MIF17: Music for a Busy City

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MIF17: Music for a Busy City

Albert Square, City Centre
30 June-16 July 2017

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An installation which brings extraordinary new music out of the concert hall and into the public realm taking place at various locations across Manchester city centre. Created by Mohammed Fairouz, Matthew Herbert, Huang Ruo, Anna Meredith, Olga Neuwirth, Philip Venables.

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