Leicester Symphony Orchestra Future Dates
Please see the posters below for upcoming LSO dates for the next year. All events are available to book via the De Montfort Hall website.
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Entries by Jess Gordon
LEICESTER’S NEW LORD MAYOR FOR 2026/27 IS CLLR KULWINDER SINGH JOHAL
The Lord Mayor is Leicester’s first citizen and represents the city at civic and ceremonial events. He is also President for the City of Leicester European Twinning Association (CLETA) during his term of office. Councillor Kulwinder Singh Johal has dedicated his life to public service, community leadership and widening access to grassroots sport across the city. He completed his schooling […]
Athena on Tour: Our German Volleyball Adventure in Krefeld
Last summer, our Athena Tournament welcomed a very special guest: Verberger Volleyball Club from Krefeld. What started as a friendly visit quickly turned into an international friendship — and an open invitation to experience volleyball, German‑style. Spoiler alert: it was absolutely worth it. Fast‑forward to 1st–4th May 2026, when five of our amazing adult players from Star, Galactics and Nova packed their bags and […]
HISTORICAL EVENT FOR CLETA
For the first time in its history, the City of Leicester European Twinning Association has awarded Honorary Membership to a previous citizen of Leicester, Mr Nick Freer, a Managing Director of a London based firm, CENATA. This is in recognition of his valued support and funding for our Association. His desire to continue providing opportunities for the Citizens of […]
Upcoming Events from Leicester Symphony Orchestra
Join the LSO for a rousing evening with Bernstein’s West Side Story, conducted by Dexter Drown and lead by Catherine Cole. Performed at De Montfort Hall on Saturday 9th May 2026 at 7.30pm. The LSO are also performing a family concert of Peter and the WOLF, at the Little Theatre, on Sunday 28th June 2026 […]
CHRISTMAS VISIT 2025 TO LEICESTER BY KREFELD CITIZEN FRANK LANGEN
Frank Langen, a citizen of Uerdingen in the district of Krefeld, Germany is striving to strengthen the twinning partnership of Krefeld with the English city of Leicester. Frank is known locally as the Uerdingen Highlander and wears his own tartan on important occasions. The Uerdingen Tartan During 2025, Frank initiated a ‘British Day’ and his first guests were members of the University of Leicester Chamber Choir. They thoroughly enjoyed their […]
THE MIGHTY CREATIVES – LATEST NEWS AND YOUNG PERSON’S GROUP VISIT TO KREFELD
It’s been quite the week what with developing policy and strategic visions for the UK and EU with Benjamin Feyen and Mafalda Dâmaso and 50+ other stakeholders at the Forum on EU-UK Cultural & Media Relations in Brussels; and then delivering a Culture Bridge exchange programme with young people and staff from Leicestershire Virtual School […]
Upcoming concerts for Leicester Symphony Orchestra!
As we approach the end of the year, The Leicester Symphony Orchestra is preparing us for a season of musical festivities! On Sunday 23rd November at 3pm, join the LSO at De Montfort Hall for an afternoon of music by Borodin, Saint-Saens, and Rimsky-Korsakov featuring Scheherazade and Classic FM Rising Star: Ariel Lanyi! Tickets are […]
Leicester University Chamber Choir Tour to Krefeld July 2025
This summer, the Leicester University Chamber Choir was fortunate enough to go on tour to Krefeld in Germany. We had such an amazing time and are incredibly grateful for all the support we received in organising the trip – from CLETA here in Leicester and also from Frank Langen in Krefeld, who was an outstanding […]
65th Anniversary Twinning Charter Re-Signing with Strasbourg
On Wednesday 27 August 2025, the Strasbourg City Mayor, Jeanne Barseghian, visited Leicester with a small official delegation. They were met at Leicester City Railway Station by members of CLETA shortly after 7pm following a delay of over 6 hours due to train cancellations beyond their control. They were taken immediately to the Town Hall […]