Honing his synthesis of folk and blues for over 50 years, Chris Smither, truly an American original, returns to the Kings Place to perform music from his vast song catalogue.
Experience and intoxicating blend of tango, klezmer and jazz from this new trio of award-winning musicians. Triptic make their debut at the Kings Place, bringing with them the rich harmonies and melodies from their new album ‘The Jackdaw Sessions’.
Sultan Stevenson is the new powerhouse of British Jazz. He received a Parliamentary Award for Best Newcomer in 2023 following the release of his debut album ‘Faithful One’.
Kings Place proudly presents the launch of the newly formed Kings Place Jazz Orchestra. Directed by award-winning composer, arranger and trombonist Callum Au, and featuring acclaimed guest pianist Rob Barron.
Tonight’s richly varied programme is brought to you by three of the most exciting young musicians performing in the UK today. The programme journeys from the fiery rhythms of Cassadó to Piazzolla’s tango winter and Marcello’s baroque elegance. The virtuosic Manhattanhenge by Peter Facer meets Romantic gems by Schumann and Debussy, creating an evening of vibrant contrasts.
Discover ambience and stillness, words and sound, light and dark, wild and calm… in this newly adapted version of Voice Electric. The show explores the vivid colours of the amplified human voice as it oscillates between states of being.
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.
Lauded singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier makes a welcome return to Kings Place for a 25th year celebration. ‘Drag queens in limousines, nuns in blue jeans, dreamers with big dreams, they all took me in.’ – Drag
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
Jasdeep Singh Degun celebrates the release of his new album Jogkauns on Real World Records with this special launch concert at Kings Place, taking place on the very day the record
Sons of Town Hall—an immersive, theatrical folk duo blending storytelling, soaring harmonies, and adventure. Part concert, part performance art, their show captivates fans of Simon & Garfunkel, Tom Waits, and Monty Python.
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'.
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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Gala concert to celebrate 25 years of the award-winning London Bulgarian Choir, led by Dessislava Stefanova. Expect gorgeous songs, special guests, audience participation and celebratory merrymaking.
The ice music pioneer, Terje Isungset, returns to Kings Place after a sold-out performance in 2021 with his exquisite quartet featuring voice, ice harp, ice horn, iceophone, ice percussion and ice bass.
Jazz meets Broadway as multi-award-winning singer Ian Shaw brings his soulful artistry to Kings Place in this album launch concert. With wit, warmth and dazzling vocal flair, Shaw, with acclaimed pianist Barry Green, reimagines Sondheim’s iconic songs.
'Bashō' (Plantain Tree) by Konparu Zenchiku (1405–1470), is a mesmerising tale in which the spirit of a banana plant, appearing as a middle-aged woman, embodies the Lotus Sutra’s teaching that plants too, can attain enlightenment, reflecting a vision of the harmony and equality of humans and the natural world. 'Bashō', is performed first time outside Japan in history.
Filkin’s Drift make their Kings Place debut, reimagining traditional melodies through pizzicato grooves, intricate guitar tunes, and boundless improvisation.
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.
Matsukaze by Zeami Motokiyo (1363– c. 1443) is one of the most revered masterpieces of classical noh, and a work that Zeami himself held in special regard. Its haunting themes of ghostly love, memory, and seaside solitude that have inspired artists for centuries, echoing in opera, poetry, and painting in Japan and beyond. ‘Song of Rona Island’, inspired by ‘On Rona’ by Kathleen Jamie, follows a traveller on an ecological survey to an abandoned island in the Outer Hebrides, and their encounter its haunting past. Six noh performers – led by Kanji Shimizu – join forces with fiddler Aidan O’Rourke and Scottish smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul in a groundbreaking new work bringing together Scottish music and culture with Japanese noh theatre.
A duo of subtlety, close listening and deep musicianship bringing together two of Scotland’s most sensitive and exploratory traditional artists. Lau’s award-winning fiddler/composer Aidan O’Rourke teams up with pioneering piper Brìghde Chaimbeul to explore ancient tune repertoire.
Erland Cooper makes his debut at Kings Place as part of Earth Unwrapped, presenting the world premiere of his new work ‘The Peregrine’ for small ensemble.
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Pianist Neil Cowley reunites his acclaimed trio after a seven-year break, following a solo journey into neo classical and electronica. With bassist Rex Horan and drummer Evan Jenkins, the trio blends new music with fan favourites. Expect galloping grooves, thrilling crescendos and glass-like fragility alongside Cowley’s trademark wit in a dynamic show that revives the trio’s bold, heartfelt sound.
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.