Romsey Chamber Music Festival
A celebration of chamber music
RCMF Winter 2025
17 - 20 January
Romsey Chamber Music Festival WinterFest returns in January 2025 with a colourful programme to brighten the mid-winter blues. This year I am thrilled to be joined by one of our long-standing festival favourites, cellist Rainer Crosett and welcome pianist Tomoki Park to RCMF for the first time. We will be performing three concerts in both Romsey and London as well as a public masterclass where we will be working with young musicians. After impressing us all so much in our 2024 masterclass I'm also very pleased that fellow Hampshire violinist Rose Gosney will be joining us for Dvořák's charming Bagatelles. Tickets and the full programme are available here
Thank you all so much for all of the support in 2024, we couldn't put on a festival of this nature with the support of our audiences, friends, patrons and funders. If you haven't had a chance to read some of the press from our 2024 activities you catch up with this review from SeenAndHeard International :"a mouthwatering programme", which was followed up by this second review: "they seemed to have an infinite variety of tones at their disposal in the astonishing first movement, soaring ecstasy and romantic yearning in the second, a giddily festive brilliance in the finale. It was extraordinary." The Hampshire Chronicle also praised the "excellent performances" that featured throughout.
Our summer festival will take place 31st May to 8th June - do save the dates and I look forward to seeing you all in 2025!
Laura Rickard
- Artistic Director
About
Described by Classical Source as a "little gem" and hailed by Seen and Heard International as "remarkable", the Romsey Chamber Music Festival was founded in 2018 by violinist Laura Rickard. RCMF brings together some of the world's leading chamber musicians in concerts which highlight both well known and lesser known masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire. The Festival aims to make performances of the highest quality accessible to the widest audience and has a broad programme of educational work with local schools and is a hub partner with Hampshire Music Hub.