Join Barbican Young Poets for an evening of performances and readings inspired by Julia Phillips’s exhibition, Inside, Before They Speak.

The final of Guildhall School's most prestigious music prize, offering the chance to enjoy songs and arias performed by three outstanding Guildhall vocalists in front of an esteemed panel of judges.

Explore the impact of Pan-Africanism on artistic and cultural production from the 1920s to the present, through over 300 works – from paintings and installations to posters, journals, and film. The ...

Elegance, exuberance, and one remarkable woman: Academy of Ancient Music travels to Georgian London and the lost world of musical innovator Elisabetta da Gambarini. Think you knew 18th century London?

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy. Did you know the Barbican’s theatre and concert hall go deeper underground than the nearest Tube line; early plans for the Centre included a Pyramid; ...

Academy Award–winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, known for Chernobyl, Tár and The Joker, brings her album Where to From to life on stage in a performance with immersive sound and light. Marking the ...

New music by Laura Bowler preludes Ligeti’s ethereal, dreamlike soundworld and Richard Strauss’s colossal, awe-inspiring homage to Nietzsche. Laura Bowler is a composer of rare imagination and ...

Join the virtuoso violinist on an emotional and energetic journey, full of surprises—from flying pianos to imaginative soundscapes - showcasing the universal language of music. Ara Malikian takes the ...

Get creative at our collage drop-in session as a chance to relax and express yourself creatively with fellow festival attendees. Throughout the festival, unwind and reflect by dropping by our free ...

The Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra and DJ Symphonic perform an eclectic musical repertoire blending pop with a symphonic flair. With a successful 2-year tour with multiple sold-out venues in Madrid, ...

Nguyễn Trinh Thi interrogates the impact of official histories and international viewpoints on Vietnam, offering a powerful new vision of film form that confronts the limits of filmic representation.

González founded the Escuela de guías (Guides School) at Bogotá’s Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO) in the 1970s. Join participants from our own Guides School as they lead tours of the exhibition.