Welcome to “TBS”! We run chamber music concerts in Farnham with top professional musicians. All our concerts are open to the public and you can register to attend from this website. We are a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
Entrance to our concerts is FREE and our concerts are funded primarily through retiring collections and donations. We especially welcome young people and their attendance is supported by CAVATINA.
Conservatoire Concerts in Godalming, which used to be part of TBS, is now a separate charity, see conservatoireconcerts.org.uk , as is Farnham Sinfonia see www.farnhamsinfonia.org.uk
The original Tilford Bach Society, with its current Music Director Adrian Butterfield, runs the Tilford Bach Festival and is a separate charity.
Musicians: Please read: A word to our musicians
Please always check the website shortly before the concert in case of any last minute changes beyond our control.
If anyone has made a payment in error using our SumUp terminal please contact us (ciochairman@tilbach.org.uk)
and we will refund any overpayment.
2026 Future Concerts at the Spire Church
South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU
3-00 pm, Sunday 22 November
Max Mostovetski – piano
Programme
JS Bach: Partita No 4 in D major, BWV 828
Frédéric Chopin: Sonata No 3 in B Minor, Op.58
George Gershwin: Three Preludes
Max Mostovetski is a prize-winning young pianist from Leipzig, which can reasonably claim to be the musical capital of Germany with its heritage of Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann and others.
Born in 2001 in Leipzig, Max received his earliest musical inspirations from his mother, who is also a musician. Max began his piano studies at the age of five at the Musikschule Leipzig “Johann Sebastian Bach”, where Kateryna Blyum, his teacher for 14 years, opened up the world of classical music to him. Max completed his secondary school studies at the “St. Thomas School, Leipzig” — where JS Bach had led the world famous Thomanerchor — and is currently studying at the University of Music “Franz Liszt” in Weimar with Prof. Grigory Gruzman.
During this period he performed in numerous concerts and participated in various competitions. He won the “7th National Bach Competition for Young Pianists”, in Köthen (first prize); the “18th Carl-Schroeder Piano Competition” (first prize); the “German National Youth Music Competition” in the chamber music category, in Hamburg (first prize). He also successfully participated in the “Robert Schumann Youth Piano Competition” (third prize); the “Kiwanis Piano Competition” (first prize) and has been awarded multiple prizes from both the Chopin and the Mendelssohn Foundations in Leipzig.
Among Max’s most notable achievements was taking first prize at the “62nd Grotrian – Steinweg International Piano Competition”, held in Braunschweig, first prize with the highest score at the “German National Youth Music Competition” in the category piano solo and second prize at the “International Carl Maria von Weber Piano Competition” in Dresden.
Please register to attend. It helps us to plan and we can contact you in case of any last minute problems. Please note that we do not request any payments associated with registration and if you receive such a request it will be a scam and should be ignored.
Entry is free but there will be a retiring collection at each concert with a suggested minimum donation of £10-00 per adult from those who can afford it. Donations are not expected for children & students or from parents who are bringing young children. Music lovers who are unable to make a donation are still most welcome. We want to make quality music accessible to all especially to families with children who are our next generation audiences.
The following links are provided for anyone who prefers not to donate by cash at the concert or who wishes to make an additional ad hoc donation.
Donate £5 Donate £10 Donate £20 Donate £30 Donate £40 Donate £50 Donate £100
If you do not wish to use Paypal please post a cheque payable to “Tilford Bach Society CIO” to TBS, 1 Adams Drive, Fleet GU51 3DZ or make a transfer to Tilford Bach Society CIO Account at Lloyds 38264060 Sort Code 30-90-89. Please put “Farnham” in the reference box.
Please click HERE to sign a Gift Aid Form increasing the value of your gift by 25%, if you have not already done so. The forms are valid for ALL Farnham and Godalming concerts, including the Sinfonia, and need to be completed only once as they remain valid until you tell us to stop using them.
Future concerts at the Spire Church
3-00pm Sunday 22 November
Max Mostovetski – piano
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7-30pm Tuesday 15 December
Baroque Christmas Concert
2027
3-00pm Sunday 03 January
Daniel Hill – piano
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3-00pm Sunday 10 January
Reuben Anelay – trumpet & Dafydd Chapman – piano
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3-00pm Sunday 24 January
Piano Trio Bohemo
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3-00pm Sunday 7 February
Phil Hopkins – harmonica & John Lenehan – piano
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7-30pm Saturday 20 February
Matteo Cimatti – violin & Francesco Granata – piano
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3-00pm Sunday 7 March
Cristian Sandrin – piano
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4-00pm Sunday 4 April
Renata Konyicska – piano
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4-00pm Sunday 18 April
Mishka Rushdie Momen – piano
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7-30pm Saturday 24 April
Kosta Popovic – cello & Sofia Sacco – piano
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4-00pm Sunday 9 May
Daniel Hill – piano & Chameleon Wind Quartet
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7-30pm Saturday 5 June
Vida Guitar Quartet led by Amanda Cook
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Donations to support Farnham Concerts
The following links are provided for anyone who prefers not to donate by cash at the concert or who wishes to make an additional ad hoc donation.
Donate £5 Donate £10 Donate £20 Donate £30 Donate £40 Donate £50 Donate £100
If you do not wish to use Paypal please post a cheque payable to “Tilford Bach Society CIO” to TBS, 1 Adams Drive, Fleet GU51 3DZ or make a transfer to Tilford Bach Society CIO Account at Lloyds 38264060 Sort Code 30-90-89. Please put “Farnham” in the reference box.
Please click HERE to sign a Gift Aid Form increasing the value of your gift by 25%, if you have not already done so. The forms are valid for ALL Farnham and Godalming concerts, including the Sinfonia, and need to be completed only once as they remain valid until you tell us to stop using them.
Next Godalming Conservatoire Concert
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Our Next Concert at the Spire Church
Please note that PER HOUR evening parking charges have been introduced Mon-Sat in Central and South Street car parks, but not in Waggon Yard
Entry is free but there will be a retiring collection at each concert with a suggested minimum donation of £15-00 per adult from those who can afford it. Donations are not expected for children & students or from parents who are bringing young children. Music lovers who are unable to make a donation are still most welcome. We want to make quality music accessible to all especially to families with children who are our next generation audiences.
The following links are provided for anyone who prefers not to donate by cash at the concert or who wishes to make an additional ad hoc donation.
Donate £5 Donate £10 Donate £20 Donate £30 Donate £40 Donate £50 Donate £100
If you do not wish to use Paypal please post a cheque payable to “Tilford Bach Society CIO” to TBS, 1 Adams Drive, Fleet GU51 3DZ or make a transfer to Tilford Bach Society CIO Account at Lloyds 38264060 Sort Code 30-90-89. Please put “Farnham” in the reference box.
Please click HERE to sign a Gift Aid Form increasing the value of your gift by 25%, if you have not already done so. The forms are valid for ALL Farnham and Godalming concerts, including the Sinfonia, and need to be completed only once as they remain valid until you tell us to stop using them.
Major Sponsors
We are hugely grateful to our major sponsors:
