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A Fine Balance

Interview

Miyoko Shida Rigolo is the Japanese dancer joining Hugo Ticciati to perform the extraordinary Sanddorn balance act.

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Reach for the Stars

Feature

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

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Venus Unwrapped Interviews

Interview

As our year-round celebration of women composers continues, we’ve been interviewing some of the stars of the Venus Unwrapped series.…

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The Wild Within

Interview

Paul Hillier, director of Theatre of Voices and Associate Artist in Nature Unwrapped, explores the place where music and the…

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10 Unmissable Events for Jewish Book Week First Timers

Feature

With Jewish Book Week just days away, JBW Director Claudia Rubenstein recommends 10 unmissable events for festival first-timers.

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London and the invention of concert life

Feature

What made London such fertile ground for musicians from all over the world? And what key roles did those immigrants…

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Jewish Book Week 2025

Feature

London’s longest running literary festival returns home to Kings Place, bringing together over 150 speakers across 90 events in-person and…

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Your A-Z Guide to Time Unwrapped

Feature

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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2023 in 10 events, introduced by Helen Wallace

Feature

We asked Executive & Artistic Director Helen Wallace to introduce 10 Kings Place events she will not be missing this…

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Nicolas in the Underworld

Interview

Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt comes to Kings Place as both soloist in Haydn’s first concerto and collaborator in a new work…

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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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You Old Romantic

Feature

Alban Gerhardt

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Pushing the Boundaries

Feature

Zoë Keating

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Tick Tock

Feature

Fiona Maddocks muses on the way we use music to mark out and measure time, and the manifold tricks it…

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Song Cycle

Feature

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

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The Brain is a Musical Time-Machine

Feature

Philip Ball gives a scientific insight into the way music is hard-wired into our memories.

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A Dance to the Music of Time

Feature

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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Out of the Shadows

Feature

From the Dark Ages to the Baroque period, European convents provided a rare – though continually threatened – space for…

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‘You play pretty good… for a woman.’

Feature

Amy Sibley-Allen, Jazz Consultant to Kings Place, reflects on the untold story of women in jazz

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Taking Back Control

Interview

The free-thinking Anna Meredith loves the stage as much as the studio, as she tells Amanda Holloway ahead of her…

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19 Events For 2019

Feature

Our 2019 artistic programme started last week with a spectacular performance from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, launching…

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Barley’s Mix: From Bach to Brazilian Greats

Interview

Cellist Matthew Barley returns to Kings Place this June with a sumptuous programme inspired by Brazilian jazz greats. He tells…

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An Opera on the Sexual Revolution

Feature

Composer Alex Mills reflects on his thought-provoking chamber opera Dear Marie Stopes which premiered at the Wellcome Collection in 2018.

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20 shows for 2020

Feature

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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