Festival shortlisted for major prize
Monday, 17 September 2007
Lake District Summer Music has been shortlisted alongside Tate Liverpool and the National Football Museum in Preston for one of the region’s most prestigious awards – the Lever Prize 2008.
Noted as the third top classical music festival in the UK by The Independent recently, Lake District Summer Music promoted its 23rd International Festival and Summer School at the beginning of August. Some 10,000 festival-goers attended 55 events across 13 locations. In addition, 176 students from 19 countries attended its summer schools.
North West Business Leadership Team (NWBLT) launched the prize as an annual award for world-class arts organisations in the North West. This will be the third year of The Lever Prize. Previous winners have included Liverpool Biennial and Manchester International Festival.
The prizewinner receives a £10,000 cash prize and the opportunity to work closely with NWBLT member companies during their winning year. The Lever Prize is judged by NWBLT with support from Culture Northwest and Arts and Business North West.
The shortlist was drawn up from a large number of entries. Geoffrey Piper from the NWBLT commented that he was “delighted to have received such high quality applications from around the region. The shortlisting has been a really difficult decision.”
Andrew Lucas, LDSM Executive Organiser, commented: “We are thrilled to have received such recognition for our International Festival and Summer School. As well as celebrating excellence in the arts, The Lever Prize is also about business and cultural collaboration. This is an area we are keenly developing, with new commercial ‘products’ like our Ascent corporate hospitality and management training programmes, so the nomination could not have come at a better time in the growth of the organisation.”
The 2008 Lake District Summer Music International Festival and Summer School runs 1-17 August.
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