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Chilly Gonzales and Kaiser Quartett at Barbican Centre

Monday, April 13, 2015 marked the final of three consecutive sold-out shows by Chilly Gonzales &...
Author
Joanne Lam
Britten Sinfonia

Explorations: The Sound of Nonesuch Records at Barbican

2014 marks the 50th anniversary of Nonesuch Records, the American record label whose catalogue embra...
Author
Steven Berryman
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The Arditti Quartet, 40 Years Young

The Arditti Quartet hosted a day long 40th Birthday celebration on 26 April 2014 in the recently ope...
Author
Aaron Holloway-Nahum
Zbigniew Preisner - Photo Anna Wloch

Zbigniew Preisner and Lisa Gerrard: Diaries of Hope

On Saturday, October 12, 2013, Polish film composer Zbigniew Preisner conducted the Britten Sinfonia...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
Laurie Anderson - Photo by Tim Knox

Laurie Anderson’s Landfall with Kronos Quartet at the Barbican

Laurie Anderson's performance with the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet at the Barbican on Friday,...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Nico Muhly - Photo by Matthew Murphy

Certainly not outraged by Muhly’s curated weekend of new music at Barbican/LSO St Luke’s

Though I was certainly not outraged, I was yet somewhat disappointed of missing the other performanc...
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Ikeda Probes the Human-to-Technology Connection in “superposition”

Japanese electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda's relentlessly  ambitious 2012 conception...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
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Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance at the Barbican

To some it was a rare experience.  For fans of Philip Glass, attending a live performance of Koyaani...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Gaving Bryars and his ensemble performing

The Sinking of the Titanic: Gavin Bryars Ensemble @ Barbican

Just over one hundred years since the sinking of the Titanic. The tragedy was immortalized with emot...
Author
Steven Berryman
Crouch End Festival Chorus

Crouch End Festival Chorus/David Temple: Barbican, London

The Crouch End Festival Chorus, directed by David Temple, has established itself as a leading chorus...
Author
Steven Berryman
Kronos Quartet - Photograph by Michael Wilson

Kronos Quartet’s Early Music at the Barbican, London

The Kronos Quartet completed their week-long residence with the Barbican Centre in London with a typ...
Author
Paul Kilbey
Judd Greenstein

5 questions to Judd Greenstein (Composer)

As the 2012 edition of the Ecstatic Music Festival is about to start, we asked 5 questions to Judd G...
Author
Thomas Deneuville
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In the fertile shadow of Schoenberg

Somewhere in the world of contemporary music, in among all the solo bassoon CDs and Tom Waits arrang...
Author
Paul Kilbey
Steve Reich - Photograph by Jeffrey Herman

Steve Reich at 75: London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, London

It is incredible to think that minimalism - be it the aesthetic, compositional technique or style -...
Author
Steven Berryman

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