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Your guide to the best classical, new and experimental music concerts happening around the UK, as well as arts networking events and meet-ups, musical plays, training opportunities, and anything else that looks interesting. Join our mailing list to receive updates.
It's January 1999. George Coleridge-Taylor, retired Sierra Leonean diplomat, finds himself trapped in Fourah Bay College when the civil war that has been ravaging the country reaches Freetown.
TERRA MATER explores the enduring figure of the sacred feminine as protector, guide and source of life.
Jess Bull Anderson finds her creative practise at the intersection of contemporary classical and free jazz.
This performance celebrates the shared creative energy that unites Baroque musicians and contemporary improvisers.
Join Estonian pianist and composer Alexander Motovilov for his UK debut, an intimate evening of piano music shaped by nostalgia, storytelling, and cinematic melody.
Nederlands Kamerkoor bring to the Barbican their urgent new project Forgotten – a moving musical and theatrical exploration of living with dementia.
A play with music by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated BBC director, Nicholas Renton (Mrs Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters, Musketeers, Lewis).
Intimate and site-specific concert where original classical contemporary music meets the hidden gems in the city.
A programme shaped by collaboration, conversation and the creative freedom that emerges beyond the rehearsal room.
A free helpline for composers every Wednesday.
3in1’ is a unique collaboration between Parnassus and the artist Jérémie Queyras in a performance of three cantatas, all based on Martin Luther’s hymn Christ Lag in Todes Banden by Pachelbel, Kuhnau and JS Bach – each accompanied by literary and visual artistic responses.
Tasmin Sarkany plays Amelia Crotchet, a classical musician in a double act with her violin.
A play with music by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated BBC director, Nicholas Renton (Mrs Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters, Musketeers, Lewis).
Curated By… places audiences at the heart of a composer’s creative world, and in this opening edition Ben Nobuto offers an intimate window into the sounds and ideas that shape his imagination.
Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, which celebrates the 400 year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers.
Live contemporary piano with modern classical composers. Beautiful music in an intimate and informal setting.
Online coffee chat for composers and musicians.
From a young age musicians are training to be performers with regular feedback from those closest to them. This can be internalised and can lead to low self-esteem and self-doubting behaviour.
Sean Noonan is a celebrated New York speaking drummer and composer. He blends jazz rock, improvisation, and rhythmic storytelling, crafting imaginative narratives and seamlessly blending ancient traditions of wandering minstrels with contemporary musical forms.
Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, which celebrates the 400 year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers.
A free helpline for composers every Wednesday.
We Are Children (We Make Sound) is a collective of composer-performers which emerged in 2011 from composition classes at London’s ICMP.
From the 14th to 19th centuries, thousands of people all over Europe were sentenced to death for being in queer relationships.
Online coffee chat for composers and musicians.
KOGG launch their debut album Mechanista with a live multimedia performance at London's Iklectik.
The London Sinfonietta shines a light on new voices and pioneering classics, blurring the lines between performer and audience.
Enjoy the fusion of wine and music as you’re served a selection of canapés and 5 quality wines which have been thoughtfully paired with string quartets.
Recipient of the 2024 Ivor Novello Innovation award, Gavin Bryars is one of the most influential composers of our age.
An unforgettable dinner in the iconic Alexandra Palace Theatre, accompanied by an immersive performance of Mozart’s mighty Jupiter Symphony.
Mozart from memory in Aurora Orchestra’s debut gig at Bristol’s new cultural space, The Prospect Building.
A free helpline for composers every Wednesday.
Take a trip through this uplifting programme, ending with a high-energy performance of Mozart’s mighty Jupiter Symphony.
A musical trail around the glorious Durham University Botanic Garden.
Pulitzer winner Tyshawn Sorey honours Morton Feldman and the Rothko Chapel with a meditative new work exploring sound, memory, and spiritual resonance, featuring Artist in Residence Davóne Tines.
A look at the different ways performance anxiety can show up in different people.
Looking Glass brings together Adler Quartet, Ensemble Isis, conductor Alpesh Chauhan and the Augmented Orchestra to create a captivating contemporary orchestral experience.
A cross-disciplinary hub for neurodivergent researchers to explore the intersection between music and neurodivergence.
In the Belly of the Beast brings together the unique intimacy of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s baroque cantata for voice and continuo with a completely contemporary theatrical approach.
In the Belly of the Beast brings together the unique intimacy of Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s baroque cantata for voice and continuo with a completely contemporary theatrical approach.
Embrace a bold and colourful sound-world as Manchester Collective brings to life work by titans in contemporary experimental music, including Meredith Monk.
As part of The Black Lights festival, BBC Philharmonic will perform in Blackpool for the first time in 8 years with a world premiere presentation of a new commission from Mica Levi alongside works from Oliver Leith, Terry Riley and John Adams.
Ten years on from one of the defining political events of the 21st century – the referendum that sparked the UK’s decision to depart from the European Union – three new commissions reflect on what it means to be European today.
A bold contemporary programme including a world premiere.
This performance celebrates the shared creative energy that unites Baroque musicians and contemporary improvisers.
Rising chamber music star Violetta Suvini brings together three of the most creative, bold and thoughtful composers working today for a series of new works for strings and electronics.
Grab a drink, sit, stand, or lie back and get lost in the magical interplay of sound and light.
An afternoon programme full of colour, energy and joy from the magnetic saxophonist Jess Gillam.
Join us for a relaxed, multi-sensory concert experience.
Viral sensation and Britain's favourite teacher James B Partridge is heading back on the road.
A unique immersive performance of Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians’.
A uniquely serene and escapist concert for the night hours.
Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto joins forces with Aurora Orchestra, bringing his folk-inspired interpretation of Vivaldi’s greatest nature-inspired work: The Four Seasons.
Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto joins forces with Aurora Orchestra for two of classical music’s greatest nature-inspired hits, with a sprinkling of Kuusisto’s signature experimental flair.
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.
Online coffee chat for composers and musicians.
Butterflies: symbols of transfiguration and the ephemeral.
TERRA MATER explores the enduring figure of the sacred feminine as protector, guide and source of life.
Tasmin Sarkany plays Amelia Crotchet, a classical musician in a double act with her violin.
TERRA MATER explores the enduring figure of the sacred feminine as protector, guide and source of life.
Witness this extraordinary theatrical concert, which celebrates the 400 year legacy of William Byrd, one of England’s finest composers.
A progressive clarinet-led project with shadow puppetry, live projections and immersive art performance.
Listeners are invited to gather around the piano - to find beauty and meaning as much in the spaces between the notes as the notes themselves.
TERRA MATER explores the enduring figure of the sacred feminine as protector, guide and source of life.
Butterflies: symbols of transfiguration and the ephemeral.
A free helpline for composers every Wednesday.
Part performance, part reflection, Papillons invites us into a world where artists respond to music through movement and composition, visual art and conversation.
Listeners are invited to gather around the piano - to find beauty and meaning as much in the spaces between the notes as the notes themselves.
Catrin Finch performs Notes to Self, a series of reflective and deeply personal new tracks she has composed for Katy, her 13 year-old-self, and her first album of solo compositions in a decade.
Music has so many different traditions, heritages, genres and geographies to offer. Tectonics offers an opportunity to bring these into the orchestral world.
Dissolving the boundaries between classical music and other artforms, Manchester Collective join forces with dance-theatre company Thick & Tight to present a searing live performance.
The Orchestral Qawwali Project joins the musicians of the RSNO and RSNO Chorus for a special one-off show.
A performance that sits somewhere between a classical concert and a rave.
Zero Wave presents a night of improvised and experimental music, featuring live performances.
Listeners are invited to gather around the piano - to find beauty and meaning as much in the spaces between the notes as the notes themselves.
Counter Chamber: beautifully curated instrumental and electronic performances in the heart of London.
Hidden Notes is a new series of intimate live music evenings set in the cosy candlelit surroundings of Sacred Grounds in Soho.
A free helpline for composers every Wednesday.
A performance that sits somewhere between a classical concert and a rave.
A play with music by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated BBC director, Nicholas Renton (Mrs Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters, Musketeers, Lewis).
Join the Jasmine Quartet for an innovative, electrifying celebration of joy as a radical action.
Moments Between represents the culmination of a 15-year journey to bridge the worlds of classical music and contemporary genres.
A play with music by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated BBC director, Nicholas Renton (Mrs Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters, Musketeers, Lewis).
Wozzeck is an opera that demands to be experienced live-and this one-off concert staging with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner promises a powerful impact.
The spirited performances of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra meets Circa’s gravity-defying acrobatics, bringing new form to Bach’s The Art of Fugue.
