International Composers Festival

The International Composers Festival is a regular event comprising a series of concerts, lectures and networking opportunities created with the purpose to promote and showcase classical music that is tuneful, universally appealing and created solely by living composers attending the concerts.

The repertoire encompasses works especially selected from submissions from all over the world and includes big orchestral compositions, film scores, computer gaming music, televisions themes, chamber and dance music usually performed in six concerts over a long weekend.

A strong element in the festival is the opportunity for composers from different parts of the world to come together and network with colleagues and organisations in the United Kingdom.

Principal festival conductors include Stephen Ellery (Wales), Derek Carden (UK), Irish Endo (Japan) and John Andrews (UK)[2] and composers in residence include Simon Proctor, Nobuya Monta, Ash Madni.

[3] The current composer in residence is Paul Lewis[4] and youth ambassador is Oliver Poole.