News
Rebecca Lea awarded 2008 Oxford Lieder Scholarship
10 May 2008
The 2008 Oxford Lieder Scholarship has been awarded to 22-year-old soprano Rebecca Lea. Rebecca, a final year student and senior choral scholar at The Queen’s College, impressed judges Hilary Finch of The Times and tenor [...read more]
Oxford Lieder Scholarship: deadline for applications Wednesday 16 April 2008
03 Apr 2008
The 2008 Oxford Lieder Scholarship is a bursary of £1000 available to singers and pianists who have lived, studied or worked in Oxfordshire and are pursuing postgraduate study.
See the [...read more]
2008 Festival Dates
05 Mar 2008
Oxford Lieder is pleased to announce that the 2008 festival dates have been confirmed
10th - 25th October 2008
For more news on the festival, check back soon!
[...read more]Summer Song Series 2008
05 Mar 2008
Taking place on the last Sunday afternoon of each summer month, these concerts will be held in the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, which is now home to a wonderful Steinway concert grand. Tea and coffee will be served before each concert [...read more]
Closing night: change of performer
26 Oct 2007
Owing to illness Lisa Milne is sadly unable to sing on Saturday 27th October; however we are extremely pleased to welcome back Sophie Daneman in her place, also with Malcolm Martineau, in a programme of Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Faure, Gounoud and [...read more]Oxford Lieder on Radio 3
15 Oct 2007
Radio 3 listeners will be treated this afternoon (Monday 15th October) to a preview of next Tuesday’s concert, as baritone David Stout and Festival Director Sholto Kynoch appear on [...read more]
Local schools get Festival off to breathtaking start
13 Oct 2007
At 1.00pm yesterday (Friday 12th) nearly 100 local school children assembled in the hall of St Gregory the Great School to present a 40-minute, newly-composed song cycle, "Theseus and the Minotaur." Over the past two weeks, composer John [...read more]
2007 Festival tickets on sale!
29 Jul 2007
The wonderful line-up for this year's Oxford Lieder Festival is now published on this website and in our brochure, and tickets are on sale at TicketsOxford (01865 305305 / www.ticketsoxford.com). Plan your visit to this year's [...read more]
Jesus College Visiting Artist series 2006-7 concludes triumphantly
29 Jul 2007
The first year of the Jesus College Visiting Artist scheme drew to a close in June with an outstanding recital by Ann Murray and Graham Johnson and a fascinating masterclass the following day. It has been a privilege to [...read more]
Residential mastercourse: 20th-25th October 2007
06 Jul 2007
For the first time this year, a residential mastercourse will take place over five days during the second week of the Festival, culminating in a concert given by participants. Sarah Walker has been involved with Oxford Lieder for several years; [...read more]
Oxford Lieder / 'Strauss at Oxford'
27 Jun 2007
Oxford Lieder is delighted to be a partner of the 2007 International Forum, "Strauss among the Scholars", taking place at Magdalen College this weekend (29th June - 1st [...read more]
Malcolm Martineau confirmed as next Jesus College Visiting Artist
19 Apr 2007
Oxford Lieder is delighted that pianist Malcolm Martineau will be the Jesus College Visiting Artist for the 2007 / 08 season. Jesus College, with the backing of the Kohn Foundation, has over the last year supported three concerts given by Graham [...read more]
First Oxford Lieder Scholarship Awarded
19 Apr 2007
Baritone George Humphreys was recently awarded the first Oxford Lieder Scholarship of £1,000. A panel comprising Sophie Daneman, Eugene Asti and Richard Stokes (all well known to Oxford Lieder audiences) spent a day [...read more]
Ann Murray DBE and Graham Johnson on 8th June
19 Apr 2007
As the third concert of the Jesus College / Kohn Foundation Series, inaugural Visiting Artist Graham Johnson will return with mezzo-soprano Ann Murray on 8th June (8.00pm in the University Church).
Ann Murray needs little [...read more]
Applications invited for the first Oxford Lieder Scholarship
08 Feb 2007
Oxford Lieder is delighted to annouce that it is offering a £1,000 scholarship to anyone with an Oxford connection (home, work, or study) going on to postgraduate studies in singing or accompaniment at a recognised conservatoire. [...read more]