Welcome

Welcome to the 2012 Festival

Welcome to the 105th year of the Hastings Musical Festival which we hope will be once more an occasion for all to enjoy, whether you are Festival followers who enjoy popping in and out throughout the three weeks, or you are interested in one particular session, be it Pianoforte, or Dancing, or the One Act Plays, or you’ve come to watch your young child or your elderly friend giving their best performance on stage.

Sadly we have to accept that some classes have seen a drop in entrants this year, no doubt a reflection of the difficult financial times we are all experiencing, but then inexplicably in some sessions there are happily more entrants than ever.

The pledge of the Executive of the Hastings Musical Festival is to do our utmost to continue to keep HMF going in the right direction, and to honour our two commitments as a charity - the provision of excellent performance opportunities with the input of qualified and experienced adjudicators during the Festival, and the annual awarding of special grants. In 2011 we were able to award grants totalling £4250 to 15 young Festival performers as they went off to college or conservatoire to continue their studies, and in addition four of these received further grants totalling £4385 from the John and Irene Foster Charitable Trust.

Maria Mazo

Maria Mazo's live performance of Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite (Danse Infernale, Berceuse, Finale) arranged by Guido Agosti. Maria was the winner of the 2005 International Piano Concerto Competition.

Upcoming Events

05/Mar/2012
Hastings Musical Festival

05/Mar/2012
Piano Concerto Preliminaries

07/Mar/2012
Rock Bands

09/Mar/2012
Choir Competition

10/Mar/2012
Street Dance

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