Rachel Portman is scheduled for a performance at the London Soundtrack Festival on Sunday April 12th 2026 18:30 CET at the Cadogan Hall. At the event titled 'Beyond The Screen' she will reflect on her career so far with Gill Graham, her long-time friend and publisher, and together with Niklas Liepe on violin and Nils Liepe on piano perform suites and themes from her much-loved catalogue of film scores, including The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Never Let Me Go, Emma and more.
Tickets are available here: Cadogan Hall
On Tuesday December 16th 2025 Rachel Portman will join Antonia Quirke on BBC 3 radio show 'The Essay', broadcast at 21:45 GMT. Antonia Quirke speaks to composers who've scored original music for Austen adaptations about their musical choices and also about the music Austen enjoyed. Rachel Portman is invited to speak about her award-winning score for the 1996 film 'Emma'.
On the 7th of November 2025 Sony Classical released the single "Epilogue" through streaming media. The 4 minute track, a reflective composition for piano and violin played by Rachel Portman and Niklas Liepe, is the closing part of the "Tipping Points" violin concerto released in 2024. On release of the single Rachel Portman commented "Excited to share my new single Epilogue, a call to arms for our forests, with sublime violin playing by Niklas Liepe".
The new single is the 6th in a series of singles published in 2025, all songs are planned for release on an upcoming album in 2026, in collaboration with instrumentalists Niklas Liepe and Martin Fröst.
On the 3rd of September 2025 soprano Alexandra Marie performed a program featuring works by women composers, spanning from the early twentieth century to the present. Part of this performance at the Southwest Regional Library-Pembroke Pines included a song by Rachel Portman titled 'There Will Be A Place', a composition that premiered in London on the 20th of January 2024 at a performance by soprano Lucy Crowe and pianist Anna Tilbrook. A recording of the performance by Alexandra Marie can be viewed here.
On the 5th of September 2025 Sony Classical released the single "The Swallow" through streaming media. The 3:33 minute track is a reflective composition for piano and violin, and is played by Rachel Portman and Niklas Liepe. On release Rachel Portman commented "Every year I feel moved to see the first swallow arrive at the farm after its long arduous flight from sub-Saharan Africa. This song is written for the first swallow, chattering outside my window, waiting on the telegraph wire for a fellow one to join".
The new single is the fifth in a series of singles published in 2025, after "Hannah's Song" (February 28th), "Eventide" (April 10th), "Moment In Time" (May 16th) and "June" (June 27th). All songs are planned for release on a new upcoming album in 2026, in collaboration with instrumentalists Niklas Liepe and Martin Fröst.