75th Aldeburgh Festival

Stories

07 – 23 June 2024

The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Every June it brings together new commissions, world-premieres and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founder, the composer Benjamin Britten.

Download a PDF of the Aldeburgh Festival 2024 programme.

Curlew River

Tenebrae

Mystic Ritual

Sumidagawa

Featured Musicians

Unsuk Chin

Alban Gerhardt

Daniel Pioro

Judith Weir

About us

Find out more about the pioneering music, heritage and art charity, Britten Pears Arts.

About us

Explore the Festival

  1. An official history of the Aldeburgh Festival

    Dr Nicholas Clark, Librarian at The Red House, looks back on the history of the Aldeburgh Festival...
  2. boats on the pond for the original performance of Music on the Meare

    The Aldeburgh Festival Spirit

    What makes a festival so magical? How can we enrich our musical life with a touch of this special formula? Britten Pears Arts' CEO, Roger Wright,…

  3. Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts: Book covers

    Explore the history of the Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts books. The

  1. Something in the Water: Aldeburgh Festival moments that made it famous

    Towering silent sentinels afloat on the Alde. Projections on a nuclear power station. Night walks and alfresco piano recitals at dawn. Aldeburgh…

  2. Archive Treasures: The first Aldeburgh Festival Executive Committee minute book

    Britten, Pears and writer and producer Eric Crozier first discussed the idea of holding a festival in Aldeburgh in Summer 1947 while touring abroad…

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