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Chamber music festival celebrates 25th anniversary with performances, talks and workshops across fifteen venues.
Leigh Curtis
Two Moors Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with twelve days of talks, workshops and chamber music performances from Wednesday 1 to Sunday 12 October.
The annual chamber music festival is this year presenting twenty-one events at fifteen venues on Dartmoor, Exmoor and surrounding settlements including Ashburton, Okehampton and Exeter.
Performance highlights include English songs with soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Julius Drake, pieces by Liszt, Chopin and Rachmaninov played by pianist Tianxu An and a performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet.
London’s National Opera Studio will perform arias by Mozart, Strauss, Handel, Bizet and Verdi and United Strings of Europe will premiere a piece by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür.
Workshops include singing for all ages with vocal ensemble APPOLLO5 and nature writing with Amy-Jane Beer.
The festival programme also features talks about churches and farms on Exmoor and a reading of Ted Hughes’ poetry by his wife Carol Hughes.
Musicians performing at Two Moors Festival
Two Moors Festival was launched in 2001 by John and Penny Adie and is a registered charity. Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen became its artistic director in 2020.
It is attended by over 4,000 people each year at venues including village halls, churches, country houses and railway stations.
The festival also holds a young musicians competition judged by panel of experienced musicians. The winners are invited to attend a masterclass before performing at the festival.
Two Moors Festival takes place from Wednesday 1 to Sunday 12 October 2025.
Tickets start from £10.00 plus booking fees.
For more information and to book visit the Two Moors Festival website.
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