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This November will see the beginning of another great contemporary music festival in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

This is what the organisers of this years' Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival have to say about it :

"The UK's largest festival specifically dedicated to contemporary and experimental music is back, and continues to set the tone and pulse for contemporary music across Europe.

Across the 10 days of the festival [from 17th to 26th November 2006] the key word is diversity! As expected, HCMF presents some of the most challenging and innovative contemporary classical music being written and performed today, as well as the opportunity to revisit key works by major composers of the 20th Century. This year we also offer an intoxicating mix of large-scale orchestral works, chamber opera, guitars, downloads, music theatre, laptops, biotechnology, free improvisation, white noise, wise words, scientific research, installations, silence, film, degraded instruments, found objects, graphic scores, and choral work (deconstructed)!"

I'm not sure I'm up for too much white noise or wise words, but this series of events certainly sounds intriguingly worth a visit, if only to find out if it lives up to the eccentricity of their promo-writer! Looking at the festival diary, though, there will be loads of items that sound promising, including performances by the City of London Sinfonia, the Northern Sinfonia, the University of Huddersfield New Music Ensemble and the Smith Quartet. To get more details and a brochure detailing every event (including fringe performances), log onto the HCMF website and fill out their contact form.