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Riot Ensemble

A Revolution of Experimental Music from The Riot Ensemble

On January 30th, The Riot Ensemble presented an adventurous selection of experimental, contemporary...
Author
Angelina Panozzo
Madame X - Photo credit Radius

Madame X: A New Opera With Old Charm in London

A new production with libretto and music by Tim Benjamin, Madame X premiered in London on Tuesday, A...
Author
Angelina Panozzo
Laura J. Bowler - Photo by Claire Shovelton

No punches pulled in Size Zero Opera’s Women Box in London

Opera’s tough. You can’t just stand there and sing. The minimum requirement for an opera singer is t...
Author
Paul Kilbey

Gorecki’s Symphony No. 4: World Premiere at Southbank Centre

The World Premiere of Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 4 (2010) was always going to create a feeling of...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
Rene Hell

Harmonic Series presents a one-off special PAN showcase night at the Southbank Centre

Over the last five years, Bill Kouligas' independent record label, PAN, has grown to be an incredibl...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
Andrew Poppy rehearses with the BBC Concert Orchestra for 19 eighties : the rhythm of a decade, part of The Rest Is Noise Festival at the Southbank Centre - Copyright: BBC/Mark Allan

BBC Orchestra’s “19 eighties : the rhythm of a decade” part of The Rest Is Noise

As part of the Southbank Centre's year-long retrospective festival The Rest Is Noise, the BBC Concer...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
Georg Friedrich Haas

Georg Friedrich Haas’ in vain by the London Sinfonietta at Southbank

On Friday, December 7, London Sinfonietta descended into pre-natal darkness in a spectacular renditi...
Author
Xenia Pestova
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
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Energy is Eternal Delight: A Tribute to Steve Martland

This was not so much a remembrance of the late Steve Martland, but a celebration of his work, his de...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
Composer Mauricio Kagel

Unstable Center Waylays Mauricio Kagel’s Compass Rose

The London Sinfonietta gave an exceptional - though unfortunately rather lightly attended - performa...
Author
Aaron Holloway-Nahum
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Jonathan Biss, Elias Quartet Juxtapose Schumann, Purcell, and Andres

There couldn't be a more appropriate time for American pianist Jonathan Biss to bring the "deeply pe...
Author
Daniel Emmerson
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George Benjamin’s Written on Skin: The Power of Restraint

Written on Skin, the highly anticipated first full-length opera by British composer George Benjamin,...
Author
Aaron Holloway-Nahum
John Adams - Photo by Margaretta Mitchell

Listen to your dreams before composing…

On October 18, 2012 I stumbled upon City of London Sinfonia’s performance of works by two of the mos...
Author
Arlene & Larry Dunn
Joby Burgess performing Thrashing the Sea God - Flickr/The-Queen'sHall

Thrashing the Sea God: Joby Burgess performs John McLeod’s short opera

The Tête à Tête Opera Festival at the Riverside Studios, London, seeks to present new and challengin...
Author
Steven Berryman

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