Dear friends, I’m delighted to share details of our programme for Bath Mozartfest 2026, my first as Artistic Director. As with Bachfest earlier this year, it is dedicated to Amelia Freedman who first brought me to play here in Bath 15 years ago. The programme balances continuity with past years alongside fresh faces and new ideas.
The festival opens with two concerts by the Nash Ensemble, including a late night performance of Mozart’s magical Divertimento. A prominent theme this year is youth: talented young soloists and groups appear throughout the week, while two special collaborations are planned with Huw Williams and the Choir of Bath Abbey, and the excellent Creative Learning team of Bath’s own Philharmonia Orchestra. Dame Imogen Cooper hosts a farewell concert with special guests, while Paul Lewis, Till Fellner, Aleksandar Madžar and Junyan Chen complete a stellar cast of wonderful pianists. Dame Harriet Walter and Lucy Parham bring us the fascinating story of Clara Schumann’s life, followed later in the week by two great string ensembles already known to Bath audiences, the Leonkoro and Modigliani quartets. Internationally celebrated violinists Viviane Hagner and Anthony Marwood are here too, before we welcome back the London Philharmonic Orchestra for our final concert, conducted by Adam Hickox. We are so looking forward to seeing you for a week of wonderful music!
Adrian Brendel, Artistic Director
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