**STUDENTS - Please read the information below regarding how to access the free student tickets as there is a new system in place for the 2025/26 season.**

Generously sponsored by Mr Dilip Chandra.

Schumann - Dichterliebe [A Poet's Love], Op. 48
INTERVAL
Dvořák - Vier Lieder [Four Songs], Op. 82
Schoenberg - Brettl-Lieder [Cabaret Songs] (1901)

Born in the Czech city of Brno, Magdalena Kožená is widely regarded one of the finest singers performing today. As celebrated for her performances in the opera house as in the concert hall, she an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon since 1999 and has since been awarded multiple prizes for her albums including Gramophone’s Solo Vocal Award, Gramophone’s Artist of the Year, the Echo Klassik Prize, Record Academy Prize Tokyo, and the Diapason d’or. In 2017, Magdalena Kožená forged a long-term relationship with Dutch label Pentatone and her recordings with the company include Il Giardino dei sospiri with harpsichordist Václav Luks and Collegium 1704; an intimate chamber music album Soirée; and Nostalgia, with the celebrated pianist Yefim Bronfman.

During her illustrious career, Magdalena Kožená has worked with the world’s leading conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mariss Jansons, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Roger Norrington. Her list of distinguished recital partners includes the pianists Daniel Barenboim, Malcolm Martineau, András Schiff and Mitsuko Uchida, with whom she gave a memorable concert for Camerata Musica Cambridge last year.

Recognized as one of the world’s leading pianists specializing in Lieder, Malcolm Martineau has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Ian Bostridge, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Della Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kožená, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita Mattila, Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von Otter, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, and others.

He has appeared throughout Europe, including London’s Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Opera House; La Scala, Milan; the Chatelet, Paris; the Liceu, Barcelona; Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; and his recording projects have included Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with Bryn Terfel (for Deutsche Grammophon); Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside (for EMI); the complete Britten Folk Songs for Hyperion; the complete Beethoven folk songs for Deutsche Grammophon; the complete Poulenc songs for Signum; and Britten Song Cycles as well as Schubert’s Winterreise with Florian Boesch for Onyx.

How the Camerata Musica Free Student Ticket Scheme works
Thanks to generous support from the Cavatina Trust, Camerata Musica is able to offer Free Student Tickets to selected concerts.

• Tickets will be held for collection at the Ticket Desk on the night of the performance (we regret that Free Tickets cannot be sent by post).
• Students in higher education and those aged 18 to 25 are eligible for the Free Student Tickets scheme.
• Students need to book using a credit card (either in person at the ADC Box Office, by phone, or online), making a fully refundable £15 deposit.
• The credit card used for purchase must not have an expiry date within six months of the purchase being made, otherwise a refund might not be possible.
• Provided the Free Tickets are collected and used, the full cost of the deposit will be refunded to the payment card within 10 working days of the concert. Please note that if the Free Tickets are not collected and used, the deposit will be retained.
• When collecting the Free Tickets you may be asked to present a current student card or a card showing proof of age.
• The Free Student Tickets are strictly limited to one per student. In order to book a ticket, you must be logged into your account and the code KOZENA26 must be entered in the promotional code field. This will unlock the Free Student Tickets (depicted as star icons on the seating plan) which you can then select and add to your basket.
• Tickets cannot be returned. If you are later unable to attend the concert but you have found another student to use your ticket instead, please contact our Theatre Administrator at least 48 hours beforehand so that we can make a note of the change of name. Please note that the cost of the ticket remains the original buyer’s responsibility and the deposit will only be returned providing the ticket is collected and used by the original buyer or another student in his or her place.
• As well as the Free Student Tickets, there are number of non-refundable Discounted Student Tickets which can be booked for £15. These tickets are clearly named Student Discounted (non-refundable) and are not part of the Free Student Ticket scheme.

For any questions on technical issues related to this, please contact our Theatre Administrator.

Our general terms and conditions of sale can be viewed here.
Please note that the producers are not allowing refunds for this event.