The Tunbridge Wells International Music Festival opens its 2025 season with a stunning concert of opera arias and songs by the up-and-coming star Eyra Norman.
Expect an evening of Mozartian magic, Bellini beauty and sublime song. Booking information here.
Check out the rest of the Festival at www.tunbridgewellsfestival.co.uk. There’s a recital of stunning French organ showpieces, and opportunities for young musicians to take part in an advanced performance masterclass. Also featured in the line-up are the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra’s October concert, launching their new season with a resounding programme of Wagner, Berlioz and Saint-Saens, and a recital by violinist Yixuan Ren, who was a finalist at last year’s Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition.
One particularly special event will be a cabaret evening at Club Quantum on Linden Park Road with the award-winning West End star singer Lorna Want and Chris Hatt, the musical director of Hamilton. And the season’s finale features one of the country’s leading singers, Mark Padmore, with a delicious programme of English song.
Eyra Norman is a Malaysian-born British soprano, celebrated for her “sweet soprano tone and natural presence” (The Guardian) in both opera and song.
Recently, she won first place in the London Song Festival Schubert Song Prize, 2024, further establishing her as an emerging talent in the classical music world.
Eyra graduated with distinction in the Master of Performance program at the Royal College of Music, having completed her Bachelor of Music with first-class honours.
She was awarded the Drake Calleja Trust Scholarship for 2023-2024, named a Shipston Rising Star in 2024, and joined Opera Prelude as a young artist in 2025.
Eyra’s national debut came in 2019 as Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with the English National Opera and Unicorn Theatre. Since then, she has performed as a soloist at venues including the Royal Opera House (Cover), Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Royal Albert Hall. In Hong Kong, she had the pleasure of performing for the Prince of Liechtenstein at St. John’s Cathedral.
