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International Musicians Seminar The International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove is one of the premier short course seminars in the world.

IMS Prussia Cove nurtures and inspires world-class musicians, bringing together emerging artists and acclaimed performers from across the world to make music together in a remote part of Cornwall, UK. Founded by Hungarian violinist Sándor Végh, now under the Artistic Direction of cellist Steven Isserlis, with Sir András Schiff and Ralph Kirshbaum as artistic advisors. It offers musicians from all over the world the opportunity to participate in seminars which are unique in both their approach and environment. They attract maestri of world standing who encourage traditional values of musicianship and develop the artistic potential of tomorrow’s leading musicians.

And they're off! The IMS Autumn Tour has begun, with concerts at Minterne House and Champs Hill Records so far this week...
06/10/2026

And they're off! The IMS Autumn Tour has begun, with concerts at Minterne House and Champs Hill Records so far this week.

Join us at Wigmore Hall on Wednesday at 7.30pm for an evening of wonderful music, including Saint-Saëns Piano Quintet, Fauré Piano Quartet No.2, Edgar Meyer Duet for Cello and Bass, and Dvorák's String Quintet.

We also visit West Road Concert Hall on Thursday and Wiltshire Music Centre on Friday. Don't miss out!

Free tickets for Under25s. Full details on our website, www.i-m-s.org.uk

Steven Isserlis
Charles Owen Adi Tal Francesco Dillon Abouzahra Amira

04/10/2026
It's Friday! And the sun is shining! Start your weekend in the best possible way with a feast of radiant music at St Joh...
02/10/2026

It's Friday! And the sun is shining!

Start your weekend in the best possible way with a feast of radiant music at St John's Hall, Penzance tonight at 7.30pm.

Enjoy Schubert's lyrical, sunny 'Rosamunde' Quartet, Dohnányi's reflective Piano Quintet No.2, and Brahms' warm, passionate Piano Trio No.2.

Full details on our website; www.i-m-s.org.uk
Tickets available on the door. FREE for under 25s.

Cornwall Concert Orchestra Cornwall Music Network Cornwall Community Foundation Cornwall Youth Choirs Penzance Orchestral Society Concerts Penzance Steven Isserlis Arisa Fujita János Palojtay Millie Ashton Pieter van Loenen

01/10/2026

Today's the day! This afternoon is the world premiere of 's new work for mezzo-soprano and string quintet, 'Clair-Obscur...
27/09/2026

Today's the day! This afternoon is the world premiere of 's new work for mezzo-soprano and string quintet, 'Clair-Obscur'. The piece is sounding fantastic after a week of wonderful rehearsals, and we can't wait to hear it!

Also on the programme is Respighi's 'Il Tramonto' for mezzo-soprano and string quartet and Brahms' much-loved Piano Quartet No.2

Come and join us! St Hilary Church, 2.30pm.
Tickets available on the door.

Thanks to Antony Crolla for the photo of Katalin Karolyi rehearsing at OCM previously.

Always a highlight in our year to give a concert in the chapel on St Michael’s Mount. Our musicians are seen here headin...
26/09/2026

Always a highlight in our year to give a concert in the chapel on St Michael’s Mount.

Our musicians are seen here heading over by boat, ahead of the audience who will walk across the causeway once the tide allows!

A huge thank you to all St Michael's Mount for hosting us today and their practical help and support in making it happen! It is a huge privilege to be able to give a concert in such a special place.

And good luck to our intrepid audience getting up and down again while the causeway is open!

A wonderful programme of Bliss, Schulhoff and Brahms awaits!





Thanks to our performers today:

Lesley Hatfield
Samuel Lutzker
Stephanie Meyer
Selma
Raphael Masters
Susanne Schäffer
Low Zi Yang
Guy Ben-Ziony
Anita Leuzinger
Maja Horvat
Tong Chen
William Coleman
Davin Mar
Bartholomew LaFollette

📣 Tune in to BBC Radio 3 tonight to hear IMS Prussia Cove musicians playing live from National Maritime Museum Cornwall ...
25/09/2026

📣 Tune in to BBC Radio 3 tonight to hear IMS Prussia Cove musicians playing live from National Maritime Museum Cornwall on In Tune with Petroc Trelawny! 📣

We're really delighted to have been invited to join this special live broadcast, on-air between 5pm and 7pm this evening.

Five musicians from this week's Open Chamber Music session will be performing two movements from Brahms' G major String Quintet, and chatting to Petroc. This same group will be performing on Saturday's concert on St. Michael's Mount.

The concert programmes have now been announced for the weekend. We have some fantastic performances to look forward to, ...
24/09/2026

The concert programmes have now been announced for the weekend. We have some fantastic performances to look forward to, at Trelowarren Cornwall, St. Michael's Mount and St Hilary Church.

There is a huge range of music being performed from Amy Beach to Brahms, via Beethoven and Bliss - and much more!!

The concerts on Friday and Saturday are now sold out but tickets are available for Sunday's concert at St Hilary Church, 2.30pm.
Full details on our website: www.i-m-s.org.uk

Steven Isserlis Concerts Penzance Cornwall Music Network

We're thrilled to have with us at Prussia Cove this week as Composer in Residence. Helena is working on two of her piec...
24/09/2026

We're thrilled to have with us at Prussia Cove this week as Composer in Residence. Helena is working on two of her pieces with musicians during the semimar: 'Der A**e Spielmann', a septet for strings and woodwind, and a brand new composition for Sextet for Strings and Mezzo-Soprano, 'Clair Obscur'.

The musicians and Helena are working together developing this exciting work and we're delighted it's being performed in the concert on Sunday at St Hilary Church.

Full programmes for the weekend concerts will be announced later today.

DavidDesimpelaere
Thanks to Antony Crolla for the photo.

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