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Total Immersion: Meet Shiva Feshareki
Barbican Centre, Fountain Room (London)
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.
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Chris Thile and Special Guest with Britten Sinfonia
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Mandolinist, singer, songwriter and composer Chris Thile is described by The Guardian as 'that rare being: an all-round musician who can settle into any style, from bluegrass to classical.'
Jacob Collier and Chris Thile with Britten Sinfonia
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Grammy-winning musical phenomenon Jacob Collier will perform with a UK orchestra for the very first time in January 2025, joining forces with the 50-piece orchestra Britten Sinfonia.
February 11, 2025
India’s Music of Today: Niladri Kumar
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Indulge in an evening of dazzling sitar playing and evocative romanticism by one of today’s most maverick performers. This is pure Indian classical music, evolved, refined and elementally powerful.
February 14, 2025
Music of the Movies: From the Heart
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
On Valentine's Day, experience music from some of the greatest love stories in film, performed by violinist Esther Abrami, soprano Carly Paoli and a live orchestra.
February 15, 2025
ROBESON with Davóne Tines and The Truth
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Milton Court (London)
Davóne Tines and The Truth’s new work ROBESON explodes the musical repertoire of Paul Robeson alongside pianist John Bitoy and sound artist Khari Lucas.
February 23, 2025
Total Immersion: Meet Steven Daverson
Barbican Centre, Fountain Room (London)
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics.
Total Immersion: Iridescence
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Milton Court (London)
The UK premiere of Juste Janulyte’s Iridescence by the BBC Singers opens a portal into the expanding musical universe of symphonic electronics – 'symphonic' in the ancient Greek meaning 'harmonious'.
Total Immersion: Continents, Computers and Electronic Dreams
Continents, computers and electric dreams: Tristan Murail’s non-electronic orchestral classic Gondwana charts a course to new worlds with electronics sound from Steven Daverson and Misato Mochizuki.
Total Immersion: Meet Shiva Feshareki
Barbican Centre, Fountain Room (London)
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.
Total Immersion: Shiva Feshareki and Stockhausen
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Vintage Stockhausen plus a new adventure from British-Iranian composer and sonic explorer Shiva Feshareki – the world premiere of her Barbican commission for the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
March 15, 2025
Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra, LSO & Sir Antonio Pappano
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Wynton Marsalis and Sir Antonio Pappano blend jazz, blues and classical music in the crossover collaboration with the Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, LSO & Sir Antonio Pappano
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Wynton Marsalis and Sir Antonio Pappano blend jazz, blues and classical music in the crossover collaboration with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
April 6, 2025
Talk: Exploring Guru Nanak's Philosophy of Oneness by Prof Arvind-Pal S Mandair
Discover the universal aspects of Guru Nanak’s experiential philosophy of oneness, which underpins Nanak’s entire teaching about the nature of consciousness and reality.
Film: Mardana's Children: The Rababis of Lahore
A short film about a community of Pakistani Muslim musicians with deep-rooted ties to the Sikhs by way of a centuries-old music tradition that originated with Guru Nanak and his disciple Bhai Mardana.
Immersive Experiential Mool Mantra Workshop by Davinder Panesar
Join for a landmark event that marks the convergence of ancient wisdom, consciousness and cutting-edge science, focusing on personal and transpersonal health, healing, and well-being.
Film: Guru Nanak's Message of Peace and Forgiveness
A deep dive into Guru Nanak’s timeless teachings on peace and forgiveness – messages that resonate across cultures even today – in an insightful film and Q&A by Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji.
Guru Nanak and Indian Classical Music
Kirpal Panesar takes us on a musical journey that is both meditative and profound, exploring Guru Nanak's connection between spiritual verses and music.
Guru Nanak’s Message of Peace through Music
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Immerse yourself in inspired spiritual music as we mark Guru Nanak’s 555th birth celebration, paying homage through kirtan, qawaali and bhajans performed together for the first time under one roof.
June 19, 2025
No Friend but the Mountains
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Inspired by Behrouz Boochani's book of his refugee journey and six-year-long incarceration in Manus Island, the LSO and Jonathan Lemalu give the UK premiere of this heart-stopping song-cycle.
July 18, 2025
James Taylor Quartet
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
Join James Taylor Quartet for a one-off concert featuring an Orchestra and special guests Nitin Sawhney, Graham Day (The Prisoners), Snowboy and Yvonne Yanney.
July 27, 2025
Quinteto Astor Piazzolla
Barbican Centre, Barbican Hall (London)
With five virtuoso soloists, Quinteto Astor Piazzolla explores the vast repertoire of the outstanding Argentinian composer who revolutionized tango.