EventConcerts
Trees: Live in Concert
Filmmaker Sam Green and composer Caroline Shaw bring a live orchestral film experience to the Barbican, with writing by Rebecca Solnit.
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Spirit Moves Us with Seyi Adelekun
Movement, sound and herbal rituals turn the Barbican Conservatory into a space for exploring Black ecology and collective wellbeing.
EventConcerts
Yuja Wang and Gustavo Gimeno: Prokofiev, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky
Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto in a programme framed by Night on the Bare Mountain and a suite from Swan Lake.
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Pick & Mix: Signal Decay
A programme of unusual urban short films moves between London, Dhaka, Brooklyn and Sheffield at Barbican Cinema 3.
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Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony and Fujikura with Pappano
Antonio Pappano conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony and the UK premiere of Dai Fujikura’s Amber Alchemy, with the London Symphony Chorus.
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Pam Tanowitz Dance: Pastoral
Pam Tanowitz, Caroline Shaw and Sarah Crowner revisit Beethoven’s pastoral world through choreography, new music and painted landscapes.
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Half Six Fix: Bruckner’s Ninth
Antonio Pappano introduces and conducts Bruckner’s final symphony in an early-evening Half Six Fix at the Barbican.
EventActivities
Hamlet Hail to the Thief
Shakespeare’s tragedy meets a reworked Radiohead score in a theatrical production with actors and live musicians.
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Edmund Finnis
Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins Antonio Pappano for Edmund Finnis’s Cello Concerto, followed by Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony.
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Tom at the Farm (Tom na Fazenda)
A visit to a boyfriend’s funeral becomes a confrontation with secrecy, desire and violence in this Portuguese-language stage production.
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Tchaikovsky, Hannah Kendall and Liadov
Fleur Barron performs the world premiere of Hannah Kendall’s I have discovered the secret of death, alongside Liadov and Tchaikovsky.
EventExhibitions
Robert Ryman: The Real Thing
More than 60 works invite a slow look at white paint, square supports, brushwork and the way a painting occupies a room.
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Thomas Adès conducts Sibelius and Nørgård
Bertrand Chamayou plays Adès’s In Seven Days in a programme that also includes Per Nørgård’s Dream Play and Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony.
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EventExhibitions
Yuko Mohri: In Concert
The Curve becomes a changing environment of light, sound and kinetic sculpture in Yuko Mohri’s free exhibition.
EventConcerts
Sibelius, Saariaho and Adès with Anna Dennis
Soprano Anna Dennis and the London Symphony Chorus join Thomas Adès for a programme moving between Sibelius, Saariaho and his own music.
EventActivities
Short Films by William Greaves, 1959–1974
Four films introduce the work of William Greaves in an evening screening at Barbican Cinema 3.
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Half Six Fix: Steve Reich at 90
Susanna Mälkki introduces Steve Reich’s Three Movements and Music for Ensemble & Orchestra in a compact early-evening celebration.
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Black British Book Festival 2026
Books meet music and spoken word in a day featuring Candice Carty-Williams, Corinne Bailey Rae, Wretch 32 and the Black Poetry Shutdown.
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Steve Reich at 90 with Susanna Mälkki
Five works trace different scales of Steve Reich’s writing, from Music for Pieces of Wood to the larger forces of Music for Ensemble & Orchestra.
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An Evening with Yotam Ottolenghi: Simple Too
Yotam Ottolenghi brings Simple Too to the Barbican Hall for an evening of conversation and live cooking.
EventConcerts
Soweto Kinch: Trilogy
Saxophone, vocals and orchestra meet as Soweto Kinch revisits The Black Peril, White Juju and Soundtrack to the Apocalypse.
EventActivities
Blindboy: The Blindboy Podcast Live
Blindboy takes his podcast into the Barbican Hall for a live evening with a surprise guest.
EventConcerts
Half Six Fix: Vaughan Williams
Antonio Pappano pairs Vaughan Williams’s A Pastoral Symphony with Symphony No 8 in an early-evening concert with introductions.
EventActivities
An Evening with Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz brings her observations on cities, culture and everyday behaviour to a conversation at the Barbican Hall.