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  1. Nabihah Iqbal

    The musician, producer, DJ and broadcaster critically acclaimed by The Guardian, Pitchfork, Dazed & BBC 6Music continues her exploration of musical…

  2. Untold

    Untold is an (anti-)opera exploring transnational Chinese identities by composer Alex Ho and creative director Julia…

  3. The Blue Woman

    A powerful new opera by award-winning director Katie Mitchell, co-produced by Britten Pears Arts and The Royal Opera House. The…

  4. Yarmonics

    YARMONICS is a festival of sound and new music that celebrates the sounds, people and places of Great Yarmouth, produced in…
  5. Tables, chairs and bench at Malt cafe

    Free Meals

    Thanks to a partnership with Suffolk County Council and Department for Education, we are able to offer free meals to families whose children are…
  6. Aldeburgh Festival Flag

    Announcing Aldeburgh Festival 2023

    by Roger Wright, Chief Executive, Britten Pears Arts. Announcing plans for artistic activity is a moment of release. Often the…
  7. A table at the River View cafe overlooking the redbeds and river

    Warm Rooms

    This Winter, we are offering two Warm Rooms – one at Snape Maltings, and one at The Red House, Aldeburgh. Warm Rooms is part of the…
  8. Peter Pears, Colin Matthews, Imogen Holst and Donald Mitchell with the Amadeus String Quartet during rehearsals for the premiere of Britten’s String Quartet No. 3, Snape Maltings, December 1976

    Archive Treasures: Voices in December

    The Christmas season was always celebrated with gusto at The Red House. Correspondence and cards found in the Archive collections underline the cheer…

  9. Think Tank: The Future of Music in Criminal Justice Settings

    Britten Pears Arts has had a relationship with HMP Warren Hill for over 20 years, both as a Young Offenders Institute and as a Category C adult male…
  10. Choir boys in their costumes for The Golden Vanity playing in Blythburgh churchyard, 1969

    Archive Treasures: ‘my favourite choir at my favourite school’

    Our archive has recently established a link with former members of the Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir – a choir with whom Britten and Pears worked on…

  11. Colin Matthews: 30 years of composition courses supporting Britten Pears Young Artists

    In addition to the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, 2022 marks 30 years since the flagship…

  12. Sid Goldsmith, Holly Harman, Nina Harries & James Patrick Gavin

    The project came about during the lockdown, with all members dealing with the fall out of cancellations of huge tours and concerts. The artists started…