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Royal Albert Hall, London © Igor Sporynin | Unsplash

Royal Albert Hall, London

© Igor Sporynin | Unsplash

Symphony Hall, Birmingham © Page Park - Matthew Westgate 2021

Symphony Hall, Birmingham

© Page Park - Matthew Westgate 2021

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music © Karl Moran

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

© Karl Moran

Royal Albert Hall, London © Igor Sporynin | Unsplash

Royal Albert Hall, London

© Igor Sporynin | Unsplash

Symphony Hall, Birmingham © Page Park - Matthew Westgate 2021

Symphony Hall, Birmingham

© Page Park - Matthew Westgate 2021

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music © Karl Moran

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

© Karl Moran

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Mark-Anthony Turnage © James Bellorini

Mark-Anthony Turnage returns to Festen

Sabrina Lenzi and Kevin O’Hare in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering © Bill Cooper, 1995

Reviving Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering

Marion Tait as the Mother, Joseph Cipolla as Death, Karen Waldie as the Woman in The Green Table © Leslie E Spatt 1992

Before the war came: why The Green Table is urgent today

Brett Dean, Lotte Betts-Dean and Heather Betts © Roman Job

Kith and kin: Brett Dean and family prepare Of One Blood

Juilliard rehearsing Wayne McGregor's Augmented © Jessica Wright

Triple threat! McGregor, Rambert and Juilliard Schools

Anne Sofie von Otter © Ewa-Marie Rundquist

From Paris to Weimar with Anne Sofie von Otter

The Royal College of Music © Phil Rowley

Training opera’s next generation at the RCM

Bridgewater Hall auditorium © Sharyn Bellemakers | The Hallé

Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and beyond

Cassa Pancho, Artistic Director of Ballet Black © Ollo Weguelin

Breaking barriers: 25 years of Ballet Black

Mark Ravenhill © bec.photography | @becphoto

Mark Ravenhill gets his teeth into Salome

Birmingham Royal Ballet in Sir Peter Wright's The Nutcracker © Johan Persson

Sofia Liñares on Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker

Elliot Kempton © Julia Bohle

Overcoming the pressures: Elliot Kempton

Breaking Bach at Edinburgh International Festival © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Rhythmical kinship: Kim Brandstrup on Breaking Bach

Junyan Chen © Frances Marshall

Routes beyond: Junyan Chen on curating Leeds Chamber Series

London walks

Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre © India Roper-Evans | Southbank Centre

A walk to the Southbank Centre

View of Kings Place © Monika S Jakubowska

A walk through King’s Cross via Kings Place

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Marios Papadopoulos Masterclass | Oxford Piano Festival

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Delyana Lazarova and Alena Baeva © BBC | Mark Allan

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