The festival runs over selected weekends from June to September and features programmes of classical, contemporary and jazz music.
[1][2] Plush Festival was founded in 1995 by the conductor William Lacey and the cellist Adrian Brendel, who is the festival's music director, and son of Alfred Brendel.
[3][4] Starting as an informal chamber music performance, it has since developed into a concert series.
[1] Over the past fourteen years the music of some 80 composers has been performed by over 100 musicians from around the world, including notable premieres from Harrison Birtwistle and Kit Armstrong.
[3] Recent seasons have included premieres from Birtwistle and George Kroell (2006); Lieder programmes from Mark Padmore and Till Fellner; appearances from the Kuss, Vertavo String Quartet and Szymanowski Quartets; piano recitals by Paul Lewis, Aleksandar Madzar, Nicholas Angelich and Alfred Brendel (in his final performing year, 2008); and concerts by the John Taylor Trio, Ensemble Raro, and the resident Plush Ensemble.