Caught in the Act of Creation
Interview
Nothing can capture the excitement of an artist in full flight. Sebastian Scotney talks to three masters of improvisation: classical…
Join Paul Smith, co-founder of VOCES8, who will be leading an inspiring and uplifting choral music workshop exploring a beautiful collection of choral music.
Asian Arts Agency Presents an evening with the Sitar Maestro of Global Acclaim, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, who is regarded as one of the finest Indian classical musicians in the world.
London Piano Festival co-founder Katya Apekisheva plays Shostakovich’s complete set of preludes, and internationally renowned pianist Noriko Ogawa performs Debussy’s Book I of 24 Préludes.
A special concert to honour the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams from the fast-rising Carice Singers and conductor George Parris.
VOCES8 and star violinist Jack Liebeck come together with strings for this special concert on the theme of birds and landscape, featuring music by Ola Gjeilo, Samuel Barber, Vaughan Williams and many more.
A deep listening event at Spiritland King's Cross bringing a together a new wave of artists with field recording at the heart of their work, coinciding with the release of Fieldwave on Nonclassical.
Margarita Escarpa is one of the world’s leading classical guitarists. Margarita won various national and international prizes including the prestigious ‘20th Solo Guitar Competition’ of the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA).
This summer, the world’s greatest guitarists will gather in the heart of London for a four-day festival and summer school – offering concerts, masterclasses and lectures.
This summer, the world’s greatest guitarists will gather in the heart of London for a four-day festival and summer school – offering concerts, masterclasses and lectures.
This summer, the world’s greatest guitarists will gather in the heart of London for a four-day festival and summer school – offering concerts, masterclasses and lectures.
This summer, the world’s greatest guitarists will gather in the heart of London for a four-day festival and summer school – offering concerts, masterclasses and lectures.
This summer, the world’s greatest guitarists will gather in the heart of London for a four-day festival and summer school – offering concerts, masterclasses and lectures.
The members of the VIDA Guitar Quartet are excellent, friendly and patient teachers. Mark Ashford, Amanda Cook, Mark Eden, Christopher Stell teach at various UK conservatoires around the UK.
The Feinstein Ensemble joins forces with the London Bach Singers under the direction of Martin Feinstein for the most brilliantly orchestrated of his Easter Oratorios.
An evening of sacred and secular music by four of Estonia’s greatest composers, Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Cyrillus Kreek and Toivo Tulev.
The strings of the Northern Chords Festival Orchestra present a concert of British classics.
Aurora Orchestra welcomes Voices Unwrapped Artist-in-Focus Roderick Williams for a special concert of journeys: from darkness to light, joy to sorrow, and regret to redemption.
Nothing can capture the excitement of an artist in full flight. Sebastian Scotney talks to three masters of improvisation: classical…
American composer and co-founder of the innovative ensemble Bang on a Can Julia Wolfe shares her key musical influences with Helen…
Kevin Le Gendre traces the story of black music in London from the Roman army to Tomorrow’s Warriors.
Diego Pellecchia, Associate Professor at Kyoto Sangyō University, introduces one of the oldest extant theatrical forms in the world.
Thomas Gould is no ordinary violinist: he’s a concerto soloist, orchestral leader, swing-band player and jazz improviser. This season he…
As our year-round celebration of women composers continues, we’ve been interviewing some of the stars of the Venus Unwrapped series.…
Peggy Seeger recalls her mother, avant garde composer and folk music arranger Ruth Crawford Seeger, who she will be honouring…
Cellist Matthew Barley returns to Kings Place this June with a sumptuous programme inspired by Brazilian jazz greats. He tells…
Terri Lyne Carrington discusses Nina Simone’s Black Gold.
Federico Colli is a favourite pianist among British music lovers and was a 2018 recipient of the UK Critics’ Circle…
Tansy Davies goes deeper than most composers dare to do and emerges with music of clarity and hope. Amanda Holloway…
Legendary folk singer, song writer and activist Peggy Seeger recalls her mother, composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, in a special event…
As part of Beethoven 250, the Brodsky Quartet pair a single late string quartet with a short work in each…
Our Nature Unwrapped 2020 programme opened last week with a spectacular series of events and performances from Theatre of Voices, Brian Cox,…
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Kings Place – the story behind the sound Background Kings Place is the first modern purpose built recital hall to be built in London. With limited precedent in the UK, Arup went with the client, Parabola Land Limited, and architect, Dixon Jones, to Japan, where a number of small halls have been built in the last 20 years. This helped to consolidate what the team wanted from the new venue - a space with excellent acoustics for a wide range of…
The London Sinfonietta is one of the world’s leading contemporary classical ensembles, with a core of 18 Principal Players. Its mission is to place the best new music at the heart of today’s culture; engaging and challenging the public through inspiring performances of the highest standard, and taking risks to develop new work and talent. Founded in 1968, the London Sinfonietta celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2018, and with it, a rich musical history that has seen it commission over…
The London Chamber Music Society boasts a proud history of Victorian music making in London and with the regular Sunday Concerts that developed at South Place and then the Conway Hall from the 1920s. The LCMS continues that rich legacy at Kings Place, its home from 2008, with London Chamber Music Sundays- a diverse annual season of high-quality classical chamber music, ranging from duos and trios to chamber orchestras, coming from the UK, Europe and beyond. Many of Britain’s most celebrated ensembles have…
In collaboration with our resident Aurora Orchestra, Kings Place presents imaginative, immersive events for local primary-school children, and children with special needs, in Camden and Islington. Multi-sensory storytelling concerts, Far, Far Away, introduce the very young to classical music. Immersed workshops are built around Aurora’s unique memorised performances, where musicians perform without sheet music, stands or chairs. Children have the rare chance to experience music in the midst of the orchestra – up close to the musicians and instruments. In…