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Image of Tanmay Deochake on stage
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Classical music Contemporary music

Darbar: Solo by Tanmay Deochake

Beyond Accompaniment: The Harmonium Re-imagined. Experience one of India’s most ubiquitous instruments in a new light. Witness the harmonium, traditionally an accompanist, take centre stage.

Collage of Rakesh Chaurasia and Shahid Parvez on stage
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Classical music Contemporary music

Darbar: Rakesh Chaurasia + Shahid Parvez & Shakir Khan

A once-in-a-lifetime double bill featuring musical royalty from India's most illustrious gharanas

Two dancers
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Julius Eastman: A Power Greater Than

Barbican artist-in-residence Davóne Tines performs a multidisciplinary all-Julius Eastman program curated by Seth Parker Woods, alongside AMOC* & Kyle Marshall Choreography.

Conductor Ryan Bancroft in front of a wall looking into the camera
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Stravinsky

Conductor Ryan Bancroft makes his debut with the LSO, introducing and conducting Stravinsky's The Firebird, music that paints a fantastical world of mythical lands and creatures.

Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang resting her violin in her shoulder while looking into the camera
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Ryan Bancroft & Clara-Jumi Kang

Stravinsky and Gubaidulina breathe vivid, visceral life into Russian fairy tales, plus Shostakovich’s most beautiful and riveting concerto. 

Image of Martin Helmchen surrounded by a blue circle against a blue background
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Classical music

Mozart's Requiem

Dark fire and glittering ice: Mozart’s Requiem crowns an evening of deep emotions and natural wonders from Sakari Oramo and pianist Martin Helmchen.

Members of Public Service Broadcasting
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Contemporary music

Public Service Broadcasting

Experience Public Service Broadcasting live in a unique collaboration with the London Contemporary Orchestra, blending archive, electronics and orchestral power in a boundary-pushing performance.

Catherine Lamb
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Classical music

Explore Ensemble & EXAUDI: Eight Lines

Bringing an alternative slant to American minimalism, London's Explore Ensemble and the EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble present a major new work by Catherine Lamb, alongside music by James Tenney & Steve Reich.

The London Symphony Orchestra on the Barbican Hall stage in front of a full audience of families
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Family Concert

A fun opportunity for families to learn more about music and the instruments of the orchestra, with music based on a theme and free workshops before the concert. 

Scales of Justice, one side with an axe and one side with a red rose dropping petals on table
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia

Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.

Scales of Justice, one side with an axe and one side with a red rose dropping petals on table
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia

Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.

Conductor Joshua Weilerstein standing in front of vibrant green background
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Classical music

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: Ravel & Tchaikovsky

Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony feature in a vibrant programme of colour and contrast performed by the next generation of professional musicians.

Black and white photo of Destroyer
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Contemporary music

Destroyer + The Fiery Furnaces

Dan Bejar returns with Dan’s Boogie – a bold, cinematic new chapter for Destroyer, performing live with art-rock duo The Fiery Furnaces.

Scales of Justice, one side with an axe and one side with a red rose dropping petals on table
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia

Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.

n image of Christian Tetzaff surrounded by a blue circle against a blue background
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Classical music

Oramo conducts Adès, Coleridge-Taylor and Sibelius

Sakari Oramo conducts Sibelius’s Lemminkaïnen Legends – a stirring counterpart to the brilliance of Thomas Adès’s Violin Concerto, played by Christian Tetzlaff.

A choir in a church space
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Classical music

Workshop: Come & Sing Arvo Pärt/The Carice Singers

Aimed at choral singers looking for a challenge, this workshop offers a chance to rehearse and perform Pärt’s Morning Star and The Beatitudes with The Carice Singers and Christopher Bowers-Broadbent.

A choir singing on stage in a church
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Classical music

The Carice Singers: Infinity Flow

The Carice Singers celebrate Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday with a program of his most mesmerizing choral works, showcasing his signature blend of purity, stillness, and profound spirituality.

Daniel Avery sat at a table
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Contemporary music

Daniel Avery

The revered electronic music producer and composer returns with his new album Tremor and a live show, his most ambitious works to date.

Andre J Thomas facing the audience in the Barbican concert hall
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Gospel – Celebration

André J Thomas celebrates the power of American gospel music, alongside the LSO and over 250 voices from communities across London.

Scales of Justice, one side with an axe and one side with a red rose dropping petals on table
Event
Classical music Theatre & dance

Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia

Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.

Gabriela Montero wearing a colourful dress sitting by a piano
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Classical music

Gabriela Montero with the Calidore Quartet: Canaima

Celebrated Venezuelan pianist and composer Gabriela Montero is joined by the Calidore Quartet for a programme of chamber music including a new work, Canaima, by Montero herself. 

Simon Rattle/BRSO
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Classical music

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in an exhilarating programme of Janáček and Bruckner. 

Soweto Kinch against a dark background, holding two saxophones
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Classical music

Soweto Kinch/LSO: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse

The saxophonist, rapper and composer Soweto Kinch presents the final instalment of a trilogy of works in collaboration with the LSO, which began with The Black Peril and White Juju.

aja monet singing in front of a jazz band
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Contemporary music

aja monet

The GRAMMY-nominated surrealist blues poet and this year’s Artist in Residence will bring her debut album When The Poems Do What They Do to our Hall. 

A painting of a woman's foot and a loose shoe
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Haydn in Paris

Paris in the 1780s was the musical centre of Europe. Academy of Ancient Music plays showpieces by Mozart, Haydn and the Chevalier de Saint-Georges: three geniuses on the edge of a volcano.

Dee Dee Bridgewater
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Contemporary music

We Exist! The Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet

Grammy and Tony-winning jazz icon Dee Dee Bridgewater showcases her fearless artistry and genre-defying vocal mastery with WE EXIST! The Dee Dee Bridgewater Quartet.

Shri Sriram playing a string instrument in front of a classical brass band
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Contemporary music

Dhamaal

A dynamic collaboration like no other, fusing classical brass bands, jazz improvisations and south Asian music in a thrilling performance designed to explore new possibilities in music. 

Hermeto Pascoal and his group looking jovial
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Contemporary music

Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo

A rare, unmissable opportunity to witness Brazilian legend Hermeto Pascoal with his incredible band.

Image of Anthony Joseph in a hat against a red background
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Contemporary music

Anthony Joseph: Rowing Up River to Get Our Names Back

Poet and musician Anthony Joseph joins visionary producer Dave Okumu for an electrifying Afrofuturist journey blending funk, jazz and soul to reclaim lost names and celebrate Black musical heritage.

Image of Cate Le Bon with her hands on her head
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Contemporary music

Cate Le Bon

Welsh multi-disciplinary artist and producer Cate Le Bon’s work has long defied categorization—an architect of sound who builds emotional landscapes from abstraction, texture, and tone.