Barbican Presents

Thu 16 Mar 2023, 19:30

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra offer contrasting musical moods as they travel south with their Principal Guest Conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

Wed 15 Mar 2023, 19:30

Celebrated pianist Evgeny Kissin sweeps us across musical and geographic landscapes, revealing the vast breadth of the piano’s expressive range as well as that of his own imagination.

Sun 12 Mar 2023

Explore our Conservatory in an immersive sound experience reflecting on our relationship with nature at a time of climate crisis.

Fri 10 Mar 2023, 18:30

ECHO Rising Star Cristina Gómez Godoy brings the oboe into the spotlight, showing off its unique timbre in a wide-ranging programme.

Tue 28 Feb 2023, 19:30

A star-studded cast and The English Concert recreate Handel’s legendary 1749 fundraising concert, offering a chance to marvel at the abundance of his imagination – as well as his good deeds.

Tue 21 Feb 2023, 19:30

Soprano Nadine Benjamin leads a programme of songs and poems that celebrate the richness and joy of black and mixed-race experiences.

Fri 17 Feb 2023, 19:30

In the first recital of her Artist Spotlight, charismatic, mould-defying violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja brings her fresh interpretations to Beethoven and 20th-century classics.

Fri 17 Feb 2023, 16:30

Go behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with luminary violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.

Thu 16 Feb 2023, 18:30

Be enchanted, energised, and entertained by percussionist Vanessa Porter; a virtuoso performer who strikes sparks off everything she touches.

Wed 15 Feb 2023, 19:00

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, a violinist in 'a class of her own' (The Times), passes her knowledge onto some Guildhall School players of the future in this evening Artist Spotlight Masterclass.

Mon 13 Feb 2023, 19:30

Piano sensation Seong-Jin Cho brings his musical refinement to a solo programme of Baroque dance music and the Romantic composers inspired by it.

Sat 28 Jan –Sat 4 Feb 2023

Marvel at the beauty and fragility of our world in a family concert of sound and storytelling, with Grégoire Pont’s drawings projected live alongside thrilling music from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Thu 26 Jan 2023, 19:30

Revel in the idiosyncratic sounds of vibrant contemporary quartet The Hermes Experiment, as they collaborate on a world premiere with composer and turntablist Shiva Feshareki.

Wed 4 –Fri 6 Jan 2023

Join the world's greatest orchestra of teenagers for an odyssey fuelled by firecracking musicianship.

Mon 19 Dec 2022, 19:30

Step back into a Grand Siècle Christmas, as William Christie directs Les Arts Florissants in some of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s most invigorating but rarely performed Nativity music.

Thu 15 Dec 2022, 19:30

Violinist Rachel Podger brings her spellbinding artistry to a solo recital, championing lesser-known Baroque works in a programme bookended by transcriptions of J S Bach’s most popular music.

Wed 7 Dec 2022, 19:30

Spend a cold December night in the company of tenor Allan Clayton and pianist Kate Golla, as Schubert’s melancholic song cycle Winterreise is matched with striking landscapes by Fred Williams.

Tue 6 Dec 2022, 19:30

Seven unique musical voices, seven specially created new works. An ensemble of virtuosic and versatile contemporary musicians alternate in leading their fellow performers.

Sun 4 Dec 2022, 19:30

The daring visions of Sō Percussion are realised in a collaboration with Caroline Shaw, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who’s just as willing to push her music beyond its boundaries as they are.

Fri 2 Dec 2022, 19:30

John Wilson and his specially selected players that make up the Sinfonia of London mark their Barbican debut with the original ballet version of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.