Ahead of our screening of The Battle of the Sacred Tree, we shine a light on the Kenyan filmmaker and educator who champions ...

Agnes (Alice Lowe) is fated to make the same romantic mistakes over and over whenever she's reincarnated in different eras of history. There is audio description available for this title. The film ...

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics. Free event: Limited capacity – admission guaranteed to Day Pass holders.

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. The Barbican is widely accessible by bus ...

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. Feshareki says ...

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to Dame Gillian Moore – a lifelong advocate for Boulez’s music – about his creative and cultural legacy. The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, ...

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to former members of the BBC SO as well as former Radio 3 Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon – about their personal experience of working with Pierre Boulez.

Sufi music and poetry, Indian classical dance, the airborne vocals of Abi Sampa, and artful orchestrations converge in a free-spirited project whose transformative ecstasy holds audiences spellbound.

From the depths to the stars; from romance to tragedy: Dima Slobodeniouk pairs Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet with Lili Boulanger’s mighty shout of hope and praise. 'How silver-sweet sound lovers' ...

A sold-out hall greeted Seong-Jin Cho’s Barbican debut in 2023. His much-anticipated return navigates a scintillating all-Ravel programme, saluting the composer in his 150th anniversary year. Winner ...

A glittering constellation of string players joins Evgeny Kissin for an immersive dive into three sonatas that together span Shostakovich’s creative evolution – the last a soul-searing farewell. The ...

British trumpeter Matilda Lloyd presents a thrilling programme of music that tells a story. Through the landscape of 20th century French music, we discover two of the most important works written for ...