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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.
Venture into an immersive odyssey at a multisensory, mixed-reality concert charting world-renowned pianist Yuja Wang’s personal and artistic journey.
A joyful musical journey, where tradition and spirituality meet future ancestors and sonic rituals.
A live podcast event featuring an eight-piece chamber choir, that showcases a whistlestop tour through the history of Western Classical Music.
A deeply relaxing and uplifting sound healing and lying down classical concert experience.
Leeds-based pianist and composer Simeon Walker is a versatile and prolific artist who has quickly established himself as a leading voice in the contemporary modern classical scene.
Online coffee chat for composers and musicians.
This short, comedic opera is set and performed in an office.
Join Electric Voice Theatre at Conway Hall for a special 20th Bloomsbury Festival singing celebration of Crystallographer Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971) – the first female professor at UCL and the first female Fellow of the Royal Society.
What if music and movement could grow, compost, and bloom again like a garden?
This Tasting Notes takes a trip to South Africa, one of the newer and most popular wine producers.
Founded to champion gender equity within classical and contemporary music, EMPOWER creates opportunities for women composers and performers while engaging audiences with diverse and underrepresented repertoire.
Contemporary music magazine PRXLUDES presents a night of music, conversations, and gatherings, celebrating today's most cutting-edge composers.
Versatile and prolific Leeds-based pianist & composer Simeon Walker has quickly emerged as a leading light in the burgeoning modern classical scene.
Grammy Award winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre presents his newest electro-choral work.
Totally relaxed and friendly environment to share something you are working on, have completed or something original/improvised.
An intimate listening experience created and led by Eric Whitacre.
This short, comedic opera is set and performed in an office.
Leeds-based pianist and composer Simeon Walker brings together contemporary classical, jazz and ambient influences in music that is intimate, atmospheric and quietly immersive.
London's leading vocal ensemble, MOSAIC, are joined by three ground-breaking independent artist in an evening of unforgettable music at The Sherriff Centre.
A cellist, pianist and choir are joined by solo dancers from The Royal Ballet in a candlelit experience where music and movement are intertwined.
A unique day celebrating the viola through performances, masterclasses, talks, maker events, listening experiences and new music.
Choose-your-own-adventure meets classical song!
A concert of soaring choral music in 40 parts.
This special evening concert celebrates the viola’s future and rediscovered past.
Harpsichordist and artistic director Katarzyna Kowalik presents the world premiere of Meditations for Harpsichord – an innovative project exploring the meeting point of music, mindfulness, and contemporary creation.
Music inspired by ancient Greek mythology, interspersed with witty commentary from “reformed comedian” Natalie Haynes.
Step into the dazzling, defiant world of the iconic Joséphine Baker, as soprano Julia Bullock brings her voice, spirit and story vividly to life in this powerful, genre-crossing performance.
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.
Music inspired by ancient Greek mythology, interspersed with witty commentary from “reformed comedian” Natalie Haynes.
A concert of soaring choral music in 40 parts.
Music inspired by ancient Greek mythology, interspersed with witty commentary from “reformed comedian” Natalie Haynes.
This short, comedic opera is set and performed in an office.
The first UK edition of George Lewis’s Afrodiasporic Incubator project, curated by vocalist and composer Elaine Mitchener, presented by the Barbican and Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
This short, comedic opera is set and performed in an office.
Award-winning composer and electronic artist Hannah Peel collaborates with virtuosic percussionist Beibei Wang to create an immersive cycle of sound, in tune with the rhythms of nature and human life.
Royal Northern Sinfonia brings a riot of baroque colour, character and storytelling down the East Coast Mainline for their Kings Place debut.
Experience live classical music as you've never imagined it in Britten Sinfonia's spectacular, immersive and welcoming concert format.
Social media is often a necessary part of life for musicians, being key for promotion, networking and connection.
Experience live classical music as you've never imagined it in Britten Sinfonia's spectacular, immersive and welcoming concert format.
An afternoon recital celebrating the mutual influence of music and poetry, with a programme of works for string quartet and soprano interspersed with readings.
Central London’s largest nightclub will be home to an atmospheric programme of music for choir and cello this Halloween.
A free helpline for composers every Wednesday.
Balladeste - a long term collaboration between Preetha Narayanan (violin) and Tara Franks (cello) launch their new album Imprints with a captivating immersive in-the-round performance, joined by some very special guests.
The multi-talented musical friends come together under the name Council to welcome us for an intimate evening of original songs, chamber and folk music.
Surrender to the pianist, composer and vocalist’s hypnotic music at an acoustic recital with new compositions.
Online coffee chat for composers and musicians.
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.
Anna Lapwood is one of the UK’s most dynamic ambassadors for classical music.
The saxophonist, rapper and composer Soweto Kinch revisits the trilogy of works he has created with LSO since 2019, with music from The Black Peril, White Juju and Soundtrack to the Apocalypse.
Experience live classical music as you've never imagined it in Britten Sinfonia's spectacular, immersive and welcoming concert format.
Online coffee chat for composers and musicians.
Artist Jérémie Queyras’ works have been exhibited in London, Paris, New York, Shanghai, Basel, Barcelona, and Vienna, and most recently, his portrait of Angela Merkel is on display in Berlin.
Anna Lapwood is one of the UK’s most dynamic ambassadors for classical music.
Change is something that can happen in any career and being a musician is no exception.
Anna Lapwood is one of the UK’s most dynamic ambassadors for classical music.
Experience live classical music as you've never imagined it in Britten Sinfonia's spectacular, immersive and welcoming concert format.
Bach’s Brandenburgs in a whole new light, as live digital projections fill the walls as the music plays.
A unique immersive performance of Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians’.
Experience live classical music as you've never imagined it in Britten Sinfonia's spectacular, immersive and welcoming concert format.
What if the concert was watching you back? In Last Show, German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf turns the auditorium into a live social experiment.
Beautiful live contemporary piano with Matthew Mayer, Ciana O'Muireadhaigh and Benjamin Cook.
A free helpline for composers every Wednesday.
Expect the unexpected. This concert reimagines familiar favourites through surprising instrumental combinations.
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.
Online coffee chat for composers and musicians.
Down, down the rabbit hole we go into a magical wonderland, where Lewis Carroll’s classic adventures are reimagined through breathtaking acrobatics.
A dazzling Christmas show from our world-class Brass Ensemble and award winning choirs.
Welcome the New Year with a programme that moves from hushed expectancy to radiant celebration.
Manchester Collective celebrates Philip Glass alongside contemporary voices, marking his continuing influence across today’s musical landscape.
Following the recent celebrations of their 40th anniversary, Fretwork continue to bear out their unrivalled reputation for innovative programming of music for viol consort.
Travel to the southwestern French region of Bordeaux for this Tasting Notes.
Head to Italy – the world’s largest wine producer – for this Tasting Notes.
Two acclaimed artists from two musical cultures fuse their styles.
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet: on the eve of World Homeless Day, SANSARA performs Gavin Bryars’s ultimate outsider classic.
A joyful musical journey, where tradition and spirituality meet future ancestors and sonic rituals.
Halo meets Howells and BioShock Infinite encounters Arvo Pärt, as London Voices explores the fantastic world where choral music meets video gaming.
A joyful musical journey, where tradition and spirituality meet future ancestors and sonic rituals.
A new mystery opera by Nwando Ebizie.
A free helpline for composers every Wednesday.
Join Manchester Collective, percussionist extraordinaire Sidiki Dembélé and his band for folksong and storytelling from Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal.
Join pianists and composers Steve Luck and Simeon Walker for an intimate evening of original piano music in Steve's studio.
Three new experimental early music performances interspersed with audience feedback sessions.
A unique immersive performance of Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians’.
LSO Jerwood Composer+ Euchar Gravina returns to curate a contemporary chamber music event that explores memory through location.
Hear the spirit of Anish Kapoor’s dramatic artworks through stirring French horn performances live inside the gallery, composed in response to the sculptures.
Totally relaxed and friendly environment to share something you are working on, have completed or something original/improvised.
A new mystery opera by Nwando Ebizie.
A joyful musical journey, where tradition and spirituality meet future ancestors and sonic rituals.
An informal early music open mic and jam session.
Get under the skin of Mozart’s last symphony.
What kind of sector are we building for parents and carers?
Leeds-based pianist and composer Simeon Walker is a versatile and prolific artist who has quickly established himself as a leading voice in the contemporary modern classical scene.
Join Red Note Ensemble for an evening of bold, unpredictable, and never-before-heard music.
Online coffee chat for composers and musicians.
Hearing health is essential for musicians, and protecting our ears is key to maintaining both performance and long-term wellbeing.
Beautiful live contemporary piano with Gwenno Morgan, Ô Lake and Matias Dal Pos.
Leeds-based pianist and composer Simeon Walker is a versatile and prolific artist who has quickly established himself as a leading voice in the contemporary modern classical scene.
Step into the shimmering soundworld of the architect of minimalism, US composer Steve Reich, with the London Sinfonietta and Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood.
At Victoria Baths, experience a bird’s-eye view of the performance as the choir sings in and around the magnificent empty swimming pool.
A unique immersive performance of Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians’.
Catch the Carducci, Ligeti and Solem Quartets in a rare fully live performance of Reich’s energetic Triple Quartet, alongside Different Trains and WTC 9/11.
Dive in to a choral exploration of our relationship with water, reflecting both its immense power and its moments of profound stillness.
Experience DEBUT's flagship secret concert at the magical Shoreditch Treehouse, a hidden gem nestled in the heart of Shoreditch, with a Steinway Concert Grand piano under a canopy of twinkling fairy lights.
