Barbican Presents
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Barbican Presents brings some of the greatest international classical artists, orchestras and ensembles to London, in a stimulating and eclectic mix of classical, contemporary, and Baroque music.
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Events
![Cristina Gomez Godoy standing in front of a white wall holding her oboe](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-08/Cristina-Gomez-By-Felix-Broede-1.jpeg?h=fc287234&itok=EfvT73J3)
ECHO Rising Stars: Cristina Gomez Godoy
ECHO Rising Star Cristina Gómez Godoy brings the oboe into the spotlight, showing off its unique timbre in a wide-ranging programme.
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The English Concert – Handel: The Philanthropist
A star-studded cast and The English Concert recreate Handel’s legendary 1749 fundraising concert, offering a chance to marvel at the abundance of his imagination – as well as his good deeds.
![Nadine Benjamin smiling in front of a white background](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-08/NBENJAMIN%20headshot%20%28red%29.jpg?h=bf727645&itok=uyfbGN-e)
Nadine Benjamin: Songs of Joy with Michael Harper
Soprano Nadine Benjamin leads a programme of songs and poems that celebrate the richness and joy of black and mixed-race experiences.
![Patricia Kopatchinskaja sitting on a stage holding her violin in her lap](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-08/20180430_patkop_0246%20CREDIT%20ERIC%20MELZER.jpg?h=bd36ef23&itok=ItJ2FZr-)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Joonas Ahonen
In the first recital of her Artist Spotlight, charismatic, mould-defying violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja brings her fresh interpretations to Beethoven and 20th-century classics.
![Black and white photo of Vanessa Porter](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-08/Vanessa%20Porter.jpg?h=33e29ce2&itok=z9543c3m)
ECHO Rising Stars: Vanessa Porter
Be enchanted, energised, and entertained by percussionist Vanessa Porter; a virtuoso performer who strikes sparks off everything she touches.
![Seong-Jin Cho looking at the camera against a white background](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-08/Cho_Seongjin%20c%20Christoph%20Koestlin%20%26%20Deutsche%20Grammophon.jpg?h=d9d39bcf&itok=_BQ6XIU2)
Seong-Jin Cho
Piano sensation Seong-Jin Cho brings his musical refinement to a solo programme of Baroque dance music and the Romantic composers inspired by it.
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Our Precious Planet
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Marvel at the beauty and fragility of our world in a family concert of sound and storytelling, with Grégoire Pont’s drawings projected live alongside thrilling music from the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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The Hermes Experiment & Shiva Feshareki
Revel in the idiosyncratic sounds of vibrant contemporary quartet The Hermes Experiment, as they collaborate on a world premiere with composer and turntablist Shiva Feshareki.
![Photo of a violinist superimposed onto an ocean wave](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-11/NYO-Odyssey_Landscape-Tile-3_1920x1080.jpg?itok=_UwDXnnA)
NYO: Odyssey
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Join the world's greatest orchestra of teenagers for an odyssey fuelled by firecracking musicianship.
![William Christie sitting at a harpsichord smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-03/CHRISTIE-William_Oscar-Ortega_IMG_8613.jpg?h=cc0c2c71&itok=J2c5PZyR)
Les Arts Florissants: Charpentier at Christmas
Step back into a Grand Siècle Christmas, as William Christie directs Les Arts Florissants in some of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s most invigorating but rarely performed Nativity music.
![Rachel Podger smiling and resting her head on her hand](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-03/RP_Photo-colour_330_%C2%A9Theresa-Pewal.jpg?h=c130099e&itok=gdg6_W4p)
Rachel Podger
Violinist Rachel Podger brings her spellbinding artistry to a solo recital, championing lesser-known Baroque works in a programme bookended by transcriptions of J S Bach’s most popular music.
![Allan Clayton stands in front of a piano at which Kate Golla sits, with a pink landscape by Fred Williams OBE projected on a screen behind them](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-07/Image9-AWJ-AllanClayton%26KateGolla-ImageCredit-BradburyPhotography.jpg?h=6f03c854&itok=nVow2geE)
A Winter's Journey
Spend a cold December night in the company of tenor Allan Clayton and pianist Kate Golla, as Schubert’s melancholic song cycle Winterreise is matched with striking landscapes by Fred Williams.
![Photo of Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-03/So-Percussion-and-Caroline-Shaw-Shervin-Lainez-scaled.jpg?h=5e78af1b&itok=v5eC14rw)
Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw
The daring visions of Sō Percussion are realised in a collaboration with Caroline Shaw, the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who’s just as willing to push her music beyond its boundaries as they are.
![John Wilson conducting](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-03/John%20Wilson%20%28c%29%20Astrid%20Ackermann%20%282%29.jpg?h=be33e87d&itok=3yX7jPIm)
Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
John Wilson and his specially selected players that make up the Sinfonia of London mark their Barbican debut with the original ballet version of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.
![Composite image of Artina McCain, Samantha Ege and Adjoa Andoh](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-11/Black%20Renaissance.jpg?h=da57e17a&itok=aOO7von3)
Samantha Ege – Black Renaissance: Music, Lives and Legacy
Pianist Samantha Ege brings her technical mastery and determination to give marginalised composers their rightful voice to a recital on the 20th-century Black Renaissance, narrated by Adjoa Andoh.
![Photo of Carducci Quartet in formal dress smiling at the camera](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-03/carducciquartet%20c%20Tom%20Barnes.jpg?h=89049001&itok=KScCpQnz)
Carducci Quartet: Felix and Fanny
The Carducci Quartet explore the intense connection between the Mendelssohn siblings through their music, intertwined with spoken word adapted from Myla Lichtman-Fields’s play, Felix and Fanny.
![Black and white photo of Diana Tishchenko holding her violin](/sites/default/files/styles/event_listing_small/public/images/2022-03/DSC_9752.jpg?h=2d738ba5&itok=PgqX1TNr)
ECHO Rising Stars: Diana Tishchenko
Praised in the German press for her musicality, technical mastery and charisma, Ukrainian-born violinist Diana Tishchenko possesses a musical imagination to match a thrilling programme.
Discover
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Barbican Sessions: Isata Kenneh-Mason
Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Brahms's Op 118, No 3 'Ballade' in our Fountain Room
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Listen: Classical Music on Spotify
Follow our regularly updated Classical Music playlist for a sample of the music you'll hear across our programme.
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Barbican Sessions: Satu Vänskä
In an empty Theatre, Satu Vänskä, Principal Violinist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, performs JS Bach's ‘Allemande’ from Partita II in D minor.
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Listen: Contemporary Classical on Spotify
Discover music from across the Contemporary Classical spectrum – from Judith Weir and George Benjamin to Nils Frahm and Max Richter.
![Jess Gillam stands on the Barbican foyer, playing her alto saxophone during a recording session](/sites/default/files/styles/discover_small/public/images/2022-01/Jess%20Gillam%20still.png?itok=ZLGbSKsq)
Barbican Sessions: Jess Gillam
In an empty Level G foyer, Jess Gillam performs her ECHO Rising Stars commission: Edmund Finnis's A Spiral Ascending, Kurt Weill's Je ne t'aime pas and Astor Piazzolla's 'Nightclub 1960' from Histoire du Tango with Leif Kaner-Lidström and Sam Becker.