hcmf//

From bold world premieres to immersive performances across Huddersfield, hcmf// 2025 wowed critics and audiences alike.

Celebrated for adventurous programming and amplifying experimental voices, the festival left a lasting mark.

Read more: hcmf.co.uk/hcmf-2025-what-the-press-had-to-say/

🎉 We are thrilled that Claudia Molitor’s Fever (hcmf// 2024 commission) has been shortlisted for the RPS 2026 Chamber-Scale Composition Award!

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The performance features two traditional grand pianos: one played directly by the artist, the other equipped with a self-playing mechanism triggered by MIDI data. The MIDI data can be generated and varied in real-time via additional keyboards, controllers, and AI agents. The sound of the self-playing piano can be modulated in real-time through preparations of the piano. Extracted MIDI data can also be used to trigger a variety of virtual pianos and piano samples.

Cracking session of augmented piano-bothering with Stefan Schultze at @hcmfuk.bsky.social

To everyone who joined us, supported us, collaborated with us, or simply listened, and to the wonderful artists who featured at this year’s edition: thank you. Your curiosity, commitment and openness are what keep hcmf// moving forward.

Day Ten closes hcmf// 2025 with a full Cultures of Climate programme — all free.

12–4pm: Soundwalk Betweenness
12–6pm: Tipping Point + Reclaimed Land
12pm: Tell It To The Trees
2pm: When I Grow Up to Be the Apocalypse
4pm: Paradoxical Symmetries
6pm: Sonic Ecologies

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Day Nine:

10–4pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation
10.30am Sound Canvas (Heritage Quay)
1pm XN: Stefan Schultze
3pm McKenzie in conversation w/ Tim Isfort
5pm + 9pm XN concerts at Town Hall.

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Day Eight of hcmf// 2025:

10am–4pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation
1pm Saxtronauts (St Paul’s Hall)
6pm Marlaut (Bates Mill Studio)
8pm Ensemble Contrechamps w/ Halal & Kokcharova.

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An Explosive Legacy Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival—or HCMF for short—is in full swing, celebrating its 48th edition with performances, workshops, installations and more, all against the backdrop of mounting eco...

Fun times at my first-ever @hcmfuk.bsky.social 2025. My piece for @vanmusicmag.bsky.social is out now, with pretty mind-boggling insights from Graham McKenzie and a few unvarnished concert takes. This one's for lovers of numbers and sceptics of the UK’s arts funding. van-magazine.com/mag/huddersf...

Day Seven of hcmf// 2025:

10am–4pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation (Richard Steinitz Building)
1–3pm Resonances of Nusantara workshop
7.15pm Córas Trio / Brìghde Chaimbeul at Town Hall.

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Day Six of hcmf// 2025:

11am–4pm The Listening Room at AMPED Coffee (talk at 3pm)
3.30pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation launch
7.15pm RÓIS / Milkweed at Town Hall.

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Join us tomorrow (Wed 26 Nov) at AMPED Coffee for After the End of the World: The Listening Room — a day of music, sound + reflection inspired by Natalie Hyacinth’s work. Frances & Natalie in convo at 3pm.

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Join us tomorrow (Wed 26 Nov) at AMPED Coffee for After the End of the World: The Listening Room — a day of music, sound + reflection inspired by Natalie Hyacinth’s work. Frances & Natalie in convo at 3pm.

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Day Five of hcmf// 2025:

12pm Saviet/Houston Duo perform new work by @sarahhennies.bsky.social (St Paul’s Hall). 7.15pm Sholto Dobie, Jessie Marino and Fred Frith at Huddersfield Town Hall.

Today's tickets & schedule: tr.ee/EmpMLA5lZM

Mingo Rajandi's Lady Sapiens was the standout performance of the weekend, until that was EMA stole the show! Great weekend of music.

Day Four means our infamous hcmf// shorts programme from 12pm–12pm across St Paul’s Hall, Phipps Hall, Bates Mill + Town Hall. Installations, performances + late-night sets.

Full schedule: tr.ee/vy2551En5z

some apparatus of the Estonian Electronic
Music Society Ensemble, following their performance at @hcmfuk.bsky.social

BBC Radio 3 - New Music Show, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival: Explore Ensemble and ONCEIM Explore Ensemble perform a brand new work from Bryn Harrison.

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New Music Show live from #hcmf2025: Kate Molleson hosts Explore Ensemble premiering Bryn Harrison + ONCEIM performing Christian Marclay.

Listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m....

Day Three of hcmf// 2025:

12pm Mivos Quartet: @sarahhennies.bsky.social (St Paul’s Hall)
3pm 'Lady Sapiens' (Bates Mill)
7pm London Sinfonietta (Town Hall)
10pm EMA is sold out.

Tickets for today’s schedule: tr.ee/w0h17Bls98

Day Two of hcmf// 2025 brings film, choral + cutting-edge performance:

11am Every Sound a Jewel
1pm Pärt @ 90
4pm Mivos Quartet
7.30pm ONCEIM (SO)
9.45pm Across the North Sea (SO)

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Fred Frith & Heiner for one night only… what serendipity…

hcmf// 2025 kicks off today!

Explore Ensemble opens at 7pm (Huddersfield Town Hall), followed by Dedalus Ensemble performing @sarahhennies.bsky.social’ Motor Tapes at 9.30pm (Bates Mill Blending Shed).

Remaining tickets here: hcmf.co.uk/2025-programme/

Line-up update for hcmf// shorts:

Arnas Mikalkėnas can no longer perform. Stepping in is guitar legend Fred Frith, joining Heiner Goebbels for a unique duo encounter. Mon 24 Nov, 6:10pm.

hcmf.co.uk/programme/hcmf-shorts-4/

Frazer Merrick, Luis Fernando Amaya & Natalie Hyacinth spent 12 months exploring sustainable composition and creative sound practices. Their new works premiere at hcmf// 2025 later this month.

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Artist Spotlight: The Carice Singers

Don’t miss their hcmf// debut: Pärt @ 90 with organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent + Baltic & Nordic gems, incl. 2 UK premieres.

Sat 22 Nov, St Paul’s Hall.

🎟️ £32/£41.60/£7

Buy yours here: hcmf.co.uk/programme/the-carice-singers-part-90/

Artist Spotlight: Marlaut

Marlaut — a multisensory performance by Debbie Armour, Maria Sappho, Nadya Hatta & Arum Dayu — blends sound, film & textiles into a living folklore of sea, care & memory. UK Premiere at hcmf// 2025.

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Artist Spotlight: Sholto Dobie

Dobie, Marino & Frith explore experimental soundscapes with concertinas, electronics & guitar. UK Premiere 'cascades’.

🗓️ Tue 25 Nov, 7:15 pm | 📍 Huddersfield Town Hall

Tickets: link.dice.fm/Oa3944598256?dice_id=Oa3944598256

Event Spotlight: Resonances of Nusantara

🗓️ 27 Nov, 1–3pm
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Dive into Indonesia’s radical sound worlds at this free vocal workshop with Dinar Rizkianti & Gema Swaratyagita.

Secure your free place here: hcmf.co.uk/programme/workshop-resonances-of-nusantara/

Saviet/Houston Duo: Sarah Hennies - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

UK premiere at @hcmfuk.bsky.social on Tuesday 11/25! hcmf.co.uk/programme/sa...

Artist Spotlight: Mingo Rajandi

'Lady Sapiens' premieres 23 Nov. Bold, genre-blurring music exploring femininity + human history.

Don’t miss it — tickets: hcmf.co.uk/programme/lady-sapiens/

The countdown has begun, just 7 days to go!

hcmf// 2025 opens with the phenomenal Explore Ensemble. Tickets are flying out—book now to be part of the opening night.

Remaining tickets 🎟️ - hcmf.co.uk/2025-programme/