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Stamford's very own International Music Festival. Founded by Freya Goldmark, coming to town 17th-19th May 2019! Founded in 2016 by Freya Goldmark.
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Our ensemble of young professional chamber musicians has some great concerts planned - check out the programme at simfestival.com! Uppingham's very own International Music Festival, UppFest.

17/05/2024

Jâms & Jo rehearsing Bizet ready for this afternoons Solos and Duos concert 🎹

29/04/2024

Thank you for the wonderful interview about Freya and our festival which is out now in May issues.
Nick and Clare at living magazines have been such fantastic supporters of SIMFestival since it’s conception and we are, as always, very grateful.

Just two and a bit weeks to go until our May Festival!

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26/02/2023

We all had a wonderful time launching the 2023 festival last night.
From trio, to quartet, to quintet, it was the best fun. There was a real buzz in the room and so much excitement for the year ahead!

Huge thanks to our wonderful musicians and

Full programme will be online and for sale to friends TOMORROW!!!

23/02/2023

🚀’23 Launch Concert Incoming🚀
Join Freya, Edgar, Charlotte, Sofia and Pete THIS SATURDAY 25th February 7:30pm at for chamber music by

Our 2023 May programme will also be announced during the concert; fifteen composers, twelve musicians, eight concerts, we can’t wait!

Tickets available online and in person. Link in bio 😊

21/01/2023

Exactly one month to go until our first concert of 2023.
Freya and Julian are looking forward to bringing this wonderful programme to you all.

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.18 Op.31 No.3
Beethoven Violin Sonata No.3 Op.12 No.3
Strauss Violin Sonata Op.18

Tickets £18, free for U17’s.
Available through our website www.simfestival.com or in person from Goldmark Gallery.

17/01/2023

✨Concert, 18th Feb✨
Our first concert of 2023 is fast approaching.
We are delighted to welcome the brilliant pianist Julian Trevelyan who will be joining our director, Freya Goldmark for an evening of violin sonatas.
The programme will include Beethoven Violin Sonata No.3 and Strauss Violin Sonata.

Tickets £18, free for U17’s. Details for purchase in our bio.

12/10/2022

🔔Tickets are now on sale for the first Winter Edition of SIMFestival🔔

Three brilliant concerts in December, with tickets starting at just £16 (free for 16 and Under too) and a festival pass for £50 saving you 10%.

Full programme below 🥳

🎻 Concert One:

• Haydn - String Quartet Op.17 No.2 in F Major
• Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op.44 No.3 in E flat Major

🎻 Concert Two:

• Purcell -Selection of Fantasias arr. for String Quartet
• Shostakovich – String Quartet No.8 in C minor, Op.110

🎻 Concert Three:

• Mendelssohn – String Symphony No.7 in D minor
• Stravinsky – Concerto in D for String Orchestra
• Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op.48

Link to tickets in our bio 😊

14/09/2022

As the weather turns colder we’ve been reminiscing back to May😍
Here are six of our 2022 musicians rehearsing for our late night Schoenberg… expect more late night concerts in 2023!

28/06/2022

The last of our 2022 film photos taken by cellist and all round great human

We’re super excited to be announcing our next concerts very soon, including a new Winter Festival 🎉

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08/06/2022

SIMFest on Film Part II

We’re in love with these behind the scenes photos snapped by cellist during the festival 🤍

08/06/2022

Throw back to this year’s Saturday evening concert featuring Beethoven’s glorious Septet.

The atmosphere was utterly electric and we were so thankful to everyone who came out to watch. It was amazing to see so many people at

Not to mention special thank yous to (clarinet), who delivered a brilliant Hommage à Manuel de Falla, and (violin) who stepped up to play Haydn’s ‘Policeman’ Quartet, both with less than the 24 hours notice (!!) after one of our musicians was sadly unable to perform 🎻

24/05/2022

SIMFest on film 😍

This year we somehow had three musicians with film cameras!

These gorgeous shots were captured by the v talented 🤍

24/05/2022

Our Sunday morning slot was filled this year by the wonderful in the beautiful 550 year old Browne’s Hospital.

Especially interesting to hear Gideon Klein’s string trio.

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22/05/2022

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21/05/2022

Sometimes you can’t avoid the unavoidables - an injured hand meant an extremely last minute change of personnel last night.

The BIGGEST thank you to .violin for stepping in for Schubert’s last Quartet (!!!) with hours’ notice, coming in a taxi all the way from Newbury!
It was a truly special concert. 🎻🥰

Congratulations to the whole group:
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21/05/2022

Day 3 is upon us!

We’ve been receiving the most wonderful comments from audience members, so much joy to be surrounded by live music again.

Beethoven Septet tonight!

20/05/2022

Day 1 done!
Two wonderful concerts of Beethoven, Webern, Mozart & Schoenberg.

Day Two kicking off later with Schubert, Arensky and Beethoven 🎻💪🏻

18/05/2022

When you forget to check the dimensions when online shopping🙈😂

First concert tomorrow!

12/05/2022

In exactly one week we’ll be an hour away from our opening concert in beautiful Stamford 🥰

02/05/2022

Lovely to be featured in magazines this month ahead of our festival 🥳

Swipe for a read 🤓

Just under three weeks to go!

30/04/2022

Interested in behind the scenes of running a music festival?

We’re looking for one or two festival assistants to work alongside our Festival Manager and our Director during our May concerts this year.

A brilliant opportunity to learn about concert management and logistics whilst listening to a lot of great chamber music!

No prior experience is necessary just a love of music, friendly attitude and willingness to work hard!

Email Freya at [email protected] for more info!

Spread the word!

28/04/2022

Extremely excited to be partnering with the brilliant 🎻
- a specialist shop making, restoring and selling instruments from the violin family. Together we have produced a series of talks, workshops, open rehearsals, podcasts and social media happenings for this year’s Stamford International Music Festival.

Talks include:

🎻Meet the Instruments - a unique chance to learn about our musicians instruments

🎻Meet the Makers - the opportunity to learn about the art of violin making from local Violin makers.

🎻History of the Violin - a brief history of the violin taking you from its birth in 16th century Italy all the way to the present day.

All talks are free for students of violin making.

Tickets and info on our website (link in bio)

27/04/2022

In three weeks time our musicians will be busy rehearsing in Stamford! 🎻

Have you got your tickets yet??

17/04/2022

Smiles all round after Mendelssohn Quintet No.2 last night at St.Martins Church ☺️
If you missed the concert, not to worry, the Mendelssohn will be finishing our eighth and final concert during the festival in May!
There will also be a chance to hear Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht again in a one off late night performance.
For the full programme of events, visit our website. (Link in bio)

Big thanks to our performers - violist

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David Shaw

Bring on May!

10/04/2022

SIMFestival 2022 is coming very soon. Link in bio for our full programme!

Less than six weeks to go until our festival is finally back after a two year break 🥳
We can’t wait to welcome our sixteen brilliant musicians to the beautiful town of Stamford for four days of glorious chamber music.

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We’ve also teamed up with to bring an array of luthier events to our audience including talks and an open exhibition. More about that soon!

🎫Tickets are on sale now from

28/02/2022

✨NEXT CONCERT ALERT✨
By some complete miracle we have managed to find a date to reschedule our Transfigured Night concert that works for all of our musicians!
16th April 7:30pm St. Martins Church, Stamford

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All info on our website, as well as details of our 2022 May festival programme, which is on sale to Friends now!

27/02/2022

Dvorak-ing last night with the dream team!
A brilliant launch to our 2022 festival. Bring on May 💪🏻
Tickets for our festival are on sale now to our Festival Friends, link in bio!

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