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Join us in celebrating this remarkable milestone. We look forward to welcoming you in June.
Download a PDF of the Aldeburgh Festival 2024 programme and timetable.
Discover the four Featured Musicians, Unsuk Chin, Alban Gerhardt, Daniel Pioro and Judith Weir
Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears' home in Aldeburgh offers a charming snapshot into the couple's life. Lovingly preserved, the house and gardens are open for all to explore.
The Red House, Aldeburgh
Explore our current and upcoming exhibitions, galleries, Sculpture Park and more.
Snape Maltings and The Red House
New experimental music is brought to life by members of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme – daring first performances united by a joy in experimentation and a love of sound and music.
The Pumphouse, Aldeburgh
An insightful discussion involving Blond Eckbert's three lead creatives – composer, director and conductor.
Peter Pears Recital Room, Snape Maltings
A new production of Judith Weir’s opera – this tale of swirling mysteries and dark secrets opens the Aldeburgh Festival in truly dramatic style.
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
CAPPA participants join with renowned contemporary musicians at The Pumphouse for a late-night feast of new music.
Daniel Pioro’s first appearance in the 2024 Aldeburgh Festival – a headline performance of Brahms’ three romantic, rhapsodic violin sonatas with collaborator Simon Smith.
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings
Gweneth Ann Rand, an acclaimed Messiaen interpreter, performs all three of his great song cycles across this Festival – beginning with his “song of love and death”, the Peruvian-inflected Harawi.
Acclaimed British artist, Rachel Jones, collaborates with soprano Gweneth Ann Rand for the three Messiaen recitals during the Festival (on 8, 14 and 17 June). Jones’ animated painting projections will form a dazzling backdrop to the performances.
Elgar’s timeless Cello Concerto, played by Alban Gerhardt, sits at the heart of a programme that draws together musical influences from around the world.
Bellringing has long been a distinctive feature of the Aldeburgh Festival and this year’s church venues will be joining in the celebrations with special peals and events.
Various Suffolk churches
The traditional Festival Service includes Aldeburgh Voices singing Kodály’s Missa Brevis and music by featured composer Judith Weir.
Aldeburgh Church
Alban Gerhardt spends an hour in Benjamin Britten’s composition studio in conversation with Archive staff, exploring Britten materials including the score of his Cello Sonata.
Archive, The Red House, Aldeburgh
A recital featuring two Schumann cycles and the world premiere performance of Thomas Larcher’s Unerzählt.
The first UK performance of Vox Luminis’ bold, entrancing concert staging of Purcell’s Baroque masterpiece.
The first of two programmes specially curated by the renowned Ensemble Diderot – an exploration of Henry Purcell and the musical influence he drew from Italy.
Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
