The Ligeti Quartet perform tracks from their 2023 album Nuc, fusing acoustic and electronic music for string quartet by Mercury-nominated composer Anna Meredith alongside visual projections.
Ligeti Quartet
Lucy Humphristrumpet
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Contemporary musicImmersive
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
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Contemporary musicImmersiveTheatre & dance
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
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Contemporary music
Sunday Selecta with DJ Bid (Reminisce)
Free
Create the soundtrack to your Sunday on the Barbican FreeStage. Inspired by the community spirit of pirate radio, this live event is all about sharing memories through music.
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Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
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Cinema
Badnam Basti (Neighbourhood of Ill Repute) + introduction
Considered India’s first queer film, Prem Kapoor’s captivating melodrama revolves around a bisexual love triangle set in Uttar Pradesh.
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra: LSO on Film
A selection of film music recorded by the LSO, including scores by Alexandre Desplat, Philippe Sarde, Philippe Chany and Guillaume Roussel for films such as Harry Potter, Black Beauty (2020) and Tess.
Mathieu AlvadoMusic from 'Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight'
Georges Auric Main Title & End Title from ‘The Spider and the Fly’
Philippe Chany Les Romains from ‘Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra’
Vladimir Cosma Le Schpountz from ‘Le Schpountz’ and End Titles from ‘Le Jaguar’
Georges Delerue Ashton’s Son & Return to the Hill from ‘A Summer Story’
Alexandre Desplat Music from ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’
Jean-Claude Petit Ship Fight, To England & La Fuite Du Roi from ‘The Return of the Musketeers’
Philippe Rombi Suite from ‘Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion’
Guillaume Roussel Mustang Spirit from ‘Black Beauty’
Philippe Sarde Suite Symphonic from ‘Tess’ and Suite Cinema Romanesque (excerpts) from ‘Fort Saganne’
London Symphony Orchestra
Dirk Brosséconductor
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Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
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Contemporary musicImmersiveTheatre & dance
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
Event
Cinema
Senior Community Screening: Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross directs an adaption of Colson Whitehead'sPulitzer Prize-winning novel about two friends attempting to survive the harshness of a segregated reform school in 1960s Jim Crow-era Florida.
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Contemporary musicImmersive
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
Event
Theatre & dance
Fiddler on the Roof
A theatrical triumph, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s completely sold-out electrifying Fiddler On The Roof transfers to London this summer in what is set to be the theatre event of 2025.
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Contemporary music
ANAVITÓRIA
The Latin GRAMMY-winning Brazilian sensations ANAVITÓRIA head to London for their debut full live bandperformance in the UK.
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Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
Contemporary musicImmersiveTheatre & dance
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
Event
Contemporary musicImmersive
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
Event
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Theatre & dance
Fiddler on the Roof
A theatrical triumph, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s completely sold-out electrifying Fiddler On The Roof transfers to London this summer in what is set to be the theatre event of 2025.
Event
Theatre & dance
The Making of Us: Guildhall Actors' Self-Led Performances
Guildhall's dynamic final-year actors present a vibrant programme of brand-new performance works, created and performed entirely on their own terms.
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Cinema
Je Tu Il Elle + introduction
Chantal Akerman’s feature debut, made when she was just 24, is a potent and radical portrait of the search for connection, culminating in a famous 10-minute lesbian sex scene.
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Contemporary music
Brad Mehldau Trio with Felix Moseholm & Jorge Rossy
Brad Mehldau, one of the most lyrical voices in jazz piano, blends jazz, classical, and pop in a spellbinding performance of original compositions and iconic reimaginings.
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Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
Contemporary musicImmersive
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
Event
Contemporary musicImmersiveTheatre & dance
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
Event
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Theatre & dance
The Making of Us: Guildhall Actors' Self-Led Performances
Guildhall's dynamic final-year actors present a vibrant programme of brand-new performance works, created and performed entirely on their own terms.
Event
Cinema
My Dearest Senorita (Mi querida señorita) + introduction
Jaime de Armiñán’s Oscar-nominated drama made, extraordinarily, in Franco’s Spain, is an early and sympathetic portrait of identity and intersexuality.
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Contemporary musicTalks & events
Rebel Radio Talks: Where are all the house parties?
Join Richie Brave and a panel of DJs, authors, and sound system founders as they explore how the dancefloor has shaped London culture and what role parties play today.
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Theatre & dance
Fiddler on the Roof
A theatrical triumph, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s completely sold-out electrifying Fiddler On The Roof transfers to London this summer in what is set to be the theatre event of 2025.
Event
Classical music
Evgeny Kissin
Chopin at his most mercurial, and Shostakovich’s response to Bach as well as his piano sonata swansong all come under the spotlight as the great pianist attends to unfinished business.
