Welcome
Shaldon Festival June 2026
We are finalising our detailed programmes for the evening concerts as well as our outreach activities and will update the details regularly so please come back to see what’s new. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter or become a Friend of the Festival to be kept up to date.
Evening concerts Wednesday 17 June – Saturday 20 June
The 2026 season will commence on Wednesday 17 June and this year we will be hosting four wonderful evenings. We will post fuller details of the programme soon, but in the meantime here is an outline – pop the dates in your diary!
Wed 17 June – Kosta Popović, cello
Montenegrin Cellist Kosta is an outstanding emerging talent, a multi-award winner who has featured on Radio 3 and in prestigious festivals in the UK and overseas. This will be an exceptional night. The programme is here.
Thu 18 June -Trio Bohémo
Trio Bohémo (Matouš Pěruška – violin, Kristina Vocetková – cello, Jan Vojtek – piano) will delight us with their award-winning chamber music. Their detailed programme is here.
Fri 19 June – London Tango Quintet
https://londontangoquintet.com
The London Tango Quintet is a unique group of five internationally acclaimed musicians who have been performing tango music at the highest level for nearly 20 years. The group includes guitar virtuoso Craig Ogden (Classic FM recording artist) and accordionist Miloš Milivojević (as heard on Strictly Come Dancing!). These five exceptional musicians will be performing some of the most popular works by the king of Argentinian tango Astor Piazzolla. Amongst the intoxicating rhythms and jaw-dropping virtuosity of the tango, there will be solos and duos ranging from Spanish fire to cool Parisian jazz. Click here for the programme.
Sat 20 Jun – Lizzie Ball & Miloš Milivojević
Internationally acclaimed musicians Lizzie (vocals and violin) and Miloš (classical accordion) take you on a colourful exploration of different musical flavours: Romanian folksong, blue grass toe tapping, Parisian impressionism, Balkan song and many more – full programme here.
We look forwarding to welcoming you to Shaldon again in 2026 but if you need a reminder of what you heard (or missed – VOCES8 was a sell-out!) here are the reviews of our 2025 season: 2025 Archive reviews
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Booking
General tickets will go on sale from 1st April 2026 using the form or link below. Please note the link will not be active until then.
Book tickets online 24/7. You can do this by using the form below as the ticket system is provided by Ticketsource or you can go direct to the Ticketsource website at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/shaldon-festival (please note this will open up in a new window).
Detailed programme 2026
Wed 17 June – Kosta Popović
Robert Schumann – Five Pieces in Folk Style op. 102
1. Vanitas vanitatum: Mit Humor (With humour)
2. Langsam (Slow)
3. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen (Not quick, played with much tone)
4. Nicht zu rasch (Not too fast)
5. Stark und markiert (Strong and marked)
Salvatore Sciarrino – Melencolia I for Cello and Piano
Igor Stravinsky – Suite Italienne (Arr. Piatigorsky)
1. Introduzione
2. Serenata
3. Tarantella
4. Gavotta con due Varizioni
5. Scherzino
6. Minuetto – Finale
Interval
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations for Piano and Cello in E-flat major op.44
Frédéric Chopin – Sonata for Cello and Piano op.65
1. Allegro moderato
2. Scherzo
3. Largo
4. Finale: Allegro
Thu 18 June – Trio Bohémo
Bohuslav Martinů – Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, H.327
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Allegro
Benjamin Yusupov – Piano Trio No. 2 ‘From Jewish Traditions’
1 . Mayn Shtetele (Ashkenazi)
2. La yave de Espanya (Ladino)
3. Esh’al Elohai (Yemenite)
Interval
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, op. 49
1. Molto Allegro agitato
2. Andante con moto tranquillo
3. Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace
4. Finale. Allegro assai appassionato
Fri 19 June – London Tango Quintet
Astor Piazzolla – Milonga del ángel
Osvaldo Pugliese – La Yumba
Django Reinhardt arr. Roland Dyens – Nuages
Astor Piazzolla – Soledad
Julio de Caro – Tierra querida
Juan Carlos Cobián – La casita de mis viejos
Astor Piazzolla – Contrabajisimo
David Gordon – Bebop Tango
Interval
Astor Piazzolla – Michelangelo ’70
William Kroll – Banjo and Fiddle
Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion
Horacio Salgan – El bosque mágico
Horacio Salgan – A fuego lento
Astor Piazzolla – Mumuki
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias (Leyenda)
Feliciano Brunelli – Iliusión de mi vida
Astor Piazzolla – Adios Nonino
Sat 21 June – Lizzie Ball and Miloš Milivojević
Béla Bartók – 6 Romanian Folk Dances
Manuel de Falla – Nana (from 7 Spanish Songs)
Aaron Copland – El Salón México (Arr. Pearson)
Miloš Solo:
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias, Op.47 No.5
Igor Stravinsky – Introduction from Suite Italienne (Pulcinella)
Igor Stravinsky – Finale Theme from Firebird Suite (Arr. Ball/Milivojević)
Interval
Miloš Solo:
Viacheslav Semenov – Don Rhapsody No.2 (Second Movement)
Lizzie – vocals
Édith Piaf – La Vie En Rose
Aaron Copland – Hoe-down Medley
Astor Piazzolla – Ave Maria
Maurice Ravel – Pièce en forme de Habanera
Irish Traditional – Toss the Feathers
Vittorio Monti – Czardas