Impressive line-up for Budleigh Festival of Music and the Arts
With a growing reputation for attracting both talented young artistes and internationally celebrated performers, Budleigh’s Festival of Music and the Arts continues to be a thriving event in the South-West’s cultural calendar. Now in its fifth successful year, the Festival, supported by Michelmores Solicitors http://www.michelmores.com/ runs from 23 July – 1 August 2009, offering a wide variety of events, including live opera, evening concerts, workshops, and free lunchtime concerts including the Budstock rock festival. The Festival starts on 23 July with the superb Henschel Quartet, from Munich (pictured right) . The Quartet performs regularly in prestigious chamber music events worldwide and is a guest at numerous renowned music festivals and concert halls such as the Tanglewood Festival (USA), the BBC Proms concerts in London and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. They will be joined by pianist Gottlieb Wallisch (left) from Vienna. Commended for his technical brilliance and sensitive i...