Folkestone New Music brings together emerging and established musicians, artists and composers from across the UK to perform, talk, and share, in and around Folkestone.
New spaces, new music, new ideas, new connections….
Our 2024 programme is all about exploring our relationship to creativity and music through listening, creating, performing, and participating.
Come and join us at an event soon.
THURS
18/04
Two extraordinary musicians, Nicholas Daniel and Huw Watkins, join us for an evening featuring music for oboe and piano by Bach, Harrison Birtwistle, Tansy Davies, Schumann, and John Woolrich.
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FRI
03/05
Join us for an exciting evening where Tansy Davies (composer) and James Fisher (artist) discuss their work in progress with John Woolrich, accompanied by an exclusive performance, audio visuals, and projections.
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FRI
24/05
We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Thomas Adès, one of the world’s foremost musicians, renowned as both a composer and performer worldwide, to perform an evening of piano works in our seaside town.
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FRI
14/06
On Friday 14th June, we welcome award-winning composer, saxophonist, record producer and educator whose work spans across musical genres from classical to contemporary pop - John Harle.
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WEDS
19/06
This unique event, curated by Louise Drewett, presents new work by Royal Academy of Music alumnae Keting Sun, Zhenyan Li, and Isabella Gellis, performed by Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo soprano), Joseph Havlat (piano), and Pavel Ralev (guitar).
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Woolrich at 70.
Friday 19-Sunday 21 July 2024
“Folkestone New Music is an oasis of musical wonderment… A place to experience new and unique thought-forms - in the shape of up-close, refreshing, and mind-provoking live concerts - performed by the best new music proponents of our time. Encounters of this kind are becoming more and more rare in the UK. In addition to exceptional, refined music making, there are plentiful opportunities to hear experimental sessions, new collaborations, and works in progress. Artist talks and discussions reveal some of the fascinating and hidden aspects of the creative process.”