National Centre for Early Music

This prestigious biennial competition provides the finale to this year’s York Early Music Festival (6 – 13 July). The 2024 competition final will be presented by a panel of judges:  Bart Demuyt, Director of AMUZ/Alamire; internationally acclaimed lutenist Elizabeth Kenny; Philip Hobbs from Linn Records; Lionel Meunier, Director of Vox Luminis; and clarinettist/lecturer Emily Worthington […]

The National Centre for Early Music is delighted to announce the programme for York Early Music Festival taking place from 6 – 13 July 2024 and that tickets are now on sale. This year’s festival focuses on the human voice and song, a combination prized for its power to communicate most directly, and through metamorphosis,

THREADS OF GOLD Friday 24 – Sunday 26 May 2024 This year Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival weaves together the golden threads of Beverley’s remarkable history through music and song with a distinctly Spanish twist. Highlights of the Festival include: Friday 24: El Gran Teatro del Mundo, this young instrumental group based in