Renowned composer Stewart Copeland joins Cerys Matthews in conversation to discuss the synergy between nature and music and the launch of his new album, Wild Concerto on the Platoon label. The evening will conclude with a live solo piano improvisation by Rosey Chan.
Winner of the Piano Category Final at BBC Young Musician 2022, and blind since birth, Scottish pianist and composer, Ethan Loch, takes us on a colourful and virtuosic journey.
If there is one musician who embodies the dynamism and vitality of the current English folk revival, it’s Eliza Carthy MBE. Kings Place proudly welcomes her back for a special gig as part of its birdsong-inspired Folk Weekend.
Kings Place welcomes back The Wilderness Yet for this birdsong-inspired Folk Weekend. From 'The Thrush’s Anvil' to 'The Nightingale’s Lullaby', this is a folk trio that draws deep from the wealth of inspiration that birdsong offers.
One of England’s most revered folk performers, Martin Simpson, will be joined by the wonderful Liz Hanks on cello and Louis Campbell on guitar for a special concert as part of Folk Weekend at Kings Place.
Fiddle player and composer Miranda Rutter and Rob Harbron on concertina bring 'Bird Tunes', an exquisite new suite of folk tunes with birdsong at their core, to Kings Place as part of its birdsong-inspired Folk Weekend.
Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the unofficial history of the English-speaking people. With gentle intelligence, he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables. He returns to Kings Place for this special Folk Weekend gig.
In an intimate in the round setting cellist Clare O’Connell presents music from her new album on NMC Recordings, 'Light Flowing': a radiant body of newly commissioned work for solo and layered cello inspired by concepts of light, depth, simplicity and the search for a perfect line.
Kings Place and Bird On The Wire are proud to present Italian multi-instrumentalist and composer Federico Albanese, following the release of his new album 'Blackbirds and the Sun of October' in February. With support from contemporary cellist and sound artist, Flavia Massimo.
Political commentator and broadcaster, Steve Richards, presents the latest behind-the-scenes guide to the epic dramas and the characters shaping seismic events. How have we got here? What’s going to happen next? Are there any answers to these questions? Come along and find out.
'Normally Weird… Weirdly Normal' is Robin Ince’s fifth and most personal book. This special launch night event at Kings Place includes a sneak look at Robin’s latest show - The Universe and The Neurodiverse - plus music and conversations with special guests.
Produced by New York-based Adam Pietrykowski (whose genre-diverse work spans rock and contemporary classical), visionary duo The Rheingans Sisters' fifth album spans from baroque fiddle tunes to metal-inspired arrangements of folk ballads.
Triple BBC Scots Trad Music Awards nominees, Gnoss return to Kings Place with their forward-thinking take on traditional Scottish music and unique warmth to their live shows – as shown through three consecutive sellout appearances at the world-famous Celtic Connections festival.
Breathing new life into the ancient Spanish-Jewish language, singer, composer, trombonist and pianist Nani creates a bridge between the past and future with socially relevant lyrics celebrating migration, gender, and female empowerment. Nani performs songs from both albums 'Ke Haber' and 'Andalusian Brew' for this special performance.
As part of Kings Place’s annual Songlines Encounters Festival, we proudly present an evening of soul-stirring Qawwali with Chahat Mahmood Ali Qawwal, one of the most exciting young voices in the tradition today.
Rokia Koné is one of Mali’s most beloved artists and a member of supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique. Her debut album in collaboration with Jacknife Lee (U2, Taylor Swift) earned her widespread acclaim. She makes her Kings Place debut, as part of Songlines Encounters Festival.
Singer-songwriter Bayir’s music is a mixture of original compositions and folk songs of Anatolian heritage. Drawing from her Kurdish Anatolian roots, she sings songs of her past with a contemporary twist, reflecting her multicultural and multilingual background.
Karolina Węgrzyn, an award-winning Polish folk musician and singer, weaves together her powerful, melancholic voice — shaped by her traditional Carpathian and Ruthenian heritage — with the lively, upbeat rhythms of Eastern Europe.
CGS bring to London an explosive show led by the pulsating healing rhythms of the Taranta. Come celebrate one of the most thrilling live bands in the world!
Moonscales is an immersive audio-visual installation by sound artist Jason Singh, consisting of eight spatialised soundscapes set around a suspended replica of the moon.
Musicians from the internationally acclaimed Armenian Gurdjieff Ensemble bring its “intriguing, often gently exquisite set” to Kings Place for the first time, as part of Songlines Encounters Festival.
The Piatti Quartet will present a music and words programme taking a contemporary look at our relationship with nature and the English landscape, narrated by actor Jack Farthing.
Odyssey Ensemble makes its London debut at Kings Place with a programme featuring Max Richter’s 'The Four Seasons Recomposed' with Elena Urioste as soloist and the world premiere of a brand new work combining orchestral music with poetry and electronic sound art. This performance themed around refugee journeys explores themes including memories, loss, new life, and hope.
The Vernon Spring returns to Kings Place for a special performance in the intimate acoustics of Hall One.