Lake District Summer Music
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Lake District Summer Music is best known for its International Festival and Academy each August.
Founded in 1985 by Renna Kellaway, a South African born pianist and teacher, LDSM was listed as one of the "Ten Truly Festive Festivals" in the world by the Daily Telegraph in 2010. It combines a Festival - principally focussed on chamber music - with summer school programmes: one for emerging professional musicians and another for younger string players. The Chilingirian Quartet have been resident artists since inception. Renna Kellaway received an MBE in the 2009 New Year's Honours for services to music and is married to Sir John Manduell CBE - former Director of the Cheltenham Music Festival
and Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music.
Alumni of the International Summer Music Academy have included Nicola Benedetti
, Nikolaj Znaider
, Jennifer Pike
, Steven Osborne
, James Rhodes
, the Sacconi
and Belcea
quartets.
The organisation is a Regularly Funded Organisation of Arts Council England
and South Lakeland District Council.
In recent years, LDSM has extended its work beyond the summer. A 4x4 Composer Residency, held in the spring or early summer, gives four emerging professional composers opportunity to compose works for an established ensemble, led by a leading British composer. Lead composers of previous projects are Nicola LeFanu, Martin Butler, John Casken and Robert Saxton. 4x4 Alumni have included John Habron, Benjamin Wallfisch, David Bruce and Phillip Cooke.
An Autumn Music from a Foreign Land project introduces the music and musicians of different continents through creative workshops and performances.
Founded in 1985 by Renna Kellaway, a South African born pianist and teacher, LDSM was listed as one of the "Ten Truly Festive Festivals" in the world by the Daily Telegraph in 2010. It combines a Festival - principally focussed on chamber music - with summer school programmes: one for emerging professional musicians and another for younger string players. The Chilingirian Quartet have been resident artists since inception. Renna Kellaway received an MBE in the 2009 New Year's Honours for services to music and is married to Sir John Manduell CBE - former Director of the Cheltenham Music Festival
Cheltenham Music Festival
The Cheltenham Music Festival is one of the oldest music festivals in Britain, held annually in Cheltenham in June/July since 1945. The festival is renowned for premieres of contemporary music, hosting over 250 music premieres as of July 2004....
and Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music.
Alumni of the International Summer Music Academy have included Nicola Benedetti
Nicola Benedetti
- Early life and the Yehudi Menuhin School :Benedetti was born in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire to an Italian father and a Scottish mother. She started to learn the violin at the age of four...
, Nikolaj Znaider
Nikolaj Znaider
Nikolaj Znaider is a Danish classical violinist and conductor.-Career:Born in Denmark to Polish-Israeli parents, Znaider studied with the eminent Russian pedagogue Boris Kushnir and drawing on this eclectic background his playing has been heralded in the Strad Magazine as "extraordinarily...
, Jennifer Pike
Jennifer Pike
Jennifer Pike is a British violinist. In 2002, she became well known for winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, and for six years she held the record of being the youngest winner, at twelve years of age.-Musical career:...
, Steven Osborne
Steven Osborne (pianist)
Steven Osborne is a Scottish pianist who has performed concertos and solo recitals worldwide.He was taught by Richard Beauchamp at St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh before going to the Royal Northern College of Music/Manchester University in Manchester to study under Renna Kellaway...
, James Rhodes
James Rhodes (pianist)
James Rhodes is a British classical pianist.-Early life:Born into a middle-class Jewish family in St John's Wood, North London, he was sent to a local public school where he claims he was abused by his gym teacher...
, the Sacconi
Sacconi Quartet
The Sacconi Quartet is a UK based classical music string quartet founded in 2001 by four graduates of the Royal College of Music, London, UK. The Quartet has achieved widespread recognition, having given recitals in leading British concert halls and at music festivals in Britain and across Europe....
and Belcea
Belcea Quartet
The Belcea Quartet is a string quartet, formed in 1994, under the leadership of violinist Corina Belcea.-History:The quartet was formed while its members were studying at the Royal College of Music in London. Whilst there, they were coached by the Chilingirian Quartet...
quartets.
The organisation is a Regularly Funded Organisation of Arts Council England
Arts Council England
Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport...
and South Lakeland District Council.
In recent years, LDSM has extended its work beyond the summer. A 4x4 Composer Residency, held in the spring or early summer, gives four emerging professional composers opportunity to compose works for an established ensemble, led by a leading British composer. Lead composers of previous projects are Nicola LeFanu, Martin Butler, John Casken and Robert Saxton. 4x4 Alumni have included John Habron, Benjamin Wallfisch, David Bruce and Phillip Cooke.
An Autumn Music from a Foreign Land project introduces the music and musicians of different continents through creative workshops and performances.