Beethoven, Our Contemporary
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As part of Beethoven 250, the Brodsky Quartet pair a single late string quartet with a short work in each…
As part of Beethoven 250, the Brodsky Quartet pair a single late string quartet with a short work in each…
What made London such fertile ground for musicians from all over the world? And what key roles did those immigrants…
Our 2019 artistic programme started last week with a spectacular performance from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, launching…
As our year-round celebration of women composers continues, we’ve been interviewing some of the stars of the Venus Unwrapped series.…
How five choirs coming to Kings Place are putting women’s contributions to choral music back on the map. By Amanda Holloway.
Our Nature Unwrapped 2020 programme opened last week with a spectacular series of events and performances from Theatre of Voices, Brian Cox,…
Swedish pianist Peter Sandberg brings his new project Midnattssol to Kings Place for the EFG London Jazz Festival. Ahead of…
From 20 May 2024, Sam will work in partnership with Zoë Jeyes (Executive Director) and will lead on our creative…
The ninth edition of our now award-winning Unwrapped series features more than 30 great cellists, from legendary masters Christophe Coin, Pieter Wispelwey,…
Composer Nico Muhly doesn’t buy the idea of a straight-line progression in music history, finding his creative kindling in distant…
September sees the opening of a new show of William Crozier’s early paintings at Piano Nobile. Julia Fischel celebrates the…
The tenth edition of our year-long series celebrates music as a temporal art in myriad ways. With just over a week left…
Miyoko Shida Rigolo is the Japanese dancer joining Hugo Ticciati to perform the extraordinary Sanddorn balance act.
Sonica Festival returns to Kings Place in April with a radical menu. Colm McAuliffe was up in Glasgow to preview…
Luminate is the new contemporary music series, opening this autumn in Hall Two. Tim Rutherford-Johnson celebrates the irrelevance of categories…
You’ll find the lights blazing and the music playing for Christmas at Kings Place
Venus Unwrapped throws a spotlight on the creative fire power of female composers, from Hildegarde of Bingen to Helen Grime,…
Isobel Colchester is Chief Executive of Poet in the City, Artistic Associate at Kings Place, which promotes live poetry events…
American composer and co-founder of the innovative ensemble Bang on a Can Julia Wolfe shares her key musical influences with Helen…
Composer Alex Mills reflects on his thought-provoking chamber opera Dear Marie Stopes which premiered at the Wellcome Collection in 2018.
As Noh Reimagined returns to Kings Place in June 2020, curator Akiko Yanagisawa reflects on the centrality of nature to…