Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk IP17 1SP

Snape Bridge on the B1069 will be closed from Monday 19 October for two weeks. We will remain open but please be aware that If you are travelling from the north side of the bridge, you will need to follow a diversion and allow an extra 20 minutes for your journey. If you are travelling on the B1069 from the south, your journey will be unaffected.

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Snape Maltings is one of the world's leading centres of music and a place of energy and inspiration for people ranging from concert audiences to musicians developing skills on courses and residencies.

Snape Maltings has grown out of the Aldeburgh Festival, founded by Benjamin Britten in 1948 and now one of Europe’s leading classical music events. From young people performing on a professional stage for the first time to artists and researchers exploring music’s potential to improve lives, Britten’s vision for Snape Maltings remains at the heart of our work – a place international in its reach while rooted in its local communities.

Performances

Snape Maltings hosts inspiring concerts and festivals throughout the year, from the flagship Aldeburgh Festival to the folk, world and jazz of the Snape Proms.

Forthcoming concerts

Artist Development

Opportunities for musicians at all career stages, from under-18s to established stars.

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Community

Life-enhancing work developed and delivered locally with national reach and impact.

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Knowledge Exchange

Bringing together professional communities to develop new ideas and approaches to music’s role in society.

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Recent activity

Explore the breadth of work being developed here.

Composition, Alternative Performance & Performance Art 2020

Working online and remotely, this was the first Britten–Pears Young Artist Programme course for many months, and the first ever to take place entirely online.
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Nick Ryan Acoustic Labs

Exploring how we create meaning from sound and whether this is measurable
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The Murder of Bridget Cleary

Maz O'Connor's new music theatre piece about woman murdered by her husband because he believed her to be a faery changeling
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Max Baillie & Vahakn Matossian

Creating an explorational sound journey using analog and organic sounds
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"One of those rare artistic places where the buildings, the people who visit and work there, the magical setting, come together and enable you to do something out of the ordinary."
- Alfred Brendel