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Artistic Director Chris Glynn

introduces an exciting new season...

‘Classical music thrills, comforts and amazes me’ says Sheila Hancock. ‘When I begin to lose faith in the human species, it reminds me what the best of us can do.’

That seems a good motto for the Ryedale Festival 2024 – a fortnight’s celebration of great music in beautiful and historic locations that aims to make North Yorkshire one of the best places in the UK to enjoy and encounter classical music.

Dame Sheila is just one of many stars appearing this summer. You can hear world-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt play Bach and Beethoven , or catch Royal Wedding cellist……..

A festival immersed in its local community but of international quality

Yorkshire Post

The kind of life-illuminating venture audiences chase but rarely find…with some of the best ideas of any festival I know

Classical Music Magazine

With an extraordinary breadth of programming … Yorkshire’s Ryedale Festival always wraps its arms around its community. Local people don’t just watch the star visitors; they come in droves to get equally involved

Royal Philharmonic Society Awards

Real flair in the programming, which artfully mixes the familiar with the more challenging.

The Guardian

An embarrassment of riches.

BBC Music Magazine