Tetbury Music Festival

The Tetbury Music Festival is a chamber music festival that takes place over the first weekend in October every year. Founded in 2003 by the late Graham Kean, then Director of Music at St Marys’ Church, Tetbury and Elise Smith OBE, a life-long supporter and Patron of the Arts, it brings to Tetbury the finest musicians at work today. His Majesty King Charles III is the Festival's patron.

From the very beginning, the festival has welcomed the finest classical musicians to the heart of the Cotswolds. Previous performers include Pavel Kolesnikov, Julian Bliss, Felicity Lott, Thomas Allen, Ben Grosvenor, Angela Hewitt, Radu Lupu, Mark Padmore, Tenebrae, The Sixteen, Sarah Connolly, Rachel Podger, Voces8 and many more. The concerts take place each October, lit by candlelight in the glorious setting of St Marys’ Church whose fine acoustic is admired and enjoyed by performers and audiences alike.

This year's Festival runs from Saturday, September 27 to Sunday, October 5 and features Paul Lewis, Steven Osborne, I Fagiolini with distinguished soloists, Lawrence Power, Tom Poster, the OAE, Craig Ogden and the London Tango Quintet.

The Festival is planned and run by volunteers: Chairman Christopher Rose and Festival Director Caz Weller Knight lead a Board of music lovers with a wide range of skills who are committed to supporting the arts in this region. Co-founder Elise Smith remains closely involved as President, and Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen has guided the programming since 2013 when he took over from the Festival's Artistic Adviser Steven Isserlis.

How many Cotswold towns can claim a festival whose line-up would fit right in at the Wigmore Hall, with concerts regularly broadcast on Radio 3? If Longborough is the region’s opera capital, then Tetbury holds the chamber music crown. - Alexandra Coghlan for The Telegraph

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