THE full line-up for this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF) has now been revealed.
The festival's 37th programme of events runs from tomorrow (Nov 21) to Sunday November 30. For 2014 the festival is presenting 37 world premieres and 79 UK premieres, across eight venues in Huddersfield, and for the first time this year, also at The Hepworth Wakefield.
A spokesman for the organising team said: "The immensely diverse programme takes in contemporary classical music, improvisation, electronica and multi-media events, as well as many free and family events."
New voices who will feature in the programme include Manchester-based composer Larry Goves (Saturday, November 22) and rising stars Alexander Schubert from Germany (Friday, November 28) and Chilean guitarist and composer Pedro Álvarez (Saturday, November 22).
Ensembles due to appear come from the four corners of Europe and beyond, including three Norwegian ensembles: BIT20, asamisimasa and Cikada Ensemble.
Internationally acclaimed Scottish composer James Dillon, who has created some of the most inventive and thrillingly expressive music of our time, is this year’s Composer in Residence.
Dillon’s music is showcased in four concerts devoted to his work (November 23, 29, 30), including two world premieres, and is performed by some of Britain’s leading ensembles – the London Sinfonietta, BBC Singers, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Arditti Quartet.
Visit www.hcmf.co.uk or call 01484 430528 for booking details.
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