IGF's Young Artist Platform (YAP) helps young musicians in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the start of a professional career. The Platform provides much-needed concert a 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.
Xuefei Yang is acclaimed as one of the world's finest classical guitarists. Her fascinating journey began after the Cultural Revolution, a period when Western musical instruments and music were banned in China. At IGF London Guitar Festival, she presents a captivating solo guitar journey, from the fiery rhythms of Spain to the impressionistic elegance of Debussy.
IGF's Young Artist Platform (YAP) helps young musicians in the critical phase between the final stages of music education and the start of a professional career. The Platform provides much-needed concert a 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.
Royal Northern Sinfonia and violinist Maria Włoszczowska bring a riot of baroque colour, character and storytelling down the East Coast Mainline from Gateshead for their Kings Place debut.
The London Piano Festival 2026 opens with an evening of conversation and music exploring the creative lineage between Olivier Messiaen and Sir George Benjamin. BBC Radio 3’s Donald Macleod is in conversation with Sir George Benjamin, followed by performances from Artistic Directors Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva of Benjamin’s Two or Four and Divisions, alongside Messiaen’s monumental Visions de l’Amen.
An evening with a master pianist combining depth, range and insight: Peter Donohoe in Schubert, Chopin and Rachmaninov. The concert is followed by a post‑performance conversation hosted by pianist Kathryn Stott (Kings Medal for Music 2024), offering further insight into the repertoire, interpretation and performance.
Our Halloween Piano Party is packed with spooky sounds and close‑up piano action. Featuring music for two pianos, this performance brings your little ones closer to the music.
Our Halloween Piano Party is packed with spooky sounds and close‑up piano action. Featuring music for two pianos, this performance brings your little ones closer to the music.
The Kings Place Young Artist Platform is an exciting initiative supporting early-career musicians at the start of their professional journeys.
In this one‑hour recital, Gülsin Onay, one of Turkey’s most distinguished pianists, presents a wide‑ranging programme devoted to Frédéric Chopin.
The Kings Place Young Artist Platform is an exciting initiative supporting early-career musicians at the start of their professional journeys.
In a house‑concert setting in Hall One, we present A Mozart Piano Gala with pianists Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva, Junyan Chen, Martin James Bartlett and Tom Poster coming together to perform repertoire written for four hands and two pianos.
Junyan Chen is an exciting new force on the piano scene, with Gramophone describing her performance as “exhilarating and technically thrilling performance.” This lunch-time recital showcases a programme that reflects both her musical range and her interest in bringing different strands of the piano repertoire into conversation.
Kathryn Stott leads this masterclass with a focus on technique and musical interpretation, offering insight drawn from her long career on the international concert stage.
In this behind‑the‑scenes conversation, Ulrich Gerhartz (Steinway & Sons) and pianist Kathryn Stott explore the relationship between pianist and instrument, and how a concert grand is shaped for performance.
The Kings Place Young Artist Platform is an exciting initiative supporting early-career musicians at the start of their professional journeys.
The London Piano Festival 2026 closes with a solo performance from Bill Laurance, a pianist and composer whose work moves freely between jazz, classical and contemporary music.
One of the world’s most celebrated writers, Karl Ove Knausgaard joins Intelligence Squared to discuss Arendal, the latest novel in his otherworldly Morning Star universe. Join him live at Kings Place for a conversation about longing, loneliness, the uncanny and his extraordinary literary career, followed by an audience Q&A.
The Independent Podcast Awards are back for their fourth year to celebrate indie creators from the UK & Ireland.
A richly celebrated Scottish folk singer and songwriter, four-time Scots Singer of the Year, Siobhan Miller, returns to Kings Place with her six-piece band and a new studio album, her first since 2022's 'Bloom'.
Firelight Trio make their Kings Place debut, where driving fiddle and gorgeous nyckelharpa meet deep accordion grooves in a rich tapestry of lively Swedish polskas and Scottish reels, lilting French waltzes, toe-tapping klezmer, dazzling original tunes and more.
One of the world’s leading string quartets, the Elias Quartet, joins new Chamber Studio Fellows the Elmore Quartet and rising ensemble the Isla Quartet for Mendelssohn’s exhilarating String Octet.
Inspired by Mary Jean Chan’s poetry, composer Nicola T. Chang creates a new score for CLS musicians and traditional Chinese instruments, weaving a dialogue of words and music in partnership with Faber & Faber.