Editing Aldeburgh Festival (section)

==The festival today==
[[File:Snape Maltings Concert Hall interior.jpg|thumb|left|The interior of the Concert Hall]]
The organisation responsible for running the Aldeburgh Festival changed its name to [[Aldeburgh Music]] in 2006.<ref name=pianistmagazine>[https://www.pianistmagazine.com/news/aldeburgh-music-changes-its-name/ Pianist Magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080920/https://www.pianistmagazine.com/news/aldeburgh-music-changes-its-name/ |date=8 March 2019 }}. Retrieved 7 March 2019.</ref>

[[Thomas Adès]] was succeeded as Artistic Director of the Festival by [[Pierre-Laurent Aimard]] (2009-16). In 2009, a suite of new spaces at [[Snape Maltings]], including the Hoffmann Building's Britten Studio and the Jerwood Kiln Studio, was opened with the premiere performance of [[Harrison Birtwistle]]'s opera ''[[The Corridor (opera)|The Corridor]]''.

The 2012 Festival had [[Oliver Knussen]] as Artist in Residence, and the typically eclectic programme<ref>65th Aldeburgh Festival Booking Brochure</ref> included new productions of Knussen's ''Where the Wild Things Are'' and ''Higglety Pigglety Pop!'', a concert series exploring the work of [[Helmut Lachenmann]], recitals by [[Menahem Pressler]], [[Ian Bostridge]], [[Peter Serkin]], [[Miklós Perényi]], [[Dezső Ránki]] and the [[Arditti Quartet|Arditti]] and Keller Quartets, the [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] with the UK premiere of a work by [[Elliott Carter]], as well as dramatised performances with film at the Leiston Long Shop Museum, the complete screening with live accompaniment of [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]]'s 1930s film scores, a promenade performance of [[John Cage]]'s Song Books in the Hoffmann Building under the banner of [[#Faster than Sound]], and open-air community events on Aldeburgh Beach.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

The centenary of Britten's birth was held between November 2012 and November 2013,<ref name=BBC>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25013521 BBC News]. Retrieved 7 March 2019.</ref> and the 2013 Festival, the 66th, featured a new production by [[Tim Albery]] of Britten's opera, ''[[Peter Grimes]]'', the complete [[church parables]] in Orford Church, and new works by [[Harrison Birtwistle]], [[Wolfgang Rihm]], [[Judith Weir]], [[Magnus Lindberg (Finnish composer)|Magnus Lindberg]] and [[Richard Rodney Bennett]].{{cn|date=February 2025}}

The Aldeburgh Festival retains a unique character, largely due to its location in rural Suffolk. It also continues to emphasise the presentation of new music, new interpretations and the rediscovery of forgotten music. It has seen the premieres of several works by Britten (''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' in 1960; ''[[Death in Venice (opera)|Death in Venice]]'' in 1973) and also [[Harrison Birtwistle]]'s ''[[Punch and Judy (opera)|Punch and Judy]]'' in 1968, ''[[The Io Passion]]'' in 2004, ''[[The Corridor (opera)|The Corridor]]'' in 2009 and ''The Cure'' in 2015.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

The Aldeburgh Festival has always included the visual arts as well as music, and a number of exhibitions are curated each year to accompany the music programme. The main sites for exhibitions are various venues within the Snape Maltings complex and The Red House in Aldeburgh.{{cn|date=February 2025}}