The Ealing Music & Film Festival returns next week, celebrating the town’s rich cultural heritage.
Now in its seventh year, the Festival supports the wealth of creative talent on its doorstep.
This year’s event takes place from February 13-17 with both free and paid-for performances at venues including the University of West London, St Barnabas Church, the Brentham Club, St Mary’s Church and The MetFilm School.
It launches at lunchtime on Wednesday, February 13, with a free concert at St Mary’s Church, South Ealing performed by renowned pianist Emilie Capulet and the Household Guards’ Wind Quintet. In the evening, there is a free screening of films by the students of UWL and MetFilm School.
On Thursday, February 14, at 7.30pm, the London Mozart Players and violinist Tasmin Little will perform Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Roxanna Panufnik’s World Seasons and the music of Vivaldi, Elgar and Tchaikovsky at Weston Hall, University of West London.
On the Friday, Ealing Youth Orchestra, conductor Leon Gee and members of the London Mozart Players are joined at St Barnabas Church by the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Lauren Zhang, to perform Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto.