“Handel has never had it so good in his adopted city.” Hugh Canning, Sunday Times, 2018 The London Handel Festival is an annual celebration of the life and work of composer George Frideric Handel. Since its inception in the 1970s, the Festival has established a firm place in London’s cultural calendar, with loyal audiences, critical acclaim and international recognition and reach. Our artistic and charitable objectives are: • to play a major role in the revival of interest in Handel’s music, including his rarely-performed operas and oratorios; • to nurture emerging talent and provide meaningful and sustained support of exceptional young singers, mainly through our Handel Singing Competition; and • to provide opportunities for all members of the community to come and listen to Handel’s music and take part in workshops and education work. “… one of the special merits of the London Handel Festival… we hear corners of the composer’s huge output that ‘regular’ promoters are reluctant to explore.” Andrew Clark, Financial Times, 2014.