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Classical music Contemporary music

Always, Already There: Black Art Notes

Leading improvisers and composer-performers are joined by students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to perform graphic and open score work by Afrodiasporic composers.

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Contemporary music Classical music

Hannah Peel & Beibei Wang + Underland performed by Shards

Composer & electronic musician Hannah Peel collaborates with percussionist Beibei Wang, creating an immersive cycle of sound. Vocal ensemble Shards opens the show with the world premiere of Underland.

Pamela Z on stage.She is singing, while also looping music with two computers that are in front of her.
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Classical music

Always, Already There: The Ensemble and Pamela Z

Join us for a night of two halves: the Always, Already There Ensemble presents UK premieres by Charles Uzor, Corie-Rose Soumah and Marisse Cato, next to a solo set from electronic artist Pamela Z.

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Classical music Contemporary music

Always, Already There: Late Night with NikNak

NikNak reunites Jean-Michel Basquiat and John Cage through the turntables with a DJ set that is reminiscent of an improvised conversation in this relaxed late-night event.

Allan Gilbert Balon
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Classical music Contemporary music

Always, Already There: Apartment House – Not in Between

Pioneering group Apartment House present a programme of work by significant Afro-diasporic composers, covering over half a century of avant-garde and experimental music, for the first time in the UK. 

Portrait of Dr. Harald Kisiedu
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Classical music Talks & events

Society of Black Composers and beyond: Keynote lecture...

Dr Harald Kisiedu lectures on the Society of Black Composers and the legacies of Dorothy Rudd Moore, Talib Rasul Hakim, Alvin Singleton and Olly Wilson.

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Classical music

Always, Already There: Words like Freedom

Join us for a compendium of Black Art Song focused on the female voice, devised by leading soprano Gweneth Ann Rand and pianist Allyson Devenish.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason sitting on the floor, smiling, with his cello leaning against him
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

The quiet intensity of Edmund Finnis’ Cello Concerto paves the way for Bruckner’s monumental, visionary Ninth Symphony.

Edmund Finnis Cello Concerto (LSO co-commission)
Anton Bruckner Symphony No 9 (ed Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, Urtext Edition)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Hannah Kendall standing in front of an old church on a bridge. She is wearing white dress.
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Classical music

Always, Already There: building a burning house

The Always, Already There Ensemble are joined by three stellar singers at this celebratory concert marking the end of our Always, Already There weekend. 

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Classical music Talks & events

Piano Masterclass with Sofya Gulyak

Guildhall School is delighted to welcome internationally renowned and award-winning pianist Sofya Gulyak to work with outstanding Guildhall pianists in this free, open masterclass.

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Classical music

Jasdeep Singh Degun & Sukhvinder Singh Pinky

Sitar player Jasdeep Singh Degun, the first British Asian musician to win the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist award, returns to Darbar with one of today’s top tabla players. 

Jasdeep Singh Degun sitar
Sukhvinder Singh "Pinky" tabla
Colin Currie Group looking at the camera
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Classical music

Colin Currie Group: Steve Reich Celebration

Be in the room for the first London performance of In All Your Ways, a new work by Steve Reich, as the Colin Currie Group begins a year-long celebration of his 90th birthday.

Steve Reich
Clapping Music
Two Pianos
Radio Rewrite
Double Sextet
Quartet
In All Your Ways
A composite image of Debanjan Bhattacharjee and Spoorthi Rao
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Classical music

Darbar: Debanjan Bhattacharjee + Spoorthi Rao

Next-generation maestros take the stage: Hindustani sarod meets Carnatic voice in one extraordinary evening 

Fleur Barron facing the camera, with her hand placed under her chin
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Liadov conjures magical landscapes while Tchaikovsky navigates anguish and triumph – plus the premiere of Hannah Kendall’s eagerly anticipated new work.

Anatoly Liadov The Enchanted Lake
Hannah Kendall I have discovered the secret of death (world premiere, LSO commission)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Fleur Barron mezzo-soprano
Two people recline on a sofa
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Classical music Contemporary music

Ringdown

Ringdown, Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee Parpan’s electronic pop duo, perform songs from their acclaimed 2025 debut album Lady on the Bike.