Fact file
| Year of birth | 1934 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Period | Contemporary |
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BerlinArditti Quartet
Crawford Seeger, Webern, Feldman, Nancarrow, Birtwistle
Arditti String Quartet
AmsterdamPierre-Laurent Aimard and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Debussy, Birtwistle, Messiaen, Ravel
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski; Pierre-Laurent Aimard
ParisPulse Passion
Ligeti, Berio, Beethoven, Carter, Bach, Birtwistle
Les Arts Florissants; Musicians from Orchestre de Paris; Soloists from the Ensemble Intercontemporain
CambridgeLiving Notes with the Benyounes Quartet
Birtwistle, Stravinsky, Cashian, Woolrich, Janáček
Benyounes Quartet; Zara Benyounes; Emily Holland; Kim Vaughan
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Mysterious and glittering machines from Alasdair Beatson
Alasdair Beatson presented a dazzling programme of 20th-century piano music, with Harrison Birtwistle at its centre.
Hodges and Currie with meditative Stockhausen at the Southbank
Two new music specialists revel in the sheer textural variation of Kontakte.
The London Sinfonietta: celebrating 50 years of excellence
A celebration of fifty years of the London Sinfonietta was a well-deserved pat on the back for this valuable institution.
Spectacular Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle at the Barbican
Sparks flew as two British music giants, Vaughan Williams and Birtwistle, collided at the Barbican.
Ancient and modern juxtaposed at Milton Court
An intriguing programme marked by diversity and novelty from two world-beating ensembles.