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href="/wiki/Aldeburgh" title="Aldeburgh">Aldeburgh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Snape,_Suffolk" title="Snape, Suffolk">Snape</a> in <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Merger of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings" class="mw-redirect" title="Snape Maltings">Snape Maltings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Britten-Pears_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Britten-Pears Foundation">Britten-Pears Foundation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">Nonprofit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Legal status</th><td class="infobox-data">Charity</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style 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rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://brittenpearsarts.org">brittenpearsarts<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Formerly called</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings" class="mw-redirect" title="Snape Maltings">Snape Maltings</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Aldeburgh Music">Aldeburgh Music</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Britten-Pears_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Britten-Pears Foundation">Britten-Pears Foundation</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Britten Pears Arts</b> is a large music education organisation based in <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>, England. It aims to continue the legacy of composer <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a> and his partner, singer <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Peter Pears</a>, and to promote the enjoyment and experience of music for all. It is a <a href="/wiki/Charitable_organization" title="Charitable organization">registered charity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The charity manages two historic locations on the Suffolk coast: <a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings_Concert_Hall" title="Snape Maltings Concert Hall">Snape Maltings Concert Hall</a>, a converted Victorian <a href="/wiki/Malting_(building)" class="mw-redirect" title="Malting (building)">malting building</a> on the edge of the <a href="/wiki/River_Alde" title="River Alde">River Alde</a> in the village of <a href="/wiki/Snape,_Suffolk" title="Snape, Suffolk">Snape, Suffolk</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Red_House,_Aldeburgh" title="The Red House, Aldeburgh">The Red House</a>, the former home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. The organisation was founded by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Peter Pears</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Crozier" title="Eric Crozier">Eric Crozier</a> in 1947 as an organisation to present the first <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts</a> in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each year Britten Pears Arts promotes the <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts</a>, the <a href="#Snape_Proms">Snape Proms</a>, concert series at Easter and October, together with a year-round performance programme at <a href="#Snape_Maltings_Concert_Hall">Snape Maltings Concert Hall</a> and other venues on the Snape site. The <a href="/wiki/Britten_Pears_Young_Artist_Programme" title="Britten Pears Young Artist Programme">Britten Pears Young Artist Programme</a>, formerly known as the <a href="/wiki/Britten%E2%80%93Pears_School_for_Advanced_Musical_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies">Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies</a>, provides development opportunities for musicians early in their professional lives, between the ages of 18 and 25.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="#Aldeburgh_Young_Musicians">Aldeburgh Young Musicians</a> offers a programme of music mentoring for "promising young musicians" aged 10–18.<sup id="cite_ref-aldeburgh3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldeburgh3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="#Aldeburgh_Education">Aldeburgh Education</a> offers an annual programme of work involving the wider community,<sup id="cite_ref-aldeburgh4_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldeburgh4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="#Aldeburgh_Residencies">Aldeburgh Residencies</a> provides opportunities for established artists to develop their creative talents.<sup id="cite_ref-aldeburgh1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldeburgh1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>While touring with the <a href="/wiki/English_Opera_Group" title="English Opera Group">English Opera Group</a> in Europe in 1947, the composer <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>, tenor <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Peter Pears</a> and producer <a href="/wiki/Eric_Crozier" title="Eric Crozier">Eric Crozier</a> developed the idea of a music festival in <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh" title="Aldeburgh">Aldeburgh</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Britten</a> had a house on Crag Path.<sup id="cite_ref-BenjaminBritten_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BenjaminBritten-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An executive committee was formed under the chairmanship of the Countess of Cranbrook<sup id="cite_ref-BenjaminBritten_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BenjaminBritten-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the first meeting took place at Thellusson Lodge, Aldeburgh on 27 October 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts</a> was held from 5 to 12 June 1948, under the Artistic Direction of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Britten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Pears</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Crozier" title="Eric Crozier">Crozier</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Harewood" title="Earl of Harewood">Earl of Harewood</a> as president and Elizabeth Sweeting as general manager. </p><p>Needing to expand the Festival into larger premises, in 1967, the Festival management acquired a lease on disused Victorian buildings at <a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings" class="mw-redirect" title="Snape Maltings">Snape Maltings</a>, and converted the largest of the redundant malthouses into Snape Maltings Concert Hall. The Snape Maltings Foundation Ltd was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee, no. 980281, on 21 May 1970 under the name of Snape Maltings Foundation Ltd. to manage the Snape buildings and develop further buildings on the site.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial subscribers were <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Peter Pears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imogen_Holst" title="Imogen Holst">Imogen Holst</a>, Fidelity, Countess of Cranbrook, Marion, Countess of Harewood, Charles Gifford and The Lord Goodman. The company was registered with the <a href="/wiki/Charity_Commission_for_England_and_Wales" title="Charity Commission for England and Wales">Charity Commission</a> as the Aldeburgh Foundation, registration number 261383, on 23 July 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company changed its name to Aldeburgh Festival–Snape Maltings Foundation Ltd (known as AF-SMF) on 7 September 1976, and to Aldeburgh Foundation on 12 October 1983. In November 1997, the name of the company was changed to Aldeburgh Productions, and from July 2006 until the merger in April 2020 it had the name Aldeburgh Music. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_ethos">Background and ethos</h2></div> <p>Following its successful launch in 1948, the <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a> expanded year by year until it outgrew the available venues in the town. When redundant malting buildings in Snape became available in 1965, an initial 25-year lease was taken on the largest of the Victorian malthouses, and it was converted by Arup Associates (architects and engineers) and Wm. C. Reade (builders) into Snape Maltings Concert Hall. The 820-seat Hall was opened by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">HM The Queen</a> on 2 June 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-aldeburgh2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldeburgh2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From that date, the main events of the annual Festival were relocated to <a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings_Concert_Hall" title="Snape Maltings Concert Hall">Snape Maltings Concert Hall</a>. A major fire in 1969 led to the re-development of the site, re-opening the following year, and gradually what was once a Concert Hall for a three-week Festival, became a year-round venue, including the introduction in the 1980s of the annual <a href="#Snape_Proms">Snape Proms</a>. </p><p>From the very beginning, part of the artistic vision of the original directors had been the development of young musical talent. As early as 1953, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Britten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Pears</a>, committed to the musical development of young people, formed the idea of having a school of music at Snape.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fundamental concept was "to prepare and promote young singers or string players for professional life at the very highest level." It took until September 1972 for the first masterclasses to be given, by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Pears</a>, and in 1975 a Snape Maltings Training Orchestra rehearsed and performed at the Hall for the first time. Following the death of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Britten</a> in 1976, the Benjamin Britten Memorial Appeal was launched, and the barley store adjacent to the Concert Hall was converted by Arup Associates into the Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opened on 28 April 1979 by the patron of the Aldeburgh Foundation, HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the School incorporated a 120-seat recital room (today named the Peter Pears Recital Room), a top-floor Seminar Room, with many practice rooms in between and a reference library, the Holst Library. </p><p>Over the years, such artists as <a href="/wiki/Joan_Sutherland" title="Joan Sutherland">Dame Joan Sutherland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ann_Murray" title="Ann Murray">Ann Murray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Allen_(baritone)" title="Thomas Allen (baritone)">Sir Thomas Allen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galina_Vishnevskaya" title="Galina Vishnevskaya">Galina Vishnevskaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murray_Perahia" title="Murray Perahia">Murray Perahia</a>, Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_Mackerras" title="Charles Mackerras">Charles Mackerras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_S%C3%B6derstr%C3%B6m" title="Elisabeth Söderström">Elisabeth Söderström</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Upshaw" title="Dawn Upshaw">Dawn Upshaw</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Pears</a> himself have been notable teachers, while its many alumni have included <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ad%C3%A8s" title="Thomas Adès">Thomas Adès</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Bostridge" title="Ian Bostridge">Ian Bostridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Keenlyside" title="Simon Keenlyside">Simon Keenlyside</a> and <a href="/wiki/Felicity_Lott" title="Felicity Lott">Dame Felicity Lott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aldeburgh_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldeburgh-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the beginning, the Festival was committed to working with and for its local community, breaking down the barriers between amateur and professional. Education and working with young people always featured, and this continues today with <a href="#Aldeburgh_Education">Aldeburgh Education</a> involving the local community as creators and performers as well as audiences. The department now runs 3 year-round programmes and in 2011–12 delivered 432 sessions, with over 15,000 participants, over 17,000 audience members and 147 artists.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012 the annual Celebration of Schools’ Music, presented in association with Suffolk County Council, celebrated its 25th year at Snape Maltings Concert Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="#Aldeburgh_Residencies">Aldeburgh Residencies</a> was launched in 2003 to offer bespoke development opportunities to established artists. The Residencies enable individuals and ensembles to come to Snape to create new work, develop new partnerships and explore new possibilities. </p><p><a href="#Aldeburgh_Young_Musicians">Aldeburgh Young Musicians</a> is a Centre for Advanced Training (CAT), created in 2007 with funding from the government to provide advanced music mentoring for exceptionally talented young musicians aged between 8 and 18 based in the Eastern Region. </p><p>The growth of the work of Aldeburgh Music led to the need for more accommodation, and further semi-derelict buildings adjacent to the Concert Hall on the Snape Maltings site were acquired in 2006 on a 999-year lease, and the Aldeburgh Music Development Plan<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> launched to raise the money necessary for their conversion. Following a successful £16 million fund-raising campaign, a new Creative Campus was opened in May 2009, designed by architects <a href="/wiki/Haworth_Tompkins" title="Haworth Tompkins">Haworth Tompkins</a>. The Hoffmann Building contains the Britten Studio (capacity 340), the Jerwood Kiln Studio (capacity 80) and a number of rehearsal spaces. The Britten–Pears Building has been redeveloped and now incorporates the Trask Artists’ Cafe. A small studio has been created out of the derelict Victorian Dovecote. In <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh" title="Aldeburgh">Aldeburgh</a>, the Pumphouse, Aldeburgh Music's small alternative venue, has been redeveloped. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aldeburgh_Music_Today"><span class="anchor" id="Aldeburgh_Music_Today"></span>Aldeburgh Music Today</h2></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts</a> remains at the core of Aldeburgh Music's annual programme. The current artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival is <a href="/wiki/Pierre-Laurent_Aimard" title="Pierre-Laurent Aimard">Pierre-Laurent Aimard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Traditionally starting on the second Friday in June and running for 17 days, events are presented not only in the various venues at Snape Maltings, but in all the traditional Festival venues such as <a href="/wiki/St_Peter_and_St_Paul%27s_Church,_Aldeburgh" title="St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aldeburgh">Aldeburgh Parish Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orford,_Suffolk" title="Orford, Suffolk">Orford</a> Church, <a href="/wiki/Blythburgh" title="Blythburgh">Blythburgh</a> Church and the Festival's original home, <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh" title="Aldeburgh">Aldeburgh</a>’s Jubilee Hall. Site-specific events have taken place elsewhere, such as <a href="/wiki/Sizewell" title="Sizewell">Sizewell</a> Beach (Everlasting Night, 2011), <a href="/wiki/Leiston" title="Leiston">Leiston</a> <a href="/wiki/Long_Shop_Museum" title="Long Shop Museum">Long Shop Museum</a> (Before Life and After, 2012), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bentwaters" title="RAF Bentwaters">RAF Bentwaters Airbase</a> (<a href="#Faster_than_Sound">Faster than Sound</a>), and community events on the beach. In 2012 there were 74 events in the main festival, with a further 24 events at The Pumphouse. The Pumphouse, situated off the marshes on the outskirts of the town, provides an informal, alternative performance venue. </p><p>Although <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Britten</a>’s work always features in the Festival – and played a large role in 2013, his centenary year – it by no means dominates the programme, which continues to commission and present new work from contemporary composers, as well as exploring themes across many genres. In 2012, the Festival's Artist in Residence was composer-conductor <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Knussen" title="Oliver Knussen">Oliver Knussen</a>, a former artistic director of the Festival, and featured works by Helmut Lachenmann. Previous contemporary composers to be examined in depth in recent festivals include <a href="/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Ligeti" title="György Ligeti">György Ligeti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marco_Stroppa" title="Marco Stroppa">Marco Stroppa</a> (2011), <a href="/wiki/George_Benjamin_(composer)" title="George Benjamin (composer)">George Benjamin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Boulez" title="Pierre Boulez">Pierre Boulez</a> (2010), <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Birtwistle" title="Harrison Birtwistle">Harrison Birtwistle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Carter" title="Elliott Carter">Elliott Carter</a> (2009) and <a href="/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Kurt%C3%A1g" title="György Kurtág">György Kurtág</a> (2008). </p><p>Festivals also include work by the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, including Britten–Pears Alumni. A programme of fringe events takes place at The Pumphouse in Aldeburgh. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Snape_Proms"><span class="anchor" id="Snape_Proms"></span>Snape Proms</h3></div> <p>The Snape Proms take place throughout August each year in the Concert Hall. Some seats in the main block are removed, and audiences sit on cushions on the floor. With a different concert each evening throughout the month, the Proms present an eclectic range of music, including classical, jazz, folk and world music, and incorporate comedy and poetry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Easter_Festival"><span class="anchor" id="Easter_Festival"></span>Easter Festival</h3></div> <p>An Easter Festival is mounted each year, together with an autumn weekend<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> generally themed around the work of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Britten–Pears_Young_Artist_Programme"><span id="Britten.E2.80.93Pears_Young_Artist_Programme"></span><span class="anchor" id="Britten–Pears_Young_Artist_Programme"></span>Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme</h3></div> <p>Since the very first course in 1972, over 10,000 young artists have attended what started as the Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies, and is now called the <a href="/wiki/Britten_Pears_Young_Artist_Programme" title="Britten Pears Young Artist Programme">Britten Pears Young Artist Programme</a>. Masterclasses for singers, ensembles, instrumentalists and composers are held from March until October. There are also opportunities for emerging young professional musicians to work with conductors, soloists and orchestral principals in both the Britten–Pears Orchestra and the Britten–Pears Baroque Orchestra. Many of the masterclasses are open to the public, and each course culminates in a public performance, including at the <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a> and <a href="#Snape_Proms">Snape Proms</a>. Auditions are held across the world, now using modern technology to access countries on the other side of the globe. In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Britten-Pears_Orchestra" title="Britten-Pears Orchestra">Britten-Pears Orchestra</a> was conducted by <a href="/wiki/Antonello_Manacorda" title="Antonello Manacorda">Antonello Manacorda</a>, performing <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Beethoven</a>’s <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)" title="Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)">Ninth Symphony</a> at Snape Maltings Concert Hall at Easter. Previous conductors of the BPO include <a href="/wiki/Edward_Gardner_(conductor)" title="Edward Gardner (conductor)">Edward Gardner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Knussen" title="Oliver Knussen">Oliver Knussen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirill_Karabits" title="Kirill Karabits">Kirill Karabits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Petrenko" title="Vasily Petrenko">Vasily Petrenko</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robin_Ticciati" title="Robin Ticciati">Robin Ticciati</a>. The Britten–Pears Baroque Orchestra, formed in 1992, is formed each year to work on baroque repertoire, and previous tutors have included period specialists <a href="/wiki/Richard_Egarr" title="Richard Egarr">Richard Egarr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emmanuelle_Ha%C3%AFm" title="Emmanuelle Haïm">Emmanuelle Haïm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Cummings" title="Laurence Cummings">Laurence Cummings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Scholl" title="Andreas Scholl">Andreas Scholl</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Bicket" title="Harry Bicket">Harry Bicket</a>. They presented Rameau’s Naïs as part of the 2012 <a href="#Snape_Proms">Snape Proms</a> under <a href="/wiki/Christophe_Rousset" title="Christophe Rousset">Christophe Rousset</a>. In 2012, as part of the Cultural Olympiad, the Aldeburgh World Orchestra was formed, conducted by Sir <a href="/wiki/Mark_Elder" title="Mark Elder">Mark Elder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Young musicians from across the globe submitted their auditions on YouTube, and an international ensemble of around 124 young musicians came to <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> to train and perform both in the Concert Hall in Snape and as part of the BBC Promenade Concert season at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>, as well as on a short European tour. </p><p>In 2012, Aldeburgh Strings were created to perform under the baton of Markus Däurnet at the 2012 Britten Weekend, the programme included <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Britten</a>’s Prelude and Fugue, Lachrymae and In memoriam Dennis Brain. </p><p>Singers are auditioned for song recital courses, and recent courses have included American and French song with Dawn Upshaw. Singers and orchestra come together to perform opera; recent productions have included Death in Venice and Albert Herring, and <a href="/wiki/Francis_Poulenc" title="Francis Poulenc">Poulenc</a>’s <i><a href="/wiki/Les_Mamelles_de_Tiresias" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Mamelles de Tiresias">Les Mamelles de Tiresias</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Britten</a>’s arrangement. In Easter 2012, the programme presented <a href="/wiki/Henry_Purcell" title="Henry Purcell">Purcell</a>’s <a href="/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas" title="Dido and Aeneas">Dido and Aeneas</a> under the direction of Christian Curnyn. </p><p>Each year there is a digital media course, called New Music/New Media.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2012, the course was led by <a href="/wiki/Rolf_Wallin" title="Rolf Wallin">Rolf Wallin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tansy_Davies" title="Tansy Davies">Tansy Davies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Refsum_Jensenius" title="Alexander Refsum Jensenius">Alexander Refsum Jensenius</a>, co-founder of the <a href="/wiki/Oslo_Laptop_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Oslo Laptop Orchestra">Oslo Laptop Orchestra</a>. String quartets come together each spring and present a weekly recital of "work-in-progress" at the Jubilee Hall, and in late summer the International Academy of String Quartets provides further opportunities for working on repertoire. Menahem Pressler, <a href="/wiki/Pierre-Laurent_Aimard" title="Pierre-Laurent Aimard">Pierre-Laurent Aimard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Arditti_Quartet" title="Arditti Quartet">Arditti Quartet</a> have all taught masterclasses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aldeburgh_Residencies"><span class="anchor" id="Aldeburgh_Residencies"></span>Aldeburgh Residencies</h3></div> <p>Aldeburgh Residencies are designed for established musicians and other artists.<sup id="cite_ref-aldeburgh1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldeburgh1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is intended for the development of specific creative projects, each generally lasting for a week – longer, sometimes, in the case of composers. </p><p>Groups or individuals are generally funded by Aldeburgh Music for their accommodation, food and travel, and are expected to allow some public access to the work being undertaken. This may be in the form of an informal Open Session performance, but may also be a full performance in an upcoming <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a> or concert series. Residencies are supported by the John Ellerman Foundation. </p><p>Recent artists to benefit from an Aldeburgh Residency include <a href="/wiki/Mark_Padmore" title="Mark Padmore">Mark Padmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Herbert" title="Gwyneth Herbert">Gwyneth Herbert</a>, Netia Jones and Pippa Nissen, <a href="/wiki/I_Fagiolini" title="I Fagiolini">I Fagiolini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exaudi" class="mw-redirect" title="Exaudi">Exaudi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Wilson_(musician)" title="Alex Wilson (musician)">Alex Wilson</a> (working on a new collaboration with two Malian musicians, preparing for a tour and new CD), the <a href="/wiki/Aurora_Orchestra" title="Aurora Orchestra">Aurora Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitsuko_Uchida" title="Mitsuko Uchida">Mitsuko Uchida</a> and <a href="/wiki/Katie_Mitchell" title="Katie Mitchell">Katie Mitchell</a>. </p><p>A particular strand of Aldeburgh Residencies entitled the Composer Residency Scheme enables three composers each year to spend three weeks working on individual new projects. Amongst the composers and librettists participating in this programme have been <a href="/wiki/Anna_Meredith" title="Anna Meredith">Anna Meredith</a>, Larry Groves, Simon Limbrick, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ravenhill" title="Mark Ravenhill">Mark Ravenhill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conor_Mitchell" title="Conor Mitchell">Conor Mitchell</a>, Man Fang, <a href="/wiki/Tansy_Davies" title="Tansy Davies">Tansy Davies</a>, Christian Mason and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bray" title="Charlotte Bray">Charlotte Bray</a>. </p><p>James Boyd developed a programme entitled Sea Change during an Aldeburgh Residency, inspiring new repertoire for guitar and voice by Elspeth Brooke and <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Dove" title="Jonathan Dove">Jonathan Dove</a>, presented at the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a>. Other work developed during Aldeburgh Residencies performed at the 2012 Festival included a programme entitled European Connections, including a new work for voice and piano trio by Vasco Mendonça. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aldeburgh_Alumni"><span class="anchor" id="Aldeburgh_Alumni"></span>Aldeburgh Alumni</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jerwood_Opera_Writing_Programme"><span class="anchor" id="Jerwood_Opera_Writing_Programme"></span>Jerwood Opera Writing Programme</h3></div> <p>The Jerwood Opera Writing Programme develops new work in the field of opera.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Jerwood Opera Writing Foundation, led by Artistic Advisor <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Battistelli" title="Giorgio Battistelli">Giorgio Battistelli</a> and a distinguished faculty of experienced practitioners, featured three week-long workshops in March, July and October 2007. Ten of the participants were composers, mostly at the start of a professional career but with little or no experience in writing opera, while the remaining participants were a mix of poets, playwrights and directors with an interest in, but no experience at that stage of, writing libretti. In 2010, the second Jerwood Opera Writing Foundation course began, involving composers, writers and directors both in the UK and worldwide. The participants, twenty composers, writers and directors, took part in three week-long workshop-led courses at <a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings" class="mw-redirect" title="Snape Maltings">Snape Maltings</a> in November 2010, March and July 2011. The workshops mixed practical exercises, theory and discussion, with contributions from teachers including <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Birtwistle" title="Harrison Birtwistle">Harrison Birtwistle</a>, Stephen Langridge, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Plaice" title="Stephen Plaice">Stephen Plaice</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Sawer" title="David Sawer">David Sawer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lavinia_Greenlaw" title="Lavinia Greenlaw">Lavinia Greenlaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Dove" title="Jonathan Dove">Jonathan Dove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Gough" title="Orlando Gough">Orlando Gough</a> amongst others, and culminated in performances of mini music-theatre works created by the twenty participants. </p><p>At the end of November 2011, Aldeburgh Music invited applications for Jerwood Opera Writing Fellowships from composers and writers and their collaborators who wanted to develop a particular opera project for commission and performance. Fellowships were to give support during the development of a new opera by providing a collaborative, supportive environment, as well as financial and practical support and expertise, such as workshops and mentoring. Over sixty applications were submitted from countries worldwide and the following four proposals were each awarded a Jerwood Opera Writing Fellowship: <i>Knots and Do-Nots</i> – composer <a href="/wiki/Sasha_Siem" title="Sasha Siem">Sasha Siem</a> and director Ted Huffman; <i>Pleasure</i> – composer <a href="/wiki/Mark_Simpson_(clarinetist)" title="Mark Simpson (clarinetist)">Mark Simpson</a> and writer Melanie Challenger; <i>Thanatophobia</i> – composer Joanna Lee and writer Hannah Silva; and <i>Beyond the Pale</i> – composer Benjamin Scheuer, writer Tom Swift and director Tom Creed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aldeburgh_Education"><span class="anchor" id="Aldeburgh_Education"></span>Aldeburgh Education</h3></div> <p>Over 8,000 young people participate in Education projects each year. The latest initiative is Group A, a non-audition choir for young people of between the ages of 13 and 18, and The Big Shout, an opportunity for members of the community to come together to sing. Aldeburgh Education also devises training in participatory settings for artists at all levels. </p><p>Aldeburgh Education has been working with <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County_Council" title="Suffolk County Council">Suffolk County Council</a> since 1987, and has been a lead partner in the Suffolk Music Education Hub since 2012. It has worked with <a href="/wiki/Warren_Hill_(HM_Prison)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warren Hill (HM Prison)">HM YOI Warren Hill</a> since 1999, and with Lapwing, an organisation providing individual learning programmes for young people who have complex barriers to learning, since 2009, as well as with a variety of local and national arts organizations around the UK and beyond including the development of audio/visual interactive media. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aldeburgh_Young_Musicians"><span class="anchor" id="Aldeburgh_Young_Musicians"></span>Aldeburgh Young Musicians</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Aldeburgh Young Musicians (AYM) was created to fill the perceived gap in Aldeburgh Music's engagement with the musical development of younger people.<sup id="cite_ref-aldeburgh3_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldeburgh3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Funded by the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education" title="Department for Education">Department of Education</a>, each of 45 young musicians between the ages of 8 and 18 has a tailored, individual learning programme, which co-ordinates individual lessons, intensive weekends and residential holiday courses, expert professional advice, mentoring and performance opportunities. Individual students are matched to tutors for additional tuition which can be done on-line. AYM works in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County_Council" title="Suffolk County Council">Suffolk County Council</a> Music Service, Pro Corda, <a href="/wiki/Guildhall_School_of_Music_and_Drama" title="Guildhall School of Music and Drama">Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Purcell_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Purcell School">Purcell School</a>. </p><p>In 2011–12, new strands were added to the Aldeburgh Young Musicians programme: <b>AYM Apprentices</b> for younger students who have shown musical talent and potential but need further musical support and development before joining the main scheme; <b>AYM Open House</b> providing the opportunity to Aldeburgh Young Musicians to use rehearsal facilities with other AYMs, provide a venue for individual lessons or master-classes, a private practice space and specialist coaching days; and <b>AYM Exchanging Worlds Ensemble</b>, launched for the Cultural Olympiad 2012. This commissioning group is cross cultural and cross genre in content, working collaboratively and exchanging global musical conversations. Connected to the Aldeburgh World Orchestra and Cultural Olympiad, two AYM composers were commissioned to create a new fanfare to be performed by the Aldeburgh World Orchestra brass section for the Olympic Torch Relay, performed when the Relay travelled to <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh" title="Aldeburgh">Aldeburgh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ipswich" title="Ipswich">Ipswich</a> on 5 July 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Faster_than_Sound"><span class="anchor" id="Faster_than_Sound"></span>Faster than Sound</h3></div> <p>Faster than Sound is a strand of activity, supported by the <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hamlyn" title="Paul Hamlyn">Paul Hamlyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Esm%C3%A9e_Fairbairn_Foundation" title="Esmée Fairbairn Foundation">Esmée Fairbairn</a> Foundations, exploring connections between traditional music and new media, developing new collaborations between experimental musicians from different backgrounds, including electronic and classical.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starting in 2006 with performances in disused hangars at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bentwaters" title="RAF Bentwaters">RAF Bentwaters</a>, Faster than Sound, co-produced with Joana Seguro from Lumin, is now based in the Hoffmann Building at <a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings" class="mw-redirect" title="Snape Maltings">Snape Maltings</a>. Since 2009, there have been five week-long residencies each year, culminating in a performance. Recent presentations include I Burn for You, a new music theatre piece based on Dracula, by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Wilson_(composer)" title="Ian Wilson (composer)">Ian Wilson</a> (composer) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Creed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Creed (page does not exist)">Tom Creed</a> (director); Symmetry with Marcus du Sautoy and Fall Back connecting the legacy of Dubstep with some of the earliest experiments in electronic music and projection. During the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a>, choral ensemble EXAUDI teamed up with sound artist Bill Thompson and students from the University of East Anglia and presented a promenade performance in the Hoffmann Building of <a href="/wiki/John_Cage" title="John Cage">John Cage</a>’s <a href="/wiki/Song_Books_(Cage)" title="Song Books (Cage)">Song Books</a>. Other Faster than Sound projects in 2012 include <i>Star-Shaped Biscuit</i>, text and music by <a href="/wiki/David_Toop" title="David Toop">David Toop</a>, which will be performed in one of the remaining semi-derelict buildings at <a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings" class="mw-redirect" title="Snape Maltings">Snape Maltings</a>. Later in 2012, composer <a href="/wiki/Richard_Baker_(composer/conductor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Baker (composer/conductor)">Richard Baker</a> and sound artist Brian Duffy collaborate on a new work exploring the hidden voices of electronic toys and toy instruments in combination with a small chamber ensemble. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TEDx_Aldeburgh"><span class="anchor" id="TEDx_Aldeburgh"></span>TEDx Aldeburgh</h3></div> <p>TED is a US-led non-profit organisation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It brings together in international conferences, people from the worlds of Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED). </p><p>Aldeburgh Music hosted the inaugural TEDx Aldeburgh Conference on 6 November 2010. Hosted by the TED music director Thomas Dolby and produced by Joana Seguro as an opportunity of having in one place great minds and explorers of contemporary music, the event featured talks by <a href="/wiki/David_Toop" title="David Toop">David Toop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tod_Machover" title="Tod Machover">Tod Machover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martyn_Ware" title="Martyn Ware">Martyn Ware</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Orbit" title="William Orbit">William Orbit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Exile" title="Tim Exile">Tim Exile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imogen_Heap" title="Imogen Heap">Imogen Heap</a>, Ash Nehru of <a href="/wiki/United_Visual_Artists" title="United Visual Artists">United Visual Artists</a>. In addition, there were TED talk videos from <a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Itay_Talgam" title="Itay Talgam">Itay Talgam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Glennie" title="Evelyn Glennie">Evelyn Glennie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Zander" title="Benjamin Zander">Benjamin Zander</a>. The gathering of people and ideas coincided with Aldeburgh's New Music New Media course for emerging professional composers and musicians, led by <a href="/wiki/Tod_Machover" title="Tod Machover">Tod Machover</a>. The second conference was held on 5 November 2011 when the speakers included Vincent Walsh, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gregson_(cellist)" title="Peter Gregson (cellist)">Peter Gregson</a>, Kingslee Daly, <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Stumm" title="Jennifer Stumm">Jennifer Stumm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nitin_Sawhney" title="Nitin Sawhney">Nitin Sawhney</a>, Kathy Hinde and the <a href="/wiki/Modified_Toy_Orchestra" title="Modified Toy Orchestra">Modified Toy Orchestra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visual_Arts:_SNAP"><span class="anchor" id="Visual_Arts:_SNAP"></span>Visual Arts: SNAP</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a> has always included the visual arts as well as music, and a number of exhibitions are curated each year to accompany the music programme. From 2011, the main exhibition of contemporary art has been promoted under the title SNAP, at various locations around the Snape Maltings site, organized by Abigail Lane.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, featured artists included <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Brown_(artist)" title="Glenn Brown (artist)">Glenn Brown</a>, May Cornet, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Eno" title="Brian Eno">Brian Eno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Gander" title="Ryan Gander">Ryan Gander</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maggi_Hambling" title="Maggi Hambling">Maggi Hambling</a>, Mark Limbrick, Emily Richardson and <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Turk" title="Gavin Turk">Gavin Turk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aldeburgh Music is also responsible for running the Peter Pears Gallery in Aldeburgh and the Pond Gallery at Snape Maltings. For most of the year these galleries are hired out to local artists, but provide the space for Aldeburgh Music-curated exhibitions during the <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2></div> <p>The first artistic directors of the <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a> were <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Peter Pears</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Crozier" title="Eric Crozier">Eric Crozier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BenjaminBritten_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BenjaminBritten-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Britten</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Pears" title="Peter Pears">Pears</a> remained artistic directors until their respective deaths, in 1976 and 1986. After Britten died, the artistic direction of the Festival was shared; many world-class musicians joined the artistic team, including at various times <a href="/wiki/Philip_Ledger" title="Philip Ledger">Philip Ledger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Graham" title="Colin Graham">Colin Graham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steuart_Bedford" title="Steuart Bedford">Steuart Bedford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mstislav_Rostropovich" title="Mstislav Rostropovich">Mstislav Rostropovich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murray_Perahia" title="Murray Perahia">Murray Perahia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Rattle" title="Simon Rattle">Simon Rattle</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Shirley-Quirk" title="John Shirley-Quirk">John Shirley-Quirk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Knussen" title="Oliver Knussen">Oliver Knussen</a>. In 1999, a sole artistic director in the Britten mould – composer, solo performer, accompanist and conductor – was appointed in <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ad%C3%A8s" title="Thomas Adès">Thomas Adès</a>, joined in 2004 by composer <a href="/wiki/John_Woolrich" title="John Woolrich">John Woolrich</a>, first as Guest Artistic Director then as an Associate Artistic Director. Adès had first appeared at an <a href="/wiki/Aldeburgh_Festival" title="Aldeburgh Festival">Aldeburgh Festival</a> as a member of the Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme on the New Music course in 1992. Adès was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Pierre-Laurent_Aimard" title="Pierre-Laurent Aimard">Pierre-Laurent Aimard</a> in 2009, again supported by <a href="/wiki/John_Woolrich" title="John Woolrich">John Woolrich</a>. <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Knussen" title="Oliver Knussen">Oliver Knussen</a> returned for the 2012 Festival as Artist in Residence. </p><p>Chief executive of Aldeburgh Music from 1998 to 2014 was Jonathan Reekie, who left in spring 2014 to become Director of Somerset House Trust.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Wright_(music_administrator)" title="Roger Wright (music administrator)">Roger Wright</a>, the former Controller of BBC Radio 3, who took up the post in September 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current Chairman of the Aldeburgh Music Council is <a href="/wiki/Simon_Robey" title="Simon Robey">Sir Simon Robey</a>. The President of Aldeburgh Music is the <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Stevenson,_Baron_Stevenson_of_Coddenham" title="Dennis Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Coddenham">Lord Stevenson of Coddenham CBE</a>, Aldeburgh Music Chairman from 2000 to 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2></div> <p>The Britten–Pears Library holds an archive of programmes dating back to 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aldeburgh Music has commissioned and presented many world premieres over the years, starting with many of Britten's own compositions from 1948. </p><p>A selection of composers whose works have been premiered by Aldeburgh Music include <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ad%C3%A8s" title="Thomas Adès">Thomas Adès</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Barry_(composer)" title="Gerald Barry (composer)">Gerald Barry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodney_Bennett" title="Richard Rodney Bennett">Richard Rodney Bennett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Birtwistle" title="Harrison Birtwistle">Harrison Birtwistle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Carter" title="Elliott Carter">Elliott Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Dove" title="Jonathan Dove">Jonathan Dove</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deirdre_Gribbin" title="Deirdre Gribbin">Deirdre Gribbin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Knussen" title="Oliver Knussen">Oliver Knussen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Kurt%C3%A1g" title="György Kurtág">György Kurtág</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicola_LeFanu" title="Nicola LeFanu">Nicola LeFanu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Matthews" title="Colin Matthews">Colin Matthews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thea_Musgrave" title="Thea Musgrave">Thea Musgrave</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich" title="Dmitri Shostakovich">Dmitri Shostakovich</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Tavener" title="John Tavener">John Tavener</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Aldeburgh_Music"></span>Aldeburgh Music is based at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, <a href="/wiki/Snape,_Suffolk" title="Snape, Suffolk">Snape</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saxmundham" title="Saxmundham">Saxmundham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>. It now has a 999-year lease, negotiated with the overall site owners, Johnny and Alesha Gooderham, in 2006, on all its facilities at <a href="/wiki/Snape_Maltings" class="mw-redirect" title="Snape Maltings">Snape Maltings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aldeburgh2_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aldeburgh2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Snape_Maltings_Concert_Hall"></span><b>Snape Maltings Concert Hall</b> is an 830-seat international concert hall, converted from a redundant Victorian malthouse in 1967. The Concert Hall incorporates a Restaurant and the Oyster Bar, and displays exhibitions in the Concert Hall Gallery. A Visitor Centre off the main foyer houses the Box Office, an information point and a shop. </p><p>The <span class="anchor" id="Hoffmann_Building"></span><b>Hoffmann Building</b>, converted from semi-derelict malting and storage buildings adjacent to the Concert Hall, was opened in 2009 and houses the <span class="anchor" id="Britten_Studio"></span><b>Britten Studio</b> (340 capacity), the <span class="anchor" id="Jerwood_Kiln_Studio"></span><b>Jerwood Kiln Studio</b> (80 capacity), the <span class="anchor" id="Foyle_Studio"></span><b>Foyle</b> and the <span class="anchor" id="Weinrebe_Studio"></span><b>Weinrebe Studios</b>, as well as office and circulation space. </p><p>The <span class="anchor" id="Britten-Pears_Building"></span><b>Britten-Pears Building</b> was converted from an old barley store in 1979 to create the Britten–Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies, now renamed the <a href="/wiki/Britten_Pears_Young_Artist_Programme" title="Britten Pears Young Artist Programme">Britten Pears Young Artist Programme</a>. The building contains the <span class="anchor" id="Peter_Pears_Recital_Room"></span><b>Peter Pears Recital Room</b> (120 capacity) and a number of practice and seminar rooms, and the Holst Library. Adjacent is the <span class="anchor" id="Trask_Artists'_Cafe"></span><b>Trask Artists' Cafe</b>. </p><p>The <span class="anchor" id="Pond_Gallery"></span><b>Pond Gallery</b> is a small art gallery, let to local artists, and adjacent is a long room currently known as Building 19, awaiting further development. </p><p>In Aldeburgh itself, Aldeburgh Music has a full-time <span class="anchor" id="Box_Office"></span><b>Box Office</b> on the High Street, and runs the <span class="anchor" id="Peter_Pears_Gallery"></span><b>Peter Pears Gallery</b> and <span class="anchor" id="The_Pumphouse"></span><b>The Pumphouse</b>. During the Festival, performances are presented at the Jubilee Hall and the Aldeburgh Parish Church, as well as other venues around Suffolk including the churches of Orford and Blythburgh. Site-specific events have been held in a number of locations, including Aldeburgh and Sizewell beaches, Bentwaters Airbase, and Leiston Long Shop Museum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCharity_Commission261383" class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=261383&subId=0">"<i>Britten Pears Arts, registered charity no. 261383</i>"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Charity_Commission_for_England_and_Wales" title="Charity Commission for England and Wales">Charity Commission for England and Wales</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Britten+Pears+Arts%2C+registered+charity+no.+261383&rft.pub=Charity+Commission+for+England+and+Wales&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fregister-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk%2Fcharity-details%2F%3FregId%3D261383%26subId%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABritten+Pears+Arts" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150920052137/http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk/about_us/history">"Brief History | Aldeburgh Music"</a>. 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title="Albert Herring">Albert Herring</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Sweep" title="The Little Sweep">The Little Sweep</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_Budd_(opera)" title="Billy Budd (opera)">Billy Budd</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gloriana" title="Gloriana">Gloriana</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Turn_of_the_Screw_(opera)" title="The Turn of the Screw (opera)">The Turn of the Screw</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noye%27s_Fludde" title="Noye's Fludde">Noye's Fludde</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream_(opera)" title="A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)">A Midsummer Night's Dream</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Owen_Wingrave" title="Owen Wingrave">Owen Wingrave</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_in_Venice_(opera)" title="Death in Venice (opera)">Death in Venice</a></i> (1973)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Church parables</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Curlew_River" title="Curlew River">Curlew River</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burning_Fiery_Furnace" title="The Burning Fiery Furnace">The Burning Fiery Furnace</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal_Son_(Britten)" title="The Prodigal Son (Britten)">The Prodigal Son</a></i> (1968)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film/Ballet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Town" title="Plymouth Town">Plymouth Town</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Mail" title="Night Mail">Night Mail</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prince_of_the_Pagodas" title="The Prince of the Pagodas">The Prince of the Pagodas</a></i> (1956)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Orchestral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sinfonietta_(Britten)" title="Sinfonietta (Britten)">Sinfonietta</a> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Simple_Symphony" title="Simple Symphony">Simple Symphony</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soir%C3%A9es_musicales" title="Soirées musicales">Soirées musicales</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Variations_on_a_Theme_of_Frank_Bridge" title="Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge">Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mont_Juic_(suite)" title="Mont Juic (suite)">Mont Juic</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sinfonia_da_Requiem" title="Sinfonia da Requiem">Sinfonia da Requiem</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Matin%C3%A9es_musicales" title="Matinées musicales">Matinées musicales</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_American_Overture" title="An American Overture">An American Overture</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Person%27s_Guide_to_the_Orchestra" title="The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra">The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra</a></i> (1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concertante</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piano_Concerto_(Britten)" title="Piano Concerto (Britten)">Piano Concerto</a> (1938, rev. 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Britten)" title="Violin Concerto (Britten)">Violin Concerto</a> (1939, rev. 1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Apollo" title="Young Apollo">Young Apollo</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diversions_for_Piano_Left_Hand_and_Orchestra" title="Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra">Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra</a></i> (1940 rev. 1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cello_Symphony_(Britten)" title="Cello Symphony (Britten)">Cello Symphony</a> (1963)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vocal/Choral Orchestral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Hunting_Fathers" title="Our Hunting Fathers">Our Hunting Fathers</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Company_of_Heaven" title="The Company of Heaven">The Company of Heaven</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Illuminations_(Britten)" title="Les Illuminations (Britten)">Les Illuminations</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Serenade_for_Tenor,_Horn_and_Strings" title="Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings">Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicolas_(Britten)" title="Saint Nicolas (Britten)">Saint Nicolas</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spring_Symphony" title="Spring Symphony">Spring Symphony</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nocturne_(Britten)" title="Nocturne (Britten)">Nocturne</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cantata_academica" title="Cantata academica">Cantata academica</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/War_Requiem" title="War Requiem">War Requiem</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cantata_misericordium" title="Cantata misericordium">Cantata misericordium</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Crusade_(Britten)" title="Children's Crusade (Britten)">Children's Crusade</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phaedra_(cantata)" title="Phaedra (cantata)">Phaedra</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vocal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Beware!_Three_Early_Songs" title="Beware! Three Early Songs">Beware! Three Early Songs</a></i> (1922–26)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seven_Sonnets_of_Michelangelo" title="Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo">Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Holy_Sonnets_of_John_Donne" title="The Holy Sonnets of John Donne">The Holy Sonnets of John Donne</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britten%27s_Purcell_realizations" title="Britten's Purcell realizations">Britten's Purcell realizations</a> (1945)+</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Canticles_(Britten)" title="Canticles (Britten)">5 Canticles</a></i> (1947–75, including <i><a href="/wiki/Canticle_I:_My_beloved_is_mine_and_I_am_his" title="Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his">Canticle I: My beloved is mine and I am his</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Canticle_II:_Abraham_and_Isaac" title="Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac">Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac</a></i> (1952), <i><a href="/wiki/Canticle_III:_Still_falls_the_rain" title="Canticle III: Still falls the rain">Canticle III: Still falls the rain</a></i> (1954), <i><a href="/wiki/Canticle_IV:_The_Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi">Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi</a></i> (1971) and <i><a href="/wiki/Canticle_V:_The_Death_of_Saint_Narcissus" title="Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus">Canticle V: The Death of Saint Narcissus</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Charm_of_Lullabies" title="A Charm of Lullabies">A Charm of Lullabies</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winter_Words_(song_cycle)" title="Winter Words (song cycle)">Winter Words</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_from_the_Chinese" title="Songs from the Chinese">Songs from the Chinese</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sechs_H%C3%B6lderlin-Fragmente" title="Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente">Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_and_Proverbs_of_William_Blake" title="Songs and Proverbs of William Blake">Songs and Proverbs of William Blake</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Poet%27s_Echo" title="The Poet's Echo">The Poet's Echo</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Are_These_Children%3F" title="Who Are These Children?">Who Are These Children?</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Birthday_Hansel" title="A Birthday Hansel">A Birthday Hansel</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Choral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Afternoons" title="Friday Afternoons">Friday Afternoons</a></i> (1932–1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Boy_Was_Born" title="A Boy Was Born">A Boy was Born</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Te_Deum_in_C_(Britten)" title="Te Deum in C (Britten)">Te Deum in C</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Advance_Democracy" title="Advance Democracy">Advance Democracy</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a 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