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Secret lives of London's students

15.10.09
So what exactly do our students get up to outside the lecture hall? A new festival celebrates the vibrant contributions they make to the capital... more

Multiple Pianos Day comes to the Proms

10.08.09
Multiple Pianos was the theme of a pair of Proms, beginning with a family-style afternoon concert.... more

Hot Tickets: London's going out guide

29.06.09
Inherit The Wind is coming to the Old Vic, visit Portobello Film Festival for free and book Into The Hoods at Southbank now.... more

Semper Dowland and The Corridor open Aldeburgh

15.06.09
The 62nd Aldeburgh Festival inhabits familiar territory with The Corridor.... more

Gender divide in Songs of War

27.04.09
Heiner Goebbels is a genius who happens to specialise in the imaginative juxtaposition of different sound worlds.... more

Opera has its premiere in the bar after power failure

16.02.09
A Covent Garden opera had its premiere in the bar after a power failure hit the Royal Opera House... more

Taxing role in Into the Little Hill

16.02.09
Martin Crimp's Into the Little Hill has a contemporary political slant while remaining elusive and suggestive.... more

Welcome to the waterfront at Rotunda

05.11.08
The canalside Rotunda Bar & Restaurant at the newly opened Kings Place arts centre is a spectacular setting for some hearty food.... more

Music

08.10.08
Live music, be it opera or rock festivals, is proving more popular than ever — and is offering a desperately needed financial lifeline. London remains the heartbeat of the industry. ... more

Opening Ceremony is fit for a king

02.10.08
No need for balloons or fanfares. The new Kings Place provides its own architectural drama in Opening Ceremony.... more

Hundred concerts in five days to launch new arts centre

01.10.08
London's newest creative centre is being launched with 100 concerts in its first five days... more

CDs of the Week

20.06.08
Among this week's pop offerings: Sigur Ros create a world of their own, Donna Summer shows off her floaty moans and The Rascals sound just a little too similar to the Arctic Monkeys. ... more

House of sound

12.05.08
Better than any illegal substance, Lugi Nono's spatial drama, Prometeo, sends you into a waking trance, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

New concert hall for capital

29.04.08
A 420-seat concert hall, the first to open in London since the Barbican, will be launched in October with a festival of 100 music events.... more

Stage is set for capital's first new concert hall in 26 years

29.04.08
The first concert hall to open in London since the Barbican in 1982 will be launched in October with a festival of 100 musical events... more

Anguished echoes of the tsunami

17.04.08
There was a rhythmic vitality that all but took the music onto the dance floor at London Sinfonietta's Invented Words concert, says Nick Kimberley.... more

Ether 08 merges art with technology

07.04.08
From the unveiling of Goldfrapp's album launch to the world premiere of In Seven Days, here is a guide to the highlights of this year's Ether festival at the Southbank Centre.... more

CDs of the week

14.03.08
Our reviewers give their opinions on the latest offerings from Elbow, We are Scientists, Van Morrison, Barb Jungr and African Scream Contest. ... more

Eclectic line-up for Ether Festival

03.03.08
The Ether Festival 2008 brings together music and technology, finding common threads between pop, jazz and classical musicians.... more

Aural variety and exquisite textures

06.11.07
A sensitive performance by baritone Roderick Williams, showed why the London Sinfonietta is one of the best contemporary music ensembles around. ... more

All change at St Pancras

29.10.07
A ten-day festival marking Eurostar's switch from Waterloo to St Pancras station will feature music, illumination, dance, food and drawing.... more

A jittery and fast late-night Prom

01.08.07
Ivan Volkov enjoyed an enterprising programme with the BBC Singers, while the late night Prom from London Sinfonietta was a dazzling affair.... more

Brilliant battle cries

13.07.07
Heiner Goebbels has a knack of creating unique, mesmerising works of music theatre that linger in the memory... more

A literal feast for all

03.07.07
Featuring prize-winning authors, historians, poets and performers, the London Literature Festival has something to offer all lovers of the written and spoken word.... more

Wasted talent

18.06.07
About Water sees Mark-Anthony Turnage extend his love affair with jazz, but the performance ultimately suffered as its stars were badly under-used... more

Soundly built

01.05.07
The London Sinfonietta played exquisitely even if the ambience of the Queen Elizabeth Hall did not show non-linear work Music Space Reflection to best advantage, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

South Bank Centre's summer season unveiled

25.01.07
The refurbishment of the new Royal Festival Hall will open on schedule, it has been announced, as highlights of the South Bank Centre's summer season are unveiled.... more

Zodiac suite is a real star

07.12.06
Three of Germany's best-known composers - Henze, Stockhausen and Kagel - received UK premieres at the Queen Elizabeth Hall under the skilful direction of Oliver Knussen.... more

CDs of the week

18.08.06
Outkast get up to mischief on their latest album, Paris Hilton is bad but not quite as bad you might expect, and the Istanbul Oriental Ensemble offer some lively Turkish grooves.... more

Aisle full of Voices

02.08.06
Concert review: Voices is a modern work which sets poetry by Ho Chi Minh and others to music. And, Nick Kimberley says, this performance was an appropriate 80th birthday present for composer Hans Werner Henze.... more

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