Other great festivals
Proms at St Jude’s 27 June – 5 July
Aurora Orchestra plays Copland, Voces8 tangles with Tallis and Willard White jazzes things up in Hampstead Garden Suburb
Tel: +44 (0)20 3322 8123
Web: www.promsatstjudes.org.uk
BBC Proms 17 July – 12 September
One of the most anticipated events of the classical music year, the 2020 programme will be announced on 22 April. There’ll be full details in our Proms issue.
Tel: +44 (0)845 401 5034 (UK only)
Web: www.bbc.co.uk/proms
Tête à Tête Opera Festival
24 July – 20 September
Experimental mayhem and piquant social commentary return to King’s Cross and environs thanks to the festival behind Toscatastrophe and steampunk opera. Web: www.tete-a-tete.org.uk
Grimeborn Opera 29 July – 5 September Rameau, Wagner and Amy Beach were on the menu at the Arcola last summer. As the theatre celebrates its 20th birthday, further operatic adventures await. Full details TBC. Tel: +44 (0)20 7503 1646
Web: www.arcolatheatre.com
Darbar Festival 26 September – 4 October Trailing an appealing array of international artists, the UK’S premier festival of Indian classical music animates the Barbican with improvisation, dance and yoga.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7638 8891
Web: www.barbican.org.uk
Little Venice Music Festival 1-4 October This year’s festival is inspired by the mathematician and wartime codebreaker Alan Turing, who was born in Little Venice. Web: www.littlevenice-mf.com
London Piano Festival 7-11October Pianists Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen are at the helm for the fifth festival, featuring a new work by Sally Beamish.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7520 1490
Web: www.kingsplace.co.uk