Welcome to Bath Mozartfest
Bath Mozartfest returns 13–21 November 2026
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We’re not quite ready to tell you just yet who we have performing this November but rest assured Adrian Brendel, Bath Mozartfest’s new artistic director, has exciting plans involving some of the world’s finest musicians as well as performances by the next generation of classical stars, so you can say you saw them with us in Bath first.
We will have sixteen concerts over our nine days of November music-making including an informal late night concert – a new initiative which proved extremely popular in February’s Bath Bachfest. The works of WA Mozart remain at the heart of all our programmes but works by other classical composers will be included where relevant.
Mozartfest Friend
Suggested donation £100 per person per annum.
We would be delighted to extend the following:
- Priority booking (level 1)
- Advance information about future Bath Mozartfests
- Complimentary Festival Programme
Please note: membership is annual and valid for one festival only.
Mozartfest Patron
Suggested donation £295 per person per annum.
In addition to all the benefits of Friends’ membership we may also extend the following:
- Higher priority booking (level 2)
- Acknowledgement of your support in Festival Programme
Please note: membership is annual and valid for one festival only.
Mozartfest Gold Patron
Suggested donation £500 per person per annum.
In addition to all Friends’ and Patrons’ benefits we may also extend the following:
- Higher priority booking (level 3)
- Invitation to a reception during Bath Mozartfest.
Please note: membership is annual and valid for one festival only.
Mozartfest Benefactor
Suggested donation £1,001 per person per annum.
In addition to all Gold Patrons’ benefits we may also extend the following:
- Highest priority booking (level 5)
Please note: membership is annual and valid for one festival only.
Mozartfest Circle Member
Suggested donation £5,000 per person per annum.
Highest priority booking (level 5)
Members of the Mozartfest Circle receive all the benefits associated with other membership levels plus prominent acknowledgement of their generosity in appropriate literature.
More importantly, all Circle members will be part of an exclusive group of donors whose support makes an invaluable and much appreciated contribution to the success of Bath Mozartfest.
Please note: membership is annual and valid for one festival only.
Support Us
Bath Mozartfest is a privately funded festival, receiving no government or local council funding. Every November, the festival relies on ticket sales and sponsorship from its supporters to be able to invite the world’s very finest classical musicians to perform in Bath. Without this extra support, the price of all concert tickets would have to increase substantially to pay for the costs of staging such a high quality festival in the city.
Bath Mozartfest registered charity number: 1040455
History
For over 30 years Bath Mozartfest has built an enviable reputation for artistic excellence in chamber and orchestral music. In its annual festival each November it presents the finest classical music performed by world-renowned artists. Excellent ticket sales, capacity audiences, and glowing national broadsheet reviews confirm this.
Bath Mozartfest was created in 1991 thanks to a generous bequest by Mrs Mary Purnell, in memory of her late son Mark who adored the music of Mozart and the City of Bath. Today the festival income comes from the generosity of private and corporate sponsors and of course ticket sales.
Sadly, Mrs Purnell did not live to enjoy the first festival which was programmed by Yehudi Menuhin. Amelia Freedman CBE, took over as artistic director in 1995. Amelia has had a long and distinguished career, not least as founder of the Nash Ensemble and as a former Head of Classical Music at the South Bank Centre. With Amelia’s peerless programming, and with a small and committed Board and staff team, Bath Mozartfest has gone from strength to strength and today is firmly established as one of Europe’s leading classical music festivals.
