- "There is a special atmosphere and a strong sense that the players are friends as well as musical colleagues" - SIR JEREMY DIXON, TRUSTEE "One feels joy and inspiration playing at Midsummer. I was truly at home" - SIMON TRPCESKI, PIANIST "A treasure of a festival. Not even a well-kept secret any more!" - IMOGEN COOPER, PIANIST - "Midsummer Music brings music to people in its purest form" - ILYA GRINGOLTS, VIOLINIST "An extraordinary experience and a glorious celebration of life" - DR MARGIE TOLSTOY, TRUSTEE - "True balm for the soul" - JULIA SOMERVILLE

Festival Artists for 2026

  •  ALASDAIR BEATSON piano
    IRÈNE DUVAL violin
    STEVEN ISSERLIS cello
    HENNINGE LANDAAS viola
    BJØRG LEWIS cello
    PAUL LEWIS piano
    KELLEY O'CONNOR mezzo-soprano
    TOM POSTER piano
     ANTHONY ROBB flute
    ELENA URIOSTE violin
     

A Simple Formula ... A Memorable Festival

Midsummer Music is a chamber music festival artistically directed by the renowned concert pianist Paul Lewis and his wife, the cellist, Bjørg Lewis.

Paul and Bjørg adopt a simple formula with which they create a memorable festival: to invite the musicians they admire and to programme works that inspire them. Setting that experience in a beautiful and intimate space brings another dimension. The proximity of the musicians means that you not only hear the music, you can feel it too. The musicians' conviviality is also strongly sensed by the audience and is the reason why a good core of the audience return year after year.

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