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We hold five chamber music concerts a year in Berkhamsted and organise excursions to concerts at London venues. Our events can be booked online or through the contact details below. Berkhamsted concert tickets are available at the door.

Updates:

We are sorry to report the death of Brian Norris, our Chairman for ten years and a committee member for over twenty-six years. Read about Brian at About Us.

A visit by the Coull Quartet to Berkhamsted Music in the Civic Centre on Saturday evening thrilled a packed audience with a gossamer light Mozart quartet, which nonetheless exhibited some fine technical writing, a deeply sad Shostakovich quartet as relevant to our times as to his when it was written (1949), and a deft and exhilarating early Beethoven quartet.  The quartet are celebrating an outstanding fifty year career together and were exhibiting the technical mastery and precision with a freshness and energy belying their years.  This was their eighth visit to us over the course of their career.

We now look forward to welcoming Ensemble Mirage on 16 November.

Updated 6 October 2024

Berkhamsted Music Festival Violin

Season 2024-25


Concert
Ensemble Mirage Photo

Ensemble Mirage

Saturday November 16th 2024
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
Ensemble Mirage is a dynamic flexi-ensemble based in London, UK, enabling the exploration and programming of the whole range of Clarinet-String-Piano chamber music; beginning primarily with the core three clarinet trios and building upwards.
Concert

Minerva Piano Trio

Saturday December 7th 2024
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
“How lucky modern-day composers are to have such expert and sympathetic advocates” Classical Source
Concert
Photo Credit: Matthew Johnson

Maxim Calver

Saturday February 15th 2025
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
Calver held the room with the elegance of his technique, overall sound and natural poeticism’ Charlotte Gardner – Strad Magazine
Concert

Fitzroy Quartet

Saturday March 15th 2025
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
“engaging and responsive to the emotional worlds of each piece in turn”

Season 2025-26


Concert
Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve

Marmen Quartet

Saturday October 11th 2025
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
“Performing is all about communication. It’s telling a story and I feel the Marmen are dedicated to this ideal.” Peter Cropper
Concert
Photo Credit: Ian Dingle

Eblana String Trio

Saturday November 8th 2025
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
“…the late, mercurial, if elliptical, String Trio, a sort of 12-tone divertimento, was brilliantly undertaken by the Eblana String Trio.” Sunday Times
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Marsyas Trio

Saturday December 6th 2025
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
“Thanks to the sensitive and musical playing of pianist Olga Stezhko…we were able to enjoy the ravishing sound of Helen Vidovich’s flute in its lowest register and the velvet tone of Val Welbanks’ cello …” Charles Dobson, Skipton Music
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Artist sponsored by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust

Saturday February 14th 2026
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
Concert featuring an artist sponsored by the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme.
Concert
Photo Credit: Sophie Williams

Kleio Quartet

Saturday March 14th 2026
Berkhamsted Civic Centre
"A wonderfully dedicated group of musicians who bring assuredness and freshness to everything they play" Alina Ibragimova

Our Berkhamsted venue

Berkhamsted Civic Centre

There is limited parking on the High Street. Parking in the two pay-and-display car parks is free after 6 pm. The closest car park to the concert venues is behind Tesco. Berkhamsted Civic Centre 161-163 High Street BERKHAMSTED HP4 3HB

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