Cheltenham Music Festival
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The Cheltenham Music Festival is one of the oldest music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...

s in Britain, held annually in Cheltenham
Cheltenham
Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...

 in June/July since 1945. The festival is renowned for premieres of contemporary music, hosting over 250 music premieres as of July 2004.

During the tenure of Martyn Brabbins
Martyn Brabbins
Martyn Brabbins is a British conductor. He studied at Goldsmiths College, London University, and later was a conducting student of Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory....

, the Festival Academy ensemble was established.

Past artistic directors of the festival have included John Manduell, Michael Berkeley
Michael Berkeley
Michael Berkeley is a British composer and broadcaster on music.-Early life:His father was the composer Sir Lennox Berkeley...

 and Martyn Brabbins
Martyn Brabbins
Martyn Brabbins is a British conductor. He studied at Goldsmiths College, London University, and later was a conducting student of Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory....

. Since 2007, its artistic director
Artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...

 is Meurig Bowen
Meurig Bowen
Meurig Bowen is artistic director of the Cheltenham Music Festival.Bowen was educated at William Ellis School, London, and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar...

.

Artistic directors

  • John Manduell
  • Michael Berkeley
    Michael Berkeley
    Michael Berkeley is a British composer and broadcaster on music.-Early life:His father was the composer Sir Lennox Berkeley...

     (1995-2004)
  • Martyn Brabbins
    Martyn Brabbins
    Martyn Brabbins is a British conductor. He studied at Goldsmiths College, London University, and later was a conducting student of Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory....

     (2005-2007)
  • Meurig Bowen
    Meurig Bowen
    Meurig Bowen is artistic director of the Cheltenham Music Festival.Bowen was educated at William Ellis School, London, and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar...

    (2007-present)

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