What’s on

25 Jun 2018, 20:00

Forty years after the release of Gilberto Gil’s classic album Refavela, Gilberto Gil brings the album back to life with a band led by his son Bem Gil, alongside musical friends and partners.

28 –30 Jun 2018

Fabulous and fearless, Taylor Mac reframes the social history of America through three decades of song in this no-holds-barred extravaganza of music, art, activism and hugely entertaining mass ritual.

30 Jun 2018, 19:30

Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, composer and co-founder of Boy Blue, combines hip-hop, dance and video for his piece Outliers, a multimedia meditation on social, public and political consciousness.

1 Jul 2018, 18:00

Singing our Lives, in conjunction with the Guildhall School’s Electronic Music department, returns after a sell-out concert last year.

6 Jul 2018

Virtuoso cellist Li-Wei Qin crosses continents and spans centuries in this era-defying concert with London Symphony Orchestra players and conductor Lee Reynolds.

7 Jul 2018, 19:30

Musician, composer and Mercury Prize nominated-producer Oneohtrix Point Never presents MYRIAD, a ‘concertscape’ featuring his first full live touring ensemble.

8 Jul 2018, 19:30

Two highly innovative, maverick composers present a night of aural experimentation projected through four-channel surround sound.

9 Jul 2018, 20:00

Seamlessly combining guttural Rap with fragile soprano, Rokia Traoré showcases her distinctive musical language as she performs music from her latest release, Né So.

10 Jul 2018, 19:00

A Miles Davis feast from the Guildhall Jazz Orchestra, featuring two of his classic jazz orchestra collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, plus music from his ground-breaking Bitches Brew album.

10 Jul 2018, 20:00

One of the most recognisable names in Brazilian music performs his forthcoming album and some older favourites, joined by members of his family.