IGF's Young Artist Platform (YAP) aims to help young musicians in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the concert platform.
David Russell is one of the giants of classical guitar today; this is a rare chance to see the world’s foremost classical guitarist in concert in the UK.
IGF's Young Artist Platform (YAP) aims to help young musicians in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the concert platform.
The award-winning ORA Singers present the Young Composers’ Showcase, featuring 10 brand new pieces written by the next generation of composers. Since March 2025, the Young Composers have benefitted from free mentoring with professional composers, and have had their ideas workshopped by ORA Singers. Hear their completed pieces alongside a panel of industry experts, and VOTE for your favourite piece.
Manchester Camerata and violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen join forces once again to perform the London Premiere of Nick Martin’s Violin Concerto, which serves as a love letter to British Artist and Sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth. This hour-long performance presents the new work alongside music of Mozart, Britten and Priaulx Rainier, celebrating themes of youth and connection to Hepworth herself.
Dynamic and genre-defying, Phaedra Ensemble showcases the original pairing of Shaker Loops and Phrygian Gates, with pianist Ben Smith, alongside works by Meredith Monk and Gabriella Smith.
RNS Moves brings together disabled and non-disabled musicians to create bold, boundary-breaking music. This performance weaves Renaissance choral music, contemporary minimalism, and modern experimental works – from Thomas Tallis to Philip Glass to Caroline Shaw – into a compelling journey across time, brought to life by an ensemble redefining what orchestral music can be.
Welcome to the Alps! Join Aurora and soprano Mary Bevan on a mountain journey in the third concert of Aurora’s year-long exploration of Mahler’s music.
Join us for an illuminating pre-concert discussion with composers Elena Langer and Cheryl Frances-Hoad, hosted by classical music podcaster and radio producer, Ella Lee.
London Piano Festival curators, Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva open the 2025 festival with Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons and Schumann’s Carnaval.
Celebrated Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter makes her Kings Place debut with a compelling programme of musical masterpieces by Beethoven and Chopin.
Step into a world of musical storytelling with two beloved tales brought to life on the piano.
Sir Stephen Hough offers us his fascinating slant on the masterclass format. Stephen will ‘go behind the scenes’ with a group of pianists from the London conservatoires and beyond, generously sharing his pianistic knowledge and practise tips.
The much-loved Two Piano Gala, always a highlight of the London Piano Festival, returns with a star-studded team of pianists celebrating virtuosity, creativity and friendship.
Join Mishka Rushdie Momen for a spellbinding Sunday morning recital from her acclaimed album Reformation, exploring the rich sound world of Renaissance repertoire.
A special opportunity to encounter the renowned BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg in conversation with author and BBC Radio 3 presenter, Petroc Trelawny.
Jazz legends Julian Joseph and Zoe Rahman headline an electrifying evening celebrating the future of jazz. This concert shines a spotlight on the next generation of rising stars, showcasing their creativity, energy, and passion.
Apollo's Cabinet is an award-winning early music ensemble known for their imaginative and theatrical approach to early music. The Elements reflects the group's passion for using early music to speak to contemporary issues; music that expresses wonder and awe still resonates in this time of environmental crisis.
A powerful panel discussion exploring the lived experiences of Black and global majority women working within the classical music industry today. A part of Classically Black 2025.
Explore the shifting boundaries of classical music in this dynamic session featuring bold new works and genre-defying performances. A part of Classically Black 2025.
Experience the future of classical music as rising stars take the spotlight. This inspiring performance showcases talented artists from underrepresented backgrounds, each bringing a bold, fresh perspective to the genre. A part of Classically Black 2025
Award-winning ensemble The Hermes Experiment launch their third album 'TREE'.
IGF's Young Artists Platform (YAP) helps young artists in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the start of a professional career. The Platform provides much needed concert 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.
Ana Vidovic’s extraordinary talents have established her among the elite musicians of the world. She is known for her beautiful tone, precise technique, well-defined phrasing and thoughtful artistry and musicianship.
The first cantata of the season sets us on the well-trodden trajectory from forgiveness to hope. ‘Wo soll ich fliehen hin’ displays Bach’s fondness for symmetrical structures.
IGF's Young Artists Platform (YAP) helps young artists in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the start of a professional career. The Platform provides much needed concert 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.
Vladislav Bláha and Tania Drobysh play a programme including works by Antonio Vivaldi, Niccolo Paganini, Nikita Koshkin, Claude Debussy and Manuel de Falla.
Pianist Eden Agranat Meged presents a programme featuring some of his favourite works. While each work stands on its own, the juxtaposition of the different pieces uncovers fascinating connections between them, casting a different light on the music - it’s not always what it seems at first glance.
Enhanced by the use of the Kings Place d&b Soundscape system and performed in-the-round, The House of Bedlam present two contrasting works by British composer Larry Groves and American electronic pioneer, Pauline Oliveros.
Experience choral brilliance and rhythmic mastery in this exceptional performance from Colin Currie & The King's Singers, set in the intimate and acoustically rich surroundings of Hall One
Join VOCES8, The VOCES8 Scholars, Carducci Quartet and pianist Christopher Glynn for an evening paying tribute to bird species driven to extinction by humankind, through Christopher Tin’s work 'The Lost Birds'.
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Climb every mountain! Paddle in the stream, explore echoes across the valley and meet some friends along the way in Aurora’s latest adventure in the Far, Far Away Early Years series, part of Kings Place’s Earth Unwrapped series.
Praised for their passionate and vivid performances, the Regency Quartet is a prize-winning string quartet based in London, who most recently won the 2025 Royal Over-Seas League String Ensembles Prize.
Climb every mountain! Paddle in the stream, explore echoes across the valley and meet some friends along the way in Aurora’s latest adventure in the Far, Far Away Early Years series, part of Kings Place’s Earth Unwrapped series.
Join Solem Quartet at Kings Place for an evening of music which asks us to contemplate, or perhaps mourn Earth’s current condition, whilst reminding us of its natural aural beauty.
This month’s cantata is the first of two composed in late 1715 for the court in Weimar – where Bach compiled the Brandenburg Concertos.
Zubin Kanga performs the London premiere of Answer Machine Tape, 1987, a major work for piano and multimedia by Philip Venables, created in collaboration with dramatist Ted Huffman. It focuses on visual artist David Wojnarowicz, whose answering machine tape becomes a window onto the 1980s New York art scene, its queer community, and the devastating effects of the AIDS crisis.
Climb every mountain! Paddle in the stream, explore echoes across the valley and meet some friends along the way in Aurora’s latest adventure in the Far, Far Away Early Years series, part of Kings Place’s Earth Unwrapped series.
Climb every mountain! Join Aurora on its latest adventure in an adaptation of its new 'Far, Far Away' show for a grown-up evening out.
An alchemic and typically Fagiolini-esque mix of choral music and spoken word for Christmas.
Join Nicolas Altstaedt and The Carice Singers for an evening of new works by Josephine Stevenson and Raquel García-Tomás, music compositions that questions our true connection with Earth and its vulnerable state.
We return to Weimar in December 1715 where, praise be, music was allowed during advent unlike Leipzig.
The cantata ‘Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit’ begins the new year with vigorous resolve. Inspired by the story of the faithful centurion it was composed in 1725 in Leipzig for the third Sunday after Advent.
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.
‘Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan’ is 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).
A very special season finale of Bach, the Universe and Everything features one of Bach’s most monumental cantatas and marks the 250th anniversary of the death of one of Britain’s most phenomenal Enlightenment minds.
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.
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).
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'.