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What’s on - Barbican
Mudproof London by Olayanju Dada. Free. 9.30am. The exhibition is a series of curated narrative collages that highlights the paradoxical essence and influence of London in unlikely places, as an ideal, a dream, a barrier or even a destination. More …
Your visit - Barbican
Your visit. Finding your way or finding something to eat, booking your car parking or returning a book at the library - here's where you'll find all the information you need to plan your visit to the Barbican.
What's on – Classical music - Barbican
Sat 12 Oct 2024, 19:30. Channel waves, folk rhythms and the heartbeat of the cosmos, as conductor Dinis Souza, pianist Bertrand Chamayou and the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Debussy, Bartók and Unsuk Chin. Programme & performers. More info. Classical music.
Classical Music 2023–24 - Barbican
Dive in to our new Classical Music season and a new series of joyous musical experiences at the Barbican. With four world-class orchestra and ensembles calling us home, our concerts are unrivalled in their variety and quality. And together we're creating musical experiences you won't want to miss, whether that's an exploration of music by ...
Our building - Barbican
An icon of Brutalist architecture, the Barbican is one of the UK’s architectural treasures. Working with a site almost completely razed by the Blitz, the Barbican’s architects, Chamberlain, Powell and Bon, seized the opportunity to propose a radical transformation of how we live in buildings and cities. The result is one of London’s most ...
Classical Music 2024–25 - Barbican
Fri 25 Oct 2024, 19:30. Shostakovich quartets intimate portraits. Classical music. Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits. A series with the Carducci Quartet. Wed 29 Jan —Thu 29 May 2025. Czech philharmonic orchestrabychkov shostakovich 5. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Bychkov: Shostakovich 5. with Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
Madame Butterfly transformed | Barbican
Madame Butterfly transformed. Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly takes David Henry Hwang’s Broadway hit back to its roots in Puccini’s famous 20th-century work, Madama Butterfly. However, this innovative new opera reworks the original to empower Asian characters instead of Westerners, while the sexist tropes in the opera are ...
Our story - Barbican
Our story. From our history and architecture to the people who work within our concrete walls, find out more about the Barbican, inside and out, as we tell our story so far – and look ahead at what’s to come.
What's on – Talks & events - Barbican
Barbican Young Poets: Poetry In Practice. Free. Thu 3 –Mon 21 Oct 2024. Join us in celebration of the art of poetry and over 15 years of the Barbican Young Poets programme. More info. Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events.