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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.
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.
As part of Echoes Of..., a series of intimate gatherings creating space for conversation, reflection and creative exchange, join Audio Visual Ensemble (AVE) for an open rehearsal at Bold Tendencies.
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 eight years.
A programme interspersing lesser-known repertoire with fresh takes on some firm favourites.
Classical Unlocked Presents: Vulva Voce & Alexandra Whittingham.
Rhythm begins with the body in this evening of contemporary experimental music with four titans of the genre.
Three new commissions reflect on what it means to be European today.
An afternoon for artists and organisations alike to come together for open conversations and networking.
Inspired by the coffee-house culture that JS Bach enjoyed in 18th-century Leipzig, this is a new series of relaxed, intimate performances.
A bold contemporary programme including a world premiere.
Colin Currie is one of the world’s greatest percussionists and an exceptional player of Steve Reich’s music.
Join acclaimed Belgian composer and pianist Patrick Hamilton for an intimate evening of soothing piano music, inspired by color, art, and emotion.
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.
A rip-roaring parade from Paraorchestra.
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.
An immersive staged concert exploring Purcell’s life and music.
Composer and musician Mica Levi and their long-standing collaborator pianist Eliza McCarthy met 12 years ago.
To Your Ear presents an evening of new experimental music for strings, piano, electronics and objects.
Grimeborn Opera Festival continues to rip up the rulebook and create something radically new. Powerful new operas exploring the climate crisis, social injustice and women’s perspectives, sit alongside reimagined classics.
New music inspired by seminal sculptor Brâncuși at the LPO’s unmissable Debut Sounds showcase.
Drawing on contemporary minimalism, Indian classical music and English folk traditions, Balladeste create musical narratives that feel both ancient and contemporary, vibrant and contemplative.
It's camp, it's queer and cult, and it's bringing all the chaos back to Shoreditch, Summer in The Ditch returns to Shoreditch Town Hall after two successful years.
A lecture on factors shaping women guitarists' career pathways.
Join us for a relaxed, multi-sensory concert experience.
A concert where memory, story and sound collide across time and genre.
Travel through soundscapes of faith, beauty, and belonging in this thrilling choral journey with internationally acclaimed choir VOCES8.
The Miyazaki Dreams concert is an immersion in the atmosphere of the films of the world-famous Japanese director and Oscar winner Hayao Miyazaki.
The mind and body are connected and how we feel can have a direct impact on the body which includes poor mental health affecting the voice.
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason first entered the Concrete Concert Hall in the depths of the Covid-19 Lockdown in the summer of 2020.
Continuing the festival’s literature inspired theme, for this evening we have a cello recital that includes Sollima’s Hell, inspired by Dante.
Award-winning GBSR Duo (George Barton and Siwan Rhys), no strangers to the concrete concert hall, present two very different composers of a transcendental bent.
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’.
We are delighted to be working with John Warner, Founder & Artistic Director of Orchestra for the Earth, on realising this special project.
Hear Charlotte Harding’s bold re-imagining of Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
A late-night, genre-busting programme
A world exclusive collaboration between classical superstar pianist Yuja Wang and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
12 Ensemble present a double-bill of Schubert at Bold Tendencies' summer Euphoria programme.
A uniquely serene and escapist concert for the night hours.
Voices, cello and electronics coalesce into a spellbinding meditation in this new work by the composer and conductor, performed beneath Luke Jerram’s Gaia.
LSO Jerwood Composer+ Member Lisa Robertson explores our connection to birds and birdsong in music
Venture into an immersive odyssey at a multisensory, mixed-reality concert charting world-renowned pianist Yuja Wang’s personal and artistic journey.
Cutting-edge audiovisual art, visionary performances, installations and immersive experiences across iconic Glasgow venues.
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.
A unique immersive performance of Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians’.
A joyful musical journey, where tradition and spirituality meet future ancestors and sonic rituals.
LSO Jerwood Composer+ Euchar Gravina returns to curate a contemporary chamber music event that explores memory through location.
Join Manchester Collective, percussionist extraordinaire Sidiki Dembélé and his band for folksong and storytelling from Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal.
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.
A unique immersive performance of Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians’.
Shape-shifting ensemble Manchester Collective return to Aviva Studios for a tectonic journey through the elements.
Shape-shifting ensemble Manchester Collective return to Aviva Studios for a tectonic journey through the elements.
Looking Glass brings together Adler Quartet, Ensemble Isis, conductor Alpesh Chauhan and the Augmented Orchestra to create a captivating contemporary orchestral experience.
A look at the different ways performance anxiety can show up in different people.
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.
Join vocal ensemble, MOSAIC, for an afternoon of music, movement, and art to celebrate the Summer Solstice.
A musical trail around the glorious Durham University Botanic Garden.
A non-classical concert, with orchestra, actors and film, hosted in a college bar.
Strings pulse, melodies sing, and every note shimmers with the warmth of summer in light-filled venues across Scotland.
Strings pulse, melodies sing, and every note shimmers with the warmth of summer in light-filled venues across Scotland.
Take a trip through this uplifting programme, ending with a high-energy performance of Mozart’s mighty Jupiter Symphony.
Strings pulse, melodies sing, and every note shimmers with the warmth of summer in light-filled venues across Scotland.
The British vocal ensemble returns with a stellar collaboration, performing songs from their beloved repertoire and works by two renowned composers - Dan Forrest and Ola Gjeilo.
Strings pulse, melodies sing, and every note shimmers with the warmth of summer in light-filled venues across Scotland.
The programme Amores pasados takes its name from the title piece by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) on the ensemble's eponymous second album - a work setting poetry from the three great ages of Spanish literature.
In this next concert we look at how the modern concept of a Sample Library appears in older musics.
From Bruckner’s preoccupation with numbers to modern superstitions around performance, OCD has plagued musicians for centuries.
A free helpline for composers every Wednesday.
Strings pulse, melodies sing, and every note shimmers with the warmth of summer in light-filled venues across Scotland.
Mozart from memory in Aurora Orchestra’s debut gig at Bristol’s new cultural space, The Prospect Building.
An unforgettable dinner in the iconic Alexandra Palace Theatre, accompanied by an immersive performance of Mozart’s mighty Jupiter Symphony.
A free open-air concert in the heart of London
Music for solo piano in St Pancras Clock Tower.
A live musical performance tracing the emergence of dragonflies from water to air.
An exclusive showcase of Mrs T, the eagerly-awaited new opera by acclaimed composer Joseph Phibbs and historian Dominic Sandbrook.
A large-scale work for orchestra and chorus of 130 performers - a spectacular procession of sound, music and singing.
Recipient of the 2024 Ivor Novello Innovation award, Gavin Bryars is one of the most influential composers of our age.
Tasting Notes redefines the classic wine tasting experience.
The London Sinfonietta shines a light on new voices and pioneering classics, blurring the lines between performer and audience.
KOGG launch their debut album Mechanista with a live multimedia performance at London's Iklectik.
Classical Pride is an annual music festival celebrating the breadth and diversity of LGBTQ+ artists across classical music.
A symphony can be theatrical, immersive, electric. This concert brings those possibilities to life.
