MIF17: Music for a Busy City

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Donald Chrtistie

MIF17: Music for a Busy City at Albert Square, City Centre 30 June — 16 July 2017 Entrance is free

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.

MIF17: Music for a Busy City at Albert Square, City Centre 30 June — 16 July 2017

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