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Our concerts are based at the historic Hansom Hall in Belvoir Street, now part of the Leicester Adult Education Centre. We look forward to returning to the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery when the redevelopment project is finished.

Hansom Hall

next lunchtime concert: 23rd october -2pm

paddington trio: haydn & schubert

Join us at Hansom Hall on 23rd October, when the award-winning Paddington Trio will play Haydn’s sparkling Trio No. 43 in C Major, Hob.XV:27 and Schubert’s Trio No 2 in E flat, Op. 100, D929, full of gorgeous melodies.

Tickets are available ONLINE or on the door.

We would like to thank the Parkhouse Award for supporting this concert.

Lunchtime Concert: 9th october 2025 1-2pm

Our new season of Lunchtime Concerts began on 9th October, with the visit of award-winning Ukrainian pianist, Sasha Grynyuk, who played music by Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Lera Auerbach.  

We were delighted to welcome a large audience to Hansom Hall, and Sasha kept everyone enthralled with a sparkling hour of magnificent playing. As someone said on the way out, our Steinway sounded like an orchestra.

Click on this link to visit our Lunchtime Concert page for full details and tickets.

LEICESTER INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL: 17th - 20th SEPTEMBER 2025

What a festival we’ve had! Thank you to all of our amazing musicians, to our composer-in-residence, Emma-Ruth Richards and - of course - to our Artistic Director, Nicholas Daniel, for a series of brilliant concerts at Hansom Hall.

In addition to those, a world première evening at the Attenborough Arts Centre was particularly memorable.

During the festival, we also enjoyed entertaining the young people at local primary schools, the more senior residents of Wyggeston Alms Houses and all ages of music-lovers at our Family Concert.

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