Live Events
World premiere performance took place on 19 November 2011
Sound and Music co-produced the world premiere performance of composer Richard Barrett's enormous two-hour cycle, CONSTRUCTION at HCMF in November 2011, and produced a film documenting the performance - watch here.
28 - 31 March 2012
Sound and Music presents a UK tour of the first duo performances by two legendary female composers and performers.
12 - 13 November (24-hour marathon, 2pm - 2pm)
Nick Franglen’s latest sound installation concentrates the entire radio broadcast output available in north Norfolk into a remote, WWII concrete gunnery dome. If you can't make the event, you can listen to or watch the live stream online.
19 - 22 November 2011
Sound and Music is a partner in the world premieres of major works by Richard Barrett and Zbigniew Karkowski at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
26 October 2011
A screening at no.w.here of works by Ben Gwilliam and Rob Gawthrop
17 November 2011
A programme of music that is minimal and stripped back on the surface but glowing with intensity, curated by John Lely, Tim Parkinson and Markus Trunk and performed by Apartment House.
21 October 2011
Apartment House with special guest Simon Bookish perform a special concert of music to coincide with De La Warr Pavilion's new exhibition Warhol is Here
Thursday 3 November to Sunday 6 November, 2011
If you missed the live festival last week at the ICA, you can still listen again to the second BBC Radio 3 broadcast until 19 November. Find out more...
21-25 November 2011
A historic double-bill tour featuring two pioneers of improvisational music: Cult Australian trio The Necks. Harold Budd, joined by improvising musician/composer Werner Dafeldecker.
Saturday 3 September 2011
An epic two-part event featuring an international cast of artists, critics and composers brought together in a celebration of the music and sound design of the horror film.
2-4 September 2011
Vision Sound Music is the UK’s first event of its kind, a three day festival celebrating the unique relationship between audio and visual cultures.
Thursday 8 September 2011
A concert featuring work by Phill Niblock, Yannis Kyriakides and Johannes Kreidler where music is sampled, transcribed, saturated, over-amplified and held under the microscope.
14 – 17 July 2011
A site-specific public sound installation created by sound artist Scanner, which will be presented on the award-winning ARUP-designed Kingsgate footbridge in Durham, 14 - 17 July
15 June 2011
In the first event in a new series, Apartment House performs a highly visual programme of works, curated by Jennifer Walshe.
20-22 January 2011
Exploring the unique sonic and visual world of a group of young South Korean artists and noise makers appearing in the UK for the first time.
24-25 March 2011
Two nights presenting two disparate figures from the French experimental music tradition of musique concrète: One featuring musical outsider Ghédalia Tazartès and the theoretician, producer and musician Michel Chion.
11 February - 5 March 2011
An exhibition by the late German sound artist Rolf Julius and Japanese artist Miki Yui.
9-10 April 2011
Two super-rare London shows with the legendary Tokyo noise musician Keiji Haino.
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 February 2012
Sound and Music and The Wire present the UK's only literary festival exploring music criticism and contemporary audio culture, taking place on the seaside town of Whitstable, 24 - 26 February 2012.
20 & 21 January 2011
New York composer and saxophonist Steve Lehman brings his Octet to the UK for two nights of music combining jazz, contemporary classical and spectral techniques.
13 & 18 February 2011, 11 March 2011
Composer-conductor-pianist Thomas Adès joins the London Sinfonietta for three evenings of hypnotic and intricate music from master minimalist Steve Reich and a major work from Adès himself.
Friday 7 - Sunday 9 January 2011
Sound and Music is supporting a collaboration between sounduk and Somerset House as they present a series of live performances and installations which aim to entrance, provoke and inspire visitors as part of the Somerset House ice rink season.
Thursday 18 – Sunday 21 November 2010
A celebration of contemporary and experimental Arabic music and Middle Eastern sonic culture.
Thursday 4 – Saturday 6 November, 2010
A three day exploration of the avant garde’s use of radio as a dramatic stage and a performance instrument
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