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Song Cycle

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Eliza Carthy belongs to a musical dynasty stretching back several generations. She reflects on her dialogue with her predecessors, and…

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Perseverance Furthers

Interview

As Vula Viel bandleader and gyil player Bex Burch tells Max Reinhardt, her latest album is a major step along…

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2024 Christmas at Kings Place

It’s that time of year where we start to think about the festive season and all it has to offer!…

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Parallel Lives

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Richard Boothby

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A Winter Welcome

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You’ll find the lights blazing and the music playing for Christmas at Kings Place

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Rolf Hind - Is it too soon to talk about all this?

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Celebrated pianist-composer Rolf Hind returns to live performance at Kings Place on Wed 7 Oct with a programme profoundly related…

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Sound Voice Project: In Conversation

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Ahead of our Sound Voice Project concert on Fri 27 May, Sound Voice artistic director/composer Hannah Conway and writer Hazel…

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15 Recommended Events

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Top Tips from the Kings Place Programme team

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Sam McShane announced as the new Artistic Director of Kings Place

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From 20 May 2024, Sam will work in partnership with Zoë Jeyes (Executive Director) and will lead on our creative…

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Brave new aura

Story

Winning BBC Young Musician 2016 propelled young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason into the public eye – a record contract and TV…

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Flight to Independence

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Christophe Coin

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Spiralling Back

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Composer Nico Muhly doesn’t buy the idea of a straight-line progression in music history, finding his creative kindling in distant…

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Your A-Z Guide to Time Unwrapped

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The tenth edition of our year-long series celebrates music as a temporal art in myriad ways. With just over a week left…

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A Dance to the Music of Time

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Performing without music has radically transformed Aurora Orchestra’s relationship to the music, to each other and to their audience. Helen…

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Reach for the Stars

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Unveiling the new Master Series at Kings Place, some of the exceptional artists involved talk to Amanda Holloway about their…

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Alexandra Dariescu

Q&A

World-class pianist Alexandra Dariescu brings her ground-breaking performance The Nutcracker and I to London Piano Festival, following its critically-acclaimed world premiere last…

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Walking the Tightrope

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Since the time of Hildegard of Bingen, every century has had its share of exceptional female composers. So why aren’t…

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Peggy Seeger Q&A

Q&A

Legendary folk singer, song writer and activist Peggy Seeger recalls her mother, composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, in a special event…

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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…

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Anna Magdalena: Bach in the Spotlight

Interview

Author and librettist Jessica Duchen retells the compelling and tragic story of Johannes Sebastian’s wife Anna Magdelena for this year’s…

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Happy Birthday Clara

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Pianist Lucy Parham celebrates the remarkable composer Clara Schumann.

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10 Fascinating Events for Jewish Book Week Super Fans

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Jewish Book Week Director Claudia Rubenstein recommends 10 events for those JBW fans who can’t get enough of the talks,…

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The courage of creativity over conflict

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Kevin Le Gendre traces the story of black music in London from the Roman army to Tomorrow’s Warriors.

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How Much Of You Is In Your Voice?

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Hannah Conway, composer and artistic director of Sound Voice, considers voice as an inextricable part of all our identities, and…

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