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Following on from 2018’s massively acclaimed ‘Dirty Computer’, American singer, songwriter and producer Janelle Monáe will open MIF19 at Castlefield Bowl.

Psappha’s ‘Winter Reels’ is an exciting new concert filled with much-admired music by John Casken, Knut Vaage and Naomi Pinnock, as well as a brand new work by Stephen Pratt.

Featuring emerging composers as well as internationally renowned ones, Psappha’s ‘Starry Night’ will be a wonderful concert of contemporary classical music.

Renowned pianist and Oscar-nominated film composer Hauschka returns to the RNCM to perform his new record, ‘A Different Forest’.

From classical masterpieces to cutting edge contemporary works, world-renowned soloists to homegrown talent, the RNCM spring season has it all.

Seasoned singer-songwriter, powerhouse vocalist and a true entertainer, Mario Jose will be returning to RNCM this March for a rare collaboration with the Session Orchestra.

Once described by The Times as ‘The David Bowie of the fiddle’, violinist Pekka Kuusisto will perform contemporary American repertoire at RNCM, alongside Nadia Sirota and Markus Hohti.

Alexandra Dariescu’s ‘The Nutcracker and I’ is a bold multimedia version of the classical Christmas ballet, featuring the wonderful music of Tchaikovsky.

Inspired by John Bunyan’s novel, Ralph Vaughan William’s opera ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ will be one of the highlights of RNCM’s Spring Season.

For Decontamination #16, RNCM has programmed Sarah Hennies’ ‘Contralto’, a work for video, strings and percussion that explores transfeminine identity.