All London's live music

One of the great works for a cappella choir, Rachmaninov’s Vespers grips hold of you from the start and never lets go.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

By Lamplight is an intimate live performance experience that blends classical music with immersive visual design. Set within a glowing landscape of lamps, the performance invites audiences into a warm, transportive world where music and storytelling unfold side by side.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Vaughan Williams’ dreams of England, plus a gripping showcase for violinist Liya Petrova.

The Pulitzer prize-winning composer reveals all facets of her dynamic musicianship in this collaboration with the Grammy winning New York Quartet.

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Academy alum Ryan Latimer is one of the most original and engaging composers of his generation, writing high-energy music that thrills and mesmerises audiences.

Ryan Latimer’s works are performed alongside music by US-born Mexican Conlon Nancarrow, whose mechanical, rhythmic dynamism provides a strong influence for Latimer’s compositions.

The commission by Luca Zucchi is supported by the Jane Manning & Anthony Payne Award.

Unrequited love and melodrama collide in Bizet’s intensely passionate L’Arlésienne, performed by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Tonight’s concert is conducted by Mark Elder (a Principal Artist of the OAE), with all the on-stage action in a new translation by Jeremy Sams.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

The legacy left by Jeff Lynne & The Electric Light Orchestra barely needs any introduction – suffice to say that between 1972 and 1986 they achieved morecombined UK and US Top 40 hits than any other band on the planet!

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Experience a lunchtime escape with a captivating live performance by the acclaimed Kyan Quartet, featuring a compelling programme that highlights depth and variety of string repertoire.

Academy students perform alongside Anthony Marwood, William Lawes Chair of Chamber Music at the Academy, in chamber music by Bruckner and Beethoven.

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We are delighted to welcome Canadian pianist Ryan Zhu for this lunchtime recital of Schumann, Beethoven and Brahms. Ryan won First Prize, the Orchestra Prize and Audience Prize at the 2026 Hastings International Piano Competition.

Rediscover Chopin as intended by Marco Arcieri: poetic, balanced and free from excess.

For Marco Arcieri, Chopin is not merely repertoire but a lifelong artistic home.

Unrequited love and melodrama collide in Bizet’s intensely passionate L’Arlésienne, performed by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Tonight’s concert is conducted by Mark Elder (a Principal Artist of the OAE), with all the on-stage action in a new translation by Jeremy Sams.

Under candlelight, St Martin’s Chamber Ensemble, directed by Olivia Tait, brings 20th-century music to life with pianist and arranger Iain Farrington.

INSTANT OPERA celebrates their 10th anniversary in 2026. To mark the occasion they present a special event for Giuseppe Verdi’s 125th anniversary – his grand opera AIDA.

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

A live podcast event featuring an eight-piece chamber choir, that showcases a whistlestop tour through the history of Western Classical Music, shaped by the underrepresented composers you might not know so well.

Isabelle Faust reunites with Alexander Melnikov, her duo partner of two decades’ standing, in a poetic programme of sonatas by Schumann and Brahms.

Much-loved saxophonist and BBC Radio 3 presenter Jess Gillam brings her acclaimed seven-piece band to the stage in a vibrant, uplifting celebration of music.