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For the first time in his 20+ year career, Jan Jelinek is performing in Manchester. Here’s why you should be excited.

Combining the prepared piano with electro-acoustic techniques, Kelly Moran’s music is as mesmerising as it is unique.

Philip Glass and Phelim McDermo explore life, loss and the question: Where does true inspiration come from?

Featuring Jlin, Holly Herndon and Aïsha Devi, Queens of the Electronic Underground boasts one of the most forward-thinking line-ups of MIF 2019.

MIF marks the 200th anniversary of Peterloo with a world premiere of a major new piece by composer Emily Howard and writer Michael Symmons Roberts.

Inspired by Janáček’s wonderful Intimate Letters string quartet, violinist Rakhi Singh and producer Vessel unite in a thrilling collaboration at the RNCM, entitled Written in Fire.

The Both Sides Now International Showcase is a bold, experimental and genre-spanning evening of new music created as part of a cross-European collaboration.

A tale of temptation, passion and guilt, Janáček’s wildly beautiful ‘Katya Kabanova’ is coming to The Lowry, courtesy of Opera North.

Opera North presents a vibrant new production of Mozart’s evergreen opera ‘The Magic Flute’, coming to The Lowry very soon.

A double bill of a revolutionary ballet and a wickedly funny operatic short: Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ and Puccini’s ‘Gianni Schicchi’.

Following his acclaimed new album ‘Assume Form’, James Blake’s gig at Victoria Warehouse will be one of the most exciting of the spring season.

Inspired by the golden era of West-African funk & disco as well as modern post-punk & electro, Ibibio Sound Machine are bringing the party to YES this March!