026 Surrey Hills Young Composer Competition
We are delighted to announce the launch of the 3rd Surrey Hills Young Composer Competition. Full details, including how to enter, are available here.
Stunning 2025 Season
Kristin Lee (CMSLC), So-Ock Kim, and Anna Wolstenholme at St Martin’s Church Dorking on 17 May 2025
The 2025 season culminated on Saturday 17 May with a wonderful programme of baroque music by Bach, Vivaldi and Leclair performed by a galaxy of stars from around the world.
To see full details of the season programme, read it online here or download it here.
The Festival on GBNews
Chairman Julia Pearson was interviewed live on GBNews by Michael Portillo in his Sunday lunchtime slot about the Festival on 13th April. Click here to watch the interview.
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