Kings Place produces a bold night of unexpected encounters, celebrating memory, music and connection for the opening of Memory Unwrapped 2026. Join Festival Voices, Olivia Chaney, 2Fox, Ristband Studios and more for a night to remember.
Music and memory meet in this kaleidoscopic programme as father and daughter Brett Dean and Lotte Betts-Dean invite Aurora into an intimate collaboration shaped by a lifetime of shared musical moments.
A valedictory masterpiece, a study of memory and a transcendental concert experience: Morton Feldman's 4-hour tribute to his estranged friend Philip Guston is one of the most extraordinary and moving musical memorials ever composed.
IGF’s Young Artist Platform (YAP) helps young musicians in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the start of a professional career. The Platform provides much needed performance opportunities as well as a comprehensive training programme. A unique feature is the chance to work with a composer and premiere a new work commissioned especially by IGF.
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The award-winning Astatine Trio, BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists for 2025-27, presents a programme juxtaposing the Second World War-inspired darkness of Weinberg’s Piano Trio with the radiant optimism of Beethoven's great ‘Archduke’ Trio.
The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition presents a celebratory evening of music from current competition winner Manami Suzuki alongside a pre-concert talk exploring 'Pianomania' with special guests Noriko Ogawa, Sean Rafferty and Alistair McGowan.
The two-time Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet is recognized and acclaimed as one of the most versatile and outstanding ensembles of the moment. A true quartet for modern times, at this performance they glide through classical and contemporary repertoire as one of the world’s most innovative and respected ensembles, playing Mendelssohn, Gabriela Ortiz and George Crumb.
Presenting the cantata ‘Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit’, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment begin the new year with vigorous resolve in this first Bach, the Universe and Everything of 2026. Meanwhile, Hannah Wakeford shows us what measuring the atmosphere of exoplanets in far away galaxies can can reveal about our own solar system.
A gala world premiere of a unique and moving show. ‘Daughters of Persia’ is a celebration of one of the great cultures of the world, told through the stories of its extraordinary women. With a script by William Nicholson, distinguished musicians Margaret Fingerhut (piano), Bradley Creswick (violin) and Guy Johnston (cello), join forces with a special guest star narrator.
A revelatory evening of rhythm, resonance, and remembrance, led by the trailblazing Colin Currie Quartet. Featuring powerful works for percussion by some of contemporary music’s most inventive voices.
Experience a richly woven journey through folk-inspired music with Kings Place Resident String Quartet, the Piatti Quartet, as traditional melodies, inherited songs, and communal memories spring to life through the intimate sonority of strings.
Step into the spirit of a 19th-century musical salon with Matilda Lloyd and the Goldmund Quartet - a space where music meets conversation and every note tells a story.
Grammy-nominated ensemble Neave Trio invite you on an intimate journey through memory, love, and loss in this deeply expressive programme of Romantic piano trios, after their release of their album of the same title in 2022.
Grammy-nominated ensemble Neave Trio bring their dynamic artistry to this electrifying programme, blending the sultry passion of tango with vibrant contemporary colour.
The first in a concert series celebrating the Brodsky Quartet’s longstanding relationship with Kings Place, featuring a genre-spanning programme and their electrifying collaboration with the legendary Sir Willard White.
A trio of composer-performer-improvisers, miré invite you into their world with a shadowy and mesmerising yet playful and virtuosic programme of music from their forthcoming EP.
This celebrated biennial concert shines a spotlight on the brilliance and versatility of brass chamber music. Bringing together the finest brass ensembles from the eight major UK music colleges.
Keval Shah and Jess Dandy give the London premiere of their highly-acclaimed show ‘Eternity In An Hour’, threading Indian and European cultures through music, poetry and philosophy.
The 8th season of Bach, the Universe and Everything continues with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenments performance of ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan’ – a remarkable cantata that appears to have been performed at an unspecified special occasion in Leipzig in 1734 (we’ll hear another such work at March’s event).
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto and musicians of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra bring their new album 'Willows' to the stage - a quietly radical programme featuring Vaughan Williams’ 'The Lark Ascending', Ellen Reid’s 'Desiderium', Caroline Shaw’s 'Plan & Elevation', and songs by Sam Amidon arranged by Nico Muhly. A concert of remembrance, renewal, and musical storytelling.
Enjoy a performance from acclaimed soprano Chen Reiss intermingled with a dicussion of the Vienna of Mahler and Freud in this special event from Jewish Book Week.
Alice Coote and Julius Drake bring together iconic songs from classical and popular culture, from past to present, in a relaxed yet rebellious programme that suggests great music, however defined, belongs on any stage.
A colourful programme celebrating musical links between cultures, whether the rhapsodic 3rd violin sonata by Enescu and its Romanian folk roots, or Beethoven's monumental Kreutzer Sonata which inspired Janacek's string quartet.
As part of Memory Unwrapped and Steve Reich’s 90th celebrations, the Solem Quartet perform Reich’s Different Trains, joined by Alice Zawadzki for her own songs, alongside music by visionary Kate Bush in a uniquely modern dialogue.
Aurora Orchestra’s Principal Players bring together three masterpieces of chamber music, each alive with the memory of a time long past.
As part of Memory Unwrapped and Kings Place’s celebration of Steve Reich at 90, Phaedra Ensemble’s Slow Changeexplores memory and transformation through Reich’s minimalism, Coltrane’s Africa, and the UK premiere of Thorvaldsdottir’s Enigma.
This season of Sunday morning celestial adventures with Bach, the Universe and Everything closes with very special finale featuring one of Bach’s most monumental cantatas, while a talk by Emily Akkermans marks the 250th anniversary of the death of one of Britain’s most phenomenal Enlightenment minds, John Harrison.
What is it about the music of Spanish Renaissance master Tomás Luis de Victoria that lifts it above other composers? He seems - inexplicably – just to weave from better quality cloth. In the first few bars of ‘Alma Redemptoris mater’, you palbably feel the difference. Writers talk of the spirituality of his music but what does actually mean? As a sort of musical El Greco, there seems to be something in the aural brushwork that adds depth and spice, alongside an extraordinary joy and reverence in the text.
As part of our Steve Martland, Composer-in-Focus series, Hebrides Ensemble brings together bold contemporary voices exploring nature, memory, and sound. Works by Steve Martland and Eleanor Alberga frame a new commission from Dave Maric, Shifting Baselines—a powerful reflection on shifting norms in our relationship with nature.
What are your memories about? What can you remember? Starting from Claude Debussy’s Rêverie, Hanni Liang will create a unique concert experience where your memories shape the entire performance.
The Colin Currie Group performs the music of the Steve Martland Band, unleashing the full force of Martland’s sound, epic in scale, electrifying in energy, and uncompromising in spirit.
Stevens & Pound are BBC Radio 3’s award-winning percussionist Delia Stevens ('superb' Financial Times) and triple BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year nominee, harmonica player Will Pound ('One of the world’s top harmonica players' Daily Telegraph).
Our Artists-in-Residence, GBSR Duo, team up with boundary-pushing London producer Beatrice Dillon for their first-ever collaboration.
Kings Place Quartet in Residence, the Piatti Quartet, joins internationally acclaimed pianist Noriko Ogawa for an evening shaped by reflection, passion, and musical rebirth.
An exciting survey of Steve Martland's choral works within a programme of energy and discovery.
Marking 50 years since Britten’s death, Britten Sinfonia explore his formative North American years, pairing music he wrote in Canada and the USA with works by his close friend and mentor, Aaron Copland.
Zazaki artist Ahmet Aslan creates a sound world of timeless beauty in which you can fully immerse yourself. He achieves this in part through his voice, which is robust and warm yet capable of soaring with emotional intensity, alongside his self-invented string instrument the Di-Tar, a hybrid of a classical guitar, a flamenco guitar and a bağlama.
With more than 150 recordings, 80 operatic roles and a career that has taken him to the world’s greatest concert halls, Thomas Hampson is one of the most influential baritones of our time.
I Fagiolini’s semi-staged take on Purcell's masterpiece - written when he was just 29. So much variety in a single hour: great tunes, sparkling instrumental interludes, hysterical witches, dance music and of course the great lament, 'When I am laid in earth'.
Broken sounds and broken instruments: an uncompromising portrayal of the mind. 8 Songs for a Mad King is a melodrama with a libretto based on the real-life observations of King George III.
Riot Ensemble unites three vibrant voices whose music dances between protest and poise. Martland’s Dance Works surges with raw, rhythmic energy, while Rzewski’s Coming Together and Attica transform repetition into resistance. In contrast, Lisa Streich’s Falter offers a fragile stillness — a quiet meditation on breath, fragility, and the aftermath of movement.
Recipient of the 2024 Ivor Novello Innovation Award, Gavin Bryars returns with singer Jess Walker and his Ensemble in After the Rain — hypnotic arrangements of iconic songs by Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Kurt Weill.
As part of Memory Unwrapped, the Brodsky Quartet continue their Kings Place residency with cellist Laura van der Heijden in Schubert’s String Quintet, alongside works spanning two centuries that showcase the intimate yet powerful voice of chamber music.
Olivia Chaney's deep connection to the music of Henry Purcell runs throughout her life. This show will be the London debut of material from Olivia’s new Purcell album, featuring a star-studded chamber ensemble. Come and hear a modern English songwriter at the height of her powers interpreting one of England's great composers in a refreshingly natural and contemporary way.
This is the final concert from maverick composer Graham's pan-European forest-focused 2500-mile cycle tour from Romania back to the UK. Graham has worked with communities from the Carpathian Mountains to Epping Forest collecting data and sounds from specific trees which are woven into an extraordinary work for piano and keyscanner. Join us for the culmination of this amazing multi-threaded project.
I Fagiolini live – featuring star Monteverdi singers, following the group’s new recording of this iconic work with cornetts, sackbutts, baroque strings and more.
Flight of the Soul, featuring VOCES8 and violinist Jack Liebeck, celebrates human spirit, transcendence and the transformative power of music.
In this special concert, GBSR Duo give the World Premiere of a newly commissioned work by Sarah Davachi, presented in partnership with d&b audiotechnik’s en-space technology.
This ‘Memories’-inspired programme spans Davidson’s tropical island, Golijov’s war-torn cityscape, Bartók’s yearning for Hungary, and Dvořák’s celebration of America. A journey through euphoria, tragedy, optimism and nostalgia - it’s all here.
Get your party hats ready, something special is happening on your street! It's time to sing, dance, play games, and discover the magical sounds of orchestral instruments with Aurora Orchestra.
Inspired by Mary Jean Chan’s poetry, composer Nicola T. Chang creates a new score for CLS musicians and traditional Chinese instruments, weaving an immersive dialogue of words and music in partnership with Faber & Faber.
Artists-in-Residence, GBSR Duo join forces with close collaborator Pianist Joseph Havlat and guests for a charged evening in our Composer-in-Focus, Steve Martland series.
For thousands of years the Psalms have been sung and remembered – words of sorrow, joy and hope that have travelled across generations and cultures. Aurora Orchestra’s latest collaboration with the BBC Singers brings together three composers.