The Ealing Music & Film Festival returns in 2016 with a wonderful programme of events to reflect the rich and varied music and film heritage of one of London’s most culturally enriched Boroughs. This year the festival welcomes new artists while continuing to explore the wealth of creative talent on our very own doorstep.

The festival will take place from 10 – 14 February 2016 in and around central Ealing and is proud to continue its close association with the University of West London and other major venues including the Town Hall, the Church of St Barnabas, The Red Room (formerly The Ealing Club) and St Mary’s Church.

There will be an array of fantastic orchestral concerts, commencing with the world’s most recorded chamber orchestra, the Ealing based English Chamber Orchestra, who perform with renowned pianist Emilie Capulet in a stylish rendition of Schubert's Trout Quintet in the venerable and very beautiful St Mary's Church on 10 February 2016.

The English Chamber Orchestra can be heard performing a full programme the following evening, which includes Barber’s intense Adagio (used in the film Gallipoli) and features Egypt’s foremost classical artist, pianist Ramzi Yassa.

The Ealing Youth Orchestra will play Sibelius’ ever-popular overture Finlandia and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at An Exhibition in its 1922 orchestration by Maurice Ravel, with a rare performance of William Walton’s grand oratorio Belshazzar’s Feast, joined by a hundred singers from the London Oriana Choir and the London College of Music Chorus. EYO players have been coached by top professionals from the English Chamber Orchestra, who will also perform at the concert.

The film programme offers a superb range of screenings with links to the area and includes short films by young directors and feature film Desire by Acton-based director Gareth Jones. There will be a double-bill screening of classic Ealing Studios films and a film by internationally acclaimed local director Gurinder Chadha presented in partnership with the Ealing Classic Cinema Club.

The festival features a vast range of music including boogie pianist Ben Walters and blues guitarist Ramon Goose performing at renowned Ealing venue The Red Room, where so many international artists – including the Rolling Stones – started their careers.

All this and much more can be enjoyed at The Ealing Music & Film Festival.

For more information and the full programme, visit www.ealingmusicandfilmfestival.org.

Julian Gallant, the Artistic Director of the Festival said: "As we enter our fourth year we realise once again just how much talent there is in Ealing. Our Festival reflects this, and our aim is to develop that talent in younger generations of musicians and filmmakers."

As before, the Festival has been organised by an independent Charitable Trust of the same name, specially set up by a group of local residents and patron Angie Bray, and it is being supported by more than 20 local organisations and businesses including Ealing Council and the University of West London.

Patrick Chapman, Chairman of the Trust, said: "This is our fourth festival and we are focusing on Ealing’s traditional film and music strengths. A great programme which we trust will appeal to everyone – we certainly look for their support so that we can continue in turn to support young performers in Ealing through our charitable bursaries."