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The London Song Festival:
Most Innovative Small Music Festival 2026
Emerging Artist Development Excellence Award 2026
(ninth annual Greater London Awards)
The LSF's mission is to "fly the flag" for the wonderful art-form of song, collating recitals with repertoire ranging from Schubert to Britten and beyond. It is a unique joining together of music and poetry that is capable of expressing great beauty and emotional depth in ways that can equal or even surpass any other genre.
Journeys of the Imagination and of Longing
The 2026 London Song Festival will take you on a journey to wherever your imagination will lead you. Its inspiration came initially from four anniversaries that fall in 2026; the 150th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s patent for the telephone and the birth of the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, and the centenaries of the publication of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh and the launch of the first liquid propelled rocket - a motley collection of things to celebrate you might think…). The nine concerts of this series will be Reaching Out to a distant lover, places of fantasy and magic, Spain, the stars, and the Mystic East, and Reaching Back to Ancient Greece, and Childhood. We go on a journey through Life itself as itemised by Shakespeare’s Seven Ages, and there are two Prize Winners Concerts; the Rebecca Clarke Song Competition Pianists Prize Winners Concert, and the London Song Festival Schubert Song Prize Winners Concert.
All nine concerts take place at the LSF’s usual venue of Hinde Street Methodist Church, London W1U 2QJ (nearest tube Bond Street), in the heart of London’s West End.
Tickets for all the concerts are an absolute bargain; the top price is just £20, with £15 for the usual concessions, and just £5 for students.
Testimonies from past attendees:
"Superbly organised and executed. World class singers – Thank you"
Our Founder:
Nigel Foster was born in London and studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Graham Johnson, and also privately with Roger Vignoles. At both the Academy and the Guildhall he won every prize and award available for piano accompaniment, and has been appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.
Nigel enjoys a busy schedule performing on the concert platform. He has played for artists including the late Philip Langridge, Sarah Walker, Ian Partridge, Roderick Williams, Neil Jenkins, Yvonne Kenny, Jeremy Huw Williams, Maire Flavin, Anna Devin, Ruby Hughes, Gillian Keith, Nicky Spence, Jane Manning, Marcus Farnsworth, Benedict Nelson and violinist Madeleine Mitchell, as well as many of Britain's leading young singers. He performs at major venues including the Wigmore Hall, South Bank Centre, St John Smith Square and Royal Opera House (Crush Room) in London, and St David's Hall in Cardiff.
In his formative years Nigel played for Graham Johnson's Songmakers Almanac, the Park Lane Group and several opera companies including Glyndebourne. Nigel has worked with John Eliot Gardiner CBE, and he has happy memories of his time as a rehearsal pianist for the late Georg Solti, playing for singers including Renee Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna. Nigel worked closely with Sarah Walker in the Vocal Department at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Nigel's CD recordings include several discs of contemporary music and anthologies of songs of Alun Hoddinott and Mansel Thomas with baritone Jeremy Huw Williams for the Sain label. He features on the soundtrack of the French film L'Homme est une Femme Comme les Autres.
Nigel performs extensively abroad. He has played all over Europe, Asia (Japan, Malaysia), New Zealand and the Americas (USA, Canada, Colombia) and has broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM and on French, Welsh and Greek television.
