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Announcing the hcmf// 2026 Composer in Residence: Lauri Supponen A Helsinki-based composer, Supponen creates bold, collaborative work across sound, performance & installation. Discover more — Link in bio. Image: © Pyry Kantonen

XN at Moers Festival Curated by Graham McKenzie: Sophie Cooper, Tom Hawkins, Flo Christman, Jan Hendrickse, Heather Roche, Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson. 📅 22–23 May Link in bio.

Lauri Supponen traces vast ideas to small turning points—where a tree falls, a line shifts, a direction bends. His music reveals how the smallest moments can ripple far beyond themselves. Link in our bio. Profile by Tim Rutherford-Johnson Photo © Tuomas Tenkanen

Announcing the hcmf// 2026 Composer in Residence: Lauri Supponen A Helsinki-based composer, Supponen creates bold, collaborative work across sound, performance & installation. Discover more — Link in bio. Image: © Pyry Kantonen

We are thrilled to announce that hcmf// 2026 will take place from Friday 20 – Sunday 29 November. Composer in Residence announcement coming soon — watch this space! 👀

From bold world premieres to immersive performances across Huddersfield, hcmf// 2025 wowed critics and audiences alike. Celebrated for adventurous programming and amplifying experimental voices, the festival left a lasting mark. Read more: hcmf.co.uk/hcmf-2025-what…

🎉 We are thrilled that Claudia Molitor’s Fever (hcmf// 2024 commission) has been shortlisted for the RPS 2026 Chamber-Scale Composition Award! Link in bio

To everyone who joined us, supported us, collaborated with us, or simply listened, and to the wonderful artists who featured at this year’s edition: thank you. Your curiosity, commitment and openness are what keep hcmf// moving forward.

Day Ten closes hcmf// 2025 with a full Cultures of Climate programme — all free. 12–4pm: Soundwalk Betweenness 12–6pm: Tipping Point + Reclaimed Land 12pm: Tell It To The Trees 2pm: When I Grow Up to Be the Apocalypse 4pm: Paradoxical Symmetries 6pm: Sonic Ecologies Link in bio.

Day Nine: 10–4pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation 10.30am Sound Canvas (Heritage Quay) 1pm XN: Stefan Schultze 3pm McKenzie in conversation w/ Tim Isfort 5pm + 9pm XN concerts at Town Hall. Tickets and events schedule: tr.ee/1PWaoZlCId

Day Eight of hcmf// 2025: 10am–4pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation 1pm Saxtronauts (St Paul’s Hall) 6pm Marlaut (Bates Mill Studio) 8pm Ensemble Contrechamps w/ Halal & Kokcharova. Tickets in bio.

Fun times at my first-ever @hcmfuk 2025. My piece for @vanmusicmag is out now, with pretty mind-boggling insights from @mckenzie_gr and a few unvarnished concert takes. This one's for lovers of numbers and sceptics of the UK’s arts funding. van-magazine.com/mag/huddersfie…

Day Seven of hcmf// 2025: 10am–4pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation (Richard Steinitz Building) 1–3pm Resonances of Nusantara workshop 7.15pm Córas Trio / Brìghde Chaimbeul at Town Hall. Link in bio.

Day Six of hcmf// 2025: 11am–4pm The Listening Room at AMPED Coffee (talk at 3pm) 3.30pm 62 Group + Gavin Osborn installation launch 7.15pm RÓIS / Milkweed at Town Hall. Link in bio.

Join us tomorrow (Wed 26 Nov) at AMPED Coffee for After the End of the World: The Listening Room — a day of music, sound + reflection inspired by Natalie Hyacinth’s work. Frances & Natalie in convo at 3pm. Link in bio.

Tickets for tonight's performance with Fred Frith here: link.dice.fm/Oa3944598256?d…

Day Five of hcmf// 2025: 12pm Saviet/Houston Duo perform new work by @sarahhennies.bsky.social (St Paul’s Hall). 7.15pm Sholto Dobie, Jessie Marino and Fred Frith at Huddersfield Town Hall. Today's tickets & schedule: tr.ee/EmpMLA5lZM

Day Four means our legendary hcmf// shorts programme from 12pm–12pm across St Paul’s Hall, Phipps Hall, Bates Mill + Town Hall. Installations, performances + late-night sets. Full schedule: tr.ee/vy2551En5z