Johnny James

Grammy Award-winning pianist Bill Laurance, who rose to fame with world-renowned jazz outfit Snarky Puppy, is performing at Band on the Wall.

Fusing West-African funk and disco with modern post-punk and electro, Ibibio Sound Machine are bringing their electrifying live show to Manchester.

Manchester’s GoGo Penguin are turning homeward this March to perform a career-spanning set at Albert Hall, featuring new drummer Jon Scott.

Brighter Sound launches a new manifesto for gender equality in music, and with it comes the world premiere of a large-scale audiovisual installation.

Join RNCM Opera this spring for the pinnacle of Mozart’s genius: Le nozze di Figaro (‘The Marriage of Figaro’).

The RNCM Symphony Orchestra performs a programme of works by the College’s composition tutors alongside leading contemporary composers.

Pianist Zubin Kanga performs a wild programme of flamboyant cyborg works wherein his instrument meets new digital technologies.

Cellist Mikhail Nemtsov joins RNCM students for an exhilarating programme of contemporary works for cello and wind orchestra.

Coinciding with International Women’s Day, the RNCM Songsters and Chamber Choir highlight the artistic achievements of overlooked female composers.

The Hallé presents Vaughan Williams’ rarely-aired Eighth Symphony plus a glittering Stravinsky concerto, performed with pianist Steven Osborne.

The range of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ symphonic writing could hardly be expressed better than in the pairing of his First and Sixth symphonies.

John Wilson conducts the Hallé in two works by lifelong friends: Vaughan Williams’ Ninth Symphony and Holst’s The Planets.