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CDs of the week: Lady Gaga and Charlie Haden

20.05.11
Our critics round-up this week's biggest music releases...... more

Couple strike the right note with classical British choices

28.04.11
Some of the finest British music ever written was composed for royal occasions... more

Quartet shows off its Jimi Hendrix experience

27.04.11
A classical ensemble which performs the hits of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix is the star turn at a festival dedicated to the string quartet in London this week... more

London Road is an astonishing tale

15.04.11
London Road is based on transcripts of interviews that playwright Alecky Blythe conducted with residents who shared a street with serial murderer Steve Wright... more

Coronation of Poppea ups the ante

13.04.11
The dream of regular, high-quality Fringe opera was beginning to look unlikely at the King's Head - until Coronation of Poppea landed... more

OperaUpClose has big ambitions

25.03.11
After stealing the Olivier Award away from its big rivals, the pub-based OperaUpClose is at work on its next £1,000 production - The Coronation of Poppea, reworked and directed by Mark Ravenhill ... more

Concert for Care scores for charity

19.10.10
Film composers are often shadowy figures lurking in the background. But for once they came out in force for Concert for Care... more

NYman is a muted meeting of minds

18.10.10
Michael Nyman’s film said little but the aural-visual experience was senses-stretching... more

Fashion world gathers to celebrate Alexander McQueen

20.09.10
Hundreds of leading figures from the world of fashion gathered in St Paul’s Cathedral for a ceremony in memory of Alexander McQueen... more

Yogoto No Yume and Nitin Sawhney are worth a listen

02.03.10
Yogoto No Yume was once a delight only for the eyes and even Nitin Sawhney knows of no other soundtrack. Now it’s also worth listening to.... more

The talented Mr Ganguli, one of London's best connected people

04.01.10
Aged 17, he seduced the 51-year-old Deputy High Commissioner in eastern India. Now 25, Pablo Ganguli has become a surprising cultural tsar... more

Pick of the Proms - from Bollywood to Barenboim

26.05.09
No other festival offers so much for so little money. Here is a round-up of the concerts not to be missed as part of this year's Proms festival.... more

Artists urged to enter race for £6m Cultural Olympiad grants

19.03.09
Artists, writers, composers and choreographers are being called on to create new works celebrating the 2012 Olympics... more

Joan Bakewell, Paul O'Grady, Victoria Wood and Des O'Connor on honours list

13.06.08
Comedienne Victoria Wood, TV presenter Paul O'Grady, Eastenders actress June Brown, broadcaster Joan Bakewell, screenwriter Lynda LaPlante and entertainer Des O'Connor are all receiving birthday honours from the Queen... more

Composer Nyman holds concerts for knife victims

02.06.08
Award-winning composer Michael Nyman is to dedicate a series of concerts to recent victims of knife crime... more

All eyes on East End Film Festival 2008

08.04.08
Screening large independent releases and providing a platform for new talent, the East End Film Festival is proud of its diversity. Our guide fills you in on the not to be missed events.... more

Lustful lyics for consenting adults

07.12.07
A voice used with rare imagination combined with lustful 16th-century Italian poetry create a joyful, jaunty, languid and lyrical show.... more

Andy made me famous

25.05.07
John Giorno was Warhol's lover and star of his first film, Sleep. In London to introduce Tate Modern's historic screening of the 18-hour epic, he talks about the film that nearly didn't happen.... more

Tate catches up on Sleep

24.05.07
To mark the Bank Holiday, Tate Modern will be screening Andy Warhol's first film, Sleep, with Michael Nyman playing the Satie music that inspired it.... more

Tate catches up on Sleep

24.05.07
To mark the Bank Holiday, Tate Modern will be screening Andy Warhol's first film, Sleep, with Michael Nyman playing the Satie music that inspired it.... more

Tate catches up on Sleep

24.05.07
To mark the Bank Holiday, Tate Modern will be screening Andy Warhol's first film, Sleep, with Michael Nyman playing the Satie music that inspired it.... more

Tate catches up on Sleep

24.05.07
To mark the Bank Holiday, Tate Modern will be screening Andy Warhol's first film, Sleep, with Michael Nyman playing the Satie music that inspired it.... more

Tate catches up on Sleep

24.05.07
To mark the Bank Holiday, Tate Modern will be screening Andy Warhol's first film, Sleep, with Michael Nyman playing the Satie music that inspired it.... more

Tate catches up on Sleep

24.05.07
To mark the Bank Holiday, Tate Modern will be screening Andy Warhol's first film, Sleep, with Michael Nyman playing the Satie music that inspired it.... more

Tate catches up on Sleep

24.05.07
To mark the Bank Holiday, Tate Modern will be screening Andy Warhol's first film, Sleep, with Michael Nyman playing the Satie music that inspired it.... more

Alina is a woman transformed

20.11.06
Alina Cojocaru is a very special ballerina, but many feared she has been hampered by her restraint and delicacy. She answers her doubters in the Royal Ballet's Triple Bill, says Sarah Frater.... more


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