PASSION
Grand Opening Concert
The International Composers Festival opens with the very best in beautiful, melodic music, carefully chosen from hundreds of entries, performed in the presence of most of the composers, who are travelling from all corners of the globe to attend
With the International Composers Festival Orchestra and guest soloists:
Sergio Puccini (guitar) Sarah Thurlow (clarinet) Jane Gordon (violin) Katerina Mina (soprano) Andrew Gill (trumpet)
7 pm Friday 21st September
Opus Theatre, Hastings
Tickets £15 in advance £18 at the door
Free for under 18’s
Includes welcome drink
Small Is Beautiful
Music that Moves The Spirit
Chamber concert
Solo instrumentalists and small ensembles with several world premieres
10.30 Saturday 22nd September
De La Warr Pavilion
£12 in advance £15 at the door
Free for under 18’s – Students 18 -25 £10
BRIGHTON FILM QUARTET -SOUNDSCAPE
One Beautiful Cinematic Journey
A mesmerising blend of cinematic music and ambient soundtrack by Brighton composer Penny Loosemore, performed by her string, piano and clarinet quartet, set to big screen visuals by 15 international filmmakers.
1.30 Saturday 22nd September
De La Warr Pavilion
£10 in advance £12 at the door
Free for under 18s – Students 18 -25 £5
Camera, Sound Play
Thrilling Music from Films, television and computer games with International Festival Orchestra and guest soloists including Oliver Poole (piano) Justin Pearson (cello) Sunny Li (piano)
Includes music from La La Land and Harry Potter plus computer game Oure
Enjoy the power of live music with a big orchestra.
7pm Saturday 22nd September
De La Warr Pavilion
£15 in advance £18 at the door
Free for under 18’s
Total piano
East meets West
Informal conversation and performance
with International piano stars
Oliver Poole and Sunny Li together with
Festival’s Artistic Director Polo Piatti discussing the
art of improvisation and composing
Music, Q and A and performances by Sunni Li and Oliver Poole
10.30 Sunday 23rd
De La Warr Pavilion
Tickets: £12 in advance £15 at the door
including coffee and cake
Free for under 18’s Students 18-25 £10
Dancing Around The World
A concert for the whole family with Dance and live music
Including premiere of The Crane’s Wife, a specially commissioned ballet composed by Nobuya Monta based on a Japanese fairy story choreographed by Masu Uesugi and performed by her ballet company coming especially from Japan.
Plus six specially commissioned symphonic dances from around the globe with the International Composers Festival orchestra , choreographed and performed by local dance schools
4pm Sunday 23rd September
De La Warr Pavilion
£12 in advance £15 at the door
Free under 18’s Students 18-25 £10
Tickets available from
Opus Theatre concert Friday 21st September
Hastings Tourist Information Centre
www.composersfestival.com
All other concerts at the De La Warr Pavilion
De La Warr Ticket office and online www.dlwp.com
www.composersfestival.com
Festival VIP passes to all 6 concerts at both venues £60
(a minimum saving of £15)
Hastings Tourist Information CentreDe La Warr Ticket Office
www.dlwp.com www.composersfestival.com
Please Note: Under 16’s must be accompanied by a paying adult